The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-18
THE POISON OF DOUBT
1T is REMOVED BY PRESl-
DENT M'klNLEY,
Comes Out Fairly and Squnrely for the
Gold Standard, and the Republican Con-
gressmen, With One or Two Exceptions.
Stand by Him.

1t is now SO plain that he who runs
may read. The president himself has
removed the poison of doubt and clari-
fed the atmosphere, and his republi-
can friends in the senate and house
have come forth into the open and
declared ''Them's our sentiments,
tew"
The people of the United States no
longer are unassured of where the
president stands. The cobwebs from
from the sky have been swept away
and the gold standard sun shines
forth, to scar and scorch with its
''trust'-ful rays all mankind so u1sfor-
tunate as to be beneath it. God help
the unprotected-the protected do not
need it, now that the repu blican party,
by the grace of God-and Mark Han
mas money-stili lives.
1t matters not whether Senator
Chandler says that the president is
still for bimetallism; or Wolcott, or
the State journal or any other repub-
lican authority.
international bimetallis1n as a
world possibility is dead" says the
self-constituted sound money commits
sion, "Coin is an ambiguous term, $:
ssand the more discriminating
purchaser Of government securities
take it to mean gold," says Secretary
Gage. '"The existing gold standard
must be preserved" says the presi-
dent, whether in syrup, to be done
away with later on, or in alcohol for
| perpetual keeping, he does not state.
The bars have been let down and the
gold standard cattle have rushed into
the luxurious pasture prepared for
them by the plutocratic barons of the
east who make their millions trading
on the misfortunes of their fellow
men. No less an authority than VIM
E. Curtis of the Chicago Record, anc
he is perhaps of all correspondents the
most competent to judge, says Nick in
ley is gold standard president, ant
that the president believes he was
elected by people who want the golt
standard. Thinking thus, he will, O
course, put forth every effort to secur,
it for them. 1t does not strike the
president that but one percent of tn
people asked for the gold standard
Not at all. 1t is only another case o
''the people be damned .
. Last week it was settled where eac]
0 man stood. The president, in hi
9 speech at the manufacturers banque.
q said he was for gold. Secretary Gage
!. position is well known. The member
!. of the senate and house are now or
record on the silver question, and tn
. issue viii be fought out in the cor
!, gressional elections this fall.
v Well, bimetallists welcome the COZ
e flict They will enter into the battl
c, this fall with more effective weapon
= sthan they had in 90. Then they ha
! to contend with the element of doul
"a k existing as to Trimmer Mckinley
5 position, and the doubt thrown aroun
!. demonstration of his equivocal pla
% form Now they, know where tt
l. presidantstands, do, the people, an
ns4 they know, too. that when the repu
~ licanssgls4fmm was; correctly int
e preted it meant that the gold standa,
y should prevail.
IS. A majority Of fifteen in the Unit,
A. States senate are for the free COMA,
a. of both gold and silver. Our ov
- Senator John U. P. Thurston is nc
but we can live over that fact. r.
democrats in the house voted solid