Mr. STEWART. The last objection of the Senator certainly waives the 1st, because taking that vote would not, that I can see, remove the objection of the want of population. If his last. objection is good, his 1st cannot be. Now, as to the 1st objection, the want of population, it is undoubtedly a serious one. It appears to be a great hardship to a large State that a few people in a distant, Territory should be entitled in the Scuate to anequal voice with the great State of NewYork. (i feel, myself, the injustice of the system as regards the State lreprescut: although at the time ofher admission shc cast a vote of some 17,000. we were pretty nearly on a par in that respect with several other States. In regard to Colorado. however there are some peculiar cireniiistnnce s which the Senate may not understand. She was remarkably prosperous at the time war broke out. She furnished about 4000 soldiers for the war, a ver large proportion for her then Oulation. Turing the progress of the war Indian difficulties broke out in the country between her borders and the organized States on this side and raged most of the time and communication was cut off which retarded her progress. She also had local difficulties: her agricultural progress was injured very much by grasshoppers for 2 successive, years. The Indian troubles kept the Tciritory back very much. Then the people there were troubled about another matter which this bill if passed will relieve them of. They lind a local government that was entirely in adequate to their condition. It is impossible for a mining State to grow up with a.local government organized in Washington and sent there. It feels no responsibility to the people. The interests intrusted to the judges are immense eat cases as large as in the older States. this in an entirely different situation from what it would be if it were merely an agricultural country. They want to put their best men in office and hold them directly responsible. They can certainly get along much better and will improve much more rapidly in that way. They claim to be able to support themselves. hey will relieve the Government of the burden of so porting them for ayear or 2, because it is orify a question of a year or 2, and in the mean time they can certainly take better care of their own interests. Local legislation is very necessary in communities situated as they are.Au imperfect knowledge of the situation prevails here in Washington, and the persons who are sent there are often incompe tent, and not being directly responsible to the people, the interests of the Territory suffer. These are the circumstances that induced the people ofeoloradopto take this action, asl understand. There must always be some in justice when a new State comes in on a footingr of equality. That is evident. There has been no new State which when it came into the Union had an equal population with NewYork. It will be but a few years before Colorado will grow to rival some of the eastern States. It is peculiarly situated for growth. The Pacific railroad is tending in that direction. It has lorge agricultural resources, larger than almost any other miniu State. It has large mining resources. The Indian troubles are now so far over that population is going in that direction. Ever thing is tending to develop the country. It will be but a.year or 2 before theinequality which must exist when any new State 1st comes in will be done away with by actual growth. It is, then, only a question of a very short time, and they will certainly advance more rapidly if admitted now than if you post pone their admission. They have organized the State government on the invitation of Congress. Now you say they have not complied with your enabling act. True, they have not technically complied, but by your enabling not you invited them to act; you led the people to believe they would be admitted. They canvassed the matter twice. They rejected the proposition 1st, and then they came to the conclusion that they had been mistaken in their judgment, and they reconsidered it. The fact that they have not. complied technically with the enabling act does not affect the general question. You invited them to l come here; on caused them to take all this action; they have beentongreatdenloftrouble and expense in considering the matter, and the whole community now a pear to be well satisfied. It would certain y be discouraging to those people to refuse them admission after they have organized under this invitation, and have complied with your enabling aetiu all respects except as to the manner of forming their convention.