Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-20

road, or additional receipts from the
ioi'VS
Which sum, under an honest administration OF tht
State Government In compliance with l~aw-wlthou,
any new burdens being added TO those already oornt
by the taxpayers, without any special session
would be found In the State Treasury at the brgln
ming Of the year ls69. And you may allow S56,OU
for now unknown claims" and contingencies
sItrd-extraordinary, and you have the Si25,UCO sur
plus Assumed by me at the outset.
Aud yet In the fac. OF these estimates from tn!
Controller and by the record OF the past-which ]
defy the Governor or any OF his darx-lantern cA0d
70 deny, figure or reason away-wc are called TO
sether In special session, at an expense OF not less
than $4,000; aud II Is asserted In all Official. guperna
torlal proclamation that no means had been pro
yided for carrying on the state Eo YER aMI .r OF y
| And the machinery ofa Lodge mus
DC brought into requisltion TO devise ways AM
means by which to meet the alleged "dcncits ahu
I ought 10 Ay here that the majority OF the former
Committee on Ways and Means were convinced
that under the existing law the mine tax would
bring three times the amount received from thai
| source last year. i have not SO estimated II; but
have given the absolute and indisputable minimum
Of receipts.
MR. MEpra-YOu have not placed the current
Mr.. HuTcHISs-How is thatl
MR. MEpIR-Sot enough.
MR, HUrcHINs-I have placed them at the igure'
Of the civil Appropriation BILL They cannot De
Mn. MEpER-They will be exceeded, II more IA
Mir. HurcHISs-Ah! There leaked out again tho
motive OF this extra mine tax BILL, There spoks
again the spirit OF the councils OF ii. G.. Dlasdel. Nc
| matter what the law says; u the Governor ana hl'
associates desire more money than the law allows
they Will have II, II II Is In the Treasury. l expected
As much would develop durins the year; but TIT
| sudden aud perhaps already regretted confession o
he gentleman from Ormsby Mr.. MederJ has PLACED
the matter in an unmlstaEaole position. such as
would award II. The Civil Appropriation Bill may
limit as Il will; the Governor and his associates VII
laugh at Its restrictive provisions u the Treasury
can respond to a larger demand. l thought so;
And, by the way: what u our present civil Ap
preparation Bill? The Intelligent taxpayers Of thu
State should be informed In regard TO that. Here
;oior. u general appropriation has been made; thl'
year, at the regular session. the Senate COMMITTEES
| Of Ways and Means drafted a bill making specUh'
dppropriaIi ions for each officer, and strictly limiting
expenditures under them. We knew at the TIN,
and associates. but he could not well afford tc
oppose It openly. II was really liberal In Its terms
but was limiting nevertheless. II was much mort
than scarcely any Appropriation Bin"-a PHRASE
/ do not very well understand, l may remarE-i
was \ Just bill; fair TO our State officials aud pro
,ectuI on behalf OF the taxpayers. II was remark.
cd that IL looked like distressing the Governor; bu,
We had learned not TO put our entire trust In roya
blood. We knew that human nature was irail;
We knew from our Information gained dunny inc
authority, free and full authority was given him tC
use or audit large claims against the State. You
aud | know. sir. how easy, heretofore. on certain
money from the Treasury and never render any
| account OF It's expenditure! We knew what claim,
had been audited BY the Board Of Examiners, l dc
| not say without warrant OF law. but In the absence
Of q wholesome limiting statute. such Us l have
descrbed-such as We passed AZ our regular session
By this new Civil Appropriation Bill we built a wal
| around the Treasury. and said TO the Governor and
associates, thus much shall you have, as Is your due
aud no more. Perhaps the passage OF that Civil
Appropriation Bill had something to do with the
converting Of this Legislature In special session
We may have a development on this point, In q new
special" message, before the special session closes
II three or four hundred thousand dollars sIrplui
can be got into the State Treasury. | do not doubt OF
the discovery by His Excellency, OF ways and means
to get It out, as the gentleman from Ormsby inti-
mates-the Civil Appropriation BIZ TO the contrary
Notwithstanding. but the Legislature did It's duty
in passing the law. 1t was as much as We could do,
In this direction. We can but pass laws. II the
Governor Is an autocrat-if his power over the
Treasury Is not TO be limited by us-that Is another
matter. And here / will say that | quite agree with
the senator nom Storey, tMr. Gray. when he re-
marks that he Is opposed 70 four years term for our
State officers, and would have the Constitution
changed on this point. because the effect seems TO
be 10 make many men who get into positions OF
State" ~autocrats for the the nrs, three-fourths oil
their term and syeophants during the balance" ~
From Senator HutchiIu' Speech.