The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-28
.fGREAT NJ EXITING.

fGRfAT MEETING.
Bimctallist had a great meeting at
Humphrey July Is, more than 1000
people catering there to hear the in
comparable Bryan and other prominent
Nebraskans. Farmers drove in large
delegations for fifty miles and from adj
joining counties.
Bryan pictures and bryan badges
were everywhere displayed in profu-
sion. and the champion of the people
was never more cnth usiaStically greet
cd.
William " Allen made u speech of
ten rainutcs duration in which he con
graduated the people upon having the
chanceIto hear Mr.. Bryan, and pre-
dicted that he would be the standard
bearer Of the reform forces in 1900. He
urged the necessity of a closer union
than ever before by those having Il
common purpose in view
Hon. w. II. Thompson, Ncbraska's
member of the democratic national
committee, made a short speech so full
of good things. we cannot refrain from
quoting d portion of it:
eff eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty, WHAT w~ide-awal1c crowd we
should be. 1t was Nebraska that
struck the first. blow that eventually
drove from the control of the democrat
&c party those who refused to heed the
voices of She people. Our free silver
convention in Omaha in 1894 WAS to
the u of bimetallism what the can
mons o a of Bunker Hill and Licking
ton was 10 the revolution; what the re-
ply shots of Andrews and his followers
were to the perpetuity of the union:
the charge up San Juan hill was to the
freedom of Cuba 1t was that conven-
ton that made it possible to make
Silas A. Holcomb governor Of the state
and guaranteed each succeeding state
| victory; that made it possible TO lift
) the mantle high above the heads of
; other honorcd sons, and make Bryan
our united choice for president 9H'7 ..
at Was the restless puisatiop of this
force in '9l and 81 that made your
, neighbo,, Allen. our choice for scna-
! tor of these United States. This charge
is still il your keeping. A trust as
sacred as that placed in the hands of
! the fathers of our nation and AS de-
serving of patriotic zeal. The eyes of
the nation no longer turn to New York
and Pennsylvania: the battle-ground is
today Nebraska. Who have yeu on
guard? This struggle demands new
Washingto1s. new Jetfersons and new
Lafayettes. Shall we permit it to be
said that VIC are less patriotic, less de-
voted to truth and justice, less devoted
10 the eternal principles of S~elf-goy-
eminent; that we have wandered
away from the axiom. that all men
are endowed with certain i%nalicnable
rights, chief AMONG which are the right
TO life. liberty and the pursuit OF han.
piness. '.' '' se w
"These are questions that you must
answer at h primary. the convention
md the polls. 1t is for you to say
whether the scramble for Office shall
divide this union of forces or selfish
ambitions thwart our purpose and
drive us from our duty. The tie that
binds should draw us closer and closer
together, cement Il efforts into aunt
of strength. Remember. you have in-
vited the battle and picked the field
and the weapons. The struggle is on
and the lanccs drawn. The subtle in
f1uences of the forces in charge at
Washington are actively at work in the
state. They rejoiced more over the
defeat of Allen than they wept over
their entire losses in the cast. They
had won the battle against silver in
the home OF its friends, and struck
down, my populist friends, your Saul
in the conflict for man, over nlammon.
and that while our soldiers slept.
Awake, freedom calls. The foe of
organized wealth must never slumber:
it rocks not howe'cr pleasant may seem
the day or happy the hour. If you
have sorrows, go bury them; they will
keep for another day. If you have
strifes and contentious. forget them
now;-think of the cause and not per
sonrl preferment. You'll have all the
strife n contention you can cope with
furnished you free by another party
fighting under another banner and for
another cause Organize; organize
from the %statehouse to the schoolhouse.
and De friends while you organize.
United we will win, divided the victory
will perch on the banner of another.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liber-
ty."
When Mr.. Bryan arose, the shouts
of welcome could be heard for many
blocks. He opened his speech by urg-
ing unity on the part of those who be-
lieved in the principles advocated by
the democrats, populists and silver re-
publicans. and to not allow personal
ambition to outweigh their good judg-
ment. He discussed taxation. money,
trusts, Imperialism, and militarism,
n those who have heard him time
and again said that they had never
heard him make a better speech or
more soul-stirring. re r4r s.4
He urged organization and harmony
and said republican papers lauded pop
ulist who were opposed to fusion and
democrats who opposed fusion because
by dividing our forces they hope to
win, therefore we must be united.
Why do republicans pat democrats
and populists opposed to fusion on the
back and call them great men, men of
great principles. Because they are
helping the republican party. He said
he believed in cooperation of the fu-
sion forces, because it was cooperation
that gave Nebraska the best senator
she ever had.
1T was cooperation between the
reform forces that elected Holcomb and
reelected Holcomb governor Of this