The Nevada journal., 1860-09-21
Itisnot our prsvincssv slpousg o. cause
Of any Democrat sof any stri pe in ny other
county of the s sate. Nett asF a we pro
pose 70 advocate Dc aaim sef n D@o-
crht a i Delaocrs stoverSny Sther b IN Jcfat


press cur preference for men, as men, when
the contest comes between Democrats, here
and elsewhere Noticing d -foray on Col.
Phil. Edwards IN the s,rcrarrente- -ljntes;- ;-ef-
the l7th, we cannot forbear making n cor
rective remark inasmuch rs wrong i'm
preston is sought to be conveyed reAtye
- certain measure Of which Col. Edwards
was supporter as wei as ourscif, in the
Lesislature Of, 1875. We allyde. 10 what is
commonly called the thousand dollar bill"
Yes, mortified readers. we never shrink fom
declaring openly and above board and
proudly too, that we voted for that bill But
We copy from tbs I3.on, and then further
remark:
m 8IaAT 3HT.
The Thousan!l Dollar Appropriation Bill
Of the Legislature 81 1855 viii hardly bo 10, got
l" saa g 3rtat% !ai EiaFs S@Sn
the memories of s9lnsnnh2 reside within this
Senatorial Distriethsay proTe.@ The Indignation
ii awakened sl over the State h.,. only been
equal:ed by the attempted Mob Law and the
Libel Bill of last Winter. 1t contemplated
nothing less than the assignment Of the cash
assets Of the State, to the amount Of Sl20 900.
10 pay the bills of the men ers before they be-
came due, and BY which the money then in the
Treasury and that received for sci cral months
To come would be absorbed, while those who had
lieorcd for the Site and taken her promises to
pay. were compelled either to wait or scll the
scrip at greatly deprecated price. The cx-
press provisions of this bill were: that the Con
trol.cr should audit certain bills of officers and
members of the Legislature allt wing immedi-
atcIy on its passage mileage and per diem not to
exceed one thousand dollars each 10 members
and pay tor sixty days TO legislative officers.
Edwards, as wc have said. supported the bill
with all his strength, and upon its return with
the Governors veto and objections, demonstra-
tet his fitness ms popular representative by the
following, amoug other remarks."
Allow Us to say the Indignation " the
bill created was only in those districts where
such mendacious impressions were con-
veyed as are found in the above extract.
The aim and object of the bill, and the
causes which led 20 its passage, through
the influence of such sheets as the {'mon,
have not been thoroughly understood in all
the press understood the matter and told
the truth, the thousand dollar stigma had
no effect against those who were running
for reelection TO the Legislature. The
- indignation was, therefore, all in your
minds eye. for we never heard of a suppor-
ter of that measure being defeated for his
action on that bill On the contrary some
We're returned to the Legislature of 1856
with increased majorties. others have been
returned to succeeding Legislatures, and
others occupy and have occupied, prom;-
nent positions in every department Of the
government.
But this is not the main issue We make.
We aver that the Urlon falsifies the record
in reference to that bill. We say the bill
never contemplated the payment Of - the
bills of members before they became due
nor 'that the Controller should audit GER
tain bills Of officers and members of the
Legislature allowing imme9iafely on its pas
sage mileage and per diem net to exceed
oue thousand dollars each to members and
pay for sixty days to Legislative officers"
That bill and the members Of the Lcgisla-
ture who voted for it have been most wo-
fully beled. The impression sought to be
conveyed is, that the bills Of members for
services wee audited aud paid in cash TO
- Al, i'm
mcdiately on the passage of the so-called
Thousand dollar act. In other words, that
the members voted a thousand dollars each
into their own pockets before the services
were rendered. Nothing could be more
false The truth is this Prior to 1855 all
attempts to procure law making a registry
Of State scrip and it payable according to
the order Of registry, were defeated by the
prominent scrip brokers, Palmer, Cook &
Co. The reason is plain when the facts arc
understood. That firm of Shylocks had a
clerk in the State Treasury department who
Treasurer: We allude to Geo. W. Gift
When large sums Of money were paid into
the Treasury from the County Treasurcrs
Mr.. Gift would pay every dollar belonging
TO the general fund over to Palmer, Cook 4
Co., substituting scrip therefor, Of which
he always had large supply on hand
Should IL member of the Legislature follow
County Treasurer into the office with his
last weeks salary in scrip and demand pay
ment as soon as the County Treasurer de-
posted his bags on the counter, he was
blandlv informed by the clerk, as we know
of our own knowledge, " here present
ing bundle-"is Sl2O.O0o in scrip ahead
of you. but you can have your pro rata, if
you wish" The pro-rata would amount
to but a dollar or two. and the strapped
member would walk away, while scrip pur-
chased a day before by the Shylocks at fifty
cents on the dollar. from n colleague of the
disappointed member. for the same week
service, was slipped in and paid dollar fol
dollarl In such state of affairs it is plain
that with such advantages as those pos
sessed by the San Francisco brokers nc
others could compete with them in the pur-
chase of State scrip. They thus through
different agents controlled the market to al
intents and purposes and compelled poo
members to sell their scrip 20 them at an,