History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888, Part 44

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918; Victor, Frances Fuller, Mrs., 1826-1902
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: San Francisco : The History company
Number of Pages: 872

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Meantime, the territory had twice received a new executive, A. C. Hunt being appointed by President Johnson in May 1867, and Edward M. McCook by President Grant in June 1869. Hunt had been United States marshal, was familiar with the physical and social aspect of the territory, and gave an adminis- tration satisfactory to the people ; but he was removed to make place for a protegé of another president, accord- ing to usage. 26 His successor, McCook, lacked noth-

ing in ability. He was charged with peculation in office as superintendent of Indian affairs, and the charges were investigated, leaving the impression on the public mind that a powerful interest had screened him from just punishment.27 He held the office from June 1869 to March 1873, when Samuel H. Elbert was appointed.28 A scheme of this governor's was the reclamation of all the lands west of the Missouri river by irrigation. He called a meeting of delegates from the western states and territories, and had fairly set the matter in motion, looking to secure congres- sional legislation, when he was removed and McCook reappointed. For several months the senate refused to confirm this action, and Elbert continued to admin- ister the government.29 On the final issue - between

26 Hunt became interested in railroads, was one of the projectors and con- structors of the Denver and New Orleans road. He would ride 100 miles a day on horseback, superintending railroad work. He became largely inter- ested in mines in Texas, and railroads in Mexico, but continued his residence in Denver. Elbert, Public Men and Measures, MS., 12; Pitkin's Polit. Views, MS., 11; Bradford, Hist. Colo, MS., 5.

27 See Salt Lake Herald, Aug. 24, 1874; and in Deer Lodge New Northwest, Sept. 5, 1874.

28 Elbert, a native of Ohio, came to Colorado in 1862 as ter. sec. under Evans, after practising law and politics in Iowa and Neb. After his 4 years of secretaryship had expired, he entered into a law partnership with J. Q. Charles, and was elected to the territorial legislature in 1869.

29 Elbert went east, and John W. Jenkins, territorial secretary, became

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federal republicans and territorial republicans the party was divided into factions, and lost the election to the democrats for the first time in the history of the territory. During the excitement of these polit- ical squabbles the plans for public improvements on a large scale were abandoned.

McCook's second term extended over little more than one year, the administration deciding that it could not bear a rebuke which came in the form of a democratic majority, even in a territory, and in March . 1875 appointed John L. Routt governor of Colorado. Although a stranger in the territory, he soon became known as its friend. and received the highest indorse- ment his official conduct could have when he went out of office with the territory, to resume it under the state organization in 1876.30 While these events were in progress the office of delegate had been filled by Jerome B. Chaffee, after Bradford's second term, until the election of a democrat, Thomas M. Patter- son, in 1874. Chaffee had been a delegate in every presidential nominating convention since that of the free soil party in 1856, and was the leader of the

acting-governor in his absence. On the return of Elbert, after the confirma- tion of McCook, Jenkins addressed a letter to him which he signed as 'act- ing-governor.' Elbert resented this and returned the document indorsed 'not recognized,' signing himself 'governor of Colorado.' A spicy corre- spondence followed, Jenkins asserting that he had been notified of Elbert's removal, and Elbert that he had never been officially notified, and that he was governor until the arrival of his successor with a commission. Elbert kept his office at his block on Larimer street, and Jenkins his in McCook's block on Blake street. In the same building was the national bank, delegate Chaffee president, who opposed McCook's comfirmation. D. H. Moffat, Jr, cashier and territorial treasurer, was accused of fraud in connection with his . office. Such is politics. N. Y. Times, July 28, 1874.

30 John Long Routt was born in Ky in 1826, but removed to Ill., where in due time he was elected sheriff of McLean co. In 1862 he was captain of Company E of the 94th Ill. volunteers, and remained in the service until the autumn of 1865. Being offered the position of chief clerk of the bureau of the 2d asst postmaster-general, he accepted the office in 1869. The following year President Grant appointed him U. S. marshal for the southern district of Ill., and in 1871 to the post of 2d asst postmaster-general, which position he filled until appointed governor of Colorado. A thorough business man, his own and the public affairs intrusted to him have always prospered. In mining operations he acquired a fortune, becoming largely the owner of the Morning Star and Waterloo mines in Leadville. He was short and strongly built, with great power of endurance. Bradford, Hist. Colo, MS., 5; Routt's Territory and State, MS., 1-9.

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republican party in Colorado, a capitalist, and liberal in dispensing money for the uses of his party. Only the split that occurred through the McCook-Elbert imbroglio could have unseated him.31 On taking his place in congress he began the demand for the admis- sion of Colorado as a state, and persisted in it through both terms. He secured the authorization of a treaty with the Utes for the cession of that portion of their lands in the San Juan country whose mineral wealth had made it coveted by miners. One of his most important measures was advocating a change in . the rules of the house of representatives so as to give the territories a representation in the committee. on territories, establishing a precedent, which greatly increased the influence of delegates. Under this rule

he was the first delegate to report a bill directly from a committe to the house. He was the author, and secured the passage, of a bill enlarging the power of territorial legislatures ; and was instrumental in estab- lishing a mining code, besides greatly extending the mail service,32 and laboring for the interest of pro-

31 Jerome B. Chaffee was born in Niagara co., N. Y .. in 1825, removing while young to Michigan, and later to Mo., where he engaged in banking. In 1860 he came to Colorado, and in company with Eben Smith erected the Smith and Chaffee stamp-mill, to develope gold lodes near Central City, his success encouraging other miners in that district. He subsequently became principal owner in the Bob-tail Lode and Tunnel company, from which there was from $300,000 to $500,000 annual income. The name is said to have been derived from a bob-tailed ox being used to haul a drag made by stretching a rawhide across a forked stick, for conveying pay-dirt to the gulch for sluic- ing. Besides this property, Chaffee became interested in nearly a hundred gold and silver lodes in different stages of development. In 1865 he pur- chased the banking business of Clark & Co., Denver, and established the First National bank, of which he was president until 1880. His political career began with his election to the territorial legislature in 1861, and again in 1863, when he was chosen speaker of the house of representatives. His election as senator under the constitution of 1866, which was vetoed by Presi- dent Johnson, and the long controversy over it, brought him conspicuously before the people as a man fit to be a leader, and caused his election in 1870 and 1872. Byers' Hist. Colo, MS , 21. A daughter of Senator Chaffee mar- ried a son of President Grant.

32 I will make one more mention of the post-routes, to show the gradual extension southward of settlement. Routes were opened from Badito, via Crestone, San Isabel, and Bismarck, to Villa Grove; from Cañon City, via Greenwood, Mace's Hole, and Dotson's to Greenhorn; from Greenwood to Colfax; from Badito, via Gardner, to Colfax; from Trinidad, via San Fran- cisco, to La Trinchera; from Fort Garland to Zapato; from La Loma to Capote; from Colorado Springs to Fairplay; from Colorado Springs via Easton,

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jected railroads. Finally, in the last weeks of his term, he effected the passage of an enabling act for Colorado-March 3, 1875-which was amended, how- ever, so as to postpone the date of admission to July 1876.33 The career of Patterson, begun under the embarrassment of being in a certain sense an acci- dental rather than a legitimate and voluntary choice of the people, was creditable. The republican party was divided into two factions, one designing to rebuke and the other to sustain the administration. Nor were the democrats altogether harmonious, many being dissatisfied with the nomination of a late-comer in their midst ;34 to show their displeasure they induced a pioneer of note, A. G. Boone, to announce himself an independent candidate,35 but he withdrew before the election, leaving the field to H. P. H. Bromwell,36 the administration republican candidate, and Patter- son, on whom the anti-administrationists united with the democrats, with the result already indicated.

Before proceeding to the history of the state organ- ization it is due to the territorial judges and other officers to make mention of them individually as far as space will permit. Chief Justice Hall was suc- ceeded in 1863 by Stephen S. Harding. In 1866 President Johnson appointed in his place Moses Hal- lett, who was twice reappointed to the same position, to Gomer's Mill; from Pueblo via Huerfano junctions, Baggsville, and Las Animas, to Fort Lyon; from Creswell, via Bergen park, to Junction; from Fort Collins to Livermore.

33 H. Jour., 43 cong. 2d sess., 577, 632, 644, 679, 43, 2; Colo Gen. Laws, 23-7; Statutes U. S., 44 cong. Ist sess., pp. vii .- viii.

3ª Patterson was an arrival of 1872, a native of Ireland, born in 1840. He was elected city attorney by the common council of Denver in the spring, 1874.

35 Boone was the eldest son of Jesse Boone of Ky, who was the eldest son of the renowned Daniel. While he possessed those half military and wholly brave and generous traits which distinguish the class to which he belonged, he was not trained to the sinuous ways of legislation, and was moreover about 70 years of age.

36 Bromwell was born in Md, moved early to Ohio, and then to Ill., where he began the practice of the law in 1853, at the same time publishing a news- paper, the Age of Steam and Fire. After a political career in Ill. he came to Colorado in 1870, was a member of the territorial council in 1874, of the constitutional convention of 1875, and of the state legislature in 1879. He . was a fine scholar and fond of literary pursuits.

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and after the admission of the state again appointed by President Grant to the higher post of United States district judge, being commended generally by his fellow-citizens for honor, ability, and personal qualifications. 31

The associate justices appointed in territorial times were, after Bradford, Charles F. Holly and William H. Gale in 1865; William R. Gorsline and Christian S. Eyster in 1866; James B. Belford in 1870, reap- pointed in 1874; Ebenezer T. Wells in 1871; Amherst W. Stone and Andrew W. Brazee in 1885.38 The United States district attorneys appointed after Dal- liba were Samuel E. Brown, 1862; George W. Cham- berlain, 1865; Henry C. Thatcher, 1868; Lewis C. Rockwell, 1869; H. C. Alleman, 1873, and C. D. Bradley, 1875. The territorial secretaries after Elbert were Frank Hall, appointed in 1866, and reap- pointed in 1869 and 1873,39 who was often virtually governor, and conducted the affairs of the executive office in a worthy manner, presiding over the legisla- ture and defending the territory from Indian hostili- ties ; John W. Jenkins, appointed in 1874 ; and John Taffe, appointed in 1875.40 The history of Colorado

37 Says Pitkin: 'His record is the most remarkable of any judge in the state. As a lawyer his character is irreproachable; he is an honest, upright judge, a man of great learning, and has shaped the law of Colorado.' Political Views, MS., 8; Colo Pub. Doc., Set E.

38 Brazee was born in N. Y. in 1826. During the civil war he was in the army, holding successively commissions as lieut, capt., and maj. of the 49th N. Y. regt. He also filled the office of judge advocate of the 2d division of the 6th army corps. In 1867 he was appointed brig. - gen. of the N. Y. Nat. Guards, 32d brigade. In 1871 he was appointed asst U. S. atty for the northern district of N. Y., which office he resigned to accept the appoint- ment to Colorado.

39 Frank Hall was born in N. Y., in 1836. In 1860 he came to Colorado, mining for 2 or 3 years at Spanish bar and Central City. In 1863 he was associated with O. J. Hollister in the Black Hawk Mining Journal. He was elected to the legislature in 1864. In 1865 he purchased an interest in the Miner's Register, at Central City, of which he was editor for ten years, when he removed to Denver and entered the office of the U. S. marshal as chief deputy. In 1878 he became managing editor of the Daily Times, from which position he retired to open the Great Western Mining Agency with Prof. J. Alden Smith, state geologist. During his editorial and official career he has done much to advance the material interests of Colorado.

40 The territorial treasurers appointed by the executive were George T. Clark, 1861; Alexander W. Atkins, 1864; A. C. Hunt, 1866; John Wanless, 1866; Columbus Nuckolls, 1867, reappointed 1868; George T. Clark, 1870,

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does not afford those scenes of discord among legisla- tors and disrespect of officials which darken the record of some of the cotemporary territories.41 Neither reappointed 1872; David H. Moffat, 1874; and Frederick Z. Salomon, 1876. Auditors, Milton M. Delano, 1861; Richard E. Whitsitt, 1864, reappointed in 1866; Hiram J. Graham, 1866; Nathaniel F. Cheeseman, 1868; James B. Thompson, 1870, reappointed 1874; and Levin C. Charles, 1874, reappointed 1876. Sup'ts public instruction, William J. Curtice, 1861; William S. Walker, 1863; A. W. Atkins, 1865; John Wanless, 1866; Columbus Nuckolls, 1867 (the last three ex-offieio as ter. treasurers); Wilbur C. Lathrop, 1870; and Horace M. Hale, 1872, reappointed in 1874 and 1876.

41 The members of the Ist and 2d legislatures have been named heretofore. The 3d legislature, which met at Golden, Feb. 1, 1864, and adjourned to Denver on the 4th, consisted of councilmen Charles W. Mather, president; Amos Widner, Moses Hallett, Richard E. Whitsitt, Robert Berry, A. J. Van Deren, E. A. Johnson, William A. H. Loveland, Lewis Jones, R. O. Bailey, J. B. Doyle, C. Dominguez, and H. E. Esterday; representatives Jerome B. Chaffee, speaker; A. O. Patterson, David A. Chever, J. A. Koontz, John A. Nye, John H. Eames, David Ripley, James Kelley, Leon D. Judd, John Kipp, Alvin Marsh, Samuel Mallory, E. F. Holland, J. E. Leeper, M. C. White, John T. Lynch, Henry Henson, J. B. Stansell, Joel Wood, J. McCannon, Pablo Ortega, José Victor Garcia, N. W. Welton, B. J. McComas, L. D. Webster, and A. Z. Sheldon. Sec. of council, C. B. Haynes; asst sec. W. T. Reynolds; eng. clerk, E. C. Parmelee; enr. clerk, O. B. Brown; sergt- at-arms, C. A. Bartholomew.

The 4th legislature, which held its session at Golden, Jan. 2, 1865, was: council, J. Wentz Wilson, president; Amos Widner, Moses Hallett, Richard E. Whitsitt, George R. Mitchell, E. K. Baxter, Lewis Jones, William A. H. Loveland, H. L. Pearson, Robert Berry, Robert B. Willis, C. Dominguez, H. E. Esterday; representatives, L. H. Hash, speaker; Hiram J. Bredlinger, Rufus Clark, Baxter B. Stiles, F. M. Case, D. H. Nichols, A. O. Patterson, Thomas D. Worrall, Benjamin Lake, A. Mansur, C. M. Tyler, E. F. Holland, B. F. Pine, John T. Lynch, A. Hopkins, Wilbur F. Stone, James Thompson, C, North, J. G. Ehrhart, Miles M. Craig, O. H. P. Baxter. Sec. of council, Ozias Millett; asst sec., James O. Allen; enr. clerk, W. B. Felton; eng. clerk, W. Adams; sergt-at-arms, Marshall Silverthorne. Chief clerk of the house, C. H. Grover; eng. clerk, N. S. Hurd; enr. clerk, A. D. Cooper; sergt-at- arms, Henry Gibson.

The 5th legislature, convening at Golden, Jan. 1, 1866, and adjourning to Denver on the 4th, was composed as follows: council, Henry C. Leach, presi- dent, Joseph M. Marshall, John Q. Charles, George R. Mitchell, Ebenezer Sinith, Benjamin Woodbury, William A. H. Loveland, Robert Douglas, George W. Mann, H. H. DeMary, O. H. P. Baxter, Jesus María Valasquez, George A. Hinsdale; house of representatives, E. Norris Stearns, speaker; B. F. Johnson, David Gregory, Louis F. Bartels, James F. Gardner, H. J. Graham, S. M. Breath, T. C. Bergen, Perley Dodge, Frank Hall, Columbus Nuckolls, C. M. Grimes, J. W. Watson, David J. Ball, B. R. Colvin, John Fosher, A. D. Bevan, George W. Norris, Thomas Keys, J. G. Ehrhart, José Gabriel Mar- tine, M. Mandrigan, Jesus Maria Barela, Matt. Riddlebarger, William Lock, John W. Henry. Sec. of council, Charles G. Cox; asst sec., George H. Still- well; eng. clerk, Benjamin P. Thompson; enr. clerk, N. F. Cheeseman; sergt-at-arms, Marshall Silverthorne. Chief clerk of house, C. J. McDivitt; enr. clerk, A. D. Cooper; eng. clerk, A. Hopkins; sergt-at-arms, Charles Bartholomew.

The 6th legislature, which convened at Golden Dec. 3, 1866, adjourned to Jan. 11, 1867. The council was the same as at the previous session, Robert Douglas president. The house consisted of E. L. Berthoud, speaker; Peter Winne, C. H. Mclaughlin, Edwin Scudder J. E. Force, C. J. Goss, James

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did it become notorious by defalcations in office in the formative period of its territorial existence, a charac- ter which the state has sustained.

The admission of Colorado as a state was the signal for a struggle for political control. Both parties organized, the republicans at Pueblo on the 23d of

S Doggett, J. E. Parkman, Columbus Nuckolls, E. T. Wells, J. Y. Glendinen, C. M. Grimes, Charles B. Patterson, R. W. Davis, Ziba Surles, W. W. Web- ster, Charles L. Hall, F. C. Morse, Julius C. Hughes, Jacob E. Ehrhart, Juan B. Lobato, S. Valdez, Juan Miguel Vijil, Matt. Riddlebarger, M. Mills Craig, W H. Young. Sec. of council, Robert Berry; asst sec. J. A. Miller: enr. clerk, N. F Cheeseman; eng. clerk, William B. Rines; sergt-at-arms, B. R. Wall. Chief clerk of house, C. J. McDivitt; asst clerk, W. J. Kram; eng. clerk, Root; enr. clerk, Grey; sergt-at-arms, E. H. Brown.

The 7th legislature convened at Golden Dec. 2, 1867, and adjourned to Denver on the 9th. The council consisted of William W. Webster president. James H Pinkerton, Amos Steck, Charles A. Cook, Hugh Butler, David D. Belden, J. Wellington Nesmith, William A. H. Loveland, E. Norris Stearns, Wi liam W. Webster, Julius C. Hughes, B. B. Field, Jesus Maria Velas- quez, Francisco Sanchez; the house, of C. H. Mclaughlin, speaker, H. Strat- ton, Baxter B. Stiles, J. E. Wurtzebach, G. W. Miller, H. L. Pearson, F. O. Sawin, T Haswell, D. M. Richards, S. F. Huddleston, C. R. Bissell, W. M. Slaughter, J. C. McCoy. J. E. Wharton, Stephen Decatur, J. A. Pierce, Ansel Bates, W. J. McDougal, J. Gilliland, B. Fowler, J. Lawrence, Pablo Ortega, Silverio Suaso, Thomas Suaso, Thomas Macon, E. T. Stone. Sec. of council, Ed C. Parmelee; asst sec., W. J. Kram; eng. clerk, E. R. Harris; enr. clerk, A. Hopkins; sergt-at-arms, Ziba Surles. Chief clerk of house, C. J. McDivitt; asst clerk, M. L. Horr; eng clerk, Joseph Sharratt; enr. clerk, A. Cree; asst enr. clerk, Charles F Leimer; sergt-at-arms, Wells.

The 8th legislature held its entire session at Denver, from Jan. 3, to Feb. 11, 1870. The council was the same as at the previous session, with the exception that George A. Hinsdale was president, and that Pinkerton's place was filled by Jesse M. Sherwood, and Belden's by Silas B. Hahn. The house consisted of George W. Miller speaker, Matthew S. Taylor, Samuel H. Elbert, H. B. Bearce, C. C. Gird, John H. Wells, Allison H De France, Thomas J. Graham, Thomas J. Campbell, H. E. Lyon, A. E. Lea, John F. Topping, John T. Lynch, D. B Myers, George W. Mann, A. D Bevan, C. M Mullen, J. G. Randall, D. L. Vandiver, J. C. Hall, Manuel Lucero, Clement Trujillo, William H. Meyer, Felipe Baca, William Sheppard, J. B. Rice Sec. council, A. O. Patterson; asst sec., George T. Clark; eng. clerk, J. E. Cobb; enr. olerk, Henry Bell; sergt-at-arms, E. T. Stone. Chief clerk of house, W. M. Slaughter; asst clerk, A. M. Barnard; eng clerk, A. M. McCrystal; enr. clerk, John D. McIntyre; sergt-at-arms, W. W. Remine.

The 9th legislature held its session at Denver from Jan. 1 to Feb 9, 1872. The councilmen were George M. Chilcott president, Joseph E. Bates, Francis Gallup, William C Stover, Allison H. De France, Nathaniel P Hill, Benja- min W. Wisebart, Edward C. Parmelee, Madison W. Stewart, J. Marshall Paul, Jesus María Garcia, Silverio Suaso, José Victor Garcia. The repre- sentatives were Alvin Marsh speaker, Frederick Steinhauer, Isaac Bachellor, Clarence P. Elder, John G. Tilley, J. W. Bacon, B. H. Eaton, John D. Pat- rick, James P. Maxwell, Charles C. Welch, George E. Randolph, John F. Topping, W. W. Webster, James F. Gardner, Thomas O Boggs, J. M. Givens, B. F. Crowell, A. D. Cooper, John G. Randall, Casimiro Barela, Lorenzo A. Abeyta, Mariano Larrogoite, John A. Manzanares, Pedro Raphael Trujillo, José A. Valasquez, Francisco Sanchez. Sec. of council, Edward L. Salisbury; asst sec., Chase Withrow; eng clerk, E. H. Starrette; enr. clerk,

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August, and the democrats at Manitou on the 29th, with full tickets for state officers. The election was held on the 3d of October, 30,000 votes being polled, the entire republican ticket for the executive and judicial departments being elected, with a republican majority in both houses of the legislature, and a rep-

S. N. Sanders; sergt-at-arms, Robert N. Daniels. Chief clerk of house, James G. Cooper; asst clerk, Joseph L. Boyd; eng clerk, Rollin Morrow; enr. clerk, C. W. Baldwin; sergt-at-arms, Uriah M. Curtis. A. W. Archibald success- fully contested the seat of Abeyta.

The 10th legislature met at Denver Jan. 5, 1874. In the council were Madison W. Stewart president, H. P. H. Bromwell, R. G. Buckingham, Thomas Sprague, John B. Fitzpatrick, Hugh Butter, H. C. McCammon, William M. Clark, George M. Chilcott, Jarius W. Hall, Daniel L. Taylor, Juan B. Jaquez, Lafayette Head. In the house, David H. Nichols speaker, Frederick Steinhauer, Alfred Butters, R. S. Little, J. H. K. Uhlhorn, Joseph C. Shattuck, John Mccutcheon, Levi Harsh, James P. Maxwell, David H. Nichols, Henry Paul, Bela S. Buell, William J. Buffington, Benjamin F. Napheys, Charles W. Perry, John W. Prowers, Joseph C. Wilson, William Moore, Joseph Hutchinson, William A. Amsbury, Mariano Larragoite, Casi- miro Barela, Alexander H. Taylor, J. A. J. Valdez, William H. Meyer, Manuel S. Salazar, Juan Esquibel. Sec. of council, Foster Nichols; asst sec., D. C. Limberger; enr. clerk, George H. F. Work; sergt-at-arms, George R. Ward. Chief clerk of house, Joseph T. Boyd; asst clerk, E. P. Drake; eng clerk, J. A. Koontz; sergt-at-arms, O. H. Henry.

The 11th legislature convened Jan. 3, 1876, at Denver. The council con- sisted of Adair Wilson president, Bela M. Hughes, Baxter B. Stiles, B. H. Eaton, John C. Hummel, Silas B. Hahn, E. L. Salisbury, Robert S. Mor- rison, Andrew D. Wilson, James Rice, James Clelland, P. A. McBride, Silverio Suaso; the house, of Alfred Butters speaker, Edmund L. Smith, Edward Pisko, W. B. Mills, Norman H. Meldrum, J. C. McCowan, M. N. Everett, David C. Patterson, George Rand, John C. McShane, Frederick Kruse, William Larned, John H. Yonley, J. M. Nimerick, Frank Bingham, Albinus J. Sheldon; H. O. Rettberg, James Y. Marshall, I. N. Peyton, Donaciano Gurule, . Nicauora D. Jarramilla, Mauricio Apadaca, Herman Duhme, Jr, Francisco Sanchez, T. M. Trippe, Reuben J. McNutt. Sec. of council James T. Smith; asst sec., Frank Fassett; eng clerk, James D. Henry; enr. clerk, William Barchert; sergt-at-arins, J. A. J. Bigler. Chief clerk of the house, Joseph T. Boyd; asst clerk, C. L. Pcyton; eng clerk, James W. Galloway; enr. clerk, W. B. Dickinson; sergt-at-arms, James D. Wood.

The legislature of 1865, which convened at Golden Dec. 12th, under the state constitution framed that year, but vetoed by the president, adjourned to Denver on the 16th, and sine die on the 19th. The senate was composed of George A. Hinsdale president, Leander M. Black, Charles A. Cook, L. B. McLain, Truman Whitcomb, L. L. Bedell. A. G. Langford, W. A. H. Love- land, James Castello, Adam B. Cooper, H. H. De Mary, John W. Henry, Jesus M. Velazquez, J. L. Casper. The house of representatives was com- posed of D. P. Wilson speaker, A. Lumry, Robert L Hatten, G. H. Greenslit, William Garrison, D. G. Peabody, A. Wright, T C. Bergen, David H. Nichols, Isaac Whicker, Jason E. Scobey, Stephen Goodall, Lyman W Chase, Charles B. Patterson, B. R. Colvin. James A. Pierce, Aaron Hopkins, George W. Lechmer, Charles L. Hall, Thomas Keys, F. C. Hughes, Pedro Arragon, José Gabriel Martine, Pedro Lobato, Matt. Riddlebarger, George A. Bates. Sec. of the senate, John Walker; asst sec., Edwin H. Brown, sergt-at-arms, H. B. Haskell. Chief clerk of the house, L. H. Shepherd; asst clerk, C. J. McDivitt; sergt-at-arms, Charles Bartholomew, Corbett, Legis, Manual, 226-7.

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History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888, Part 44

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918; Victor, Frances Fuller, Mrs., 1826-1902 Publication date: 1890 Publisher: San Francisco : The History company Number of Pages: 872

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918; Victor, Frances Fuller, Mrs., 1826-1902
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: San Francisco : The History company
Number of Pages: 872