Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-11-21
CONSOLIDATION AND COPPER
HRAnS


The Union comes III in favor of con.
solidation. To the special favorers Of that
measure, this must be an unpleasant an
nouncement. Several days ago we were
informed by a prominent Copperhead that
his " crowd" did not care anything about
the results Of the State election ooh, no y,
what they were after and what they
were going to get were the county offices
of this county, next year. He claimed
that they had matters SO put up that there
could be no failure Of Hermann's r~e-elec-
ton as County Clerk, and a Copperhead
successor to Clark and Fargo and Vesey.
(Who the three were to be thrown off for,
We vainly endeayored to ascertain. by dill
gent pumping process.) He intimated
that certain Union men were to flop in
proper season-for a consideration-whose
influence would give the majority to the
Copperheads, ever if the Registry stood
as now. Next year they are to spend ten
thousand dollars in registering, if the four
dollars remains as now the prerequisite to
registration. And, moreover, we were in
formed that the Copperheads proposed to
prevent any attempt at cutting down the
fees or in any-manner altering the law as
to the emoluments of our county officers.
When we meekly suggested that q clear
Union Legislature was elected, we were
informed that Jake Clark and Hermann
felt confident they could stop any amenda-
tory law touching the individual receipts
of the incumbents of their places. We
expressed a decided dissent then, as now,
of course ; and thought that perhaps If the
nowly elected Legislators knew the au-
thor Of this kind Of talk they might take
his remarks as a personal atfront, and act
accordingly. We remarked then, as now,
that the reason the fees were Tot cut down
last year was because the representatives
of the Union organization did not wish to
bring the charge Of or party
malignily upon their organization - a
sense Of delicacy being thus manifested in
contrast to the invariable rule Of conduct
of " Democracy" under similar circum-
stances. But we were further informed
that the C~opperheads were in favor OF
consolidation, as this would make,-he
claimed, - the county officers per-
q~uisites as great as now. Therefore we
are not surprised when we find the Union
advocating consolidation. As to the
amount made by Clark and Hermann,
we gave the current estimate and we do
not stand corrected by the Union. We
are aware of the fact that the statutes pre-
scribes the fees in most instances /; but we
are under the impression that the statute
does not prescribe the amount Of business
that shall be transacted from month to
month. The Copperhead organ affects to
be masnanimou,ly in favor Of Consolida-
tion; but it would not have a dollar
taken from the officials exchequer. Talk.
ing Of economy" in just such a connec-
ton don't sound very well. Does it?
We hope and are led to expect that the
coming Legislature will cut down the fee,
to a fair figure. and then salary all our
county officers leaving the corporate
organizations as they are. All this talk
about inability to get good officers if sal
aries arc fixed and fees chopped of is
CANNON. Experience don't show it. In
the Union party we can select plenty Of
competent, willing-shall we add, anxious:
men for the several offices, whose per.
Torrance of duty will be up to the
handle" on a reasonable stipend. And
we doubt not, that Messrs. Hermann and
Clark will feel ready to run for a salary
next Fall: