The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-10-10
DEMOCRATS NAME WINNERS.
Saturdays County Convention q
Harmonious and Enthusi-
astio Gathering.

i =
astio Gathering.
NO B0sslsM I'M ITS WORK.
4 Delegates Did the Nominating one
Of the Best Tickets Ever Named
in the Connty.-Fnll Particulars
Of the Convention.
Fusion in Penning county is
notsdeadl It has not even been nap
ping, and although the forces back
ed by the First National Bank CLIQUE.
have tried to belittle the convention
Sof the fusionists and the work Of
that body, they. find they are up
against the real thing Owing to
the vicious ballot law Of the last re-.
publican legislature, it was neces.
ary to call the convention as q dem
ocrrtic convention and nominate
cand didates as demo ocratic candidates,
although all voters opposed to the.
methods Of the republican party
in state and national affairs were
invited to participate in the pri-
inaries and we're eligible to seats.
in the convent lion and they were.
on hand for business last Saturday.
a more representa- fusion con-
4 vention was never held in Penning-
ton county.
s At 10 p.a m. Chairman Chauncey
fl. Wood called the convent tion to or
der and was chosen temporary chair-.
man, with Art w. Gird as tempor-
ary secretary, the TEN porary org an
sizat tion later being made permanent.
pon mo- otion the chair appointed a
committee Of five on credentials,
three onsrules and order Of business
and three on solutions, after:
which a recess of ten minutes was
taken o5give the committees time
in 1 which to prepare their reports. Z
After the recess the reports Of The
commit ttees WereS pres esented and ad-t
opted Delegatt presentt ii ON pre-
cincts, but without written creden-
atials, were seated. The name 81
Art Nv !. GCAird was substituted for
that Of James r. Sharp, absent,
D asa delegate from the First ward.
The resolut utions commitJee present.
ed the following ,
We, the democrats OF Penn1ng gton
county, South Dakota, in delegate con-
4 vention assem- bled, announce the fol-
lowing as our plat form and our princi-
pies: .5:
heartily endorse and approve
\ \ Of f the doc ctrine that the legi islatlon of
This count should promote justice to-
all aud special privilege to none.
p e favor a tarifH ffor5reyenueo only,
I and the election Of one adiuster BY
i each state, the whole To form court
Y and fix tariff schedules
The fortunes Of righteous war
having thrown the r PhIlippine islands.
SGA RCoSS001oItS pE66Ee
rvation of. peace, a;d yancing education
and civilization therein. and giving
them berty as soon as they ares ca
pableSof sell government. Il;
- We favor national irrigation and!
the nilding Of the Isl sthmian canal.
approve COT resident Roose..
3 Yelt t's efforts 10 control the trusts and
corporations so that the may. be- q
Blessing instead of a curse to the
common people OF America, and ex-
press q H0pe that he viii enforce the.
anti: i:trust laws no w on the statute
books.
Here 81 de elega ate arose and stgs.s
gested that this hop as a for
lorn one aneaa insis that Il, oe1
eharac cterized ass such all of which
was about rig II
= applaud the noble attempt of
many promiL mt pub leans 10 lead;
their party e, the true faith Il Ia oppos
e ing tariff trusts aud imonopo listic in
iquit ties.
ormerl Sot,r republ lican friends
t8ss p0tnt ted Wi ith pride I, To- heir princ.-
pies. Now they laid the few honest
men os That par ding Office. We
are glad they can, afterd iligent search,
lind such, bat We sn brnii { ttIa 500, 600
y and board per rlio ont h q on three months
is Toe hIg a price for re pnb lean offis
cials, and We wan 10 more Of III.
his resolu uti0n rel fers 10 the theft
Sssln0 an ri IS IL II q q II. G. IS.