Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-08-21
WHY NEVADA WAS
ADMITTED TO UNION

A recent installmeGt Of MaK
t.. IS autobiography nov running in
the North American Review. treats /
OF his experience in Nevada. Speak .
ing OF his brother he says:
| supported him henc2fOrtl until
1861. when his ancient friend. Edward
Bates, then a member of Mr.. Lincoln 5
first cabinet, got him the place OF
Secretary of the new territory OF Ne
vada. and Grin and cleared for
that country in the overland stage
coach, | paying the fares, which were
pretty heavy, and carrying with me
what money l had been able TO save
this being eight hundred dollars
| should say-and it was all in silver
coin, and a good deal Of a nuisance
because OF its weight. And we had
another nuisance. which was an una
bridged dictionary. 1t weighed about
a thousand pounds. and was ruinous
expense. because the stage company
charged for extra baggage by the
ounce. We could have kept a fam
lily for time on what that dictionary
cost on the way of extra freight and
it was a good dictionary anyway
didn't have any modern words in it
only had obsolete ones that they
used to use when Noah Webster was
a child.
The government of the new terri
tory OF Nevada was an interesting
menagerie. Governor Nye was an old
and seasoned politician from New
1orh-politician not statesman. He
had white hair he was in fine phys
lcal condition: he had winning
friendly face. and deep lustrous brown
eyes that could talk as native Ian
SuaSe the tongue OF every feeling
every passion. every motion. His
eyes could outtalk his tongue. and this
is saying good deal, for he was
very remarkable talker, both in priv
ate and on the stump. He was &,
shrewd man; he generally saw
through surfaces and perceived what
was going on inside without being
suspected OF having an eye on the
matter.
Governor Nye was often absent
from the territory. He liked to run
down TO San Francisco every little
while and enjoy rest from territorial
civilization. Nobody complained, for
he was prodigiously popular. He had
been a stage driver in his early DAYS
had acquired the habit of remember
ing names and faces and making him.
self agreeable to his passengers. AS
politician this had been valuable to
him and he kept his arts in good con
dition by practice. By the time he
oad been governor a year he ha..
shaken hands with every human being
in the territory if Nevada and after
that he always knew these people in
stantly at sight and could call them
by name. The whole population OF
10000 persons were his personal
friends, and he could do anything he
tIicoot " w anu count upon Unelf De
ing contented with it. Whenever he
was absent from the territory-which
was generally-Oron served his office
IN his place, as acting governor. a
title which was easily and soon short.
tened to Governor He recklessly
built and furnished house at a cosj
OF $4,000, and there was no other
house in the sagebrush capital that
could approach the property for stvIe
and cost.
When Governor Nye's four veal
term was drawing to a close, the mys
terry of why he had ever consented
to leave the great state OF New Yorl
and help inhabit that jack-rabbit DIES
ert was solved; he had gone out there
in order to become United State.
Senator. All that was now necessar,
was to turn the territory into State
He did it without any difficulty. Tha
undeveloped country and that spars
population were not well fitted TO
the heavy burden of state govern
ment, but no matter, the people wer,
willing to have the change. and so tn
governors game was made
Wanted:-A lady to do washing by
the day, at the State Orphans Home
Ino11;re at tho Homo