The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-16
SHAME.

Nevada is getting the sort of adver-
Using that was to be expected from the
action of her law-making body. The
Grass Valley Union, a paper published in
a mining town where people are moi
usually over sanctimonious, has this to
say about us:
Over in Nevada they " a governor
that at least has the courage of his con-
victions, but it is doubtful whether his
official acts as chief executive of the
State can be viewed as being to the adj
vantage of that commonwealth. His
veto power seems to have been used 10
the advantage of the gambling element
of the mining camps and he has also
est which are a distinct shock to the
ideas of morality and conventionality
generally forming the criterion in other
States. 1t is doubtful whether Nevada
business people and the better class OF
her residents will be pleased over the
unsavory advertising which the State s
StlllI6 through lie puDilCdllOu DIOd0~
cast that the laws passed by the last
legislature has resulted in throwing the
State wide open to .ie gambling frater-
nifty and to the saloon element.
"All during the session of the legisla-
ture a lobby was maintained by the gam
blers at Carson City, and they succeeded
q, 1-ztL.u,r a,,o~v rs% - -rono-o lee
islation that would tend to Qualification
of the moral atmosphere of the State.
1t was due to their efforts that the Leg
islature passed the bill repeating the IL
o'clock closing law and also passed the
laws allowing gambling to be carried on
on ground floors, and defeated the law
proposed to prevent saloons and dives
from being established within five miles
OF Derby, where the great government
reclamation canal is being constructed.
In fact the gambling element got all
that they wanted and something more.
1t seems that their only work had to be
done in influencing the legislature. Gov
eTHOF SPARKS mas dcteu III every Instance
favorably to their desires. Under the
laws enacted Nevada will become a reg
ular paradise for evil doors. There will
be no limit to the extension of gambling
and ali the kindred evils that follow in
the train. Nevada certainly has the OPP
portunity presented to win and retain
the title of the wickedest State In the
Union.
"The condition of affairs is certainly
not such as to present attractions for
new settlers who have families of chill
dren. The social and moral environment
under the regime of vice is not such as
would attract men n women who wish
to give their children the best training.
Nevada is just on the eve of needed de-
velopment. The discovery of new mining
districts and the opening up of hundreds
of ~bonanzas, together with the construc-
tion of another coast route through the
southern portion of the State, and the
assurance of the Western Pacific soon
10 fiNdl the southern Paclf1c, and the
construction of the great government
canals, were combining to open up a new
era of prosperity for Notwithstanding
an increase In wealth and a greater pop
ulation. The people of Nevada have
themselves clouded their own prospects
by allowing the enactment of such vicious
legislation.
The past three years have witnessed
almost a reign of terror in Nevada along
the line OF the Southern Pacific. MUIR
ders la been frequent and lesser
crimes have multiplied. Goaded to des-
peration by the frequent criminal acts
one community took the avs into its
own hands and a lynching brought added
disgrace to the State. And in face of al
these facts the people of Nevada by their
legislature and their chief executive
have relaxed the avs TO such an extent
as to give unlimited license to tie very
element whose business is the almost
direct cause for the propagation and In
crease In crime"