The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-22
THE CAvANAUGH CLAIM.


Every ms who furnished material
or labor toward the erection of the
Capitol should be paid, and bills for
q rclici OF such should pass the two
Houses of the Northumberland
State Journal.
The Journal is correct. That is Just
what the bill now in the Assembly
proposes TO do, and no more. The
amount appropriated just covers the
total amount OF the bills for labor n
material. II is just to everybody ex-
cept TO Mr.. Cavanaugh himself, for
whom nothing is provided. Ii is real
ly not a bill for the relief of ava
naugh, but for those who have worked
on the building, and advanced materi-
al for its construction. The bill ought
really To he amended, and some al
lowance made for his services, as well
as that OF others. That is the only OBJ
jectionable feature we observe in the
bill.
The Enterprise of yesterday doubts
the statement that Mr.. Cavanaugh is
indebted To his workmen and others
for the amount named in the bill. III
n gentleman will take the trouble
to examine the certified bills filed with
the Board of Examiners he can soon
satisfy himself of the correctness OF
the statement. The bills are put in al
the lowest cash rates, and certified "a
by the most unimpeachable testimony.
Therei is noquestion about the amount.
1t indicates the exact cost of the build
ing.
The insinuation of the Enterpris,
that Mr.. C~avanaugh FASTENED tn,
work TO such an eNtcn as TO aiforC
some sort OF an apology for givin.
comfortable contracts To his friends il
supplying stone in place of hat which
the State failed To supply, to be me
by a relief bill, is unworthy OF tina
journal, which mus; bc aware that tia
contract called for the completion o
the building in January, sufficient,
at least to he occupied by the Lcgisla
ture. The evident unflirncss of thi
charge eyinccs a lamentable weakness
in the assailant of the contractor, mn.
disposition to break down theclaim
OF Mr.. Cavanaugh by any method
The Enterprise very innoccntly ask,
"How happens il that Mr.. Cavanaug.
did not permit tho State prisoners {
supply him with more buildin
material 2" "Permit' j. good 4,
Rather might the Enterprise inquir,
why did not the State furnish this
dressed stone as il had contracted I
do? Mr.. C~avanaugh was anxious {
receive i:-but the prisoners did u,
respond. ~ for the letter publishe
by the Enterprise from a disa3pointe
bidder for the contract. the write
would have shown better taste to hay
oyinccd less splecnand used less bon
bast about what he would have don,
and exhibited more figures and fac
having some bearing on the subiec
What connection Mr.. Cavauangh
former occupation has with this bil
or the claims of the labOrers cmploye
on the building, Or the changes ma,
In the specifications, or anything els
would he as difficult to explain rs Ia
advice TO let the bondsncn make GOO
the losses. lie ought to know that NJ
Cavanaugh's bondsmen are not n
sponsible for these costs any mol
than Mr.. Hoole himself.
Tho fact is that this assault on NJ
Cavanaugh, his work and his claim
is absolutely without justification, an
founded entirely upon assumption
without foundation, andloose, hears;
generalities matched and disseminat,
Tor no other purpose than to defeat
lust a bill rs ever was presented &c
legislative body.