The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-08-22

One can liken Nevada to a plucky pu.
gilist who, when sent to the floor under
continuous blows, manages to rally be
fore being counted out aud continues to
be on hand at the call OF "timer and
never knows when he Is whipped.
Nevada, in her battle for existence
against political, geographical and finan-
cial odds, is in the ring to-day as fresh
as ever and with no signs of quitting.
She was taken into the Union during
Civil War when her gold and silver were
necessary to furnish the financial sinews
which enabled the North to perpetuate
the Constitution upon which the Repub-
lie was founded
OF late there has been talk OF expell-
ing her of Stateho ood, because her popu-
lation is not wha. it should be and her
character Is even limited as being in the
same condition.
The State is persistently alluded to as
being "rotten borough" by people who
have assisted in electing the famous
Buckley Legislature in California aed
who are loyal to the Quay outfit in
Pennsylvania.
Once on a time was asked IL it were
really true that men had been openly
purchased on election day in the streets
of Virginia City.
was compelled to admit the fact to
my questioner and he said it was per-
fectly shameful.
l asked him where he came from, and
learning that it was from New York,
inquired how they bought votes in that
section. He finally admitted that hand
came through a hole in the wall and
passed the green backs to the vote seller
without being seen. From this inferred
that it was not the vote buying that hor-
rified the New Yorker but the dreadful
oPENNEss Of it.
Nevada SCENE to have incurred the
displeasure Of the truly pious by the
openness of some of the things she does
Ever since the law was passed by her
licensing prizefights. Nevada has been
subjected to criticism by the same class
of people who thought that an Army
Cantsen should be abolished in favor Of
outside saloons.
The new law drove all the second and
third class pugs out of Nevada over the
mountains into California, where they
are still doing good business, robbing
the people of your State with jobbing
fights which. out of Difference to the
righteous element of your community,
are never finished.
Up this way We know who is the best
man after a mill, which goes to the end.
Imagine the opera Of "Travatore" pro-
duced in Sacramento with the last act
omitted. I am not defending this form
OF sport but merely call attention to the
different ways of conducting it in the
two States.
Before our prizetight law with its high
license passed there was an average Of
fight month here, and since the law
came in force but single day has been
devoted to the sport in three years or
more.
Our virtuous neighbors, however con-
tinue to criticise us for allowing the law
to remain on the Statute books, and
every fourth-class pugilist in California
wants to see it repealed.
While our reputation suffer from this
our pockets are being Systematically
picked by the swindling lotteries which
have their roosts in San Francisco.
These concerns are allowed TO conduct
their nefarious business openly in San
Francisco, and large proportion OF the
money which they lift from the pockets
Of the public from Nevada. They pay
no capital prizes. Some have no draw
ing They employ no responsible agents,
but are erecting blocks of buildings from
the proceeds of their wholesome thievery
In the Fall our good natured people
subscribe literally to fairs and horse
races. That is, they subscribe to the fair
and get the horse races, and the Cali
fornians come over with the horses the
jockeys and the pool box.
We buck against this combination and
il the visitors clean out the town no one
ever hears word OF complaint. The
Nevada sport is man, who, like the
Montenegran in battle, is ready to tackle
where the odds are no worse
than ten to one.
1t is common saying over here that
California raises three kind of fruits