Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-22
OWE VAST SUMMER nnsonr.
Colorado the Paradise of the Weary
Scurchcr for sights.

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COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Aug. To-
Especial Correspondence Of The B~ee)-Colo-
RADIO is ono vast summer resort. Go where
you may you find yourself surrounded by
tourists-people from every part of the
United States and not a few from Europe.
This is particularly true this year, owing
to the fact that Denver has been the meet
ing place for the annual sessions of a great
many national organizations and associations
and the occasion of attending a meeting in
Denver has been made .hc excuse for moro
extended sojourns and outings in the various
mountain resorts with which Colorado is
dotted.
"If 1t were not for the tourist travel this
railroad might as well have stopped running
passenger trains altogether" SO said one Of
the train crew on one of the lines upon
which l was travelling. The same sentiment
with variations is expressed by the hotel
men, the merchants, the saloon keepers. the
amusement providers and by the whole host
Of men, women and children who directly or
indirectly gain profit from the tourist traffic.
The sentiment crops out almost unconsciously
in almost every quarter. Mayor McMurray
Of Denver, for example, in his address Of
welcome to the members of the American
Library association closed his remarks by re-
peating his assurances Of cordial hospitality
and saying that he hoped their stay in Colo
RADIO would be both pleasant to. you and
profitable to us" He doubtless intended the
word profitable to be taken in its broader
meaning, relating TO the mental and moral
Improvement of the people Of Colorado by
contact with the Librarians, but | am sure the
great number of his fellow citizens who read
his speech in the morning papers took it
literally as an anticipation of pecuniary
profit.
In every other direction the people of Den
yer and Colorado are complaining that they
have not yet emerged from the depression OF
hard times. ! met a Denver business man
out at Gienwood Springs preparing for a
months hunting expedition up in the noun
tains.
How can you afford to leave your bust
ness so long" | asked.
Il might as we'll leave 1t for a month or
six weeks" he replied, because there is
nothing doing to require my attention in my
store"
OF course the people here still attribute
all this to the decentralization" Of silver.
They are as ardent advocates of the restora-
ton OF free coinage at 16 to 1 as ever, and
insist that in it lies the only salvation OF the
nation. Sons of them, however, have
shifted their positions. l talked with the
proprietor of a drug store up at Silver Plume
and he was certain that his own town was
doing better than any other place of like
population in the United States. They were
better off since the fall in silver prices than
before because they bought their goods from
the east at prices much less propOrtionately
than the prices which they secured for their
own products. While silver has fallen so
per cent, the articles consumed have gone
down more than so per cent. That is what
this druggist said.
at is not for u.s." he continued, that we
want free silver. 1t is for the poor, starry
ing people down east. We can get along
nicely no matter what happens. 1t is the
poor farmer and the poor working man in
the eastern states who needs more money,
and he ought to have it even if it does hurt
us a little"
That was a new attitude for a silver man
to take. The druggist is apparently sincere
in his ready self-sacriice and can not I'M
derstand how the poor farmer and the poor
working man in the east can persist in de-
clining his generous offer.
More Thoughtful free s%ilverites in Colorado
admit in private that they entertain grave
doubts whether silver will ever go back to
the old price. They would like to see it at
ST. again, but they will be really satisfied
if an enlarged use Of silver brings the price
up one-half the difference between that point
and the present quotation.
IF silver should go up to rs cents an
ounce" said a brakeman on the Colorado
Midland to me, this railroad would not be
able to haul the ore that would be taken out
of the mines along its line" And this, l am
told, is the situation throughout the state.
A cursory round of the principal summer
resorts shows at almost every turn some
familiar face that is ordinarily seen in Ne
braska. Nebraska was well represented at the
American Library association conference.
The state library was represented by Mr..
d. e. Campbell, clerk Of the SUI
preme court and e~X-ofiicio state IL
brarian. The State university library was
represented by the librarian, Mss Mary Jones.
and one of her assistants. The Beatrice Ii
brary was represented by Miss Robbins, and
Miss Margaret O'Brien, assistant librarian Of
the Omaha public library, was also in attend
ance.
| ran across John d. Howe on the streets
of Denver. and understand he is now at
Manitou. Isaac Adams is there, too, as also
Mr.. Cottrell and family. b.. II. Robinson
was here at Colorado Springs yesterday, but
has started homeward. l met a gay party of
Omaha young ladies, consisting Of Mrs.
Reynolds, Miss Minnie Chapman and Miss
Myrtle Carroll, on the train, on their way to
the springs, where they were anticipating a
jolly two weeks outing. DR.. A. f. Dickinson
was over at Glenwood and the mountains are
no doubt peopled with other Omaha folks
whom in my flying visit l have not had the
good fortune to meet.