The Delta independent., 1891-01-13
THE CAPITAL.
A BATCH OF DENVER NEWS AND
GOSSIP.


GOSSIP.
Gathering of the Law Makers-Hard
Times-Help for the Pioneers-Talk
of of New Daily-A "Presbyterian
Theater" Installing the High
Muck "a Mucks" Union Pacific
Changes-New District Judge-The
Great Divide.
From our regular correspondent.
The Eighth General Assembly is in ses-
sion. The members came together quietly,
elected their officers in business like
way, and wasted little time in settling
down to work. AS l know that your col
umns always contain a good account OF
the regular proceedings, l will devote
more attention to side notes and gossip.
WHERE THEY BOARD.
The legislators have not oil settled down
to permanent places, but so far the hotels
hold most of them. Five members of the
senate and five of the house are at the
Windsor, which also catches large pro-
portion of the lobbyists, being just across
the street from the Assembly rooms. The
Glenarm comes next with seven la " max
ers among it's guests, while the American,
Markham, Victor and Brunswick hotels
have captured others. Many of the Arap-
ahoe County members live in the city, and
there are dozen or more of the outsiders
who are either staying with friends or
living at boarding houses or with private
families.
THEIR HANDS TIED.
The present Assembly Is not likely to
rush into hasty or extensive legislation,
certainly not of the kind that requires
large appropriations. The strained credit
of the State makes stringent economy
necessity. Yet by being compelled to
avoid new sources of expenditure, it may
find itself able to be reasonably generous
in the regular appropriations. The people
look to it for relief from the mistakes of
its predecessors rather than for new and
radical measures. 1t is to be hoped that
what laws it does enact will be so
carefully considered and definitely worded
that they will pass the ordeal of the Su-
preme Court.
HARD TIMES.
There was falling off Of nearly seven
per cent in the Denver clearing house
exchanges for the week ending Jan. 3, as
compared with the previous year. This is
"cold wave signal" that indicates bust
ness depression and danger to many of the
weaker firms. In view of the increasing
stringency it behooves business men to
exercise caution-.but not to be too eau
tious. Pluck is better than timidity.
After all Denver makes a much better
showing than Kansas City, Omaha and
other western cities.
THE SUFFERING PIONEERS.
Denver is being called upon for contri-
buttons in aid Of the needy settlers in the
''rainbelt region of eastern Colorado and
is responding and will continue to respond
literally. The representatives Of that re-
gion in the General Assembly owe it to
their constituents to see that the wants of
its people are made fully known to Den
yer and the rest of the State. In the long
run it is better for every body-excepting
possibly few spectators in immediate
straits-that the exact facts of the case
should be known. 1t does not follow that
because some Of the settlers are suffering
the whole section must be given up and
relapse into desert. If under the impulse
of speculation the agricultural capacity Of
certain localities has been overrated it
will only intensity the trouble to rush to
the extreme of undertaking it. Some OF
the most intelligent people in the State
have settled in the rainbelt, and cannot
believe that they have gone altogether
astray in their estimate of 1t.
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
A strong movement is on foot
among the Grand Army men and old
soldiers, east Of tho mountains and all
over the northern part of the State, to have
the location Of the proposed soldiers home
changed from the San Luis Park to some
place between Pueblo and Fort Collins,
anywhere in fact east Of the range.
TALK OF A NEW DAILY.
There is more talk of another morning
daily in Denver, to use the United Press
dispatches. The Ne,Us recently printed
statement that Mr.. w. H. Griffith, lato of
the Times, will soon start such sheet,
and the Industrial Alliance has discussed
the subject of daily to advance reform
principles. II a new daily is "long felt
want' on the part of would-be publishers
am satisfied that such is not the case
with the public, whom they would ask to
support it. Whoever starts another daily
in Denver will need long purse-and
even then he may not have 1t long.
A PRESBYTERIAN THEATER.
This sounds like contradiction in terms
and it is for Presbyterians generally
do not countenance what is commonly
meant by the word "theater." But they
have ceased to ascribe sanctity or the lack
Of it to wood and stone, and believe that
any place where men sincerely worship is
q temple Of the Lord. Hence, the Central
Presbyterian Church, of Denver, ono Of
the Oldest and wealthiest church organiza-
tions in the city, having sold their large
and handsome church building at the cor
ncr of Champa and 18th streets, for the
purpose Of building finer one little
farther removed from the noise Of business,
do not scruple to make use Of the beauti-
full Broadway theater as place Of meet