es unfavourable to
silver coinage in 1893 and thereafter, the silver question became the
dominant issue in politics, resulting in the success of the
Populist-Democratic fusion party in three successive elections, and
permanently and greatly altering prior party organizations.

The governors of Colorado have been as follows:--

_Territorial._

W. Gilpin 1861 E. M. McCook 1869
J. Evans 1862 S. H. Elbert 1873
A. Cummings 1865 E. M. McCook 1874
A. C. Hunt 1867 J. L. Routt 1875

_State._

J. L. Routt Republican 1876
F. W. Pitkin " 1879
J. B. Grant Democrat 1883
B. H. Eaton Republican 1885
A. Adams Democrat 1887
J. A. Cooper Republican 1890
J. L. Routt " 1891
D. H. Waite Populist 1893
A. W. M'Intire Republican 1895
A. Adams Dem.-Populist 1897
C. S. Thomas " 1899
J. B. Orman " 1901
J. H. Peabody Republican 1903
A. Adams Democrat 1905[5]
Jesse F. M'Donald Republican 1905[5]
Henry A. Buchtel " 1907
John H. Shafroth Democrat 1909

AUTHORITIES.--For _topography and general description_: Hayden and
assistants, reports on _Colorado_, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (13 vols.,
1867-1878), various reports, especially annual report for 1874;
Captain J. C. Fremont, _Report of the Exploring Expedition to the
Rocky Mountains in 1842_, published 1845 as Congressional document
28th Congress, 2nd Session, House Executive Document No. 166, and
various other editions. Other early exploring reports are: _The
Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike ... Through Louisiana Territory
and in New Spain in the Years 1805-6-7_, edited by E. Coues (3 vols.,
New York, 1895); _Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the
Rocky Mountains, 1819-20, under the Command of Major S. H. Long;
compiled ... by Edwin James_ (3 vols., London; 2 vols., Philadelphia,
1823); Captain H. Stansbury, _Exploration of the Valley of the Great
Salt Lake_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1852; also as Senate Executive
Document No. 3, 32nd Congress Special Session); Francis Parkman, _The
Californ