The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-10-24
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BONFIRE AND BRASS BAND MUSIC
Fail to Enthuse the Brethren
Re Martin Pleads for Republican
Support, While Burke Just Gets
Acquainted. g II
There was republican rally DIT
Libary hall Monday evening ali at-
tempt to get the brethren to warm
Iup in this section to thaw otit'''
and get to work for the Hannacratic
lticket-but the affair was more OF 4
frost than anything else.
congressman Martin and Burke
arrived on the 8 o'clock train from
the north and Emrick's Opera band
was out to meet them TO try and
drum up q little enthusiasm. A big
bonfire was built over in from of
Libray hall, but even this failed to
ldispel the chill Of the political atinos.
lphere. The worthy congressman
were escorted to the hall where q few
people were in waiting, and d further
wait was made for more hearers.
Finally the hall was about half
tilled. Judge James Boyd intro
duced Congressman Martin as the
first speake tossed d few rhetorical
Iboquets at the man from Dead wood,
but did cot touch upon bis connec-
ton with the Anna creek strike of
1894 and the cong ressman's S fight
against union labor. Mr.. Martin
smiled sane ctlmonions " and sailed ia,
latter his hearers had stamped their
feet in an effort to- keep warm ie
Preferred to the U. S. Indian school
and State School Of Mines Ing lowing
terms, but forget to give xssenatoI
IR. +. Pettigrew8c credit for securing
1.-THE former institution for Rapie
City. But Of ulrss8 the success ol
each depended solely upon the sue.
cess of the republican ticket. And
he, took up the tariff and trust ques.
lions public sentiment demanded
it-bnt be did not dwell at length or
what he or little Charley Bnrke OF
lSenator Kittridge had done while III
congress to curb the trusts, revise the
tariff or relieve the people, for they
had done nothing. But the dear
! people must trust the republican
party to meet the issue and solve it,
! though just when his party proposed
4 to do this Mr.. Martin failed 70 make
! plain. Anyway, the democrats did
not mean what they had TO say ahonl
I the trusts, and 50 the people
Imust3not give them chance. Be
isides, to tinler with the tariff and
4 take away the protectionsnow affor,
4 ded our billion-d dollar infant indus
tries would bring disaster sure, 50
1.-The democratic remedy was wronl
and must not be applied. Then Mr.
Il Martin eulogized Tedd Roosevelt
\ and the republic administration il
general and sat down, while the goos
brethren. stamped the floor again II
another effort to get warm.
Little Charley Burke was next ol
the program. He told Of what Kit
tredge Martin and himself had all
{ ready done and would try to do ii
i, the future if elected He kept qnie
Y about what they had failed to q,
I during their last term. Burke sail
hei was here to get acquainted, but
he had to- cut out any reference 7,
i this agnifcent audience S til
4 he was pleased over the outlook, !, b,
Isald. Bit il didn't take much /,
I lplease the con gressman from Pierre
j ievidently
This closed the rally. wa
aIabout as chee erless an affair as hal
y been pulled off il Rapid City il
j many 4 day
Ills Life In Peril.
g just seemed TO haye gone all Il
pieces, writes A Alfred Bee,of Welfare
& Tex. iiiousnes and d lame back ha.
made life u burden cOnld dsn't eat D