Show THE DENVER CONGRESS thic THE western congress convened on tuesday the dinst at denver col it is expected that over 1200 delegates will be in attendance and that all the states and territories from the british line to the gulf of mexico will be represented the aims and objects J acts of this congress are to consider the best interests of the great west several important questions will be discussed those which will receive the most attention are irrigation and the storing of water in reservoirs the free coinage of silver a deep sea harbor on the southern coast and the nicaragua canal incidentally a number of other issues may come up such as trans pov tation labor and capital the tariff and some of the bobbles bobbies of farmers 1 alliance men A number of the delegates who will be present are men of national repute there will be a number present who attended the kane kansas city congress a few weeks ago it is to be hoped that these delegates have profited by their experience there and that they will endeavor to make the denver congress worthy worth v of the attention af pf the ha country at large the proceed togs ftp at kansas city were puerile undignified and miserably Fut partisan isan politicians and political heelers dominated that congress oon grees the result was that it to is only spoken of ever since as a burlesque on deliberative lb bodice Odies members of congress made themselves particularly prominent at t kansas city and if the truth must be told it was the action and nd the loquacity of these that helped to make the congress the lamentable failure it proved to be the question of reciprocity will doubt doubtless lew be discussed some of our western men are am of opinion that this is merely a scheme to benefit the atlantic coast cities at the expense of the west by putting the question in this lights light a sectional issue to is immediately aided and the intrinsic worth of foreign reciprocity lost loot sight night of from a national point of view in our relations with foreign countries if we are americans we must take it for granted that what will benefit boston will also be beneficial to denver salt lake and san francisco tn in questions of a domestic policy the matter is entirely different A deep sea harbor at galveston Te fiton texas is something that might be merlou seriously sly considered new york or boston clan can not to the establishment of such though it may hurt their trade and also diminish the business of eastern bound railroads but it will benefit the nation at large in a general genera way while giving the west and south a trade facility that la is really needed the indian que question stift is another subject that deserves consideration the treatment accorded to our aboriginal races is to say BAY the least of it disgraceful to us as a veople people and a blot on modern civilization the transport transportation si issue is another alother but one that must be handled with judgment itis it is a delicate matter for though railroad companies are in many cases acting dishonestly and illegally yet to treat them as some of Granger the states have done to is anarchy or socialism interstate commerce improvement of waterways deep darbois where available all are questions which entirely concern the welfare of the nation and can be discussed without trench ing on party lines or un sectional motional boundaries the question of irrigation is not dot one that will admit of treatment without arousing cousing sectional interests it if the united states government undertook to build reservoirs aud to irrigate in a general way there would most likely arise a question of ownership of water between the federal and state authorities however the matter will admit of dabous ILI bion and in the hands bands of rational men there need be no disgraceful contests the denver congress meets at a most moet opportune time for a discussion of the free silver coinage scheme gold is in leaving the united states at an alarm alarming ingrate rate in the early part of the carrent month a million a day ww was shipped from new york during last week nearly left the same city the financial situation in europe is anything but reassuring france alone seems to be the most peaceful prosperous and hopeful in her fi financial lancial domain her circulating medium is greater than that of any other european or american country her gold resources are greater also and yet she lias bp a fair ratio of silver the denver delegates would do well to study some of the french authors on finance |