Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-11-23
IMPORTANT COLORADO NEWS.
OVATION TO SENATOR TELLER.

OVATION TO SENATOR TELLER.
Men Of All Parties Uniss to Give the Sill
ver Champion . Warm Welcome
hack to Colorado.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller was given . mon
ster reception at Denver on the night of the
18th, and the affair showed clearly how warm
place Mr. Teller occupies in the hearts OF
the people Of Colorado. The reception was
public, and an immense crowd thronged tho
Brown Palace hotel, where 1t was held. Tho
vast rotunda and lobbies were crowded and
jammed with people, and the seven galleries
that rise above It were lined with ladies and
gentlemen. The decorations Of lights, dow
ers and flags united to create q most dazzling
scene. Tho platform was erected close TO
the grand stairway. 1t was drapcd about
with flags and adorned with q wealth of flow
ers. Above the seat intended for Senator
Teller was suspended crown Of heroic size
composed Of white and yellow chrysanthe-
mums. At the height Of the first balcony
hung floral model Of big round silver dol
lar, Inscribed, "Free Coinage in 1885," When
1t was hung in place there went up shout
like that Of an army.
At 8 O'Clock Senator Teller appeared, and
was welcomed with the greatest enthusiasm.
VIM. N. Byers, president Of tho Chamber of
Commerce, made the opening address Of
welcome. Senator Teller responded with the
following:
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t would be lmpossi-
BILE for me to express to you and 10 this hon.
orable committec the high sense Of obliga-
tion that feel for this magnificent demon
stratlon. l should be untrue to myself and
untrue to you II accepted this great tribute
as tribute to me alone. My associates In
Congress, my colleagues in the Senate and my
colleagues In the House are equally entitled
to your good will and to your generous ap-
probation touching tho service that they have
rendered In the contest which has just closed.
l will not attempt with this great crowd to
make speech. I only want to say tonight
II have rendered to the state any service 1t
| IL because the state has honored me, and be-
cause the state had right TO demand OF me
not only the service 1 rendered, but to de-
mnnd very much more. As your representa-
tive 1t was my duty TO serve you In the great
est legislative body In the world, and II have
SO served you as to meet with your approba-
tion, no man ought TO have greater reward
than that. loud applause.)
am proud to represent the state Of Colo
rado anywhere. (ApplAuse) am especially
proud to represent you In the greatest legis-
latIve and deliberative body Of tho greatest
| free people In tho world; and when do rep
resent you, represent you with q feeling that
l represent state equal in excellence, equal
| In promise, equal In present conditions to that
Of any other state In the union. (Applause.)
| We are not as old. and We are not ns rich, but,
| in proportion 10 our population, we have as
much Intelligence, and ~ much worth, and a.
much courage, and as much hope as any. Ad-
verse circumstances and conditions We have
overcome already. (Applause.) We have
blnzed the trail across the desert, and who
| built cities and towns in the unknown region
Of country should not be discouraged, al
though, for time, financial legislation may
| appear 10 be hostile to US.
The chairman says that will have all the
new voters. Any man who can have all the
new voters made by the action Of this state
on Tuesday last will be happy and an hon
ored man, indeed. (Applause.)
Our friends in the East, many Of them have
| believed that we were cast down, depressed,
and that the industries Of this state were de-
stroyed. That is not true. We have . magni-
great natural wealth In coal, and in iron, in
| soil, In climate, in marble and In stone, In
| everything that goes to make . state; and II,
| for . time, our industries are paralyzed, we
know that, ultimately, We will be able TO
resuscitate them md that We will be able to
maintain the high character for integrity, for
honesty and for debt paying that we have ever
been claiming. We will be rich and great
when some other states, whose representatives
assail us, are Insignificant and poor. ZAP
plnuse.
Let us, as citizens Of this great state, ad.
dress ourselves to the great question presented
to us now of making good the Losses We have
sustained by adverse legislation; and, II we
cannot mine silver at q proft-as trust We
may be able to some extent do still-we can
mine iron, coal and gold; and we will have
prosperity and riches; and We Will maintain
the intelligence and culture with which we
| have commenced In this state.
My friends, there is . great crowd Of peo-
| pie outside who desire to come In and that
| admonishes me that have no right to keep
| you here, although there arc thousand things
/ would like to say to you touching your
| past, present and future. Thanking you for
| this great demonstration, pledge to you now
| that while shall remain your public servant
will devote all my energies to your best in
| terest
Colorado will suffer somewhat by the legisla-
tion that has been enacted, but Colorado,
thank God, is not destroyed, nor, even, is It
In any way seriously injured. tApplause.)
| Colorado is q magnificent state, with all that
makes state, with the natural wealth that
two states have; and, what 10 better, and what
10 more important, we have . population ofin-
telligent, aggressive, cnterprising people; and
II We have doubled the voting population, rs
tho honorable chairman declares we have.
we have doubled 1t with the best portion Of
the people Of Colorado.
Deafening applause followed the con-
clusion Of the senator's address and when
tho outburst had somewhat subsided, one
old man, with long white wbiskers, who
stood ut the corner Of the speaking stand,
shouted:
"Three cheers for the next president Of the
United Statesl'
The cheers were given with gusto.
Addresses full Of praise for Mr.. Teller and
Of hope for the future Of Colorado were de-
livered by Judge 8. H. Ebert, Charles 8.
Thomas and Joel +. Vale, Senator Wolcotts
law partner. At the close Of the specchmak-
ing, handshaking was declared to be in
order and Thousands crowded up to grasp the
hand of the hero of the hour.
On the following day Senator Teller start
ed for Mexico, where he will spend tho time
before the opening Of Congress in studying
the silver question as It afects that republic.
Mining Assessments.
''Be II enacted by tho Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States OF Amer
lea, in Congress assembled, that the provision
Of section numbered 2s,0e4 of the revised
statutes Of the United States, which requires
that on each claim located after the tenth