The Lamar register., 1891-05-09
DENVER, Colo, May 4, 1891.

Prospects for the western Oomner-
ciai Congress.
DENVER, Colo, May 4, 1891.
From cur regular correspondents
The topics Of conversation this week
are very p.uch the Sans as last week, eI-
cept that the Mnlington trial has become
thing of the past Last Wednesday
evening the Jury brought in verdict OF
mot guilty" and the long and exciting
contest closed. The result was rot a sur
prise to those who have watched the
newspaper accounts OF the trial. Tbs
evidence was purely circumstantial and
there were some weak points upon which
TO hinge a reasonable doubt II is an old
saying that chain is no stronger than It's
weakest link and it applies equally vel
to a chain Of evidence. In some quarters
there is u tendency TO censure the authori-
ties OF Larirner county for having prose
cuted the case at so great an expense TO
the Taxpayers. On careful reflection,
however, 1t will be seen that they could
hardly have done otherwise. Justice TO
the public and TO the accused seemed to
demand that the question should be finally
and authoritatively settled by court OF
law. Had ii not been done there would
on the one hand have been the suspicion
OF failure Of justice, and on the other the
defendants would have lived under
perpetual menace. To claim that there were
no reasonable grounds for the indictments
IS 10 ignore the fact that no grand Jury
could consistently refuse to take up e case
where all the physicians in attendance
upon u man expressed their belief that he
died from the effect of poison The trial
now is a thing OF the past and people gen
orally have almost forgotten ii, except
when 1t is incidentally brought up in con-
versation.
Just now the principal topic Of public
interest is the coming OF President Harri-
son, May IL. II IS confidently expected
that there will be more people gathered in
Denver that day than were ever before As
sembIed in the State OF Colorado Al any
time or place. All the railroads In Colo
rado will make half rates 10 Denver and
return, good from the Ilth 10 the 18Th.
The city will be in holiday attire md
ample preparations will be made to snter-
tain the assembled thousands as well as
the President. II Is arranged that Presi-
dent Harrison shall be met at Glenwpod
Springs by Governor Routt, the United
States senators from Colorado, ex-senator
Hill, Senator Tabor, president OF the
Chamber Of Commerce; together witR tho
presidents Of the Real Estate and Mining
exchanges and other members Of the
reception committee. Arriving al Den
yer on a special train over the Denver &
|. Rio Grande on the morning OF the i2th, he
will be me, ai the Union depo; and es-
corted through the city b. :As State mi
litia and the United States troops at For;
Logan. the parade being Of purely mill
tary character. Arrived at an open block
near the capitol grounds the President
will be met by the Grand Army Of the
Republic and Colorado Pioneers aud es-
corted TO a grand stand where he viii bo
publicly welcomed and In return address
the multitude. After the speech making
the President and his party will take car
riages and be driven 10 various points OF
interest in the city. The schools will be
dismissed and all the school children OF
the Getty gathered in front Of the High
School buildings In East West and North
Denver, which will In turn be visited.
giving all the children q chance TO see the
President OF the United States At all
the schools there will be handsome
display OF bunting II Is the intention of
the committee to give as many people as
possible au opportunity to see and hear the
President during his eight hours stay in
Denver.
With the business men Of Denver It
will be out Of one excitement into another,
for one week later. on the 18th, the West
ern Commercial Congress will convene al
Denver to discuss questions Of special in
terest to the trans-M Mississippi region.
This will be one of the largest representa-
tive conventions ever assembled in the
State. Up 10 last week Thursday the COM
rnittee had already received Official notif.
cation of the appointment of six hundred
and seventy two delegates from twenty
me different states and territories. II
is not improbable that this number will be
doubled before congress meets. Forty SIX
delegates have already been appointed.
and their credentials put on file, from our
new sister Wyoming, while Louisiana at
present leads the Gulf States with dele
cation of eighty three, although this num-
ber will doubtless be largely exceeded by
Texas when the full returns are received
One and one-third fare will be conceded
by the railroads TO all who desire to visit
Denver at that time. There will be gen
eral festivities during the week and Colo
rado will try to put her best foot forward
TO entertain the guests from ABROAD
At I O'Clock on the evening of the 18th,
the great Idaho excursion will leave for
Idaho Falls, round trip fare $50. Sleeping
car accommodations will be reserved for
all who wish to go If they will send in
their names to the Interior Land and In
migration Company, Bank Block, Denver,
few days in advance of the day for
starting. This is important because of
the fact that cars may have to be brought
from as far east as Chicago. Five dollars
will pay for a berth in a tourist sleeper
for the entire trip. The excursionists can
retain their berths in the sleepers while
at idaho Falls, thus insuring comfortable
quarters while at the new city. The fact
that extremely profitable placer mining is
being carried on within the town site
promises to add mining boom to the
other attractions of the place and swell