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Show I REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS. Capital Continue to rind It Way to Zloa The Kaellr Trn(ere. George M. Doney, president of the Commercial National bank, was aked this morning by a Times reporter if he knew of any capltalisu who woro deterred de-terred from making investments here because of the polieal agitation and the alliliation of tho members of the liberal and people'! parties with the democratic demo-cratic and republican organizations? Mr. Doney said he only knew of ono transaction that had been interfered with because of such agitation and that there was scarcely any reason for tho supposition that the local conflict waging at this timo would have any general effect one way or the other in such niattors." In giving this opinion, Mr. Doney wanted to bo nndorstood that he was a liberal, who believed in the maintenance of the organization of the party with which he had been associated as-sociated since coming here. J. VV. Donnellan, cashier of tho Commercial Com-mercial National bauk, said that not one single instance had ever oiuo under his personal observation of a dollar that was withhold from investment invest-ment hero because of the present political polit-ical situation. No one who had money which they were desirous of investing was withholding it Because they were apprehensive of the result of future political changes. Of course tho position posi-tion assumed by ono of the daily papers in predicting that diro disaster would follow any abandonment of the old tiht may have its effect if it is maintained; main-tained; but if any alarm is felt, it has not yet spread beyond the limits of tho city. Personally he was iu favor of division on national party lines aud the seeming of statehood state-hood as soon as possible, believing that thousands of dollars would be sent here for iuvestmeut which cannot come here now for the reason that by the laws of their organization many companies are debarred from doing business iu a territory, |