TERRITORIES OF TI IK t NITED STATES. 



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The natural advantages of the Territory are 

 and of various kimK It i-. \\rll udaptrd 

 to agricultural pursuits, ami in 1H7<> it prodmvd 

 860,000 bushels of wheat, 575,000 iMi-luU ..f 

 corn, 825,000 bushels of oats and barley, and 

 800,000 buslii-ls of |)otiitoes. Its mines are also 

 rich, and considerable progress 1ms been made 

 in developing tlu-ir tn-asmvs. Gold and silver 

 wore shipped from the Territory during the 

 year to the amount of $5,454,000. A school 

 of mines has been founded at Golden City, the 

 corner-stone of which was laid on the 6th 

 of August. The entire wealth of the Territory 

 has been stated at $50,000,000, or about $1,250 

 for every individual of the population. Public 

 lands wore sold mostly to actual settlers, to 

 the amount of 274,577 acres during the year. 



Denver, the capital of the Territory, has about 

 8,000 inhabitants, and is growing rapidly. Its 

 trade during the year amounted to $10,000,000, 

 and its manufactures to $1,000,000. Four rail- 

 roads converge there, the first of which was 

 completed on the 24th of June last, and several 

 others are in course of construction. 



An interesting incident in the settlement of 

 the Territory is the formation of colonies. The 

 Union Colony, organized in New York, pur- 

 chased land and took possession in April. The 

 colonists each paid $135 for their membership, 

 and their land cost from $3 to $4 per acre. 

 They founded the town of Greeley, which at the 

 end of the year numbered 1,200 inhabitants. 



There was a spirited political canvass in the 

 Territory for the election of local officers and a 

 delegate to Congress. The Republicans met in 

 convention on the 13th of July, and nominated 

 Jerome B. Chaffee for member of Congress. In 

 their resolutions they indorsed the Administra- 

 tion of President Grant, favored immigration, 

 but condemned the "importation of coolies," 

 and asked for aid from the General Government 

 in the construction of public works. The 

 Democratic Convention was held on the 2Gth 

 of July. George W. Miller was nominated for 

 Congress, and a platform adopted containing 

 the following resolutions among others : 



Resolved, That we denounce the policy pursued by 

 the Government in regard to the management of 

 Indian affairs on tho frontier; that Indian depreda- 

 tions of the most atrocious character go unpunished ; 

 that our homes are burned, our wives and children 

 ravished and murdered, our property destroyed, and 

 our repeated cries for protection are only answered 

 by the appointment of another Quaker Indian agent. 



Resolved, That we favor the taxation of United 

 States bonds on the same basis as other property ; 

 that wo are opposed to tho present system of bank- 

 ing, as unjustj and favor tho substitution of Treasury 

 notes for national-bank notes, thereby saving annu- 

 ally millions to the Government in interest paid to 

 the national banks. 



Resolved, That the Democratic party now, as of old, 

 is opposed to a high protective tariff: "that the people 

 of the West have long groaned under unequal laws 

 and unjust taxation, which the Eastern States have 

 continually imposed upon tho West : equal and exact 

 justice shall be the rallying-ory of the Democracy. 



The election resulted in tho choice of Chaffeo, 

 the Republican candidate. Tho total vote cast 



was 1 1,508, of which Chaffee received 6,450, and 

 Milli-r 5,058, making Chaffee's majority 1 



A bill was introduced into the Territorial 

 Legislature at its last session granting the ri^lit 

 of suffrage to women, but a ft IT an <-x: 

 debate it was indefinitely postponed by a vote 

 of 15 to 10. Among the acts passed by tho 

 Legislature was one providing for a H 

 of public instruction, and one establishing an 

 agricultural college. 



DAKOTA. Tho Territory of Dakota was first 

 organized in 18C1, but since that time Wyoming 

 has been set off from its western side. I:- 

 present area is 152,000 square miles, and its 

 population 14,181. A school system has been 

 established, and something has been done to 

 develop the resources of the Territory. Tho 

 construction of tho Northern Pacific Railroad, 

 which will cross it from east to west, will un- 

 doubtedly give a strong impulse to its growth. 

 The capital is Yankton, and the present Gov- 

 ernor is A. J. Faulk. M. K. Armstrong, Demo- 

 crat, was elected to represent Dakota in the 

 Forty-second Congress. 



The following is 'the Federal census of Da- 

 kota Territory for the years I860 and 1870 : 



IDAHO. The Territory of Idaho has an area 

 of 96,000 square milea. Its population is 

 14,998. The Territory was organized in 1863, 

 though it has since been diminished in extent 

 by the formation of Montana. The capital is 

 Boise City. The present Governor is Samuel 

 Bard, and Samuel A. Merrit, Democrat, repre- 

 sents the Territory in Congress. A proposition 

 to grant the right of suffrage to women was lost 

 in the Legislature at the last session by a tie- 

 vote. Idaho is a rich mining district, the placer 

 mines being among the richest of the country. 



The following is the Federal census of Idaho 

 Territory for the year 1870: 



