The Nevada journal., 1860-10-12
Constitutional Convention,

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ers with another article in favor of Con.
stitutional reform. But, as none of our
contemporaries seem to be disposed to press
the question upon the consideration of the
people land as we deem the matter of par.
amount Importance in the coming election,
we must take it up once more, even at the
risk of being tiresome. For it begins to be
apparent that the honor and credit of the
/ State Of our adoption is involved directly
in this question. 1t will not do to raise
taxation to a much higher figure than it is
at present 1t is enormous already But
with the multitude of officers we have to
support, and the salaries paid them, with
the cumbrous and expensive system of gov
ernment we now have. it is almost an i'm
/ possibility to save dollar with which tc
/ lessen the State debt. 1t becomes US, then.
to look about us and see by what means
| the debt can be extingushed in the time
allotted for the maturity of State bonds
| Some might say Let the debt alone-the
increase in the valuation of property will
take care of the debt. 1t can scarcely be
so. As the State increases in population
and wealth, her necessities will increase
also. We shall need another prison, inn
| proyements TO the Asylum for the Insane. u
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, the State
House must be built and improvements
made thereon, schools must be encouraged,
railroads and perhaps canals, constructed,
and, in short, hundred projects will
come UP all requiring money enough to
swallow up the entire surplus revenue of
the State for lifetime to come.
These things being so, it behoovcs us to
devise the best ways and means for wiping
out the debt in the shortest possible space
of time, saeing interest and relieving the
burthens OF the people
| We see no more proper mode of doing
this than by a judieious pruning of the gov
ernment, looping off everything which can
be spared, and reducing expenses to the
most economical figure. The only way to
reach the evil is through constitutional re-
form. Bya change in the Organic Act oil
the State, the cost Of making laws may be
easily brought to one-thrl the present
price. The Legislative bodies NAV be ad-
vantageously reduced to oae-half their rr,-.
ent number, and compelled to adjourn Al the
expiration of seventy-fve days, or biennial
sessions may be rcsorted TO. So too. one
third of all the County and District Judges
in the State, taken collectively, may be prof.
tably dispensed with. And continuing the
pruning operation many other useless ex-
crescences may be Topped off, and many {
dollar saved. In many cases salaries arc
quite too high. These ought to be cut down
There are several good and substantial rea.
sons to be given why the needed reform:
cannot effectively be done except by mean.
of Constitutional Convention. The diff.
culties which lie in the path suggest nc
other mode.
The question of Constitutional Conven.
tion comes up for the consideration of the
| people in this canvass, and we do trust thai
office holders and seekers, together with the
bummers who pay no taxes, will be decen
enough to stand aside and allow taxpayer:
to vote for the Convention All those who
| support the government ask, is to take theil
cash which now goes for nought into The
pockets of men who do no work and receive
large pay, and with it cxtinguish the foul
million debt the State owes. Give them {
simple and economical government and tht
debt will soon become reduced to a cypher
We hope the citizens of Nevada county. cveI
true to the interests Of the State as involved
IN Constitutional Convention, will be ever
more unanimous than ever before in favoI
of the measure. As it is n question O
greatest magnitude, see, electors that vol
have upon your ballots in November, Fol-
the Constitutional Conyention-and do no
forget it.