The New York herald., 1868-06-28

fore technical one; that the constitution was fairly
submitted and ratified by d1i6rity Of the people,
a and the, q an events tes Question *W es iny0l1d
NJ u eS SosSoS, rspJ q ind, sstSa WY shsrS VA
any hesitation about submitting the question % the
vorng IT. Three years had elapsed since the vote "a
the constitutions long time In the LIE OF Tefrb
Mr. YATES recited the circumstances attenditH the
passage Of the enabling act the rejection Of the con-
stituton on the first vote, and Its hnal adoption The
In regard to insufficient population should have been
made at ALL at the time OF the passage OF the enar
bling Ss he, ne thad enough Sas ev a.
least fifty thousand population.
NJ FRELINGHUYsEN, repl Of Nj, favored MI
Howe's amendment, would otherwise be Q Nero
enabling act, that would throw the question OF ad-
mission into the hands Of interested men-nameiy,
Mr.. NYB, (rep) Of Nevada, contended that Colorado
should not be subjected to technical rule that had
was trifiing. and was dictated by unwillngness on
the part Of Senators TO see two more western Sena
tors on the floor.
Mr.. HENDRICKS, (dem) OF Ind, replied that It was
rather the plea for the admission that was technical
The merits of the case lay with the objection that at
was defeated, and that there was no warrant for
the election since held nor any evidence that Colo
rado has more than 900 people, or enough to entte
Mr.. YATES said the committee would make no fur
ther objection to the amendment offered by Mr.
Mr.. HOWE said that only two things we're required
for the admission OF States-hrst, the willingness
OF the people; second, the agreement OF Congress-.
He alluded to the fact that Mr. Hendricks had advo-
Gated the admission OF Representatives from the
rebel States, who were rotten to the core, while ne
opposed the admission Of Colorado with forty thou
sand loyal people.
Mr.. DAVIS, (dem.) OF KY, spoke earnestly against
the BILL arguing that the population OF mining Terri
tories, being nOmadic in character, with few fami-
lies The vote at the election does not indicate pop
ulation OF forty thousand He would, when In order
offer substitute for the bill. authorizing the passage
OF an enabling act for the admission Of Colorado and
Montana. The last named Territory, he contended,
has as much population as Colorado.
Mr.. HARLAN, (rep.) OF Iowa. insisted that no rule
latiop in Territory condition Of admission. He
thought the objections to admission trivial, as the
people could at any time change the constitution II
did not suit them.
Mr.. CRAGIN quoted from the report Of the Com
missioner u the General Land Ofice and the Sur
veyOr General Of Colorado in regard to the resources
OF that State-agricultural and mining. In regard
to population he pointed out that in 1854 when the
last vote was TAKEN the recelpts OF the Post ONCE
Department there were but $16.0O0 while In 1867
date the amount OF internal revenue collected was
Sal, 49, while the amount at the latter date was
$l51 1856, nearly four times the amount in 1864
From these facts he cOncluned that he was correct
in his view, formerly taken, that Colorado has q
population OF between 600 and 100 0O0-larger than
when she was admitted and five times as large as
that OF Montana, which Territory the Senator from
Kentucky placed beside Colorado in his amend
ments.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
On motion OF Mr. POMEROY, at ten minutes before
four O'Clock, without action on the bill or the amend
ments, the Senate went into executive session, ant
after a rather prOtracted session adjourned.