New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23


! State of Nevada would have been admitted 10
fine starry circle only after the delay OF years
! Whether on the other hand, the political results
| of that admission have been such as To justify
if is question which Mr.. Bancrolts history may
enable the candid reader to answer for himself.
| That for many years Nevada was the rottenest
Of rotten boroughs is indisputable That the
highest Offices in the gift Of people and Legs
laturc was virtually put up TO auction, praetoran
fashion. is not less notorious. That a vcnai SUI
Trace on one hand and all manner Of combinations
of wealth and party politics acted together III
the subvcrsion Of the fundamental pTlhcIpfS Oh
popular government is fact familiar 10 multi
tu,lcs II all proceeded naturally, perhaps in
cvitably. from the environment; hut 1t may be
observed. as having some bearing upon the gen
eral subject that agricultural states, II they do
not grow with phenomenal leaps and bourd are
al least not exposed TO this kind of political dan
GERS. and that Nevada herself has largely ceased
10 suffer from them since she took the hPalthtul
turn toward those permanent industries which
are associated with the tillagc of the soil. Mr.
Bancroft is perfectly sound on this head. end
the people of California Lave long realized the
truth though perhaps they experienced natural
reluctance and regret i'm abandoning those fierce
Joys of speculation which included many posi-
biitics and vcissitudcs.
When we turn 10 Colorado we find in its early
history almost repetition Of NcvadaS iulancy.
The same Indian troubles the same kind Of adj
ventures of prospectorS. packers and explorers
only distinct difference i'm the character of the
ore found in The new mining region. This proved
Icbcilious and rs mcaurucal science was then
very slightly developed, the attempts 10 rcducr
the refractory orrS-Which. moreover. differed the
ono from the other in every imaginable shade of
contradiction long time bafled experiment
and sunk capital 70 little or no purpose The
refractory return of the Colorado ores had be.
sides the effect of excluding from the field where
placer dggines did not exist, the impecuuiouS
order Of pick and SHOVEL miners Who in 10 and
80 had contributed nearly tine Whole of the
working element i'm California. There were some
gold ploccrS i'm Colorado bat they were shallow
and soon exhausted, and when that point was
reached n became apparent that all serious cN-
ploration thcncrforth would have f. De done hy
associated capital Nevertheless there remained
one field Vet open 10 the poor man. ilc could
prospect discover ycins locate. and then sell
them .c could and did work This field. and.
wint is more 10 the purpose. Ac made some r'-
marljahy good strikes. as for example in tn"
person Of Mr.. aft"rwam briefly United States
SENATOR Tabor. WHOSE lar-c fortune arrv cI-
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