Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-16
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l. 8sOANO 49, AASASAA.f-@T &
The bill for the division Of Storey
county is now in the hands of the Legs
lature. and We address to that body the
following, as some of the reasons why 'ns
people of Gold Hill ask for the passSs' :"
the bill. TIE people of this end OF storey
county are wesried. Disguised and worn
ON, u,;,h ,bs rsckless extravaganza OF the
kind of officials in whose hands the con-
ro, Of the affairs of Storey county Is has
-. and, in all probability, always will
led. Under such control, We have
been deluged with debts, and burthened
with contracts. that are sinking us into
the gulf of bankruptcy and reputation.
As at present constituted, Storey county
is ruled and governed by the vote of Viz
ginia City. and Virginia City is ruled and
governed By class of mountaineering
voters who feed and fatten on the spoils
wrung by misrule from the tax-paying
minority of the county. II the people of
Virginia are satisfied with the government
they are under. let them enjoy it. If they
are content to squander recklessly to-day
and repudiate to-morrow,let them squan-
der and repudiate. The people of Gold
nil are not Of that mind. We wish to
cut loose from Storey county, with her
reckless, shameful and rascally miscon-
duct of affairs, and to govern ourselves
upon a principle of justice to ourselves
and our creditors. We ask the 5Legisla-
ture to help us from the slough of bank
ruptcy into which we are being dragged
by the chain which binds US to Virginia
City. We are helpless to reform the
abuses of which We complain, and it is
only by separation, and relief from the
incubus of the vote of Virginia, that We
can be freed from the burthen of misrule
and useless taxation which is crushing US
to earth.
During the past year, the expenses OF
Storey county, including interest on the
existing debt, were about $500, 000-more
than the cost of running a State govern
msnt ought to be, or is, in half the States
of the Union. This fact has been elected
by committees appointed by the people
and the figures have all been presented to
the people in the published reports OF
those committees. To tell US that this is
a matter within the power of the people
to control, is all bosh, poppy-cock and
balderdash. If the people can reform
these matters they soiH not; if they ria
they can not; at all events, they do not.
Every few months there is spasmodic
conyulsion about A" REFORM Meetings
are held, and committees are appointed !;
reports printed, and resolutions passed !;
but the excitement soon passes away, and
corruption and misrule reign in triumph,
strengthened by the temporary rest and
encouraged by the public apathy. Du-
ring the present year, if we are still
chained to Storey county, the taxpayers
of Gold Hill will be called upon to pay,
as their share of the expenses of the eoun-
ty, the sum of $4,000. Taking the
past year as a criterion for this, and we
shall be at an expense Of $4,000 for our
town government. These two sums make
the delightful total of over $l50.O00 for
the taxpayers of Gold Hill to meet. 1t
is fact easy of demonstration to any one
who will take the time and trouble to fig
ure upon it, that separated from Storey,
Gold Hill can maintain . county govern
ment for less than ons-ha!f her taxes as
portion of Storey county. To substan-
tiate this assertion, we win refer to the
county records of Storey county and see
what county eaa be "run" for in this
part of the world. We find. from the re-
port of the County Commissioners, that
from the time of the organization Of Sto-
rey county up to July LIST, 1902 period
of seven months-the expenses were but
S23. 595 so. and were rs follows: