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Show ' little ditlicu'.ty in inducing congres to . make th! propoed Rrnar.. It removes , the (rreat objection which eastern farm-its farm-its make to the reclamation of theariti region, which is based upon the fear 1 that nirny would bo uLea out of tho national treasury for tii9 purpose of payiiio; for the work. We may assure the people of tho east that the inhabitants inhabit-ants of the arid region do not want congress con-gress to pay for the conitruction of irrigation ir-rigation w"rki. The wiiola matter of irrigation is one which the peeple of tho arid region wwIi to retain In their own hauds. aad tul'.inltail Coloag, Dnvr News. So long, as the ddiuand for the free aud unlimited coinage was regarded a mora eil'ort of the silver producers to raise thu prico of that mt:tal, so louj? was the east indilferont. Kut the farmers far-mers and mechanics and workinjrmu of the 8Ht, and especially of the Krvat Misisippi valley, are now learning that tho true cause of the depression ttiey have so long felt is the result of the reduction of the money supply caused by the demonetization of silver; that the dropping of silver from the coinage was accomplished through a conpiraey of capitalists aad bond holders against the debtor c'as, and that the real purpose of the act of 1873 was to inako tho rich richer and the poor poorer. Thus the producing classes uro beginning to see that they have been made the victims of a great crimr., and that the wrong must bo undone un-done before their general condition can he bettered. They need more money, better prices for their products, better wages for their work, aud this cnnot he had so long as the money supply is limited to gold, and silver rejeclud. Tmniuauy'i Candidal. New- York Press. The later political history of Mr. Flower is that of a rich man willing to pay Tammany hall well for political preferment. He has been elected to congress from this city, not because of any spscial merit, but because the Tammany Tam-many sachems could suck I'oUlen blood from his plethoric veins. lie is neither a representative democrat nor a representative repre-sentative of any democratic principle, lie is, on the contrary, a plutocrat and a YY'a'.l street banker, broker and money lender two things avowed to be abhorrent to the honest democracy. Kut ho is a creature and creation of lammany ball, and that is sufficient. liarmeay Ketweao Them. ' Boston Globe. Inasmuch as 245 out of 4SU delegates to the Saratoga convention yesterday named David B Hill as first choice for president, the yarns about auy serious differences between the governor and the New York democracy may be dismissed dis-missed as "weak inventions of the enemy," and disproved by unmistakable unmistaka-ble fact. Popular and Perauaaeat. Iowa State Register. The opening of the German markets to American pork was a direot victory for the American policy of protection championed by the republican party. All Europe, as well as tbe democratic party in this country, might as well concede that the McKinley bill has come to stay. Must Prapar for a Timti! Minneapolis Tribune. "When Rome fell," says Gibbon, "she was owned by two percent of the population." popu-lation." Upon this basis the earth must soon prepare to take a tumble, unless Gould, Rocekfeller and Yanderbilt Yander-bilt cease to increase their holdings. . a . , SPiRIT OF THE PRESS. (si.loa or the Arid l.uu 1. Denver liei'UMican. The irrigation convention at Salt Lake City did wisely ia adopting a resolution res-olution in favor of a cession of the non-mincra! non-mincra! arid lands by the federal government gov-ernment to the stutes and territories upon condition that the grantees do the work of reclamation. The provision that the money derived from the sale of land should be turned over to the public school fund was an unnecessary addition, for it would have been well enough to have left the disposition of this money to tho state governments. However, this is not a matter of very great importance, and. besides, an expression ex-pression of a willingness to devote the money to public school purposes may render public sentiment in the east nil the more favorable to the grant of the arid lands The main point is that the w ork of reclamation should be intrusted to the states. In order that this mav lie done, the stales most have a title to the lauds. The sentiment of tho arid re-uiou is so nearly unanimous in favor ot this policy that there should bo Tory |