The state herald., 1891-02-13

a hundred miles parallel with the
Platte River.
Tho second ditch will tap the South
Platte River ut n point about thirty
miles southwest If Julesburg, and will
irrigate about 10000 on the north side
4" the stream. The company whicl,
will have charge Of these irrigation Ca
nails are the State Line and the Jules
burg Irrigation Canal Companies, re-
spec,ively. The preliminary surveys
have been completed vt n cost Of $40.
600, and the cost of completing the
bitches Is estimated at s2,OOO, OOO.--
Denver Times Of Jan. slst.
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The delay OH the part of the COM
mittee To reioit the silver bill to the
House fer action Is certainly uncalled
for. Considering the important bust.
ness interests to be affected by the pas
sage II free coinage bill, IL Is proper
and right that tile different sections If
the country should Ike given a chance
for hearing before the committee
made their report, but the Committee
Is evidently now carrying this hearing
to m extreme that II not warranted.
This h 4 question on which the people
Of the west are demanding action by
Congress. The Senate has said by u
vote that the free coinage bill should
become law and the people have been
waiting patiently for the House to
take action upon the bill and IRE ready
TO ACCEPT the result. but they do demand
that this bill shall be voted upon before
Congress adjourns. While the COM
mittee are not justified In this unnec.
essary delay, yet even their actions in
this matter does not justify the plan
proposed by some Of the silver men ia
xttacl, the silver bill TO some other bill
As II riiei. A law 80 enacted Is no,
Legitimate legislation. The people wl,c
favor fret silver do not demand thai
any such legislative schemes shall bs
resorted 10 for the passage Of the bill
All they Rsk and all they will endorse
their representatives in working for II
AN honest consideration Of the merit,
Of thS bill and u fair vote on the same
II this results in the defeat Of the bill
the peuple Of the west are ready Il
submit gracefully TO the majority.
The Fort Morgan Times objects t.
having Morgan county inclnded in thu
proposed iati, judicial district and tn,
only reason given, in lengthy sditori
al. for such objections is the CLAIM
that. il changes of venue from othel
counties To Morgan, that county vii
I've the loser financially. The Time.
claims that some of the counties in thu
proposed district do not have Ms goot
credit as Morgan las and that, When
criminal cases are taken from thess
counties to Morgan, that county viii
have To iay tho costs and take tlis
warrants Of the county FROM which The
case came at par In payment Of The
same, while these warrants, ~ thu
Times claims. are worth In cash only
frum go TO 10 cents" on the dollar
Even admitting the stxtsusut Of tlls
Times 10 l's true, there Ia absolutely
no weight whatever in the objection
raisesl. There would not be N aver
age Of Ona case In two years 60 "a
Morgan equity on change u venue
Thu Times makes ~ much noise OveI
this objection that n reader would nat.
ursily suppose that the editor Of thai
paper expected the criminals # tho
other counties to make n grand rush
to Morgan county with their cases when
arrested. To allsy tins fear Of the
Times. the HERALD legs leave 10 Say
that the good people Of Morgan county
sustain M envisbls reputation for deal
Ing Out justice aud there 10 no s,s,.l
reason for believing that all the crimi
mails Of the other counties will 10 N
very anxious to have justice melted
out to them. hut the Times certainl,
IL guilty Of exaRReration when II make,
the statement that there Is \ county In
the proposed district whose warrants
are casl'e,i mt from 80 to Is cents" Oh
the dollar. h'me Of the counties ART
In debt but, No far n the HERALD II
informed on this question, none Of
them have anything like ~ poor credit
AS that named 10y the Times. II III,
judicial district il divided. tho worl
required Of the District Judge and
Prosecuting Attorney should 10 u,
evenly divided as possible and, In or
der TO do this. Morgan should be n par,
" the 18th district. This seema /,
have been the better judgement Of III,
frau,ers Of the senate bill and certainl,
no reason Of amy weight has yet been
given why the division should not bs
M provided IN that bill.
Representative Twembly has intro.
duced bill In the House providing
for n bounty OH beet sugar mxnufac.
tured IN tie state. A similar bill has
also been Introduced In the Senate
The HERALD WIS one Of the nrst pa.
p~rs In the state 10 urge the passage
81 such bill and Will be found work.
Ing with the advocates Of this measure
Ill II brcones law. There IL n large
portion Of the state Of Colorado that Il