The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-10-03


dition Of affairs in Denver had made
them give up the. idea. I.thcn wrote
asking them if they had stopped
loaning. They replied that they had
not stopped loaning money, but the
condition Of affairs in Colorado. mean
ing oa1r 4nopulist government, was
such that tl1tvdid not care to invest
out here.
They said that the fear Of a stay
law or similar legislation dix? not
frightcn them, but They did not care
| to run the risk Of having to defend
against such a law.
GOVERNOR WAITE:e BREAKS.
This party has invested 81 500, 900
| during the past three months at q
lower rate Of interest and with no
better security than we could offer
them. \ relative Of these people
was in Denver when Governor Waite
was m;tjiing his worst breaks, and on
his return east he gave a very bad
account of our condition.
",Some Chicago Investors have writ
ten TO us that they do not care to
make Investments ont here at present
through fear Of hostile legislation.
"l'opl]Sln has almost shut Of
eastern money, and further success
by that party would completely stop
its coming into the state.
u am satisfied, though, that pop
uIism Will be defeated and have SO
informed our clients, and after elce.
ton we will i;isy ali the money we
can place
The Boulder Herald Of September
IS contains the following: IN. Il.
Lcccn is we'll known in Boulder coun-
ty as being Il man whose word can he
relied on. He has been working at {;
scheme which, if successful, will
mean the placing Of 4 million dollars
or more in this county and Of being
OF great benefit to our mining inter
csts In writing to a friend about
t he outlook he did not intend that
the letter should be used for publica-
tion, but merely to give that friend
an idea OF the lay Of the land. We
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joined extracts from the letter, and
do it to show the people the feeling
which exists i'll the cast in regard to
Colorado and the nOpu]ist adminiS-
trntiun. What he defeat Of Waitc-
ism lnrAns.'n Boulder county il means
to many other place, in the state
After referring to other matters. Mr..
Lcccn writes from New ! Ork clry
under dat" OF September H.. 1894, as
follows:
" ,Dn h" Boulder matter | Spcu!t
tWu solid months seeing different
parties every day. The first question
asked in every case was where is
your scheme locatcd:' When I an
Swcrcd Colorado. they at once would
say: Go no further: we will not in
vest 4 cent in Colorado, In the past
few days have found Il party who
has plenty Of money and i anxious to
invest. The, asked the usual uucs-
tion and in reply asked permission
t" tell my story first and answer that
question aftciWard. This they grant
ed. got them interested enough to
say hat it pleased them. hnt when |
told them it was in Colorado one Of
them said: THAT is too bad: we
cannot think Of nlruding our capital
on he good people Of Colorado. They
don't want il and we don't want to
force them To- take it, After some
talk they finally agreed to do this:
Between now and the n%XI so duvS
they will either 90 TO Boulder or send
an agent to look up. If found O. x.
they will get everything in shape at
this end and wait the result Of the
next election in Colorado. IF the state
goes, republican they will take up the
scheme and push it. There are FIVE
in the party, four democrats and one
republican. but they do not propose
to invest \ cent under pupulist gov
crnmcEt. -Dcnycr Times sun.
The First Duty or Intelligent Citizens.
The German tariff has been enact
ed 4 few weeks in advance Of the
Noycmbc: elections. 1t was the main
issue Of the Maine ana Vermont clce-
tinn>. and the people passed iudg-
mcnt upon il i'll unprecedented re-
publican ma joritics. 1t is also the
pivot upon which the November
elections in New York aud other
states will turn. 1t is clearly as i'm
practicable for democratic conyen-
+iions and leaders TO ask for sllspen-
sion OF he new tariff until there has
been actual experience OF its effects
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