Mr. GOODW N. I hope the amendment of the Gentfrom Maine will prevail. The bill, as amended, would provide for takin a portion of Utah and annexing it to Neva a, striking out so much of the Senate bill as provided for the annexation of any portion of Arizona. This bill came to the HoRep from the Senate. While it was pending before the ComTerritor in the Senate no hearing was had on the merits of this nestien. With m consent no hearin was adat that time t ough I was notifie that the bill was ending, for the reason that I desired to hear from my constituents in relation to the matter. When the hill came before the ComTerritor of the House a full hearing was had on the merits of the question, and the committee, after hearing, decided to strike out so much of the bill as related to the Territory of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, the HoRep is not the most convenient triunal before which to present a question of this kind. Aquestion regarding the dismemberment of a Territory should be decided it on evidence and facts, and not upon simp c statements made in the course of debate; and the nestion was so regarded by the ComTerritories of this House. I hope that the House will adopt the recommendation of the committee on t iis subject. I can only state very briefly, in the time allotted to me this morning, the substance of the argument, the points that were made before the ComTerritor. It would be impossible to go over the argument in full. The 1st objection to taking this portion of the Territory of Arizona an annexing it to Nevada is this: there is no natural connection between those Territories. This portion of the Territory of Arizona is part of the water shed of the Colorado river. All the streams runnin through that Territory empty into the Colors 0. The people receive their supplies up the Colorado river. The principal mail route into Arizona runs dog a through a settle I must resume the Merit ent about 200 miles distant from rese ott, which is the ca ital of the Territory. All their connections an business are with the Territory of Arizona. Now, if they were annexed to the State of Nevada they would be obliged, in order to reach the capital of the Territory, either to go round by SanFrancise o or to go up nearl to the point of the overland mail route before they could get into theroute leading to the capital of N ova a There is no natural connection between this country and the State of Nevada. It is separated from that State by a portion of the great. desert, which presents an almost impassable barrier. It is so perfectly barren that it 18called “Death Barren.” That forms the boundary between the two. There is another objection to this bill. It establishes a new precedent in lecislation. While the consent of the State of levada is made a condition precedent to the annexation of this Territory, no consent is required on the part of the people of Arizona. They are obliged to take upon t cmselves the burden of a State government without their consent. I would be perfectly willing that this bill should pass if the people of that portion of Arizona can be permitted to vote on this question and decide it by a majority and I propose to offer, if this amendment should not be adopted and the bill should pass in its present sha e, an amendment of that kind and sir.I now, and Gentlemen who advocate this bill know, that it the bill does pass in this shape there will be an almost unanimous vote of the people of that portion of the Territory against it. It may be urged that there are but few people within this Territory. Lastyear there were 1500 people at least upon the Muddy river and its branches, and I am informed by the Governor ofArizona, Mr. McCormick, that there are now nearly 2500 people within the Territory, and that by the mid dle of this summer there will be 5,000d. The burden of a State government is sought to be imposed upon these people without asking in any way their consent, and I believe that is establishin a wrong precedent.