Show k INJUSTICE TO ajie r onies OBIES Ti ane eHouse house of ag representatives 11 has haa aused a bill fixing the number of its embers members for the next ten years and haa has incorporated in tife th e bill a provision that no new state shall bhail be admitted until its population is sufficient to fully anti ue tle jt to one member of congress whether the senate will concur conour inthis or q not pot we cannot now say y but presume WWI hwi we brive not the exact figures of the la ratio of representation i but then the umber number will be about one hundred and fifty thousand in which case colorado may expect to be admitted to the be union when it has doubled its present population unless congress should pass a new nev bill in the meantime fixing the ratio of representation still mil I 1 higher ghere there is one reason and one 02 only duly lys wirich which has for the first time induced congress to insist on a territory having the fall num ber of inhabitants before admission and that reabon reason is jealousy in the east over the rapidly increasing strength of the west Na the progress of events is swa swamping raping the east bast young men inen from the old states and foreigners from across the hes feea come to swell the population of the west none return to 15 the east so while that section is barely able to hold it sown sown the west Is steadily increasing its population tion tiou and its political power at washington fi for years yeas the representatives presenta nta tives of the east have seen their power steadily waning but only take alarm now because be batise the time has almost arrived when they are outvoted hence before the power is irrevocably losetto los tto them they make a rule to guide the future ani and delay the actual preponderance of the west as long as its P possible oll ible ibie it is not stran strange ge t that hat they should so odete determine dinine perhaps P a 10 s we would do the same bame if ili in the their r place 1 a ce but though we inight feel rr justified e in uso so doing it would certainly be at the expense of sections which would be wen jen entitled tItled to more pon sider bider atlon the decision of the hoube bouse of rep nep at this term is in director to the policy of the government gove rn 1 from its very defy foundation no territory unless ibbe it be kansas was ever capt ceph ut of the union after its future was so well weil established as to be certain of steady growth the thie policy has hab h as been to build up the territories by admitting ithem as states just as saon soon boon AS at U waft waa bertaln they contained the elements ele eie menta for a self supporting and prosperous rouls state and had barely enough people to met Ille tile necessary expenses colorado ilas has an ill these colorado Gp Go lorado has better schools and find more of them compared with her population than any of her predecessors colorado has built more miles of railroad than any former territory ardd arid put more moro money into internal improvements trove prove ments hab has more natural resources within her boundary than any state in the union her population is as in n and law IW abiding to 6 iny bily the least lehst she she sho can support a larger population 0 from her own products than any state in the uni union on and she has hag a ration lation sufficient to entitle her to bbate hood bya bys careful estimate founded oh ofa the the last territorial election ehe she he has had nod not far from irom seventy fiva five thouis thousand ind people and who gres dares say that theae these ar are not as well qualified ia ili the he otoo clerice of seif self government as ashe aho jho the of wa admitted or the of indiana or tho the of illinois ui nois orthe ido missouri 2 or libe the of i arkansas br tor florida or the he of iowa lowa or the of biscon wiscon sin bin dethe the 25 of minnesota or the of Ore Oreg goll cm or the OW of nevada or the population 1 atford of any state that has preceded us none nono can au diny deny that colorado la Is as able abib as any avy of these but iut to gr gratify attly the ther ambi alous fi chemes of jile the states in he eash east ail ali all of wHom except the original thirteen webe were onoe once in the same pre predicament di cament as ur selves a adl new w rule must be establish ed to keep beep us las in a condition of pupilage several years longer congress is not hot doing itself credit by this actions action and ald the members dil all know it lit ahby bay bay aay individually talk with almost whomsoever one will that they are sal sai bali ball i bed ned colorado 0 ought ug haast to be admitted ut there is not the he least possible hopa nr tog it they throw the responsible ry up bat gat thein their h elz collea colleagues ues aes and dodge we roe i question because because they are atra Afra afraid idof of th the e power powen of the west Weste olie olia otie be republicans of 4 Coig congress raps rePs abid grea t on 0 9 great groat rat 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