The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-18


tocracy. LIE us see how many so-called
Tree silver senators vote for it.
imperative mandate" means that
~hen executive and judicial officials
are unfalthful to their trusts they may
oe removed by a popular vote.
we are not suffering from acute
business depression. 1t has become
chronic,
Inc Nebraska State Journal, pluto
cratlc, says, editorialy: Every psy-
chologlst knows that when you employ
man in resultless labor, you destroy
within him all ambition and hope and
make him a wretched slave. 1t is not
necessary to cite particulars, for the
proposition has been scientifically
demonstrated" Perfectly true. Yet
the whole influence of the Journal is
on the side Of a social system in which
the trusts and monopolies absorb the
lions share of all wealth produced,
ana IN which the masses will be con-
oemned to resultless labor.
All the land between London and
LlVeTpool-a distance of 200 miles
legally belongs to six men, whose only
claim to it is that they are the Oldest
sons of their fathers commonwealth
The same men own still more land in
the United States, and the sons and
daughters of a great many Americans
will work for the benefit of their Oldest
sons.
Organized labor is waking up. Presi-
dent Gompers of the American Fedora
ton of Labor wired the following to
the Rocky Mountain News: THE plans
for our political action in the interest
OF labor are only in tentative state
at present. The American Federation
of Labor proposes, however, to take
such political action as will compel the
lawmakers the executives and the jul
dietary to enact, to enforce and to de-
fine laws in the interest of our people.
We shall elect our own representatives
wherever possible, and at all times de-
feat the enemies of our cause irrespec-
tive of party. To achieve these pur-
poses, however, we realize that it is
necessary for the workers of our coun-
cry, east, west, north and south, to
unite and concentrate our entire efforts
to attain the greatest success" And
one of their cardinal principles, it
should be remembered, is free coinage.
Further than this, the platform of the
American Federation Of Labor is prac-
tically the same as the Peoples party
platform.
Of forcible annexation (of HawaiD, for
that cannot be thought Of" but Ct
those who come of their own free will
to merge their destines in our body
polite" Now it has been proved that
only two per cent of the adults of
Hawaii are permitted to vote, and not
all of these are for annexation. No
test by direct vote has ever been talk
ed about, but so far as can be known,
an annexation proposition voted upon
by all adult white and Hawaiian males
would be showed under" On the
other hand annexation would probably
carry by about ten to one in Cuba; but
no one connected with this administra-
ton speaks up for Cuba.
Corporations do not pay high wages
simply because they are able to. In
Detroit street car employees can get Is
cents per hour with three-cent car
fares, and in Cleveland Fl cents an
hour with five-cent fares.
IN an article III the North American
Review fo: December, Robert p. Por-
ter recommends that the Home and
Farm inquiry be excluded from the
census report of 1900. His excuse for
so doing is that it will cost s., 500, 600.
While it may be expensive, it is money
Wen spent. The report on homes and
farms, in the census of 1890 has been
the means Of educating the people on
the real condition of the masses. This
is the real reason why an attempt will
be made to exclude it from the next
report. The expense plea is simply a
dodge. A bill to make the census de-
partment permanent will be introduced
in this session of Congress. All voters
should write to their senators and rep
resentatives requesting them to see
that the Nome and Farm inquiry is
included in the list.
The backwoods philosopher, Bige
Eddy, says: 1T is enough to discour-
age man engaged in the production