The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-19

ocOWls, lutflSueS, ana JealOuSteS or the
West Point contingent. Funston per-
formed brilliant coup and deserves
well at the hands Of the country. No
matter whether the Philippine war is
right or wrong, Funston's business was
not to philosophizc about the righteous
ness or unrighteousness Of the war, but,
being in it as an American soldier, to
do all possible to bring it to an end IA
yorable to the American contention.
Tennyson, in his famous ballad ssThe
Charge Of the Light Brigade" thus
tersely and truly defines the duties of
soldiers:
Theirs not to make reply;
Theirs not to reason why;
Theirs but to do and die.
And General Fred Funston. voluu-
teer, appears to have done a notable
historic thing in the most approved
fashion. General Aguinaldo has most
certainly demonstrated that, whatever
else he may be, he is a remarkable
character. His surrender is SO far
the greatest event of the century.
Henceforth Funston and Aguinaldo
SSA~ AAAhC0 kO6SluCI III u1SlOCys
Hon. Marriott Brosius.
Hitherto have referred to the aston
ishing mortality among the 800 repre-
sentatives elected to the Fifty-sixth
congress. Fifteen out of the $50, or
exactly one out Of "a, died during the
life Of that congress, which ended at
high noon March 4. Since then Hon.
Marriott Brosius Of Lancaster, Pa,
has been called to his reward, suddenly,
unexpectedly. Mr.. Brosius was one of
the most radical and one of the most
honest of the Republican chieftains.
possessed Of large capacity, varied
learning and intense patriotism. Per-
sonally he was charming man, gentle
as little child, ready to participate in
any innocent humor. His was the dis
trict formerly represented by Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens Thad," as he
Is universally called; for he lived so
long that at last he seemed always to
have been old. While Stevens may have
added more renown to the Lancaster
district, by reason Of wider opportuni-
ty and longer service, he never more
faithfully represented the people than
did my generous and kindly Repub-
lican friend, Hon. Marriott Brosius.
The Nebraska Case.
The Nebraska legislature ran the Del
aware legislature close race for the
BOBBY prize in the matter Of electing
senators of the United States. It so
happened, unfortunately, that in each
CT those states there were two senators
to elect, one for four years and the
other for the full term of six years.
More unfortunately still in each state
the legislature was safely Republican
on joint ballot. In Delaware the cor
ruptionists were so strong that, while
they couldn't elect anybody, they could
and did prevent the election Of any
body, SO that for at least two years the
state of the Bayards and the Sauls.
burys goes without senators. In Ne
braska the Republican factions were
so bitter that deadlock prevailed all
winter, and only on March q, the next
to the last day Of the session, was it
broken by the process of setting aside
all the great Republican chieftains in
the state and selecting two men who,
whatever their merits or dement's, are
not generally known.
The most curious feature Of the
Nebraska situation is the complete
observation Of ex-senator John Mellen
Thurston. If his name was even men-
toned among the many supposed to be
fit to represent in the senate of the
United States the state of William j.
Bryan and William Vincent Allen, the
fact failed to appear in the metropoli-
tan press. If any member of the legis-
lature voted for him in all that long,
dreary deadlock, when nearly every
Republican in Nebraska known out
side his own township was voted for,
the fact has escaped my attention.
There was hot foot Rosewater con-
tingent, a Dave Mercer Legislative
company of good fellows, Thompson
faction. Haines guard. Meiklejohn
battalion, and how many more the
Lord only knows, but nobody seems In
all the turmoil to have thought Of
Senator Thurston as Moses. He was
just finishing six year term which
he won from Bryan in 1894. He is in
the very prime Of his splendid powers.
He entered the senate in 1895 with
multifarious prophecies as to what q
brilliant figure he would be in the less
numerous branch Of the national legis.
lature. He was everywhere heralded
as man Of unusual parts, and. truth
to tell, he was 80 accepted. AS late as
1896 even the presidency itself seemed
possible Of his attainment-the great
est prize. except his souls salvation
for which mortal man ever contended
It Is not meant that Senator Thurston
had any chance for the nomination al