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Show TEKBITORIAL VASSALAGE. lion. T. W. llciinett. Covet nor of Idaho, dc-crves wi Uof the Territories. Tlie C. S. S.-nale cuniiuitiee on " Privileges Pri-vileges and Kleclioiii" pnpo-.-s to meet in New York, mi October 1st, to lak'- into eoii.-id' ra'.ion tin- iin-s-tiou of amending the, ( Vm-lil'iti--n .-o ;li to provide a betL-T way of el--, lu.z the I'rcideiit and Viet- Pr.-.-ideiit j than now exil-; and its el. airman, j Senator M.uton. having imit.d tlie j 01,'niiun., of his i' -Mow eitien-i on I'm- j MihjiTt. (.iovernor JteniK tt n -ponded in a lett. r on b.-half of the Territo- j ries. He urg"-". the anomaly, eift.u p-t. rrnl to in tliis jfiiirna), which giv-s the n.-iduitofa State all the right- and .rivileges of citi.rihip while he remains iu the State, enjoying, enjoy-ing, it may he, his ease and his fortune; for-tune; but .-trips him of several of its important duties and privileges when he e.-.-ays the arduous ellbrU of a pioneer, and dares fortune among the undevelopid regions of the Territories, Terri-tories, to aid in suMuing them and making them valuable to the country at large, ( ioverm r Uei melt's letter is mainly devoted to the inability of the people of the Territories to vote for President and Yiee-Pre-ident; and to their not heing represented by vote in the federal legislature, where interesting in-teresting questions affecting them, and vasl K- more imnorlunt than often allcets an ordinary Congressional ! district, have to be discussed and acted upon by vote. These evidently were considered by bis Kxcullency the ; pertinent points to be presented, viewing view-ing the question which the committee lias to consider; but he might have gone much further and stilt have kept within the limits which bound the deprivation de-privation of rights of Territorial citizens. citi-zens. That the native ami naturalized citizens of this country should have an equal voice iu the selection or election of the Chief Magistrate, whether they reside in a State or a Territory, ought to I c self-evident in view of the fundamental funda-mental principle on which the lie-public lie-public is based, and the fact that in seeking homes in the Territories they so signally advance the best interests and develop the resources of the country. coun-try. And it should be equally self-evident self-evident that taxation without re-presentation is as much an anomaly today to-day as it was a century ago. But, i ics ides this, the wealth, the important import-ant interests, and the rapid development develop-ment of the Territories, make it imperative im-perative that the people should have the right to select and elect every Territorial official except such as are required to devote themselves to matters in which the United States arc a party; such as U. S. marshal, register and receiver of the land office, collector of internal revenue, and U. S.. surveyor general for a Territory. Ter-ritory. The governor, the secretary, the judges, and other public officials, should be elective by the people; and the Territories should be included in (lie range f the United State's judicial districts and circuits, the same as oinies. It would be too much to expect thai (iovernor Bennett would advocate the abolition of the appointing power to fill the oflicc which he now holds; but while he may be, and apparently is, an official having the best interests of the people at heart, with how many bad, incompetent men have the Territories Ter-ritories been alllictcd, who have had no interests identical with the people among whom they were sent nor any thought except to gratify their own petty vanity and mercenary motives mo-tives ? The interests of the Territories arc becoming enormous. The wealth of mines, manufacturcs,agriculturc,rail-roads,and manufacturcs,agriculturc,rail-roads,and solid cnterp rises, which swell their taxable property, is increasing with a rapidity at once suggestive and promising immense results; and the subject thus advocated by Covcrnor Bennett should be taken up by the entire Territorial press, and by cveiy Territorial Delegate to Congress, and presented plainly but respectfully to Senator Morton and his colleagues, col-leagues, who, we believe, honestly mean the attempting of an important reform in thedirection indicated. |