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COLOKADO. 



the return of General Grant to the country he saved, 

 and should he conclude to be a candidate for reelec- 

 tion we pledge now the six votes of the Centennial 

 State. 



The Democratic Convention assembled at 

 Denver on September 23d. G. Q. Kichmond 

 was chosen chairman, and subsequently he 

 was nominated as the candidate for Associate 

 Justice. The following platform was adopted : 



The Democratic party of the State of Colorado^ in 

 convention assembled, renewing its pledges of fidelity 

 to the Jeffersonian doctrine that this is a government 

 of the people, where the will of the people should 

 rule, does hereby declare . 



That the grave question to be determined by the 

 American people at the election of 1880 is, whether a 

 republican form of government shall remain to the 

 people, or one republican in name but monarchical 

 in fact. That in the arbitrary action of a fraudulent 

 President, by which he and his party defeated the 

 will of a majority in the Senate and House of Eepre- 

 sentatives of the American Congress, and maintained 

 the right of the Federal Executive to surround the 

 polling places in all the States with troops, and of 

 deputy marshals to arrest citizens at the polls without 

 oath or warrant, can only mean a determination upon 

 their part to use these agencies to maintain themselves 

 continuously in power ; and that in clamoring for the 

 nomination of General Grant for a third term as Presi- 

 dent they are but seeking the man who, as shown by 

 his repeated acts of usurpation while President, and 

 Lis unlicensed use of Federal troops to control the 

 domestic affairs of sovereign States, has the will to 

 carrv out their revolutionary and wicked designs. 



That we denounce the combination of crimes by 

 which the country was cheated and robbed of the 

 rightful possession of the offices of President and Vice 

 President of the United States ; that it was a plot and 

 fraud unparalleled in free government, and one which 

 should not be condoned, and must never be repeated. 



That the action of the Eepublican party in demon- 

 etizing silver was a perfidious breach of trie trust re- 

 posed in them by the American people ; that the ac- 

 tion of the Democratic party in securing its remoneti- 

 zation was an act of justice performed in response to 

 the demands of the people, and one which has made 

 resumption not only possible, but a success. 



That as the law now exists the Government dis- 

 criminates against the silver product of the country, 

 in favor of gold and the creditor classes. That, like 

 gold, the coinage of silver bullion into standard dol- 

 lars of 412i grams each should be continued. 



The result of the election was the success of 

 William E. Beck, who received 16,920 votes, 

 to 12,702 for G. Q. Eichmond, and 1,246 for 

 G. B. Saulsbury. In each of the four judicial 

 districts the Republican candidate for District 

 Attorney was elected. 



The returns of the assessors of the various 

 counties of the State, except Arapahoe, to the 

 State Board of Equalization, of the valuation 

 of property of all kinds, give the following 

 summary : 



Routt County $59,665 00 



Gilpin 1,904.924 00 



San Juan 820,167 CO 



Boulder 3,269,255 00 



Huerfano 998,012 80 



Eio Grande 478,036 00 



Fremont 1,26-2,07000 



! Summit...... 257,27750 



Clear Creek 1,819,006 00 



Weld 3,330,190 00 



Las Anlmas 2,553.632 PS 



Bent 2,732,054 00 



Jefferson 2.502,34600 



Lake , 3,485,087 00 



Douglas 1,086,24500 



Grand 60,050 76 



Larimer 1,724,820 On 



ElPaso 3,750,330 00 



Ouray 249,507 00 



Chaflee 409,944 00 



Park 955,453 94 



Saguache 724,034 00 



Costilla :79.S96 00 



Elbert 1,558,897 00 



Gunnison 185.635 00 



La Plata 303,075 38 



Pueblo 8,389,400 00 



Hlnsdale 647,818 00 



Ouster 716,727 00 



Grand total $41,263,550 70 



To this should be added the assess- 

 ment of Arapahoe County 16,520,693 00 



Following is a summary of the grand totals of 

 stock : Horses, 57,107 heads, valued at $2,136,- 

 768; cattle, 424,040 head, valued at $5,640,- 

 178; sheep, 664,059 head, valued at $1,075,- 

 308 ; swine, 8,918 head, valued at $35,215. 



In the assessment of railroad property the 

 Board made an increase over that of 1878 

 from $1,200 to $2,000 per mile, in order to 

 bring the railroad property up to an equalitv 

 with other property in the State. The returi? * 

 of their work present the following results: 



Broad-gauge roads.. 

 Narrow-gauge roads. 



Total 



Total in 1878. 



758-16 



460.44 



1,218-61) 

 1,044-4T 



Increase during year 174" 18 



TOTAL ASSESSMENTS. 



Broad-gauge $4,950,747 72 



Narrow-gauge 2,786,709 81 



Total... . $7,687,457 03 



Total in 1878 4,975,074 22 



Increase $2,712,882 81 



ASSESSMENTS OF ROADS. 



Denver and Rio Grande $2,020,960 00 



Pueblo and Arkansas Valley 1,741,080 72 



Kansas Pacific 1,484,411 92 



Colorado Central 1,227,297 56 



Denver Pacific and Boulder Valley... 

 Denver and South Park and Pacific.. 



Union Pacific 



Arkansas Valley 



Golden, Boulder, and Caribou.. 



Knox's Road. 



St. Vrain 



Longmont and Erie 



Golden and Platte 



698,478 93 

 893,700 00 

 84,087 90 

 55,860 00 

 23,300 00 

 2,600 00 

 2,000 00 

 600 00 

 500 00 



Some interesting facts were presented at 

 the meeting of the State Board of Health rela- 

 tive to climatic influences in the State. The 

 instance of Leadville was presented, where 

 two years ago there existed a sage-covered 

 valley whose population scarcely numbered a 

 score, but where there has sprung into exis- 

 tence a city with a present population of over 

 12,000, and whose increase is at the rate of 

 2,000 per month. This rapid accumulation of 

 humanity drawn from almost every portion 

 of the continent, transplanted suddenly to an 

 altitude of over 10,000 feet above sea-level, 

 many of them living under circumstances of 

 comparative discomfort, and ignoring the most 

 important hygienic laws promises to furnish 

 an opportunity for observing the development 

 of exotic diseases under new conditions; and, 



