The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
IL they will exercise energy. vigilance,
courage. fortitude and. above all. mod
Grafton and self abnegation.

IL they will exercise energy. vigilance,
courage. fortitude and. above all. mod
Grafton and self abnegation.
Tom Johnson's Great victory.
Individually feel happy as clam at
high tide over the election to the may
orally of Cleveland of Tom Johnson
not Thomas, mark you, but plain Tom.
My first cause for rejoicing is because I
know Tom, like Tom, believe in Tom.
He is q free trader who has the cour-
age Of his convictions and who is not
afraid to speak out in meeting. He is
disciple Of Henry George and was
bosom friend to that illustrious states
man, philanthrcpist and philosopher.
In the second place, Cleveland is the
home of Marcus A. Hanna. 1t Is good
and pleasant to see Mark under Demo-
cratic rule.
Tom Johnson has great head and
Is great character. He is young and
smart as a whip. He did not make the
race for mayor for fun; he is after
bigger game-the governorship of Ohio
and seat in the senate Of the United
States. The chances are that he will
get both. Far stranger things have
happened than his election to the
presidency some day. If he could get
his pet theories enacted into law, there
would be a great and deafening rat
ting Of dry bones. Hurrah for Tom!
He Is multimillionaire and looks like
cherub.
A Rising Star.
There can be no question that Car
ter Harrison Is q coming man in the
Democratic party. Indeed he has al
ready arrived. His splendid victory in
Chicago turns all eyes upon the bril-
liant young Illinois statesman. Thrice
elected mayor of the second city Of the
continent, he is still youth. Surely
there are greater honors in store for
him. With Illinois we can elect a
Democratic president, and it looks as If
Harrison can carry the state. His
name is already familiar to the ears of
every newspaper reader in America,
and he has demonstrated his winning
qualities beyond all cavil. The estima-
ton in which mans home folks hold
him is the very best and most reliable
verdict upon his merits and his stand
ing, particularly when that verdict is
three times repeated, and upon no man
in America has more f1attering home
verdict been pronounced than upon
young Carter Harrison. Senator Jo-
seph Weldon Bailey of Texas is q
statesman with an unusually level
head, and here is what he says:
Carter Harrison's sweeping victory for mayor Of
Chicago, l believe, will result in his nomination
for the vice presidency in 1904. l sincerely hope
So He is the strongest Democrat in Illinois, and
II he is named for second place the national
ticket the Democracy will be invincibe in that
state in 1904. Altgeld has sunk into political OBJ
livon for all time Harrison is the greatest vote
getter in Illinois.
These utterances of Mr.. Bailey are
regarded as significant Many Demo-
Gratis believe he desires to be president.
and some Of his closest political
friends are enthusiastically talking of
Bailey and Harrison as the next presi-
dental ticket Of the Democrats.
Mr.. Chairman Jones.
Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas,
chairman of the Democratic national
the personal victory he won by having
his friend and constituent, e. D. Scott,
appointed as one of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition commissioners.
haven't the pleasure of a personal ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Scott, but will
risk my head on the proposition that
he is good man. Otherwise Senator
Jones would not have made fight for
him. But am not talking about Scott.
Senator Jones and his victory consti-
tute my theme. No purer man and few
ADLER live than Senator Jones. He has
rendered his party and therefore his
country great service under very hard
conditions and 0nerous circumstances.
True, the Democrats lost in 1896 and in
1900, but the probabilities all favor the
proposition that they would have lost
under any chairman and that Senator
Jones was the best possible selection
in both campaigns. He is honest as
the day is long, true to his friends and
to his principles as is the needle to the
pole, of handsome presence, Of good
manners and Of buoyant temperament.
He is an honor to the American senate
and to American manhood. Neverthe-
less he has been pursued by many Re-
publican papers and, alas. sad to relate.
by some so called Democratic papers,
with rancor that is amazing. Notable
among his prosecutors is The Globe
Democrat and it's performances touch
ing Senator Jones and the Scott ap-
pofntment do it no honor whatever.
In order to prevent the appointment by
the president of Mr.. Scott The CD.