The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-17

Reed, Roosevelt and Miles for the
presidential nomination against Nc
Kinley. Since then the admins
tration has begun to show its teeth,
particularly in the direction CT
Miles and Reed. Without listen
ing to one-tenth of the witnesses
VIII" were ready to testify in support
Of Gen. Miles charges of bad beef
supplies, the Army Court of Inquiry
hustled off to Chicago. where it will
get nothing but the reports Of the
beef combine an( the fxed-up testi-
mony Of the combines creatures.
! Every effort will be exer'ed to
put Miles in a hole'-seemingly
impossible task; but the admins
'@ration has the purpose and the COM
bine has the money and will consid-
r it cheap at a million dollars if
Miles a be discredited. Miles is a
fighter, however, and has more than
n~ine-tenths of the regular army and
the volunteers with him heart and
soul.
Roosevelt is a harder proposition.
The administration has not dis
covered as yet just where to tackle
him, but hopes to coddle Platt and
Foster any signs of a fight which
appear between him and the Cover
nor Of New York, to defeat the lat
ter's ambitions.
With Reed the fight is on already.
Gen. Shafter, quick to take the hint
from the administration, whose
favorite he has been. made a violent
attack on the speaker, recently in a
public speech. Mr.. Reeds attention
was called to the matter, and with
the outcome of the Eagan trial in
mind, drawled in his nasal. high
pitched voice, "Gues Shafter wants
to be given a six years vacation on
full pay"
But the main attack on Reed
comes in the covert candidacy of
Representative Sherman OF New
York for the speakership of the
Fifty-Sixth congress. Mr.. Sherman
although appointed to a seven thou
and dollar job as a member OF the
Board of General Customs APP
praisers and confirmed by the sen
ate, has not resigned his place
10 the house. Papers under the
control of the administration are
giving wide circulation to a report
that Sherman is the man who can
split off enough eastern republicans
from the down east leader to break
the backbone of his support. So
ar Sherman himself has said not a
W, I'd. He has in the past been a
warm friend Of the speakers, much
favored in committee ard otherwise
oy the latter. II he does not resign
his seat within the next few weeks,
1t will meet that the spcakership
Gee has buzzrd effectively. 1t is not
impossible, too, that he might win.
But that would merely serve tc
sharpen Reeds tongue against Nc
Kinley. Should he break loose he
could do the latter more harm than
any other man, for he knows his
weak points of old and when reused
to wrath is merciless.
Another significant sign Of repub
lean trouble is the letter which Sen
ator Chandler has written to Gov
Pingree Of Michigan warmely com
mending the latter's fight agains
trusts and corporations. For
, man who was once the bitterest O
! partisans, Senator'Chandler is toda,,
more democratic and a better demo
, crat than most of his eastern part
/ opponents. The one consolini
j thought is that republican factiona
fights are pouring water on tn
democrats wheel.
s Democrats in Washington hardl
{ know how to take 'Representativ
e Bailey's surrender of the leadershi
y Of the minority of the house. Hi
suggestion that it should fall t
Representative Bankhead Of AL;
oama does not carry great weigh
The latter, though able, is too Pei
y derous for the situation, which cal
for an alert wit as well as SCUM
Judgment. The contest for the pos
i, ton unquestionably lies betwee
Richardson Of Tennessee and D
y Almond of Missouri, both able pa