The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-21
Washington, D. G. !
April II, 1899. {


che democratic masses q clear op
portunity to learn whether their
eaders aud representatives inteLo
o abide by the principles of The
party or IL wander in directions
". ich Jefferson wuul,. b I'VE ab .ur. ed.
he Two most notable dinners 81
April IL and r~pres,niing The Nv.
Extremes were The j ff,:rson dinners
II Milwaukee attended by william
] Bryan aud the $40 ianmany III
ner held in New York city.
Al the former Bryan was greeted
wi h tumuI ous applause and hl:
speech was one of the most nn,aLl,
hat he has ever delivered. He drew
N apt parallel between tile Sro~i
If the industrial trusts which lnda
form the & atest 1en w., O {
country, anu The money trust " &c
As so many years die ated th. /,
nancial rolicy of the government,
His spec, h foreshad " d what every
democratic leader now sees to .
inevitable that in the next naiioua
campaign the issue will b. ugain>,
all trusts, including that of money
rather than against The money trus
alone. An attempt was made At til,
dinner to boom young Mayor Harri
son of Chicago into political prom
inence, but it was not successful
His future rests with himself. H,
cannot be popular with the gol
democrats ind with the nationa
democracy at the same time. Tn,
next twelve months should Civ,
him opportunity to declare himself
The Tammanv dinner is said by
those present to have been one Ct
the best cooked meals for the money
very set before epicures since ia!
Gould and his twelve millionaires
fed James G.. Blaine out Of the
presidency. Not a word was said
IN the after dinner speeches calculat.
ID tie disturb the easy digestion of ,
single millionaire present. Neither
was there in attendance a singl,
democrat of national Importance.
1t is not discoverable that any in
%judicious speaker even remately re
ferred to the Chicago platform
David B. Hill was moons picuous b,
his absence.
Will dimes are under dis
cussion it is worthy Of note tha'
Gov. Roosevelt of New York is max
ny q strong bid for popular supper"
bv, declaring that public franchise
to railroads and other corporations
should be made TO pay tribute ,c
The public treasury. A the months
roll by however, he will d s:ove,
the futility Of bidding for the presi
icntial nomination ut The hands ol
he republican convention by attack
ing corporations,
PUBLIC FRANCHISES
The whole question OF public
franchises is coming into ac,iv,
politics. When the farmers OF tn,
south and west began their grea,
lgitation Il score Of years ago f.,
bringing the raj roads under tn,
control Of the federal government.
which agitation resulted in til,
creation Of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, they we're called
socialists and demagogues and long.
haired cranks by every organ oi
monopoly. Ye, now in every lead
ing city on the country asitations
ire in progress for municipal ron
,rol aud ownership OF water, gas
and electric light plants, US we'll as
street railway lines. Fh,s NOV,
ment is of sucn formidable cha "actcr
that no party Is able to stand
against It. Wherever the issue i:
made and submitted to u vote OF tn,
people it carries by overwhelming
majorities. Fortunately the situa.
ton admits Of democrati,
support in every instance and hurts
the republicans, who are invariably
IN touch with the corporations al.
iected. In she municipal csmpaigns
# next year the movement referred
20 will have gained such Roadway a.
10 have material weight in the stat.
ind national electio IS.
The opportunity will be presented
for the reform FORCES to demand leg
lslaticp restoFipg to the Iaer-Stat'
Commerce Commission even create,
powers than those which the court,
nave for the last ten years beef
taking away from il. The clos,
relation between the municipal conr
troll and ownership Of local fran
chises and the strictest possibl
government con'-ol, il not ana
ownership, Of railways = " eyidcn
that the old Wall street speer q
hayseed legislation would seen
sbe turned fntO + sOnY al praise