Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-16
RemnraI nf the Canitnl.

EDITORS ENTERPRISE IL have just returned
from the capital, where have been Legislative
spectator for q while. The strongest conviction
which the experience of my witt forced upon my
mind was, that the capital ought to be removed
from Carson City. i think you would be OF my
opinion If YOU could see with your own eyes, ana
hear with your own ears, the doings OF the Lesis-
la.urc for u few days.
Nv first and best reason for thinking the capt.
tai ought to b. removed is, that while the
rupital remains in Carson, the Legislative As
sembly is beyond the pale of newspaper cr1ticisln
beyond its restraining influence, ana conSe-
qucntly beyond the jurisdiction OF the people, III
u manner. since the people are LETT In ignorance
of what their servants are doing, and cannot pro-
test against their acts until il is too late. Your re-
ports Of proceedings take up as much room in the
city papers rs can well be spared suppose, anu
thew are ample enough for all inteuts and purpos'
es-or rather, they would be, If the Virginia news
papers could stay in Carson and critizise these
proceedings, and also the members, euitotl
ally. occasionally 4 mere skeleton report car
rics but an indifferent conception OF the transac
tons of Legislative body TO the peoples MINUS
For instance, in the style and after the man.
ncr of one of these synopscs: Mr. stewart gave
notice OF bill entitled an Act to audit the ei'lin
OF ID. j. Gasherie 4 day or two fterMard, we
learn that according to former notice, Mr.. Stew
ART introduced his bill. You hear of it again In
some committee report. And again, rs having
been reported f;lvorably by Committee OF the
Whole. Next, your report snys MI. stewart
ILL passed, by SO many ayes, nnd so many noes
The work is done; none of your readers nave the
slightest idea what Mr.. Gasherics claim was TOT
and neither docs one OF them imagine himself
even remotely interested in knowing anything
about IL. Yet the chief portion Of your renders
take it, were very particularly interested Ill that
bill-becauSe they will have to contribute money
from their own pockets to pay Mr.. Gasherle
claim; and they were further interested on gen.
nipl. hnrnn
Inflicted great wrong on the Territory. Now,
if the Legislature had been in session in Virginia
under the eyes of the press, instead OF those Oh
six or seven idle lobby members, doubt II MI
Stewart would have introduced the bill; l doubt
il the Committee of the Whole would have pre-
su,ned to consider it know the House and the
Couucillwould not have passrdit When MIR. Elliott
rose in his place and objected that this was a
bill to provide payment of sum out OF the Terri.
torial Treasury, amounting TO between SLEW
and 81 800, for the maintenance by Sherln Gash
erie of several OrInsby county paupers, tue
newspapers would have promptly seconded his
suggestion that Ormsby county maintain her own
pauperS and pay the bill out of her own pocket
And when Mr.. Stewart acknowledged the just.
ness OF the suggestion, but said that Ornisby mad
bankruptej herself by purchasing u set OF fine
county buildings, and must therefore beg this
favor ~ the hands ofthe people of the whole Ter
r:tory, the Newspapers would have known I'LL
about il aud would have dc;nurred, and the menu
hers, with Il sense of responsibility thus forced
upon them would have Intentionally voted no
upon the BILL Instead Of voting aye, without real
" knowing, perhaps, what particular measure
was before the House. Moreover, several other
outrageous laws, already passed, coad never
have been passed in Virginia. Twenty thousand
dollars of the peoples money have been asked for
to build seminary in Carson and present it to two
of her citizens an affair no more pubic in charac.
ter than Mr. Chauvcls fencing school here, and no
nf II 'HprFitUrlul
S39,OOJ. Members were not wanting to vote for
the measure, and to advocate il strongly. The
bill would even have passed. probably, II Messrs.
Clagctt and Elliott had withheld their earnest op'
position TO It, Yet hill to provide for the esta6-
iishiuent and maintenance of public mining col
leCc-a POLYTECHNIC school-haS excited small in.
tcrrst among the members. They forget that Il
mining education can be best acquired here in the
Territory; they forget, also, that the Seminary
coud offer no inducements of n similar nature,
suce our citizens for many years to come, VIII
prefer to educate their daughters AT the inexpcn.
sive and efficient seminaries of Benicia, San Jose
and Santa Clara The seminary bill was reSur'
rrcted on Saturday, consolidated with the poly
tecnic BILL $4,000 of public money added, and
again brought before the Legislature. 50, S2OOOC
for building, and 1 fax of per cent on S31,0OO,'
QUO of property, for "suudTies." \ crowd OF
Young gentlemen and ladies in one building might
affect the matter of public morals than that
of public education, think. The school is noi
located in the bill, but the Orlnsby County
delegation propose to have the same esta6
lished in Carson. The Governor is TO appoint
the trustees, aud they are TO fix upon loca'
| ton, l believe. a mining school in town
fifteen miles from mine, would be benc'
fetal thing, in the abstract. Yet this SoOOOO bill
NAV pass after all 80 may the act to purchase
Mr.. Curry's prison for SS0O0 morc-Sl3O,OO0 to
Carson, BY WAY of compensation for the stream
of iniquitous private franchises which has been
nnr n
ton during the entire session. Could these bills,
unmoditicd, pass. if the people could be thorough
" posted aS 20 their merits, by the press? sup
pose not Clngett. Brumtield, Elliott, and two OF
three other intelligent, industrious and upright
members have saved the credit of the Lower
House, and protected the interests of tho people
in nearly every case where IL has been done ut al
but they have received no commentator for II
neither have idle members, and members of easy
integrity, been ceusurrd. Ii is because the peU
pie have been left in the dark rs to who they
ought TO praise, and who they ought TO blame
l I was urged, at the last session, that Storey
county was disposed to stow away, in hci
ravenous nav, everything that came in her way
That argument lost her the Capital by one vote
that argument, and one other, which was writ
ten pledge, on the part of Orrsby county. that il
the Capital were permitted 10 remain IN Carson
halls should be furnished for the Of the Icgis
laturc, free of charge. storey county offered q
erect cupital buildings at her own expense, and
move the officers and other governmental appur
tcnanceS within her lines also at her expense
Let Storey county make that proposition to-day
and it will lie accepted II is Ormsby county
now that Is striving with extraordinary energy, tC
swallow all public benctts-uot Storey. And
Orns6y has failed to redeem her pledgc-for she
has charged the Legislature $500 for the use of he
Courthouse and after making the contract, is now
dissatisfied because the granting of greater sun
refused her.
-Four members of one branch of the Legislature
support the Specific Contract bill because 1t viii
result to their personal advantage, in sums vary
ing from 81 OOO to 81, 1000 More than that number
have supported private franchises on personal pc
| cuniary grounds. One member would vote $50.
| OoO to the Seminary because he would reap an I'D
vantage in dollars and cents, from the passage o.
| the bill Inasmuch as these statements come from
| the gentlemen referred to, themselves, they nrt
entitled to full credence. Ifthere could be II mer
| il attached to a wrong motive, think that meri
might be considered to be the small amount of In
telligence required to keep from telling about 1t
| But all legislators are not diplomats Would i
| not be well to place the Assembly where the pres
and through the press the people, could look aftel
| itl
Mr.. Clagett gave notice, on Saturday, Of IN Ac
to remove the Capital and the bill will probably
be formally introduced to-day (Monday) If thu
people of Storey county want the seat of govern
ment in their midst, let them signify 1t promptly
and cordially. ALooKER-ON.
CoSvICTED.-J Gilbert Jenkins indicted fol
the murder of Patrick 0'Brien in Napa county
has been convicted of murder in the first degree
The Register SAYS: Not even this could produces
the slightest apparent change in the department
the prisoner, who only gazcd ut the Judge with {