Thepeopleweregladtohavealegitimatelyconstitutedgovernment，butdidnotparticularlyenjoyhavingstrangersfromdistantStatesputinauthorityoverthem——asentimentthatwasnaturalenough。Theythoughttheofficialsshouldhavebeenchosenfromamongthemselvesfromamongprominentcitizenswhohadearnedarighttosuchpromotion，andwhowouldbeinsympathywiththepopulaceandlikewisethoroughlyacquaintedwiththeneedsoftheTerritory。Theywererightinviewingthematterthus，withoutdoubt。Thenewofficerswere“emigrants，“andthatwasnotitletoanybody\'saffectionoradmirationeither。
Thenewgovernmentwasreceivedwithconsiderablecoolness。Itwasnotonlyaforeignintruder，butapoorone。Itwasnotevenworthplucking——exceptbythesmallestofsmallfryoffice-seekersandsuch。EverybodyknewthatCongresshadappropriatedonlytwentythousanddollarsayearingreenbacksforitssupport——aboutmoneyenoughtorunaquartzmillamonth。Andeverybodyknew，also，thatthefirstyear\'smoneywasstillinWashington，andthatthegettingholdofitwouldbeatediousanddifficultprocess。CarsonCitywastoowaryandtoowisetoopenupacreditaccountwiththeimportedbantlingwithanythinglikeindecenthaste。
Thereissomethingsolemnlyfunnyaboutthestrugglesofanew-bornTerritorialgovernmenttogetastartinthisworld。Ourshadatryingtimeofit。TheOrganicActandthe“instructions“fromtheStateDepartmentcommandedthatalegislatureshouldbeelectedatsuch-and-
suchatime，anditssittingsinauguratedatsuch-and-suchadate。Itwaseasytogetlegislators，evenatthreedollarsaday，althoughboardwasfourdollarsandfiftycents，fordistinctionhasitscharminNevadaaswellaselsewhere，andtherewereplentyofpatrioticsoulsoutofemployment；buttogetalegislativehallforthemtomeetinwasanothermatteraltogether。Carsonblandlydeclinedtogivearoomrent-free，orletonetothegovernmentoncredit。
ButwhenCurryheardofthedifficulty，hecameforward，solitaryandalone，andshoulderedtheShipofStateoverthebarandgotherafloatagain。Ireferto“Curry——OldCurry——OldAbeCurry。”Butforhimthelegislaturewouldhavebeenobligedtositinthedesert。Heofferedhislargestonebuildingjustoutsidethecapitallimits，rent-free，anditwasgladlyaccepted。Thenhebuiltahorse-railroadfromtowntothecapitol，andcarriedthelegislatorsgratis。