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Show J! . IThk great revival in gold mining is vastly important. Tbe recent great discoveries near Deadwood is a circumstance cir-cumstance of great importance . This taken with the recent discoveries in the neighborhood of Leadville are both vastly reassuring. The money famine in the west will soon be over, but in a way which no one calculated upjn, bnt in the most satisfactory possible manner. We need plenty of money and are not particular if this plenty is supplied by silver or gold. However, the double standard is the safest all 'round. The rate that American gold is being exported to Europe admonishes admon-ishes us that we must needs supply the drain in some other way than by remodeling re-modeling our commercial policies. Tbatis all risht in and of itself, but It fails to supply tbe requisite volume of money. The late gold discoveries is the most reliable way yet conceived. The new governor Mclntyre, of Colorado, Col-orado, is for the renionetfcation of silver. sil-ver. So far so good, but if he would serve silver he must as a condition precedent, come out of the republican party. No man can serve God and Mammon at the same time without committing political hari kari. ' If lae pclyowed fclr election to any other r than the republican party he would come out grandly for remonetization. , Toe last number of the Standard received at these headquarters, contains con-tains some very catholic idas on prohibition. pro-hibition. We are a prohibitionist but not of the kind which transfers the liquor business from the licensed and legitimate saloon, to the drug store. We have an unconquerable aversion to to that kind of prohibition. The banks of Utah are reported to be in excellent condition. That is comfortable, for tbe banks, but those poor devils who haven't the necessary gilt edged collaterals are not much reassured by the announcement. They who imagine the democracy of Utah as either dead or seriously cripplea, will be seriously disappointed in the end. It is llye enough as the g. o. p. will presently find out. What we want now are banking facilities fa-cilities which will enable honest and capable business men to - get money with reasonable security That's the ticket. The Tribune ie mellowing consider-ablv consider-ablv on tfii matter of the official count. |