New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
A LIBEL ON THE NEW WEST.
FILINGS ABOUT &" ROTTEN DoROUGIis' RESENTED
AS UNJU:T AND FALSE


AS UNJUsT AND FALSE:
TO IN. rdttor Of The Tribune.
Sir: "The Evening POST paid its respects the other
dav 10 Senator Tellers last speech on the silver ques-
ton The article was good, but its erect was hiieu
by one boomerang. 1t reads " Moreover Tue io"'
states that he mentions are OF the smallest posSio
consequence Nevada is rotten borough OF the hioso
repulsive type. Idaho is little better Montana h",
Colorado are very near the bottom OF the list IN po"
,mnortance although they are not exclusively mining
camps and have elements of future growth beyond
those of their gypsy sisters.
Rotten borough" is not entirely hesh' io"""
on passing through Chicago a couple OF years "eo'
"The Chicago Herald" using 1t with reference 10 one
OF these four States mentioned theh Dough. II io'
OF IIerads and mailed them to EDITORS OUT 'nere'
and whatever differences existed between Democratic
and Republican editors we're blended into batterlng-
rams against the party giving utteranco TO such
calumny. and made a fairly good Republican staIe
of II. 49,
dislike to have my idols shattered IN tiliS MANNER
have in my visits 10 New-Iork the past Twenty-Five
wears and during the gentle guidance OF "'lnah
Cullen Bryant welcomed " The POST heartily Decause
being an evening paper do not get II VEST oe-
pove he would be deeply Inundated could he witness
such Use OF his columns. 1t is false. we are not
rotten borOughs This writer says Idaho is llttie oe'c
[ deny it, do business there. Know vi VIVA.
sneak Come with me. Mount horse anu ri'e i'u'
IN the three etons the foot OF Yellowstone frA'
Now look westerly the central and southern por-
non OF the State What do yOu see! WASH P''n
sIon,nr gently to the southwest. Northery, eighty
miles distant three purple pyramids, the EAST Muuie
and Big Bues rising tenold higher than those oi ,ie
xile. southerly long line OF mountain ranges rich
in dividend paying mines; centrally, the maghcei'
snake River coursing ifs way from where you s"inu
sotherly and westerly towards the Pacific dropphs
on its way In cataract 80 feet deeper thah Ner''
roua For your primary Oblectlcsson 90 10 the reiu-
ingroom OF the Plaza Hotel, Newiork, ana see the
large painting OF the falls Of this river the snoSoe
Then SEQ the immense irrgang canals bordering anu
oours,pr southcry and westerly over this PAIN see
Tho ,,oucbmen dong 1t now with teams and seeddrllE
Soc the smoke OF the locomotives Of the Union racine
or Oregon short Line and Utah and Northern orni1hs
forth and relieving you OF your own "rot'eh SUPP
incubation and making better men OF them ''I''Ni"s
Providence there are ways and means OF set'ihs a""'
from vour immense acreages Of filthy tenement exist
ence to breathe under clear sky
And remember what predict. soon your columns
will bc teemng with accounts of rich nuggets Vi
ga, uhe the placers OF old California days from TINS
sons 4" rotten borough" in abundance; swelling the
nrductIon from It's past normal state to large IN
crcasc and dctracng attention from silver
Neither is It rotten In politics. In spite OF the
examples constantly set before it by this enlsh'eheu
community a fair degree OF honesty prevails III III
adm mini >tratOn OF pubic aHiHs, it9 P"""N
,,s ore constant objects Of competitive attention by
agents OF trust companies Of this city and the New"
England states. . >, - A.. oil In
New York CITY Is not all In all, nor the an ~
nolltics happened here once at time wheh re'ucIs
Of the city press made To believe that MI arthur
was the only nominee Of hi. party for PRESIDENT;
Took the cars and in twenty minutes ! was OUT oi
The cIty and in the country. only twenty minutes,
And Tor several DAYS continued TO ride without stop
over westerly and everywhere. found people,
nennlo WHO did not all think New-i orkers In pom,
i,cS tb"ngh Constantly identified with and essential
n cnch othcr IN business. In this relation aohe'
aside from politics, let hear no more about rotten
bOroughs. ~ W. I H"A'i>
New York. April %, 1-92.