Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-06-15
Troubles IN Colorado,

seems to be in a state Of perpet- ,
ual political ferment. The art Of ad- !
dition, division and silence among her
is well understood and {
shrewdly practiced. There is no
.plodding craftsmanship such as the
older parts OF the east can boast OF,
but a rapid scheming and swift con
%clusion, which seems to set everything
into a whirl. A Legislature in Color
ado, Wyoming or New Mexico cannot
meet without at once giving birth to
some startling project for removal OF
She capital, the cutting up OF countess
the granting of female suffrage or the
changing Of some Of the customs Of
society. 1t has got to such a pass
that the people are heartily glad that
legislatures meet but once in two
years, In spite Of this fact, however,
the politicians are " quiet. They
work up some measures for congress
to act upon at almost every session.
The bill getting Colorado III as a state
was the hardest thing they have had
to back up for years, but success IN
that has renewed their courage. New
Mexico comes next, and although the
chances are not by any means hatter-
ing, as developed by their attempts
during the last session Of congress,
yet they are going TO make a bold
move again the coming winter, and
though The "gseasers' down that way
protest, yet New Mexico viii take on
statehood if congress can be persusd-
ed. The possibility Of success has
banded the natives into a secession
movement-the taking offthe western
f portion Of the territory and voting it
a part of Arizona. This will enable
( them TO keep "unspotted from the
: VERDI dodge taxes and bask in OBJ
livion. The New Mexicans are a slow
set constitutionally, and if they can
get away from schools, churches,
newspapers and progress they are
; happy. Those OF them who live in
! the southern counties OF Colorado
, have shown much discomfort at high
: taxes, the advent of railroads and
: statehood, and are selling out as fast
e as they can and moving on down into
old Mexico. A few years more and
the "greaser'' will be a rare species in
Colorado.
One of the newer movements .
d good deal talked of is the secession o
the San Juan mining country from the
state of Colorado. Some of the am
bilious politicians down there thinl
y that their country was left out in thu
. cold in the selection of state officers
> and had no fair representation, accord
ing to population, in the Legislature
g So they propose to take the remed,
into their own hands. They have hac
two or three mass conventions, an(
of hereabout cooked up a southern con
federacy in Colorado. The temper o
the leaders in the movement may b
best seer from the following extract
6 from a speech made by one of then
at Del Norte not long ago: 81 an
. endowed with no prophetic vision, ye
ef | venture the prediction that but fe1
ne years shall have dropped into the pas
before the legislative representative
OF Del Norte viii go to til
er capitol on foot-not that the
re- will be tao poor to ride, but be
n cause the capitol will at their doors
for unless we are greatly deceived i
- the uAdeveloped wealth Of our miner
~ al-veined mountains, unless we ar
deceived in the productiveness of GU
Is, valleys, the time is not long distar
when Del Norte will be the capt.;
81, city Of a new state, whose easter
boundary will be yonder mountains.
"a "May the day 500 dawn when W
W shall be cut off forever from the polit
,ot cal magnates Of the north, who, s
err they hold the balance Of power, hay
in compelled us to sue and to beg #
IRE our political rights, and then hay
denied our prayer. May the memor
ne Of our wrongs linger with us; ma
on the shame of u defeat abide wit
us in the building up of an indepel
Ter dent sovereignty, which shall be Il
w. brightest star in the nations di
dem"
ihe secedefs are not fully unite
-ne as to the best way out of their difiicu
VI ties, but it is quite probable th;
% their first movement will be heard
ce, at the next session Of congress, whe
ed a petition viii go in asking for II
lie organization Of a new territory O
of of southwestern Colorado and Il
ct adjoining portions of New Mexic
ose Utah and Arizona. Looking to tn
,at result settlers have been psshir
down the western slope OF the mou.
tains into the rich valleys Of Uta
: and colonists have taken up the be
us portions of the Jacarilla resefvati,
efs in New Mexico. The San Juan Va
nor ley and Cimmeron inhabitants Of Ne
the Mexico, mostly Americans, want
HE be free from the old slow-going te
the ritory, aud are easily persuaded
ose join the scheme for a new confede