Show S THE BEGINNING OF NEVADA S For a good many years the eastern 5 press and the eastern professional proCessional I j. j S patriots have been declaiming about the mistake involved in making Novada Nevada Ne No- vada a member of or the Union Some of the more populous states and some some that are more fortunately located lo Ia 10 S protest that Nevada enjoys an un S unjust proportion of ot power in the tho Union In a wa way that ma may r be bo true r f S But It Is not the whole case concerning concerning concernIng concern concern- ing Nevada It is worth while to inquire in in- S quire what Nevada Ne has done for Cor this i S Union of which she Is a member Tho The S following paragraph Is helpful In such an inquiry These are the words of Abraham Lincoln He was glad to have Ne a Nevada made a member of tho the Union I II am glad to see you here We need as many ninny loyal states as we can got got and in addition to that the gold and silver In the region you represent S have made it ft possible for the government government govern govern- ment to maintain sufficient credit to continuo continue this terrible war for tor the fhe J S Union I have observed such man manifestation mani of ot t the e patriotism of or your people as assure me rue that the government govern govern- went meat ran can an rely on on your our state for such support as Is In your power That In i what he said RaId to William M. M I Stewart when hen tho the latter a senator from Crom Nevada arrived In Wa Washington For much the same reason applied to th the Grand Orand Army veterans the Nation is indebted to Nevada The cause Union needed Nevada Novada In the tI e of or Lincoln's administration The finances of the tho Nation needed the gold and anel the silver which Nevada produced In such stich splendid quantity The countr country country coun coun- tr try hn ha hns been better for a Union preserved preserved preserved pre pre- served and richer for the precious metals that Nevada has produced The old states would have hae been handicapped without the tilo two votes from Crom Nevada t to sustain President Lincoln Lin Lin- coIn coln during luring the tho war The state was loyal to the Union In the tho years ears when ihen lien loyalty counted most No state however old however rich however populous has a right toda today to resent the pre presence ence of ot Nevada 1 In Inthe Inthe the Union |