Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-06
THE UTAH SCHEME.
Nevada ana Its Condition Not
Understood by the Representa-.
tive from the Green Mountain

State.
\ recent number OF the San Fran
cisco Bulletin, contains the follow
ing:
| Lieut.. Governor Pouj de was yes
terday interviewed by the represent
ative of the Associated Press con
corning the Utah annexation
scheme. He had been out Of town
and had not heard of the Proctor
bill. Really" SAID he, cit does
seem remarkable that neither Homes
nor Stewart should have f 1t GALE
on to introduce and manage such a
bill relating 10 his own State, if it be
a measure for the Welfare of the
State. The Vermont man who in
troduced the bill must think he
knows better than ourselves what we
need Perhaps he has been led into
a popular error as to Nevada's ability
to take care of herself Probably he
does not know that Nevada's people
are better situated today better
clothed, and better fed-on an aver
age, than the people of any other
State. But that is true
Moreover, Nevada's condition as
State is excellent, Her bonds
cannot be bought at par value, and
she has money in the treasury. She
supports first class State institutions,
such as the State University, public
schools, Insane Asylum, Orphans
Home, Stat, Prison, etc. Her mil
tia is equal to the average in general
efficiency, and far superior to that of
any other State IN work with the
rifle. Her orphans are dressed bet
ter than the average home kept child
III New York city, and the inmates
Of her State Prison are fed better
than the guests at the average III
ern hotel.
whenever | hear man talk
about the unfortunate condition of
Nevada, | think of dyspepsia and
distance. The man is not always
Gyspeptic and be does not always
live at a great distance, but his reas-
oning is dyspeptic, and lis view of
US is as dim as if he were million
miles away. He ought to come here,
breathe our sage-scsnted air, and
mix with our people, the kind If
people of whom 10000 spread over
an area of 100000 square miles two
and one-half square miles to every
man, woman and child), can and do
support first class, clean and re
spectacle State Government. Let
him live few months on our beef
and potatoes and really get acquaint>
ed with US, and he will observe an
example of the fact that mere num-
bers are not required to make peo-
pie great; but that energy and in
,elligence will do so.
"And we are looking to the future
also. We are providing that our
children shall be well equipped to
wrest their triumphs, which, are to
be greater than ours, from the earth.
We have an irreducible Interestingly
ing School Fund of considerably
over one million dollars, which, with
the aid of self-imposed taxes, enables
rs to give the coming workers the
BEST common school facilities; and
our State University, at Reno, fur
llshes free to all young men and
the best tuition that money
AN buy.
"We are doing these things and
We haven't asked anybody nor any
,ody's State to aid us in doing them.
t We do not ask for Utah Territory
Why should Senator Proctor ask it
or usl
81 do not know all the merits of
he case as to the annexation of
Utah, and vii! have to make some
inquiries before finally voting on
uch a measure, For instance, l
hould want to know whether Utah, Z
attn six times our population, would I
id six tunes the present amount to
ur constitutionally irreducible
chool fund; whether, entirely aside
rom this, the people of Utah have,
S unanimously as those of Nevada,
he American sentiment as to public
whether that portion of our
tate Constitution which prohibits
he use of public money for sectarian {