The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-08

vehemently asseverated during the dog
days that Lemuel Eli surreptitiously
made away with three several and dis
| tlnct planks of the Republican ma
tional platform.
Increase of Lynching.
Solely for information | would like to
inquire what has become of the Anti
lynching society of Boston, which UNI
dertook, no doubt in good faith and
] with good intentions, to remodel hu-
man nature? Is it ausgespielt? Did it
die aabornin? Lynching has so much
increased lately that it has become
Observation-Disclosures epidemic. Hang
ing people without legal formula is no
longer confined to Mississippi and Lou
isiana, but has become popular pas
time in Indiana, the home of that great
constitutional lawyer, general and ex-
president, Benjamin Harrison: of the
bounding Beveridge, who discovered
the Philippine archipelago: of the al.
fltudlnouS Fairbanks, president in
posse; of General Lew Wallace, author
or -Hur" and ''The Fair God" and
OF James Whitcomb Riley. the sweet
singer. The amusement of fricassec
ing colored gentlemen is no longer mo-
nopolized by Texas and Kentucky. but
is INDUCED in by deniaens of Colorado
and Bleeding Kansas. The Antilynch-
! ing society of Boston may not have
heard of these forthcoming occur
fences; so, as a lover of my kind and a
friend of man, | announce these main
full and hair raising facts to them ana
bid them rise and stop this invasion of
the east and north by the barbarisan Of
the west and south.
Quay's FIovery Reception.
When Mirabeau, the immortal ora
tor, was dying, he exclaimed, Smother
me with fowersv' What the fever
crazed Frenchman wished almost hap
pened to Matthew Stanley Quay when
be was sworn in as senator last week.
Such floral display has never been
witnessed on this continent outside of
a regular flower show. The hothouses
Of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, the con-
servatories and botanical garden Of
Washington, We're stripped to honor
the return of the conquering hero. The
pages and habitues of the senate would
have shouted 10! Triumphe"' if they
had understood Latin. AS it was, they
capered about like mad, ran over and
bumped up against each other in 'tot-
ing the flowers to the arch enemy of
John Wanamaker. 1t was great Gay
for Quay and Quaysylvania.
"The straight way is the right way"
appears to be the motto of that stalwart
young man out of the west, Senator
Frederick L. Dubois, who in accepting
the senatorial election frankly stated
that hereafter he proposed to be a Dem
ocrat and to enter the Democratic eau,
Gus. Fred's caput is not only large and
capacious, but it is level. Els action
means that hereafter there is to be a
perfect union Of the forces opposed to
the un-American policy Of the Repub-
licans. 1t is well. Unity of purpose
unity in policy, unity in action, will
achieve success-success which means
return to American policies instead
of imperial policies. The manly and
courageous action of Senator Dubois
will be hailed with delight by millions
of the unterrified as prophecy Of vic
tories in the future.
Edward VII.
1t appears that Albert Edward has
assembled the throne of his ancestors
as Edward VII. suppose this is
because the name Edward is intimate
~ associated with some of the great
events of English history and is pre-
eminently an English name. The great
est of all the Edwards, the Black
Prince, never became king Mt all. On
the otheT hand. Albert is German
name. 1t is somewhat less than 200
years since the house of Brunswick
came to the throne. If Albert Ed
ward wanted to select a name out Of
all his predecessors that would fit his
character the best, he would call him
self Charles III, for up to date he bears
more resemblance to that merry mon
arch, Charles II, than to any other
that ever sat upon the English throne.
My guess is that he will be the most
popular king England ever had, simply
because he has sense enough to know
that he is not king at all, but mere
fgurehead. 1t is lucky for him and his
posterity that he looks at the matter in
that way, for if he took the view Of it !
that his great-grandfather George III,
did he probably would share the fate
OF Charles I or James II. It is rather
q strange historical coincidence that
the formation Of the Australian com.
monwealth, which is practically re.
public, and the death of Victoria should