Show THE WESTERN CONGRESS A good deal of earnest work wo rk is being dona dons to make the western congress to moot meet at denver on the last fast a success after the conspicuous flit flat out of the congress at it kansa city this one is eure sure to move with a str uzzle bat but the tha proper men beem seem to ba be taking hold of the enter prie pries to carry carry it to a useful issue in spite of the drawback named the delegates from utah at least will do their share of the drai drudgery gery they are man who have had bad sufficient schooling in each such matters to know that to avoid drudgery means to let lot the whole business KO go by default it is to ba be hoped toa that since the experience peri ence of the kansas city congress they will leave their politics at hime if it we understand I 1 the call it applies to men of affairs strictly who are to come together for a full fall discussion of the business interests cathe IN west est if it like the kansas city congress it ia is to ba picked with politicians in the interest of althe the democratic campaign or any other political poi banco bunco steering business the busy men who are intending to give a eek or more variable time to it ought to be informed in time to mike make other arrangements the denver newspapers at least seem to have proper ideas on the subject the rocky mountain news in a recent issue gives it the following notice the first trans mississippi commercial congress will assemble in this city on tuesday morning next it will be composed of the leading men of all the western states and arid territories representing es the commercial and industrial ind t r ai classes and in all respects will be the most influential body of the kind that was ever brought together in this rocky mountain city citizens of denver hardly yet ap appreciate pr S the important character of this congress or the power it is capable of exercising in advancing western in tere and ia in directing favorable legislation to that end kor nor does the west itself folly fully realize what it may accomplish by effecting a more thorough understanding one section with fia vie other and combining to bring about the desired results two great topics will undoubtedly ly a me belore before the congress tn in which all ing west take a common interest in whose favorable lavo rable solution all the tile peo people are commonly concerned and which directly affect the welfare ol 01 every citizen and every community com manity these are the free coinage of silver and the matter of deep water harbors on the texas coast ath relate especially ally to the commerce and indus t tries es of the western states and territories to the prosperity of their people and to their ma material lerial advancement and are distinctly western questions even as the matter of coast de fences is an eater ea ter tern n stion and yet in a broader and better sense they ara are all national in their importance since the welfare of no one section can ba be promoted without benefiting bane StinK in some degree tha the entire country the matter of irrigating the arid lands ia Is alo aleo one which this congress can appropriately consider with many others of similar import any commercial or industrial question not partisan in its nature can in fact be properly brought before the convention politics should shoal of course be ea eschewed aa as well as all economic questions which bare have become politic political or partisan by having become becom a party issues this western congress should rise above all party organizations and unite the voice of the be people in tavor favor of such action by the national government erni nent as will best conduce to the welfare of all citizens and which all citizens regardless of party will approve R OER Q MILLS is urged for the of the next house because say his friends he is a democrat of the tom reed stripe herein mr mills friends make a great mistake there are no democrats of the tom heed reed stripe if men have the force and intelligence to be of that stripe trips they are republicans A Damo democratic cRATic infant came into the world night before last in salt 1 lake ake its paternity being attributed to the democratic central dab club of that county scarcely does the child open ito its eyes however before kenners utah which was expected to stand sponsor for it sneers at it as illegitimate in ids yesterday lesto rJay he bays says the democratic club ia Is not the democratic party and dont yon rou forgot it the guests will eoon soon bare have reason to believe it is a wake not a birth and baptism that they are met together to celebrate JU the fan an of 0 the thing the members of 0 he the renn alvania legislature the other day took a ballot of their presidential preferences here Is the republican republics democrat blaine 1 16 cleveland M harrison 1 9 v is 18 cahm 3 hi mil allon 5 it I t cc 2 palmer 2 C camerom mer 0 n 2 morrison Morr lion I 1 alger 2 cam ampbell 1 quay 1 to mr sum sam josephs the likeliest man on the democratic side of the record we convey the assurances of our most distinguished consideration THE tim STRUGGLE among prominent ohio democrats to see who shall have the honor bonor of being defeated by major I 1 mckinley dc Kinley for the governorship this fall grows more interesting and e ex citing as thedac the day of slaughter approaches pro aches we are not eo so sore sure but what the valiant major could defeat them all any one of them will scarcely scarce ly make it interesting for him WB WE HAVE nave received with the compliments ments of the overland park club denver a warm invitation to the a spring prin racing gracing and trotting meeting to be held at their grounds may 22 to |