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Show MONUMENTAL DUMHOENUOUSNKSg, Tiic monumental (lisiiigmiuousut'ss of tin; Jkrald was mailo manifest liy an Utiole in that paper today which referretl to an interview with Governor Thomas contained in yesterday's Times. The governor did not iudieutej opposition oppo-sition to tho J'ai lkm;k measure simply on the ground that it would result iii adding materially to taxation in the territory, hut became it would be done without perniiltiog the people to pass upon the sul.jeet, one of great importance to them. While ho did not say that the territory is yet prepared for statehood, ho did elea'rly indieate that as to the respective morlt's of the Tklleu and the 1u:i.knku hills the first would afford the poople opportunity oppor-tunity to decide"for themselves whether they desire the increased expeuso involved in-volved hy either measure, while tile last named would not. |