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Show THE IIENiLIt (OM.iil.SS TOMOIt-110 TOMOIt-110 It, Tnv Wo-tern Cougresa cotivenes on Tuesday, tbo 10th lint, at llinver, Col. It It txiectej that oter 1W0 lolrgaleawlll bo lu attendant., and thatalllhuHtatttsaiil rcrrltorlia from the llrl lib line to the Oulf of Mexleo wlllbeni resented Tim alms and ob. Joels of thlscongrua are toiontlder the t.tlutirisuiof the great Witt. Hev. eral Important questions will be ill.. ouwod Tb o which will recclvo thu 1 most attention am Irrigation and the storlug of water In reservoirs, the free coinage of allvcr, a deep sea harbor on the southern coast aud tbo Nicaragua Bax8BMtlaV!yfertaaia canal. I ncldenlally a numUr of other Issues may come up, mich at lranur-latlon, lranur-latlon, labor an I caillal, the tarlll an I Mine of the hobbles of I'armert' Alliance Alli-ance men. A number of the delegatea who will be rieentaro men of national repute. There will bo a number resent who atlendnJ the Kauau City longriss a few wrUs ago. Ills to bo lioiul that thredgatcahave profllel by their experience there, and that they wilt lodeavortomaketho Denver congress worthy of the attention of the country at large. The proceedings proceed-ings at Kansas City were (iierlle, undignified aul miserably .artlaui l'olltlclina and political heelers d nlmteil that congress. The result was that II It only spoken of ever since rut a I urlesque on deliberative boilles. Members of Congress made tbenuelvi. particularly prominent at Kansas City, anl If the truth muit be told, It wat thu action and tho Ijquaclly of these tint helped to make the congress tbo Umoutable failure It roved to be. The question of reciprocity will doubfless bo dlscuned. Homo of our Western men are of oplulon that this It merely a schema to boneflt the Atlantic Atlan-tic ccast cities at the eiiwiuw of the W.sL lly tutting Ihequeatlon In thlt llgbta tectlonal Issuo It Immellately raised, and the Intrln.lo worth of foreign teelproclty lost tight of from a national joint of view. In our relations rela-tions with foreign countries, If we are Americans, we muttlaku II for granted grant-ed that what will benefit Huston will also be beneficial to Denver, Halt Lake and Han t ranclsco In questions of a domestic policy the matter Is entirely different. A deep hi harbor at Oal veaton, Texas, Is something that might be seriously considered. New York or Ilostou can not reasonably clject lo the establishment of audi, though It may hurt their trade, and also diminish the builmna of eastern bound railroads. Hut It will benefit the nation at large lu'a gentral way while giving the West and Houth a trade facility that la really needed. Tbo Indian question It another subject sub-ject tbat deserves consideration. The treatment acconlod to our aboriginal races It to say the least of It, disgraceful disgrace-ful to ut as a iieolr, anl a blot on modem civilization. The transportation transporta-tion Issue la another, but ono tbat must tie handled with )udgmeul. It Is a dslleate matter; for though railroad companies are In many cases acting dlsboueatly and Illegally, yet to treat them aa someofthoUrangerHtatni have done It anarchy or socialism. Inter HUtu commerce, Improvement of waterway!, water-way!, deep harbors where available, all are questions which entirely concern con-cern the welfare of the nation, and can be discussed without trenching trench-ing on party linn or on sectional boundaries. The question of Irrigation Is not ono tbat will admit ad-mit of treatment without arousing tectlonal Interest.. If tbo United Htalcs Qiverumcntundertook to build rcaerv. olrs and to Irrigate In a general way there would most likely arlto a quee-tlon quee-tlon of ownership of water between the 1 ederal and Htkte authorities. However How-ever thu nutter will admit of dlscui. Ion, and In tho ban I. of rational men there nied lie no disgraceful contests. The Denver longrtss meets at a most o portuue time for a discussion of the free silver coinage scheme, (fold la leaving the United Htatra at au alarming rate. In (lis early utrt of the current mouth a million a day was hipped from New Yolk. During lilt week nearly $1 000,000 left the Mine city. Tbo financial situation InKu. rope la anything but reassuring. Franco alone seems to be the most peaceful, rrospvrom ant hoeful In hir financial domain, llerclrculatlng medium Is greater .thon that of any other Kuropeanor American country. Her gold resources are greater a!to,aud yet tbo hu a fair ratio of sliver. The Denver delegates would do well to aStulyaomeof tho J'ronch author, on 'finance. |