The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-01-30

contains, and not one. fourth the num-
Der that dwell in San Francisco-main-
tain. or try to maintain State govern.
neni7 --.r ...... -... ........
Sure enough; Why should any such
handful OF people attempt such an alb
sutdity7 In order that II may be under
stood what particular foolish people the
Bee alludes to. the following paragraph
from the same Bee article. is appended:
''The State o4 Nevada should be abol.
ished. aud the district placed under a
Territorial government for the next
twenty years or so.'
- As the Bee doesn't seem to und derstand
how II hfpened that thishlice of Utah
Territory committed the folly of assum
ing the sArb of State, we will try and
furnish IL little reliable Information
on the subject. g.. y nsa
In the year 1864 certain hungry Re.
publican politicians. who bad drifted into
the Territory, conceived the idea of
thrusting themselves into fat positions q
by getting 1t admitted as State. The
scheme was essentially Republican
one. as was clearly proven upon suO.
mittiug the proposition to the people,
as the Democrats voted unanimously
agsinstit. by those arts Of juylery for
which the Republican leaders are SO
justly famous, however. the requisite
majority was secured by them. and both
Congress and the Administration being
nt the time of the pure God aud Nor.
ality" sIupe, OF course, the uuimport.
ant fact that the Territory contained a
population OF only about one third Of
that required by the Constitution Of the
United States to cntitle us to ud mission
as State was very trifiiug obstacle TO
tho advancement, OF pair OF Republi.
cans to the United States Senate, and
aud the planting Of a truly loyal person
in the Lower House. After having Sc
cured State Government by as gross q
fraud as that by which Samuel j. Til.
den vas cheated out of the Presidency.
these same eminentiy patriotic persons
deliberately robbed the State OF all her
swamp aud ovcrflowed lands, thus de-
priving her Of a source OF revenue en-.
j"yed by every other newly constructed
State, TO which none were more entitled
nor stood more sorcly in need.
The onerous rate Of taxation which
would unayoidIbly follow, for the main.
tninance o! State government, was
fully appreciated by majority Of the
people of the Territory in 1864. but tn.
political aud social ostracism to which
negative vote on the State proposition
subjected the voter, deferred many from
giving expression TO their views at the
polls. Notwithstanding which, sufficient
were cast against the proposed measure
TO defeat II, had those votes been hon.
estly counted. Tho vote, however, was
never Intended 10y the directors of the
state scheme, as anything but
broad farce. as all the arrangements for
placing Stewart and Nye in the Senate,
and that pink Of perfection, Harry
Wortbingtou in the House had all been
cut and dried long before tho vote on
the proposition to form State was sub.
nitted TO the people. II the BE, is sur
prised that Nevada now receives recoy-
milton as State what must be- its ns-
constituent at the action of Congress
with respect to this matter in tho year
1864, when we had less than one-haIf
the preaeut population.
We have regularly paid our taxes,
and shall continue choorfully so to do
until our little pile is insufficient TO
rench the levy; but we shall not iamely
submit TO rebuke from Republican
organs for the calamities for which TINT
party in this State, is wholly responsi.
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