The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
GOVERNOR TALKS
ON WORLD AFFAIRS

Governor Emmett ID. Boyle and At
torney General Geo. b. Thatcher re-
turned from Paradise last evening,
where these state officials. with state
Engineer Seymour Case, had been to
adjust some water right conflicts.
General Thatcher went west on No.
S and Governor Boyle proceeded east
to Elko on No. 10 this morning
Governor Boyle, when seen at the
station, was most optimistic over Ne
vada's position in world affairs and as
to its future. He in effect declared
enthusiastically
Nevada in the Liberty bond matter
will go over the top" and as ever III
every critical situation OF world af-
fairs, will play her part firmly and
with best aims for what is favorable
for the country. The war must be
won, will be won, and Nevada will
be in the forefront of winning this
fight for true civilization.
Nevada can congratulate herself in
the passage of the Pittman silver bill.
This measure, with its purport Of
practically a standardized price for
silver, will be of incalculable benefit
to the West, and for Nevada il means
much. cannot avoid bestOwing
great credit to Senators Pittman,
Henderson and Director of the Mint
Ray Baker for this beneficial legisla-
ton, which does partial justice to one
of the great monetary metals Of the
world and Will tend TO restore that
heritage of silver, since Macphelan
had given the sanction of ancients to
silver as a money metal. | believe
this measure will bring about the use
of silver as a medium of exchange and
in time make for the double standard
as existant prior to 1873. when the
crime of decentralization was com
mitted. | rejoice oter the fruition of
this legislation and have been conf
dent Of its accomplishment ever since
was on the mission to Washington
to gain justice for Nevada and its
silver resources, as delegated to do by
the Silver Conference which met dur
ing the early part Of the year. In
more ways than one is Nevada the
beneficiary of the activity and far
sighted capacity of Senators Pittmar
and Henderson. and those able me
who are cooperating from Nevad
and Washington.
As TO the war program. for the
elimination of the Hun as an influ-
ence in world do aination Nevada Is
doing her best In a patriotic sense
she it at the to- and over. Her record
is clean and the work she has to do
will be done. Just one word: The
day of sympathy and sorrow is past.
The Pru3sian savagery has enforced
a condition where sentiment must be
relegated to the background until this
Prussian challenge WAR to the knife
and knife to the hilt' must not only be
met but when the ententes must i'm
provise methods TO overcome il and
with a fixed determination must pur
sue the contest to the end. until every
vestige of Prussian kultur, The super
man. is overcome and the civilization
of the world ordained in that spirit
of democracy and humanity as so
wisely and humanely outlined by
President Wilson. The war is not a
kid-g' owe affair, as one would hope
it to be, but is an evidence when con
scienceless education has given it the
most savage aspect in the history OF
the human race, and to overcome this
Prussian plague there can be no half
way measures.
The war win be won. but the win
ming will require sacrifice, and know
ing the temper of Nevadas patriotism
this state viii make the sacrifice
necessary to help win"