The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-07

April so greatin fact that the owncrsleclln
ed to make thenknown Ia order 10 keet
down the excitement which was already
too great for the opportunities afforded b.
the country.
Mr.. Woods says that living Is not dear
iu Leadvillc. He obtained goVd board al
the hotel for s. per aay. The country
thereabout however produces nothing
and everything Is brought from Other
parts OF Colorado. He thinks that the
mining wealth Of Colorado Is very great
and that this fact, together with other I'D,
vantages, ia bound to make Il an important
State. The climate Is generally salubrious,
especially about Denver, which is already
a noted resort for invallds, especially those
afflicted with pulmonary complaints.
LeadVllle Is somo 10000 feet above the
level OF the sea, and the air is rather too
rarifed for comfortable breathing, but at
Denver, which is only about 1900 feet
above the sea, the air is more dense and
medicinal. Denver, lie says, Is lively
place OF eight to ten thousand inhabitants,
and appears to be prosperous and growing.
1t Is the point Of supply for good many
OF the smaller towns, and therefore does a
considerable wholesale trade.
After finishing up at Leadville Mr..
Woods journeyed on to San Francisco, and
from there revisited the old scenes where
he had camped and searched for gold thir-
ty years ago. He found everything
changed. Civilization and cultivation had
revolutionized everything. The cabin OF
the miner had given way to the home OF
the farmer, and everything betokened the
presence Of a.settled and prosperous state
Of society. San Francisco had grown from
town Of five thousand inhabitants to a
city Of three hundred thousand people.
Corner lots that could have been bought
in 40 for few hundred dollars were now
worth tens OF thousands. 1.-The could only
have lifted the veil when he was there
then and put few Of his hard earned dig.
gings into real estate he need never have
troubled himself about county clerkships
or mining operations.
Great and prosperous, however, as the
city OF the Golden Gate has become, he
nevertheless found everythingat this time
much depressed in the way OF business.
One element Of the depression was the
adoption ofthe Kearney Constitution-the
"hoodlum" Constitution, as it is called
got up and put through by the "Sand-lot"
orators. The business people feel very
badly sold over it's adoption, an event for
which they were wholly unprepared un-
til just before the election, and which they
feel they couldhave prevented II they had
only taken the alarm in time. Their only
hope OF relief from some Of It's radical and
onerous provisions is to elects good class
OF men to the Legislature, who will as far
as possible mitigate its evils when they
come to legislate under it.
Mr.. Woods met with some former
Wheeling people in his travels. Mr.. Z. ].
Whipple arrived at LeadvilIe before he
left there, and entered on duty as book
keeper for some parties who were engaged
in milling operations. In San Francisco
he found Charley Mccoy, T. S. Garvin
(the INrELlIGEScER's correspondent and
o number OF others, all Of whom seemed
to be doing well. The Chinese question
is still he question in that city, and the
new constitution comes down on John
with considerable roughness, The Chinese
quarter is the infected district OF San Fran.
cisco, from which everything and every
body recoil. Nevertheless there is
divided public sentiment in regard to
John because Of the fact that he is cheap
and faithful worker.
Mr.. Woods. comes home better sat.
isfed than ever with this part of the
iootstool. He found no better country,
nor one that, take it on the average, pre-.
sented better opportunities for getting
along prosperously and comfortably in
life. He was, however, much taken with
the thrifty appearance Of Iowa as he came
through from Omaha to Chicago, and
spoke OF an interesting conversation that
he had with man OF extensive travel,
North and South, who declared that, take
it on the whole, Iowa was about the best
country to live in that he had ever yet
seen. He says that the season there seems
to be good deal in advance OF the season
here, and that the crops look very promis.
ing.
Mr.. Woods comes home much improved
in appearance and looking as if he had
not snutFed the salubrious air Of Colorado
and the Pacific coast in vain. We con.
gratulate him on his apparent new lease
Of life. -
An Ex.Democratlc Paper on the wash.
ington Situation.
The Chicago Times "a paper Of Demo-
cratic antecedents, and known now as an
independent and conservative Journal
sums up the Democratic situation at WASH
ington as follows:
"Not long ago di.gnsted Confederate
Brigadier described the situation Of his
party (who nuse captured the Capitol)
as that OF a lot OF corrnled politicians who
were consuming great deal Of time in
considering whether they should jump
out or break out or back out. II was
thought that these three comprised all the
possible modes Of getting out OF the dread
iul inclosure In which they have got them