Show SECESSION the eastern papers are telling with abent a tone of astonishment and halt half anger that ex congressman belford Ec lford add addressing re s a a meeting in denver the etli other er night advocated a secession of 0 the states west vest of the unless s silver liver was placed on an equality with w fill golt galil I 1 1 the springfield republican rays Is revolution going to lo be tho the price at 0 maintaining tile tho financial honesty of 0 the he country and adds probably not Be Bel Korla fordt cannot be very numerous even in colorado we are astonished at the sentiment of the eastern press wo we thought they would welcome that sentiment on the part of western men they have seemed to be so bothered with u us a ot of late they have seemed to hold so slight an estimate ot of the integrity and sense ol of right ot of the west with such euch a a grave look and tone have they told of the iniquities ot of tile the west that we thought they would be glad to hear that there was a sentiment throughout the west friendly to a separation they tell us that it Is the western men with their crazes that have broken down the confidence of business men in the integrity ot of this country they have said that the western men who advocate are either silver mine owners or their attorneys they have used the I am holler than thou tone in speaking ot of us lor for years why s should bould they grieve even it if the west 1 were ere filled with Bel fords who wanted to secede at tile the same time we think there are arc not many men mho ever consider such a thins thing as the possibility ot of feces secession 11 ton but there are a great many who have thought this that lilt the growing depression with tile the growing idleness and crime of 0 the east the time would c ome come pretty soon when violence would breakout break out there and when nhen chaos would 11 com to rule from sea to bena great many think that yet because it Is a clear case that neither the editors nor the money men nor the chief business 31 men n in the great eastern cities have any conception of the sorrow that is upon the producers of the country and that will not always be borne bome |