Show tho territorial governments one of our eastern exchanges exchange i has g given iven of late frequent attention to the sub bub subject j act of territorial governments this is a question which must thrust itself upon the notice of congre as in the future as it has never done before in the past it has been the privilege of any territory to escape from its condia tion of pupilage about as soon as it really desired to do so at least there was no obstacle aclo acio in the way which made mado an effort to gain admission into the union comparatively useless but the rigid restriction imposed by the new apportionment bill taking away as it does the hope heretofore indulged will make the people more restless in bearing the ilis lils which they have not now the option to escape the growing impatience of a rule imposed by congress which they cannot supersede with a local government until conditions are fulfilled which it is not in their power to control must necessitate a modification of the present method of 0 governing these wards of the nation 0 how this subject looks to one whose standpoint stand point makes him a disinterested observer may be seen from the following words quoted from the journal al ready referred to oar whole territorial system bas has grown up since the formation of tho the government and taken on a character as well as aa extent that was never dreamed of then but since it has become what it is and since we have wisely adopted the rue of creating no new states of less population than the number required for a single representative senta tive in congress it is 18 evident that our present plan of sending governors and judges and marshals to the terri tories from washington is not only an evasion of our democratic principle but has not justified itself as convenient as useful or desirable in practice and ought to be done away with denver tribune |