The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-02
ON THE PICKET LINE.
CLOSE SHOTS AT POLITICAL
FACTS AS THEY APPEAR.
The Battle for the Peoples Rights i!as
Just Begun, the Reserves Are Coming
Up and Monopoly IS Hcin~ Attacked
All Along the Line.


All Along the Line.
1t is announced that Mayor jones Of
has decided to run for governor
of Ohio next fall on the same platform
which the people OF Toledo re-
Endorsed his candidacy by a
practically unanimous vote. The an
of his candidacy. lately is
sued said: He will accept the Republic
nomination if given and if not will
run as an independent. 1t is said that
$4,000 Ohio workingmen will be in
June 1st when the Republi-
convention meets"
Political disaster is yawning for the
in Ohio, as we'll as else
where. Of course, nobody yer expect
Mark Hanna to nominate Mayor
Jones for governor. Besides being a
thorough anti-monopolist of the Pin
gree type and a champion of the rights
of labor (Which is enough to make
him most distasteful to the corporation
bosses and hirelings who control the
Republican party, Mayor Jones is too
close to Charles H. kurtz to ever re-
ceive any countenance from Hanna.
Jones has no business in the Republl-
can party; Uncover, he knows it very
we'll, and will not be found there again.
1t seems that the candidacy Of Mayor
Jones has enough steam behind it to
badly beat the Hanna ticket in ONO
next November, which would be an en-
couragement to the enemies of monop-
oily.
Perry Belmont, the man Richard
Croker thinks would make a good pres
ident. recently married a highly aristo-
cratic lady" the same day she was
divorced by her husband on the
grounds of adultery. Mrs. Belmont's
social standing in New York's 400 is
unimpaired, which shows how moral
are these people to whom the people
living west Of the Alleghanies now
turn over the bulk of the wealth they
produce.
Every man and in the Brit
ish Empire 1--WE will have an American
Empire" after a while) has to do an
extra hours work every day to main
tain the military establishment. So
says Sir John Lubbock. Hanna, Alger
and Mckinley, and last, but really the
whole thing, the Wall street inner cir
Gle, has decreed that this country must
have a standing army as large as that
of England. Every nan and roman
in the United States will no doubt
be glad to work an additional hour
daily to pay the expense of such an
army.
The treasury department has in
formed president" Dole, Of Hawaii
chow comes there to be such a ''presi-
dent" when the islands have been an
nexed?) that the contract labor laws
remain there in full force, which is in
clear defiance Of American law. This
permits the importation Of Japanese
to any extent, to be turned loose on
this coast to cheaper labor as fast as
their contracts expire, says the San
Francisco Star. Before the annexation
was consummated, it's advocates siren
uously denied that such a result would
follow, as they now deny the same
thing as to the Philippines. Both an
nexations are designed to cheaper la
Dor, among other evils.
The twisting, squirming. and man
euvering of politicians to avoid the
odium OF trusts and take advantage of
the unpopularity Of the enormous
combinations recently formed furnish
a subject for serious thought. There is
no doubt that all parties in the mex
national campaign will adopt platforms
violently against trusts, says the Ma
tional Waterman. The Republican
party will be so vindictive in it's Ian
guage against those institutions that
no other party can exceed its violent
abuse. The question to be solved is:
Will the people eve find out who is re-
sponsible for trusts? The gold stan
dard is the father Of all trusts because
gold standard contraction creates fall
ing prices, which make it necessary for
business men to combine to save them
selves from bankruptcy. Who is re-
sponsible for the gold standard. the
party led by Mckinley or the party led
by Bryan? Every trust organization in
the United States will contribute it's
money and its influence to elect the
Republican candidate. Will that fact
satisfy the people that the Republican
party is the party responsible for
trusts? Why should every trust in the
United States be Republican, from the
gold combination down to the manu-
facturers Of matches? If the American
people are not stark mad they will
have no difficulty in finding cut which
party is responsible for the trusts and
II they are really opposed to the trusts
they will vote for the other side. I'm
less the majority Of the Amer n peo-
pie vote as the trusts vote the Repub-
lican candidate will stand no show
whatever Of winning in 1890.
Notwithstanding the enormous
weight of taxes bearing upon the pro-
ducers of the country the government
deficit for the fiscal year is announced
as s109, 300. 22S.
IMPERIALISM.