The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31
THE REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.

: degree of credit, in one particular, a
least, that has never been won by an,
of its predecessors. They have evadet
the undemoustratiye monotone of pre-
vious reports and created most deci
| ded sensation. This sensation has beer
| produced in a new and peculiar way
| and will, let US hope, produce some
| wholesome effects in official and other
quarters. We need good rubbing ny
for the New Year and from What quar-
ter can it come with more propriery
than from the Grand InquiSirion? Sill.
as We conceive, the tone of the report is
not Of the very best of good natured
tones and 10 so far as it is too bit'erl,
sarcastic aud too sharply bristling with
lunuendoes We propose 10 criticise it.
Ou- worthy Iuguisitors tel US of the
indictments they found aud ignored ; of
heir opinion concerning the County
jain, Court house and County Hospital,
aud then they give US an entertaining
aste of their official sarcasm TINS
weapon is leveied in a semi playful way
At Freddy Wright and the County Com
missioners Ue, as one of the public
Can fud no particular fault with thu
manner of treating the Subject at Issue
indeed we rather like it for the spice
# fun there is in it; but if we were y
party interested, we should rather be
charged with dereiiction than be mad.
The subject Of an iasinuation that we had
been squandering the peoples money.
Ridicule is powerful weapon but |
may a Grand Jury legirimately employ !
it in place of special charges when -
public officers character may be in |
ured thereby and he left with no means
If self defense?
We think that the Grand Jury's in
into the affairs of the school
district was a highly proper act; bur
fer Superintendent Bivins' very care
ul, correct and satisfactory reports pub
ished several months ago in the AP
EAL. we should have preferred to read
ometLing besides vague hints of his in
apacity from the authors of the report
nd. really. We don't see the relevancy
f the illusions to Mr. James Fraser
ate and legitimate character. The ad ,
ice given by the Grand Jury to the
feet that the schools should be con-
ucLed upon cash basis is very proper
I'D very sensible; and We only wish it
nuid be adopted.
The statement that the Auditors
nul.s show that the county has TO stand
D annual expense of 81 900 for station $
Y, is startling, ut first sight. BY :,
stationery" We are led to consider =
ms, ink and lpa pers-aud cue thousand :,
j!lars a year for just those articles 5,
1uld be big--enormous, in fact; but II
e believe that the numerous brohs of ot
cord in the District Court, the Clerks, II
Assessors, Treasurer (
Public Administrator u'
j other Offices are properly charge ,n
lie as - stationery" as is prinring nd m
stage and 1.-TWO gross Of lead PEN
; " is not very enormous amount
those useful articles when we come q
consider that there are more than tn
If II dozen men 10 use them and lose !.
IN and have them appropriated by lu
kIeplomanaeal public who don, az
nix it any harm to steal lead pencils. tai
~, We verify believe tina, we use. il an
about the APPEAL Office, as many on
a half gross per annum-and we as
re to buy them ourselves There is w
nething smacking Of spinster-like To-,
,efulness in the Inquisi'orial remark a n
t: " Such operations may be fun "'
office holders but death to tax pay s
:" Such observations make one Sal