The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-30
ROYAL RECEPTION
OF THE BANKERS.
The People Of Denver Showed Mag
nifcent Hospitality.
WERE ALL FREE SILvERlTES.
And the bankers Were Gold Bugs, But
That Made No Difierencc-Ihe
Pursuit of Gold in Colorado
Causes Silver To be Abandoned

VIA ' In AOAtss AAAHNNN SO
The elaborate programme which Denver
has prepared and most successfully car
ried out for the entertainment OF the
Bankers Convention was concluded yes
terday evening.
Commencing last Monday, with a ban
quet, each day was marked by some
special arrangement for the delight Of
visitors. \ succession OF balls, recep-
lions, outdoor festivities and trips around
tho town refreshed the bankers in the
evening after their morning session. The
whole er@ied with a twO-day excursion
10 the great mines at Cripple Creek. the
ascent Of Pixies peak, great lunch al
Colorado Springs ana q visit TO the Car
den OF the Gods.
Altogether it Is quite impossible TO Inn
sgine how the people Of Denver could
have done more 90 make the bankers
have O. pleasant time. How great was
this hospitality can be further shown 10y
the fact that while the bankers were al
most 20 "a man gold bugs. the people OF
Denver are almost 20 a. man fOr free sill
yer. II / saw one single resident OF Col
orado who was not for FREQ silver In some
form ] do not recall it. or his sentiments
We're not disclosed. Free silver in Colo
RADIO is as potent as the race question
is 10 Southern Democrats.
MINING FOR GOLD.
IT IS an interesting fact. however. that
the energies of tho people are expended
now in mining gold while silver is neg
lected. Even the leading free silver poll
ticians are eager IN their search Tor the
"cOwardly' yellow metal
The wealth and prosperity Of the State
is dependent on the mines, although the
agricultural interests are rapidly increas-
ms.
The cultivation OF The delicious Rocky
Ford cautelOupe Is becoming "a great in
dustry, and train loads are now carried
of 90 AN points of the country. With the
spread of the irrigation system the alkall
desert now abandoned 20 the prairie dogs
and few cattle Will become fields on
ineXhaustiblo fertility.
The dangers of the elevation upon the
health have, / think, been exaggerated.
/ went into a mine ten thousand five
hundred feet above sea level. just about
five times as high in the air as Mountain
Top. Virginia, without the slightest prep
aration and without Inconvenience. 4
person must DE very delicate 90 be inju-
riously affected.
1 met am English engineer who lived
comfortably for several years in the Him
alayas az eighteen thousand feet.
SATISFACTORY WORK.
As 10 the work Of the Bankers Conven-
ton. that was very satisfactory % them
selves and every one else. The president
Mr. Hendrix. presided with am ease which
showed his Congressional training, while
hls annual address was conservative uno
instructive.
lie recognizes the need of currency re-
form and fayOrs the BIN now before Con-
gross as the best resultant of the con-
tending forces.
Virginia was much in evidence before
the convention. Mr.. Caldwell Hardy OF
Norfolk. read % long and a very interest
ing report upon the working of the pro-
tcctive feature of the association In the
detention and punishment OF crimes
against banks showing that the profess
sional criminals now give those banks a
wide berth which are members Of the
association.
Mr. Warren @. Elliott responded for
Virginia ar the call of the States and
made a hit in his speech which delighted
his audience and won for him number
less congratulations.
MIR. ROYALS ADDRESS.
Mr. william J.. Royal delivered his adj
dress on the need of banking facilities ir
the rural districts and as was expected
his forclble and radical views provoked
considerable discussion. a member from
Kansas City especially took issue with
Mr. Royal. and 10 seemed that there
would Doe no reply. but Mr.. John p
Branch took the moor and In an excellent
ana conservative speech warned the con-
ventiOu that however members might
differ with SIR Royal in his plan, 10 was
necessary that these demands II the
country people should be respected and
that the notes Of a country bank could
be made as safe az t1ose OF q Wall street
bank
10 was not thought that moro cCuld now
be accomplished than the agitation a. ihe
question before "a select pro .cssicnai au-
dleuce and that was we'll done
NATURAL BORN BANKERS.
At the election Mr. Walker Hil, iate OF
Richmond. but now president OF one OF
the largest banks In So. Louis. was made
vice president. Next year he will be pres
!dent. Tho Hills seem 90 be natural born
bankers.
Mr.. Alexander Hamilton. president 'Pe-
tersburg Savings and Insurance Com
pany, was elected vice-presdent for Nir-
ginia.
Major James r. Branch was Neglected
secretary, tho large addition % the mem
bership being attributed 10 his efforts.
Major Branch has determined 10 resign
his commission I'm the immune regiment
as the war is, in effect, over
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES