206 Reminiscences of 



torial confrere, who made strenuous exertions for 

 me to change my views and accept the nomination, 

 which he was entirely confident would cause the ad- 

 mission of the Territory to Statehood, and assuredly 

 occasion our election. But I was entirely firm in 

 my resolution, and have never had any occasion to 

 regret it. 



When the election came the acceptance by the 

 people of the opportunity for admission was declined 

 by a very small majority, so small that it could easily 

 have been overcome by a very moderate effort, and 

 Colorado would have become a State several years 

 earlier than it did. 



While Nevada to this day has but very slightly in- 

 creased its population from about sixty thousand, 

 existing at the time of its admission as a State, Col- 

 orado has nearly twenty times the population it had 

 in 1867, and is increasing in all respects in a remark- 

 able manner. 



My stay in Paris while Commissioner from Col- 

 orado was one I shall always remember as of ex- 

 ceptional interest; and, although I have been there a 

 number of times since, I have never found it so at- 

 tractive as it seemed to me during the great fair, 

 when it was thronged with so many visitors from 

 all parts of the world, and especially by so many 

 Americans whom I became acquainted with. Lately 

 I visited the great World's Fair at St. Louis with 

 a party of friends, and in expenditure and exten- 

 siveness it surpasses any before given. When I was there, 

 however, in June last, it was still in a considerable 

 state of unpreparedness, but I found it of great interest. 

 The attractions were many and of peculiar attractive- 



