The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-02

streets of New York In carriage
with Croker, shouting Great is
'Tammany, and Croker is its propn-
ct" Bryan denounced Thomas F.
Ryan, yet Ryan's brother-in-law and
his national committeeman from Me-
braska secretly solicited and re-
ceived Ryan money to be used to
carry Nebraska that Bryan might
have a chance to come to the SEN
ate. Pretending to be an opponent
of the trusts, he had VIGOROUSLY
been a pensioner on the bounty Of
Wetmore, the tobacco magnate OF
st. Louis. Bryan has supported the
cause OF free trade and abandoned
it; supported free silver and aban-
doned it; supported Imperialism and
abandoned it-and in each case his
support or abandonment has been
connected with what the thought
was for his selfish political interest.
Yet there are still some who pretend
to think that Bryan is something
more than mere scheming poll
tician. He will be when papier
mache becomes wood-when bricks
of brass become bricks of gold"
Just to keep the record straight,
let 1t be stated that references to
Andrew e. Lee as former demo-
cratic governor of South Dakota are
Incorrect and misleading. Both In
1895 and in 1898 Mr. Lee was elect
ed governor as populist. the dem
ocrats having simply endorsed him.
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Tuesdays election in Maine, which
turned chiefly on the proposition
urged by the democrats to have the
prohibition law resubmitted for Il
popular vote, resulted in the success
Of the republican ticket, headed by
Fernald for governor, with plu-
rallty of 5000 votes, and the choice
of four republican congressman,
Fernald's plurality over his demo-
cratic opponent. Gardner, is hailed
by the democrats as a good omen for
November, because it Is the smallest
given for governor in presidential
year for over two decades. The re-
publicans content themselves with
saying that only state issues were in
volved and that the usual majority
will be given to Taft. The consti-
tutional amendment for the initia-
tive and referendum was approved
by large majority.
DR.. Henry r. Lesser OF New York,
describes in the Medical Record the
remarkable operation by which the
recently grated the eye Of rabbit
to the optic nerve OF a blind man,
so as to give him sight. He says
the patient is young man of twen-
ty-four years, blinded through meas
les at the age of nine, SO that his
right eye was entirely useless and
the left darkened by dense leuco-
ma. He was placed on one grain of
mercury with chalk three times a
day for two days before the opera
ton, and the eye was bandaged with
dressing OF bichloride the night
before. The eye was irrigated and
cocoaineized and a disk cut from
the cornea, and in its place was af-
flxed disk from the eye Of an
S-months-old rabbit The vision,
after three months, improved so that
the patient could count fingers and
get about unaided. Also, he is be-
ginning to learn colors again.
The charges made by Hearst
against Governor Haskell. of Okla
bona, treasurer of the democratic
national committee, connecting him
unpleasantly with che Standard Oil
company, are denied by the accusee
who asks for board Of arbitration
to take testimony in the dispute and
submit it to the public. Haskell is
less frank than Senator Foraker sim
'ilarly accused, but as Haskell is a
democrat, frankness could not be ex-
pected Haskell Is a good deal like
the prisoner who was accused of
theft and arraigned before a JUS
lice Vi lA0 pot4CC. ~ AS CuSlOAdly,
the Justice asked him to state
whether he was guilty or not, when
the prisoner replied: How can
tell, yer honor. until / hear the evil
dence." That Haskell is tainted,
the evidence produced by Hearst
quite plainly proves. and Haskell'a
admissions have also enmeshed him.
The Foraker expose does not AFFECT
the republican party In the slight
est, as Foraker has been one of the
strongest and altogether the ablest
of the reactionaries. But it is differ
ent with the Bryan democracy. Has
kell Is the man chosen by Bryan
himself to act as treasurer of the
national committee OF the demo-
cratic party, and 1t Is ] part Of his
duty to solicit campaign funds
Bdyan. who knows 80 much about
everything. ould hardly have beer
ignorant Of Haskell's relations with
the octopus, particularly as Haskell
who is also governor Of Colorado
has interposed his official authorit,
| In the new state to saveathe said oc
topus from prosecutions according
Ito Mr.. Hearst. T
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