The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-15

devoted to the demonstration, the first and only
one in history, that government of the people,
for the people and by the people" need not ..per-
ish from the earth" There is an inspiration in |
the thought that to our beloved country may be |
reserved the eliminating glory of the ages in
browning with success the long experiment OF ,
righteous sell government.
Gallery AppInuded.
During the delivery of this peroration
the applause in the galleries was SO vo-
ciferous that the Hon. William p. Frye,
president of the senate, threatened to
have them cleared I have no doubt
that he would have liked to clear out
Towne with the galleries. l heard
about half an hour Of Towne's speech
myself, and one Of the things that
struck me was the awfully bored ex-
preston on the face Of Senator Frye.
If some senator had been making as
strong speech on the other side as
Towne was making on his side, the
genial face of the senator from Maine
would have glistened like new moon.
The Honorablei.Gas" Addicks.
Macaulay says that at the close Of
the Seven Years war all Europe in
arms could not wrest Silesia from the
iron grasp Of Frederick the Great, and
while it is far cry from that mighty
monarch to the Hon. "Gas" Addicks it
is nevertheless true that 1t seems utter
~ impossible for all the good people IN
Delaware to wrest that tiny common
wealth from the grip of the greasy
hand of Doodle. Addicks, like Alexan-
der Selkirk, seems to be monarch of all
he surveys. Addicks is playing the
star engagement as dog in the manger.
/ Twice he has produced deadlock
which for two years at each time has
caused Delaware to have only one sen
ator. 1t would be strange indeed II for
two years he should produce dead
lock that would prevent Delaware
from having any senator at all, yet
that seems precisely what is going to
happen. Out in Nebraska the conflict
ing ambitions Of Colonel Edward Rose
water, Assistant Secretary Of War
Meiklejohn, Hon. David Mercer, Mr..
Thompson, Mr.. Manner and an unnum-
bered throng Of lesser statesmen ap-
pear quite likely to leave Nebraska
without any senator. These two cases
are sufficient arguments in favor OF
electing United States senators by d.
rect popular vote, even if there were no
other reasons. This reform is absolute
ly imperative for the best interests Of
the republican form Of government.
A Man of Parts.
i Senator Turner Of the state Of Wash
ington, who, by the way, is a Missouri
an, is rapidly developing into one of the
strongest debaters in the senate. He is
a tall, handsome man Of the brunette
style of beauty, with large, capacious
head chuck full Of information on the
leading questions of the day. Notwith-
standing he is man Of affairs who has
spent several years on the frontier,
where competition in all lines Is pitt
less, Senator Turner has found time to
dip into the best literature and knows
how to use 1t effectively in debate. I
have always regarded Lord Gives dec
laration as to his own moderation in
taking money from the East Indians as
one of the most remarkable that ever
fell from human lips. In his speech
against the subsidy bill Senator Turner
thus deftly uses that celebrated decla.
ration Of the great English soldier:
So we are gravely proceeding to vote out Of the
treasury Of the United States open, bold, bald,
emphatic subsidy, mere gift, to this favored in
dustry Of shipbuilding and shipowning, and we
are proceeding to do for the period Of 20 years.
involving the government in payments to the sum
total Of 1910. 900 900. ct the very moment when It
is reasonably certain that II ships cannot now be
bllilt and opprntpd NV liz cheanly "a hy any