, 1877-01-12
COLORADO.
Overthrow OF One Of Tilden's Silly
Conspiracies.
Bill Springer Defeated In Another
OF His "Vah" Schemes.
a Democratic Congressional Committee
Declare that Colorado Is State.

From Our 0rn Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, u. C., Jan. 5.-Thc con-
sptracY sgalnAt tic State II COLORADO has not
been successful. The Democrats, In their
groupings in the dark, ut the beginning Of Co.,-
gEess, after the one vote necessary tu elect Mr.
Ti1den, hit upon the revolutionary scheme Of
negatively securing It for HIN by preventing the
counting of the three Electoral yt,tes Of Cot1-
rado. II was true that Sir. Tiidcn and hts
Campaign Committee hal scut guol mnny
thousands Of dollars TO that State during the
campaign. It Is also true That from the date
OF the Colorado election until after the Indiana
election, the Democratic papers throughout the
country wisely clnIsncd that 1il'ien had secured
the three Electoral yntrs uf Colorado.
The Chicago T;,,ks went so far as to directly
| assault the management Of tic Western A.s,-
t[atc1 Press fur permitting It's agent at Denver
to ray that tho contrary Was tic fact. Being
beaten by the facts and the official figures,
Springer, and few others Of the war-class, In
vented tho revolutionary expedfent u atttmpt-
| ing to
DESY THAT coLonApo WAS 4 STATE,
Accordingly, I'll the day tIlas the Senate Of the
| United States scat:d Two senators from tho
new State Vt the loot Of thc Isocky Mountains,
the iln,ssc refused to seat Judge bc!tord, t'ie
Republican seprescRtatfyc.elcct, and sent !,ia
case to the Judiciary Committee. with instru".
| tionA to inquire whether there was Statc of
Colorado which he could represent. Mcan-
white, Patterson, Delegate OF the Territory,
| WHO ll1tl lOHulJ uDpCi lU Iafa stJou AL JAAsE
!ieford's st.ocs, occupied Ills old tcat III Tie
House, ard is Espurtcd to hare hccr kept OH the
legislative payr0Il. It Is rcr,ain that, Tor some
days, Speaker Randall, III calling tho Hat Of
| the latter. lie was finally ashamed u such
| jnIse position, ln,wcvcr, md has since omitted
Colorado from tho Gull Of Territories. with
lt Rastbng tbs ct u0n ndsr ans :1 1x.es @ tst
that tho body polit!c known Us Colorado Is rep
resented In The United States Scnatc bg TWO
Senators. and y denied uny representation In
The judiciary Committee Inns finally male lis
report upon this question. !hc minority report
declares that Judge 1iclfo1d Is entitled 10 his
seat. Springer WAS not able to move oil tlc
Democratic lawyers Of the judiciary Cu1nn,it-
ice to any such revolutionary procedure as he
hal contemplated: hut he found person Il.
the Committee, who undertook 10 champion his
| yiow. Iurl wus ta,lly beaten fur reelection by
the Hon. J. u. Cox. THE theory up9n which
the minority repor, proceeds Is, that Congress
| hld not power 10 delegate ~ the rrEsleslt Ut
tho United Statcs the authority 10 tleclAre that
Colorado had complied with tho c"lplitiuns u
the ennbltng acs; shat TINT coylu a!one he done
Colorado ID not vt STATE. Tie views of both
branches Of the Judiciary Committee nisGn this
curious and noyct question can be found below,
III the reports Of tue maturity a'id minority par
tics:
THE MAlonrrr REPORT.
The majority Of tile liouse Judiciary Commit
tee, to which was referred tho qncstton. Ut the
organization ol the new State of Colorado md
the credentials OF Jatnes u. bcIlord, Representa-
| tiyeclert from that StAtc, submit lengthy re-
port, iii wh!el, they rrcite the provisions u the
net of March 3 1878, authorizing thc formation
OF Colorado Territory Statc anil tue eIlltt-
ttons under which tic orSan!zl, l,lun was ti!erc-
u1Nlcy required to bc nude; as'I say that, since
the matter In question WIS re1crrcl u tue Cunl-
!nittre. thu lio1ise lsas been notified ~ thg
message, that lie had Issued his proclamation
DECLARING that nll thc fundamental codit!uus
prescribed by Congress fnr the formation .! q
state Government III CuIurulu hat been fulfilled
by tue pcs,plc Of that State. and Ito admission
; Into the UnLou was complete. III view OF tllese
fucts, tile question to i,c determined IT, wicihe'
Colorado las hccn admitted Into t!le n!uli ~
States, and Is entitled to the representation In
, Congress provided for In the aet referred to-
Tl,rgr Ii lii cont rorrrsy Ms IL alr Del!uni nay
official ccrttcate II that fart. Tic Coianstscs
DO not pretend that Congress has INV c4,ttsltu
ttnlal authority to DELEGATE to the President ol
.he United state tS power u l,!1inE saa.n !,
oe o1' notzereiss 81 shs oi 0 III own vuiiion Fig
rero.ulze IN i,s tullrst forIn tho Fundamental
a St ufprqass; p1s;, # II. a% aHwl
; vi, agent, unless expressly empowered, cannu
1rAusfer his delegated authority u anothrr
: They maintain that
COLORADO Is 4 STATE IN THE rS1oN
by force aud virtue OF thu will oi Congress a.
expressed in tho act Of March J. lsi5, q not NJ
ull. The Committee refer to the third scctini
: : q Art. of the Constitution, tl!ae " NV !;
| Unun''; hut no Precise formula fur tl!'
exercise Of tlIs puwcr IL anywhere provided, no
docs tho Constitution Ruthurlzc cousrt,s Il
) cuIlfrr such authority upuH nny other depart
1ncnt of tho Government, further than The i'!o
vision which requires the consent ut te ircs1
dent to every ur,icr, resolution, or vote VI ctl!c
puse whsh rsn.'eMs M a t.y srsct is =, t,tx % H. W u
: tnllty In case Of Ills dlsappraval --...-
Thls theory has 6rcn acccptc.t from thu organ
: tzattuu of the Government, md the pr"rcdiiIgs
on tic ultnlssluu Of yarnus States show thrrt
! has been no uniform mode of procedure 81 stcs
: cases. The Committee rehcarsc Ut length
from the records Ut the proceedings Of Con
gress IL gases Of the admission oi ''cw statc'
IRON 17D0 down 10 the present time. The GUSTS
j. were complied by the Committee to ellc!at
: the rrurlt,lc tllat the n!mission of State Int
a the tnlnn Is nothing nioru nor lgss than th
? ucting through Its constitutional! agency, TIL
u Congress- aud u,l Independent organized c'lll.nu
MY inhahitiug clear de'ireti TERRITORY, wirrr
tt shnl snoy ~ tue Tshts
under The Constitution. The oyurtures TO sMvl
runluart lnay cn,a,,ate fruu. either party. Tn
u Committee say -..-
!. gress, by tho d.. oi Match &. lo7 did submit t
: The people of Colorado, III a nule ronsfsten
! with thus Constitution, proposition. toupri
With certain conditions, That t.'cy should eonstl
tutc 6tatr IN the CnioM uLbn thu fultllltncl
{ ot those conditions: ana whether that propust
Il tloit las been fully nrrcpteI and tue I91' Ii9T1'
u The statute bceM fuitl.ully complied vii!
!, according to the for.nuli.cs prescribed III tn
], CuuElttutioni Does 1t ,nanlfest tic wall Ut tlI
! 1 Legislature that IL shall take effect upoa tn
happening VI event upon which, III tie np!s
. ION OF the law.,nakers. the e1pelcucy u IN
i law dcpcmtsi Tic CoAA.nttre dcc.n that Con
:, gress clturly expressed Its will that Colura'l.
!. ehall be admitted lutu the uniun Oh III e'Iu4
u uting With ol the other Statrh III al respect
= whatever; but Expresses It, judgment that I
Is rxpe.lEcnt thai 1t should bs so a'llnlttctl iii
i less ccfta,u th,,gs shall Ie done In tho man
q ncr therein prescribed, hut exPc.ttcRt Il tiios
!. things should liz 80 psrlorn't,i. nir' y.