Show ODIOUS comparisons MN MANY yot of the th e comparisons drawn be tweel this city and denver are decidedly odious find and their frequent repetition renders them more so ao denver has tills this and that which salt bait like lake has not has done this and that which we have not and is ahead ol of us as in this or that matter fsr and so on ad nw seum for a year or two the changes have been rung on els ela between the two cities until many of our citizens experience sudden sadden fatigue when the subject is mentioned the object of the parties making these comparisons is to stir ap this city to td emulate denver wo are willing to accord to colorados capital the ibe merit of being a very enterprising city her bust nel jeaa lis nien men display tare nare cour coni 1 age and sagacity her growth has deeck marvelously rapid and her lame h has as spread throughout the world her public P bublic improvements harmonize with 12 her or reputation and accomplishments in ou others ida respects and so the world says 8 and thinks she to Is a great city but ut thea the element lement of ice enters largely into the com comparine Y made between denver and abi is cly y while hile important factors which ich 61 h should 0 enter therein are omitted salt lake city was founded by a blind band of pilgrims who had been stripped ot of ail their worldly possessions and into a poverty which compelled many ot of them to wear tor for clothing the skins of wild animals den ver was settled nettled by rich people here was the centre ut of the great Am american ericon desert long supposed to de be destitute of every reso resource uLce which could tempt the home bome seeker denver from its infancy was known to be in the midst of 01 a region of gleat riches too the people who fled hither sought peace those who went to denver ve r son sought F fit w wealth ith 11 our basteri has not known what is was t 21 flave a powerful power lul clique in its midst who actuated by blind blaud malice political hatred and religious bigotry try has fought the chyla best beat interests te rests and retarded its growth in every everyday way invoked ane power of the general kover government I 1 ament to prevent bitsi its prosperity kept up a villainous agitation senseless and baseless which tins has frightened capital A away way 8 plit the community wide apart on purely local issues and business matters and fostered a feud 1 between the factions actions published throughout the world that the city was a den ol of thugs where law counted for naught and an priesthood held full sway in secular and political as well as religious affairs where immigrants not of the dominant church were unsafe as to both life and property but bat for arly a generation this city has been afflicted with a clique which nan has done all these things and now taunts the aubil of the population because they ar are as that clique alleges behind toe the times such wicked inconsistency exposes itself A class of people inhabit this city who prefer a quiet and aad steady ress conservative methods modest public improvements and low taxes to the high pressure speculative extravagant and proud policy of denver they have not toe the wealth that denver D cover people have and cannot afford the luxuries in which the latter indulge besides all this when all the tae circus circumstances attending the founding and growth of this city is considered its people have shown wonderful courage enterprise devotion and sagacity they have displayed all these and many cany more good qualities to a degree which when ill all that is due them Is id allowed makes denver or any other city ity on the continent suffer by a comparison with them |