The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26

smart as whip. He did not make the
race for mayor for fun; he is after
bigger game-the governorship of Ohio
and q 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 great and deafening rat
Ting Of dry bones. Hurrah for Tom!
He is a multimillionaire and looks like
cherub.
A Rising Star.
There can be no question that Car
ter Harrison is 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 IL
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 fattering home
verdict been pronounced than upon
young Carter Harrison. Senator Jo-
seph Weldon Bailey Of Texas is a
statesman with an unusually level
head, and here is what he says:
Carter Harrison's sweeping victory for mayor OF
Chicago, believe, will result in his nomination
for the vice presidency in 1904. l sincerely hope
80. He is the strongest Democrat in Illinois, and
If he is named for second place on the national
ticket the Democracy will be invincible in that
state in 1904 Altgeld has sunk into political OBJ
ivion 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.
MIR. Chairman Jones.
Senator James X. Jones of Arkansas,
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee, is to be congratulated on
the personal victory he won by having
his friend and constituent, e. n. Scott,
appointed as one Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition commissioners. /
haven't the pleasure Of 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 hars?
conditions and onerous 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 a rancor that is amazing. Notable
among his prosecutors is The Globe
Democrat and its performances touch
ing Senator Jones and the Scott ap-
pointment do it no honor whatever.
In order to prevent the appointment by
the president of Mr.. Scott The CD.
and others misrepresented a speech
which Senator Jones delivered before
the Arkansas legislature, published gar
bled extracts Of 1t and made malicious
comments on the same. They also re-
yived the ancient and odoriferous lie
that Senator Jones is one Of the chief
manipulators. owners and beneficiaries
of a trust, the round cotton bale trust;
but their malice did Senator Jones no
harm in the mind Of President McIlin-
ley or any other fair and candid per
son. Mr.. Scott was duly appointed be-
cause Senator Jones pressed his name,
which, In the face Of the antics Of The
Globe Democrat and other preposter-
GUS indictments, is a great and well
deserved victory for the senior senator
from Arkansas. The truth is that Ar
Kansas has a splendid delegation In