The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
REPUBLIC OR EMPIRE -wnIcn7
A Few Things to Consider Before
You Vote.

A Few Things to Consider Before
You Vote.
/ The UNION desires to have an hon.
est talk with its readers before they
exercise ths most important duty
that falls to the lot of the citizen
the casting of a vote which to some
degree shall direct the course o the
government under which we liye.
Two great parties are struggling
for the control of governmental af.
fairs. One declares that the truths
OF the Declaration of Independence
are eternal and that the national
constitution was framed to be obey
ed and lived up to; that the hum BILE
citizen should have the same rights
under the law as has the millionaire;
that in bearing the burden OF taxa
tion the rich should share the load
with the poor; that the nation can
not survive half subject and half cit
izen, any more than it could have
weathered the storm half slave and
half free. The party which contends
for these principles is the Democrat
ic party, aided in it's contest for
human rights by the Peoples party
and Lincoln Republicans.
On the other hand, the Republi.
can party, dominated by the cor
rupting influences OF trusts and cor
porations which have p.undered the
people, and generated by a man who
stands branded as guilty OF having
bribed his way into the American
senate, declares by its actions of the
past three and half years that this
republic may hold subjects and deny
citizenship to foreign peoples; that
the American flag is an emblem of
brutal conquest instead OF an en-
blem liberty; that the flag of this
country may be raised over alien
races without the constitution going
with it; that in it's efforts to civilize
and christianize, the bayonet and
Gathling gun are the most potent
features and in all the long and
bloody chapter is seen the hand Of
Almighty God, directing such a
movement; that the money of the
country should be controlled by the
banking trust instead Of by the gov
ernment in behalf OF the people;
that the individual citizen has no
rights which the millionaire trust
magnates are bound to respect, and
finally, that an empire is to be
founded and built on the ruins of the
republic.
There are the positions OF the two
parties plainly outlined. On which
side will you stand? For the repub-
lie or for the empire? For subjects
and slaves, or for citizens? For the
constitution or against it? For the
Declaration of Independence or in
opposition it its eternal principles?
Four years more OF republican rule
will mean that there is no hope OF
throwing off the yoke of the trusts
and corporations-tha; they may
plumber the people at will and no
power under high heaven can prevent
it. The UNION appeals to you, not
as Republican, Democrat or Popu-
list, but as an American citizen, to
vote for the maintenance of those
pr nciples which over century OF
our history has proved were safe
and right.
So far as the state ticket OF the
fusion forces is concerned, it merits
q trium phant election. For con-
gress Andrew e. Lee stands as q
monument of integrity and honesty,
always considerate of the welfare OF
the people under him. His record
as governor OF South Dakota has
demonstrated his ability as public
official. Fearless and patriotic, he
has stood unlnfuenced by those who
would swerve him from the path OF
duty. None can truthfully say
otherwise. His running mate for
congress, Judge Joseph B. Moore,
has risen from the ranks Of COM
mon wage-earner here in the Black
Hills. In him the toiling masses
will have an able champion. BY in.
stinct instil.ed by his own expert
ence, Joe Moore would act in behalf
of the common people if elected.
True friends of the people are toe