10 MARCH 1967, Page 4

A hundred years ago

From the 'Spectator,' 9 March /867 The Wash- ington Senate, which has taken lately a moderate turn, though steadily adhering to its main objects, has actually sustained Mr. Johnson's veto on the Bill for making the Territory of Colorado into a State. As the people of Colorado, however, sent in a petition against this honour, for which they did not think themselves mature enough,—or perhaps rich enough,—for the State Government must be more complex and costly than the Tern- torial,—the Senate perhaps could scarcely avoid accepting the Colorado people's estimate of themselves.