The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-28
Utah and Nevada AGAIN.


come convert to the idea of uniting Utah
and Nevada, SO as to make one state
which shall be unobjectionable to either
political party. There need be no alarm
over this proposition as it is not intended
to spring it upon the present Congress.
This is a very old notion and it has been
several times exploded. There is no
necessity for such union. Utah is large
enough in area now, and would be an inn
nense and unwieldly state with the addi-
ton of the many miles of sage brush and
mountains and sand which are now
bounded by the lines of Nevada. Utah
has no need of the sparse Nevada popula-
ton, nor of the Republican additions
they would make. She does noe want
Nevada g debt nor Nevada's scale OF taxes.
Salt Lake is a good enough capital for
Utah as at present organized. 1t would
be terribly out OF center with Nevada
added
But it is supposable that Utah's views
would not be taken very much into ac-
count. Nevada, however, would have to
be consulted. Congress could make no
change of this character if Nevada was
not willing. We doubt very much that
the people or that state would wish for
the change. To be tackled on to Utah or
split up and part joined to California
would, in either case, involve a disrup-
ton in state affairs, an absorption that
would not be pleasant to the men who are
now in control or likely to take the lead
in Nevaea politics. 1t would mean
transfer of power, the greater swallowing
the less.
And. after all, it is likely that the peo-
pie of Utah would be permitted to have
some voice in the matter. They have be-
come absolved from the conditions that at
one time made them appear different from
other people in this nation. Their num-
bers, wealth, prospects and influence are
a consideration. Also they are by con-
siderable majority in line with the party
that is to be in control of the affairs OF
government. All this places them in a
position where their desires will not be
entirely ignored.
From party view it does not look
probable that the new administration
would be very eager to indorse the
scheme. Nevada and Utah joined would
probably make one Republican state.
Utah by herself would be an addition to
the party in power. To join her with
Nevada would be to lose the strength she
would give to the Democratic forces, and
such an advantage as ner retention would
give is not likely to be thrown away.
There are quite a number OF Senators
and Republicans, however, and several
papers that have at different times caught
up the idea OF the addition and advocated
it, chiefly with the view of settling the
Utah question, and at the same time of
doing away with the ''pocket borough"
as Nevada has been styled. But the Utah
question is now settled so far as its
Mormon features are concerned, and the
difficulties in the way. Annexation and
the reasons why it should not be attempt
ed, have not been duly considered by
those persons and papers.
The citizens of Nevada as we'll as those
of Utah, while they need not be at ali
alarmed over the revival of this oft-re-
peated proposition, will do well to "look
little outs and see that those individ-
uals who have their personal interests in
view in resurrecting it, do not steal a
march upon them and build up something
that will take b ig effort to pull down.
They may as well prepare to oppose a
scheme that is not desirable for either of
them.