Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-02-09
NEVADA'S

Wniie the snlVell1nR, hypocritica
press OF the east is casting mud a
Nevada, there are a few papers O
roade vision having some yer,
good things to say of US.
The Springfield Republican, Will,
deploriug the fact that the law ha,
been passed, says:
Still, Nevada is no worse than Biz.
mingham, England. There took
place in Joseph Chamberlain's home
city Thursday evening a "mill' fo1
$4,000. which is described as zone OF
the fiercest ring battles seen in Enc
land in many years." 1t is to be re-
membered, too. that Theodore Roose.
welt recently commended as manly
art some glove encounters in New
York City between notorious slugQers.
1t may be that u model Police Com
missioner has had a bad Influence in
this regard upon the Legislature Of
Nevada, which has only allowed
glove contests" after all.
Commenting on this the Salt Lake
Tribune says:
Doubtless the gentlemen of thu
press in the East console themselves
with thet thought that a prize fight in
England is different from one in
America. 1t is a matter of course 10
England. They have had prize fights
there always. 1t is part Of the train
Ing OF all English gentlemen to be
nrst-class boxers. We beg to say to
them all in the East, that while in the
Old days men in California would
hgnt; while they were like any other
class OF men who get outside the in
nuence OF good women, the wild beast
inherent in the human heart asserted
Itself In a good many cases, and men
would cut and shoot on small
ton; but the first pick-pocket and
sneak-thief ever known in the far
west did not put in an appearance
until he could come by the railroad
directly from New York or Baltimore.
Finally, men are just what thew are
educated to be. The original nature
e1 MAI is rot very much changed, ex-
cept through education he takes on
the characteristics of the community
IN which he lives. Hence, almost
everybody in Nevada will fight, but
hardly anybody in Nevada is addicted
to the dirty vices which are found in
all parts OF the country. The small
town bully and hoodlum which in the
East will cut the harness off a mans
morse or take the wheels off his buggy
II he lmagines that it is q little to fine
Tor the region which delights in ter
rorlzing weaker people than himself,
is not known in Nevada, because,
while the revolver is not necessarily
an element Of civilization, the fact
that II a man is insulted he ia liable
to hnd n and use it, makes many q
hoodlum decent. There have never
Deen any White-caps in the West:
very seldom any lynching. In the
west masked men do not 20 to the
houses OF people, call them out and
beat or kill them they do not MAIN
each others stock they have not
learned yet any Of the accomplish
OF the refined rufians OF the
East At the same time they will
light, and often they do not wait to
nave a very eggravating p~rovocation
before doing so. A collection taken
up In a saloon in the West for church
purposes has very often brought more
a is received when the hat is pass.
around in the most costly churches {
of the East. Aud according to the r
attest statistics from New York, while
he rich men own pews in the churches
hey do not pay taxes on half their
possessions, while the reverse ia the
in Nevada. The West will oct
along it does not need the sympathv
the East it does not care for tba [
'neers Of the ~hypccrites. who every
had they lived in Je. usalen 1900
Years ago, would have been Pharisees
the n side of Broadway. thank
ng God in long prayers that thew -
not like those wicked gentlemen
the other side Of the street. T