New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-30

new questions and considerably change public sent
ment think the Republican prospects for 1850 nave
greatly improved lately and the party Without douot
the popular choice at the present time"
- is business improving i'll Colorado y
Greatly, in all branches since tne pane IL nas nee
quiet there as IN East but the last year has seen
great change. The State is filing up and developing
dull for years. there not at the present time
house be had for love money. The city, which as
into the 10 settle to seek investments ana win
tourists There have been 10000 people there inns s'
seeking health and peasurcwhO have scattered over
the State. Railroad building is going on eTteilSVeS.
There are 1000 men at WORK e&tenanS Nc nttcr
a hri .b,er UIosnrct before il than Colorado. The
mining Interests have developed greatly within snort
time. Il is tie third state in gold ana silver pto1hc
i'm the yjcd having Increased from S;,7S5,0OO in
ig75 TO S7365 2S in iS77 for 1873 II will he 100000
600. WIN The rapid DEVELOPMENT IN MINING lHaue
within a few months it stand in fair way OF outstp
ping all other states the race Ito mineral resources
c"s Ir. onUd IN abuudancc 1t will be in the future
greater IRON State than Pennsy wanna, Important dis
GOV have been made in silver ClH iiu i
recently. Leadville which few years ago was niue
mining town, aiterward became almost depOp4idlel'
but n impulse has recently heen gwen 10 1t ny uie US
coyeTy carbonate Of silver ana lead ID iaiEe qua,
tifs until now il has population OF O,Oo mere ae
twc,,tysix mines paying there. and others viii pay
Il, stock-Iasiug as profitable as few years ago y
IT =, business that IS paving 30 per cent prO ana
nor require much CAPITA TO begin, the capital
the greater proris and the quicker returns are ~
Immigrants are principally from Western states. What
ever outpOuTng there IL from the Eastern Ctes very
little OF II reaches Colorado 49,
Is the population increasing T pidy 7"
The state probably has population now OF apoul
three hundred thousand There $4,000 votes
registered in the last election although only apoul
thuty thousand votes cast; but "a many nave W
90 sXiy miles register and vote the privilege was me-
lrc;cd The Immigration this year VIII leach -oUuu
and | hplicy0 IL will more than double next year III Il
vrTy few wears the state VIII have population oil
900 600 but its population VIII probably never De as
Great rs that of Kansas or Minnesota because
the agricultural resources are not so ErCn n
II will however. be large manufacturing
State The cost Of irrigation rctards the agrlcuurd
growth but the humidity OF the atmosphere increases
each We IT, probably owing TO tue tuning up OF tbe SOIL
Rains formerly occurred only at stated seasons, Dut
now they are more frequent and come at all seasons
do the Indians trOuhlc the settlers now =
Yes they have been hindrance to the proper uc-
vclopment of the The miserable Indian pohc OF
Our Government Is only expensive, but IS bad loi
the frontier States The Indians should be dlsallhed
and then led as soldiers They should De piaced
undcr The charge the Army and moved away 10 Dos
TON or some place where they could do no harn III is
mich CHEAPER TO feed them then 10 fSht thel 80 phE
"A Dev are fed and furnished with arms there Will never
he peace Tney better equipped now thah the
Are not the settlers often blame for our Indian
waIs /" 800, ,ooI
mo: that is a mistaken idea have had good deal
of experience with them, and do not believe lhe
settlers have caused any % the wars. They nave 10
move back from the frontier and II IL mahlleHty 10
fnpIr disadvantage IL is the ruscdy AGENTS ana al
yepurrrs and the of the Indians That occasion
the wars. Untl the Indians are disarmed ana a'Iohs
issued 10 tbcn and they placed under military pro
tcctIOn we viii continue to sun r We do now Tor
the sake of a offices that are TO he nlled ty Con
and others