The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-05

at. 1t hath also been whispered about
that ex-senator William Eaton Chan
dler would be willin Rarkis. True
he received an awful jolt recently. but
Mr.. Mckinley has been a good Samari-
tan to him and placed him in a soft,
downy berth, with 900 per-"
Mr.. Hanna's Chances.
But, Notwithstanding this shining ar
ray of possibilities, had Senator Hanna
seized opportunity by the forelock he
ought not to have experienced any
trouble In knocking the persimmon.
Even after his inopportune bashfulness
has thrown cold water on the enthu-
siasm of the bread and butter brigade
his chances are the best. He is the
logical candidate. He Is no worse than
his party. In very truth he could not
be. The thing is an impossibility in
nature. He has not whipped the devil
about the stump; that's all. Otherss
spout patriotism and emit cant. Mark
openly made the boys shell out and
placed the ducats where they would do
the most good for his party. He did
the work-the dirty work-and the 9th
ers enjoy the usufruct. They are most
of them tarred with the same stick.
Then why should not he lay aside his
coyness and boldly declare that he is
entitled to the first place himself, that
he is weary of playing the humber
part of Warwick and that the presi-
| Dental chair Will fit his anatomy ex-
actly? Some of his friends think SO
and are not mealy mouthed about say
/ ing so.
The Fairfield County co. Republican
says:
/! While in Washington attending the inaugural
| we were much impressed with the greatness OF
| Senator Hanna. He has been an important factor
/! in the first term Of William Mckinley, and his
I. wisdom will be more apparent to the American
people in the second. He possesses the prescience
and wisdom that are absolutely necessary In the
management and solution Of the momentous ques-
tions Of the day. The best citizens Of the country
; are beginning to regard him as the greatest man
/ in the land next to the president. He is a safe
J and conservative gentleman and would make as
safe president as William Mckinley
When the people come to know him, they will
esteem him as highly as the president. He is for
Ine WnOe people, masses as we'll aS claSseS.
! The country has nothing to fear from the brainy,
! wise and conservative Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
II Senator Hanna were not an Ohio man, he
/ would be, without doubt, the next president OF
the United States. The candidate nominated for
president in 1904 by the Republican party will
| not be an Ohio man. II it could be SO, it would
| be the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna.
Cheer For Ohloans.
That puts Senator Hanna clearly
before the people as candidate. The
last three sentences are simply an ex-
hibition of the incurable modesty per-
tanning to the Ohio man, whether
statesman, editor or what not The
Republican should cheer up. In the
! great work Of making Mark presi-
dent suggest to The Republican
that there is a precedent, well
established and well known, in
i Marks favor, and it is Democratic
/ precedent at that, for Jefferson, Madi-
son and Monroe three Virginians,
served "a consecutive years and are
called in history the Virginia dy-
nasty" Mr.. Mckinley, an Ohioan,
when his present term expires will
have served only eight, so that there
are 16 other years which Ohioans could
serve and still be within the precedent.
That being the case, Mr.. McIinley's
service should not be a bar to Sena-
tor Hanna's aspirations.
/ What's more, Marks nomination
would be hailed with delight by Demo
Gratis from Maine to California, for if
we can't defeat him we can't defeat
anybody else. So that all The Fairfield
County Republican has to do Is to line
up the Republicans for Marks nomina-
/ ton. will go bonds that the Demo
Gratis will aid The Republican In its
laudable endeavors.
! How natural the ancient Republican
battlecry of ''the old flag and an
+, appropriation" would sound in the
mouths of Mark and his cohorts-when
the ship subsidy bill and kindred meas
ures are remembered. No explanations
would be needed, for all men would
vehemently exclaim in the famous
words Of Corporal Tanner, "God help
the surplusw
Are College Presidents Played Quit
One question which must greatly
perplex Senator Hanna and other Re
publican magnates is what to do with
college presidents and professors who
wickedly persist in advocating the doc
trines Of the fathers and in pointing
out the rocks upon which the republic
is drifting with full head Of steam
on. Nothing teaches these colegians
J anything. President Andrews wal
ousted from Brown for advocating bi
metallism. A professor was expelled
from Stanford university for express
ing patriotic sentiments Their exam