The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-08-13

To belcE forth sucn erruptlons as these
among h. States of our union? Grand
scenery IL hers. but boy ODd this Neva.
da has no qualifications for Statehood.
Tier few towns aud cities are but 30
many sggregations of saloons and gam
bling hells, while her houses are but
shantys and dugouts. The Higwam OF
the PIutes Is more often sec than the
habitation Of the Anglo-Ssxon and
YET this Is The State hat has equal
power In the councils OF Il Nation
with a New York, IL Ma~sae4usetts or
4 Maine; aud all this fOr a little puiii
cal ad radlage for this party or that:
Ne cannot but tremhle for the fate of II
Nation where all STATE smanst.ip ls
thrown aside for tho pr, judi ice OF "a
party passion. Shah we have Lha same
litter experience with New Mexico and
Arizona q. Are we la learn nothing
rom tie les. ons of the past, ana will
our people ever record their votes for
statesman rather than pot house poll
.icia :? THESE are The great questions
ri the hour, and uron their solution
viii depend the ~perpetuity OF our
Union."
Yes, Abraham Lincoln once trem-
Did "for the fate OF the Nation" and
he found security and power, not In
Maine, or Massachusetts, or New York
but in eyada. Il was Nevada that
-ayed the Nation. When the crisis
was on, and the Nation indeed was tot
ering, it was this desplsed land, with
he aggregation OF saloons and gamb-
lirg bells, " that rallied TO the support
If the Flag and saved it-that brought
liberty to all beneath It's folds. Abra-
nam Liucoln was The pot house poll
,tlcian that brought Nevada into Y
Silence as q State. That fact is toe
veil established and too wei UNDER
stood to admit Of argument at this late
lay, with any travelling nlncompoop OF
the Bateman stripe. And Nevada not
only gave OF her wealth. but according
20 population, she gave more Of her
sons and sturdy manhood on the bat
.lefields than any other Of the Western
states. When the Flag was fired on
again by Spanish guns, it was Nevada
hat enlisted a greater percentage ol
her entire population "a the volunteer
Irmy. than any other state in the
Uuion. When any section Of the Ma
ton is in distress-her people prostrs-
led with plague, or their lands deyds.
sated, it is Nevada hat contributes
literally than the people of any
state. IL was Il Nevada pot
politician who secured the pas
age Of the Fifteenth Amend ment to
he Constitution, which Immediately
,laced the Nation upon a higher plane
han II ever before occupied, aud which
stands as a monument to intelli
-ent and humane government. 1t i
today of ali the States, which
at the very top IN expenditures
or free education. We have more
.hools and spend more money per cap
la child, with less iiliteracy than an,
Their territory on the face OF the globe.
has more newspapers, accord.
1g TO population, with u greater cir
u~lation, than Maine with It's Augusta
+ any other State She has more oi d
Il that is wholesome and substantial
han any other State. And she has
,ss of crime Than cven the great State
I Maine-and that is adt1ittecly u
lost worthy comparison. 3.
Lot no one scOrn the miners gold.
or the pros! %ector,s greed for it. Il
!, clean gold. No man's blood tar.
i>hes it, nc widows tears have pap.
lied it, and no man comes so near IT,
h~sola,ely creating wealth as the
No other MAJ increases the
OF the nation at the same time
- increases his own. No other man
gold without taking il from
omeone else. And this same gold
What does it do. 1t enliches the far.
ler of Maine and the iumberman, and
he stock grower and Tho m|anuiac.ur-
r. Il mea better prices, ana il
pells prosperity TO the Nation. Shall
be power which has made the Uui.ed
a creditor nation be despised
nd beli.tled? We think not.
And then Nevada's deserts. Mr..
'ateman is missing many thiogs in his
u~perfcial and unnecessary journey
hrough life. He picks up the rough
ismond, appraises it as q pebble and
asts IL away. lie sees nothing. "Ai.
ALI Is To him. a meaningless term
'eyondits use in q condemnatory sense.
He fails to see In those deserts l.
wealth OF salt, OF sodas, of borax and
dozen or more other commodities oi
Ireat importance to the Nations man
lfactu, ing interests. He does not know
hat Nature has made Neyada the
State in the Union. Tie sees
~ " s'alkaii.n He has not read .he
tory OF lis W country. He does not
that a very small relative pro-
Of Nevada Is DESERT. lie dm
lot know that Nevada, oven Ia agri-
ulture, leads The world. lie is il Cr-
OF the fact that Nevada potatnes
re best, that her wheat Is best that
Ter butter is best, her apples, her small
rults, her vegt tables, her wool, Ter
'eef cattle; that her oranges excel
hose Of California and Florida; that
olives are the best In the land ana
hat her cotton ranks above that OF
he Southern States. He has not scan.
ed, or c~omproheuded the list oil