The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-03


by the millions, but in squads-squads
in every nook and corner Of the coun-
try; squads which in the aggregate
will give Bryan from % to over 100
majority in the electoral college.
The Gold Democrats.
The gold Democrats are also coming
into the fold to swell the anti-imperial-
istic chorus. We are glad to have them
back in the house Of their fathers. It's
the proper place for them-indeed for
all who love their country.
Webster Davis, as 1 predicted in my
last letter is coming in for Il great
deal Of abuse, but guess Webster ean
stand 1t in the cause Of liberty and
truth. The ''rads" can't rub out the fact
that until he resigned as assistant Sec
retary of the interior he was put for
ward as the orator in chief Of Nc
Kinley's administration.
make another prediction, and it is
this: Republicans like Dolliver will
keep on abusing Davis until he gives
an expose of his differences with II.
Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions,
and Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary
of the interior. When Davis does
that, hundreds Of thousands of old SOL
diers will leave Mckinley and vote for
Bryan, because it is an open secret
that the row which Davis had with
Evans and Hitchcock grew out Of the
fact that Davis was the firm and un-
yielding friend of the old soldiers and
that he regularly overruled Evans and
that Hitchcock regularly overruled
Davis. So that the more the Republic
ans abuse Davis, the more the old sol
diers will vote for Bryan.
Nothing could more clearly demon
strate the disintegration now going on
in the G. o. p. than the fact that at
the great ratification meeting at Lin
coin three Of the principal orators were
General James B. Weaver Of Iowa,
ex-congressman; Charles A. Towne
Of Minnesota, ex-congressman, and
Webster Davis Of Missouri, ex-assist-
ant secretary Of the interior-all once
great and shining lights in the Repub-
lican party. There are other great
men, once pillars in the Republican
temple, who were not there in the
flesh, but who were there in spirit
such as Senator Henry NJ. Teller Of
Colorado, ex-senator Fred T. Dubois
Of Idaho, General John B. Henderson
! of Missouri and Carl Schurz-an IL
lustrous company, surely.
DisErnceful Business.
i On the part of Republican news
| papers this is to be campaign of mis-
representation and vilitication. That
they are doing this systematically
there can be no question. They appear
| to be acting on Voltaire's dictum,
"Keep on lying, and some of it will
| STICK
The Kansas City Journal seems to
have earned "the bad eminence" Of
leading in this disgraceful business.
never read that sheet that am not
forced to recall the words of Sir John
| Falstaff on a memorable occasion:
"Lord! Lord! how this world is given
to lying!'
submit to candid world If the
Mckinley imperialistic party is not in
a very bad way when it deliberately
resorts to lying and misrepresentation
| as the only means of bolstering up a
losing cause.
This same monumental liar, the Kan
sas City Journal, said that in our de-
bate at the Winfield Chautauqua the
"Hon. C. B. Landis was dignif1ed and
} argumentative, while Champ Clark
was vulgar and abusive," which was
another lie. 1t based its charge
/ against me on the last sentence in my
closing speech, which was as follows:
elf you desire pure, economical, pa
triotic american administration, vote
the Democratic ticket, and may peace
rest upon your houses. If you desire
wicked and wanton waste of the
peoples money, further growth of
| trusts, vast standing army and the
Republic converted into an empire,
! vote the Republican ticket and may
God have mercy on your fool soulsv'
i am willing to stand by that. What
is there abusive or vulgar about that
Is stating the truth abuse? Is it vul.
| gar? Isn't the Republican party guilty
of wicked and wanton waste Of the
AsA ~ u uSC lAuuCA duu
trust supported? Isn't it in favor Of a
vast standing army? Isn't it endeavor.
ing to estal -ish an empire upon the
ruins of republic? And why should
the Kansas City Journal abuse me fol
stating historic truths? I will tell
you why. Because these truths, stated
bluntly by me, hurt.
The Journal said that Landis was
dignified and argumentative. In the
same column it unfortunately gave ar
extract from his speech in which he
declared that instead Of the Demo
cratic national convention being held
at Kansas City, 1t ought to be held in
the Leayenworth penitentiary! There's
dignity and argument for you! That's
the Kansas City Journals idea Of dig
nifty and logic!
The Pathway of Duty.
& denounced the staement Of Mr.
Lands as vile SANDER when he made
1t at Winfield. / denounce it as suct
now when printed in the Kansas City
Journal.
Il As these letters have twenty or fit,
fold more circulation than the kansas