The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-10-06
bryan 4 sure WINNER.
He Wi. Have ! United Party
at His Back.
DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK BRIGHT.

Wh, the Republican Party Is Doom
ed to Observation-Disclosures With IL
President no Hu. N"ct;essly Shed
American Hlund - Citizens of For
cisn Birth Belit,Icd md Insulted.
The outlook for Democratic success
next year never WAS brighter. Mark
Hanna in an interview say the Re
publicans are sure to win. Mark could
not possibly say anything else. He
believes in persistency. especially the
DcrSiStcncy of falSchoUl. Confidence
Of expression and posilivcncss Of as
s%crtion. II" thinks. are effective. But
the Republicans are not going to win
next year. and we will tell why.
1t was the workingmpn'S vote that
elected Mckinley in 1896, not that the
working class loved him more than
Bryan, but the Republicans persistent
assertion that MclNinley'S election
would result in the instantaneous re
turn of the good times and abundant
employment had its effect. We heard
Senator Cullom positively assert that
within - minutes after McNinlcy'S
election the long looked for prosperity
would come trolting along. But it did
not come in - minutes, - weeks or Is
months. "Grncral Prosperity" rs he
was dubbed, did not reach us until he
had made Il pr0traCtCd march all Eel
The world. CNllom'S uttcrInce nor Nc
kin!cy'S election did not hasten him.
He am when he was ready, and it
would have been the same whether
Mckinley or bryan a chosen prCSi-
dent. Eat il was we'll for Bryan he
was not elected in 1876. His election
would have been blamed for prosper
ity'* lHrdinrSs. and he and his party
would haV" suffered in consequence.
The working people are now more in
dependent and viii vote more in a"-
curtllncc with their convictions than
their wants. and that is with Bryan
and the Democratic party. The Re
publican party is Handicapped with Il
president who has broken un-Amcri-
can ground. who has ncrdlcSSly shed
the blood OF many of our best boys.
has wa~rd Il wicked war against Il
distant people seeking the blessings Of
4 government OF their own has cnOr-
mouSly increased taxation. has cncour-
aged cOmmcrcia!ism to the extent of
counting an aDhOrrcnt foreign alliance,
has insultcd and bclittlcd the rationale
tics of our most numerous citizens Of
foreign birth and alicnatcd the votes of
that portion of them that had been
habitual!y voting the Republican ticket
for years. He has kept in position
military commanders who would only
allow lying dispatches to be sent to
the newspapers and thereby conspircd
to deceive the American people.
Thousands upon thousands of voters
who formerly voted with the Repub-
lican party arc turning from it in dis
gust and dismay. wondering what the
next dishonor is to be that it will bring
upon the republic. Those who think
that the glamour Of military glory and
conquest will be effective for the bene
fit Of the party in power will find them
selves vastly mistaken. Treason to
Republican Democracy and the Substi,
tuition of imperialism will not be toll
Grated, for there is yet and will be
forever belief in the Declaration of In
dependence. in the bill of rights and
the words Of Washington in the hearts
of the American people. We have had
enough Of militariSm. and the revulsion
Of feeling is growing stronger and
stronger every day.
The democratic party was never in
better condition for a vigorous fight. 1t
had never before better weapons Of of
Tense and defense. 1t is now free of
the trammclS Of slavery and the tram
melS of the money power and is nC
longer the organized Hypocrisy that II
was before Bryan and the Chicago
platform. Bryan will be the candidate
in 1000. He will have Il united and
enthusiastic party at his back and is
as sure to win as the sun Shines
South Chicago Democrat.