Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-23
AssExstYxAs BROWN, on Thursday,

GOLD HILL, NEVADA:
Saturday KvcninE-------Feb. ~, 1867.
A~ssExBLYxAS BROWN, on Thursday,
rose to a question of privilege" to ex-
plain if possible, the charge we brought
against him of legislating upjustly
against delinquent taxpayers. As he
says he has no press at his service, We
will publish his question of privilege,
rs we find it reported in the official re-
ports:
"Mr. Brown rose to a question of
privilege and said-''Snap Judgment"
Under this caption in the Gold Hill
NEws he had noticed an article in refer
met to himself-which was an unjust
one. He had no desire to get into a
controversy with q newspaper, he hay
ing no newspaper at his service. 1t was
simply his desire to rectify a m~is-state-
ment on owners of property who hap
pened to be delinquent in the payment
of faxes. The bill he introduced provid-
ed that If any county where suits were
commenced for delinquent taxes, where
the clerk, proprietor or manager OF q
paper refused for any reason to publish
the summons, then that the posting Of
q notice shall be considered a publica-
tiou-simply legslizes the posted no.
tees. He made this statement in JUS
tice to himself, that the bill was not
introduced for the purpose Of taking a
snap judgment against any one. In
reference to that part of the article as
serting that he had voted against the
increase of salary to the Treasurer OF
his County, he referred the House to
his vote on the question. He had voted
to increase the salary Of the Treasurer,
greatly to the dissatisfaction of his col.
league by his side, Mr.. Poor, who had
said TO him soon after his vote that he
should legislate for his entire constitu-
eucy and not for of~ice-holders. He de-
MED that the County Treasurer, as edi-
tor Of the Esmeralda Union, gave him
any support in the last canvass, but on
the contrary. that he continually OPP
posed him. He made these remarks
because he thought the editorial in the
Gold Hill News was ungenerous, unjust
and uncalled for.
Explanatory: The existing law pro-
vides that no county or municipal cor
poraton shall take judgment against a
delinquent taxpayer without a personal
service Of summons or by publication
thereof in a newspaper-if n be pub
lished in the county-in which latter
case, the law provides a stipulated sum
to be paid a newspaper publisher. Mr..
Brown says that if a publisher "rsfn's
for any reason to publish the summons,
then the posting Of a notice shall be
considered q publication" Truly a
strange argument. Who ever heard
before of a newspaper publisher refusing
to publish a legal notice, if paid for so
doing No such instance ever happened
in this State-and we believe, as we
before stated, that Mr.. Browns bill is
nothing but a trap set to obtain snap
judgments against nonresident tax
PAYERS. Whether Mr.. Brown is person
ally q party to such an unjust and IN
wise species Of legislation, or merely
the instrument Of some designing per
SON or persons, we really can't say. His
bill is not right, and Mr.. Brown is wrong
in endeavoring to enact it into a law
So much for that. The honorable gen.
tleman says we are wrong in charging
him with voting against the bill increas-
ing the salary of the County Treasurer
of E~smeralda, who is the editor and
publisher Of the Union. He says 1t was
Mr.. Poor, and not him. As we wrote
from memory, in reading the debate on
that bill, we are free to stand corrected
BY Mr.. Brown. But this we do know,
regarding the Union editor, he gave the
reQular Union nominees a hearty support
at the last election-snd as Mr.. Brown
denies receiving any aid from him, and
as there was q boiler ticket run in Is
meralda county, perhaps the public will
draw the inference that Mr.. Brown was
one Of the boilers, and not n OF the
regulars. We notice that some OF the
gentlemen from Storey, who owe, to g
great extent, their election to the iutiu'
ence of the Nxws, and the ~saving-ms'
jority of this community, have beer
acting with even greater ingratitude'
But, there will be a day of reckoning IN
the future.