Show ANOMALIES OF territorial government tim TUB following isa is a portion of a letter from governor bennett of idaho in the richmond ind Enquirer 1 ai I ca can n conceive of no greater anomaly in a free government than this territorial system thoplas was originally intended as a mere temporary arrangement andas was expected the first arst organized territories soon became states so that chat the hardships of a territorial vassalage lage were of short duration but now where there are so many territories covering an area of the country about as large laree as the states and when congress Congre silias has provided that none shall be admitted as states until having a population requisite for representation in the house of representatives to wit it becomes evident that the system in many casesi cases eases ceases to be temporary and partakes largely of the pelma permanent for it will take many years for all these territories to become states under the new rule adopted in the meanwhile the people of the territories are wholly disfranchised franchised dis and held in a sort of vassalage wholly inconsistent with our principles of demo democratic dratle dratie government the citizen of a territory is with the bhe citizen of a state equal ly interested in all the great questions of political economy that can cart present themselves for discussion and solution tariff tarin s revenues u internal improvements appropriations policies foreign and domestic and questions of ot peace and war affect him equally with the citi citizens zens of new england while in the government of the indians the management of the public land the improvement of livers rivers the construction of railroads the regulation of minin gand many other important quest guest questions lons long the citizens of the territories have a de deeper PP and more direct interest than has the citizen of the states the people of the tho territories nie nio nue are taxed for tor the support bf bathe the general government precisely as are the people oi of the states and are compelled to obey the same laws jaws and are aro re subject to the same penalties and being th the a sons and brothers of the freemen of the states certainly lose no right by reason of blood and having discarded the lazy ease and unproductive contentment of the old homes in the states and enlisting in the great army of pioneers who westward follow the star of empire plant the thel flag of their country in the tho valleys and on the hill tops of new now lands landa to ward the setting sun and certainly not less patri patriotic otie otle than their less adventurous brothers who are contented to remain forever within sight of the smoke that curls from the chimney in the corner of which they were born and having with brave hearts and brawny arms blazed the road for civilization opened the gates of the great storehouses of gold and silver which supply the world worl daud dand and aud added star after star to the constellation of states are surely not less deserving than they who quietly enjoy the golden fruits of all this labor yet the people of the territories are deprived of all voice in iri national affairs affairs and are not allowed even a free local government they have no voto vote for president al although though the president exercises a vast executive power over them and appoints their local rulers they have no full representation in ip elther either branch pf af congress although that body imposes on them taxation and enacts jaws for the regulation of the dearest interests and as if not satis batis satisfied fled fied with this reserves to itself and often exercises the right of annul ling the acts of the territorial legislatures la tures 11 all money is hard money these times hard to get and hard to keep |