The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-17
Correspondence State Register.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., !

.NoI teCdtlSt II - cittlldIeu 10 eii Hi d
company or an individual, however
n~teritorious. On that ground, alone,
perhaps a dozen men could not be
found in Congress to support the
measure. Nor IS il a malicious desire
10 cripple the interests which will be
most affected by the Tunnel, however
unworthy of sympathy some of them
may be. The opponents of h Tun
mel. however, do not appear to rise
above these two hypothesis. Being
composed mostly of stock sharps and
money-shavers it would be unreason
able perhaps, to expect from them any
more comprehensive view of the ques-
ton than its financial bearing on the
Carson II Virginia Railroad, or the
value of mills already erected, from
which the Bank Ring gang derive
enormous profits. But the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Kendall providing ma
tiOnal aid to this great project, involves
a principle OF vital importance to every
oti L IN oHN
and appeals directly to the judgment
and the craftsmanship of the nations
representatives to give up the pro
ceeds of the sales Of mineral lands 10
promote the development Of the great
wealth contained in them, and which
can only be made available t o the
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policy suggested in the bill. The Gov
eminent is already assured by the
report of some of its most eminent
officials OF the entire feasibility of the
work, of its great utility, and of the
absolute certainty ofits being a paying
investment when completed.
The efforts of the Bank Ring to
overcome this state of facts by dis
| patching a Virginia city attorney to
the capital of the nation. and %reintorc
ing him with a brace of mining super
intendentS. excited only derIsion and
laughter. and placed those gentlemen
in very u~nenviable positions; because,
when on the stand, questions were
prouounded to them. which they Were
bound to answer under oath, b re
plies to which were of i~ncalculable
value to the Tunnel party. Unless
the Bank contrives to compromise
with >utrO by getting him TO pay the
eNpen~es of the Sunderland ReQua
BatterunaD fia>co- that plethoric lnstl
tuition will nave q heavy item to enter
on the debit side Of their Profit & Loss
account.
However potent the Bank ring may
he at home. where they can rush out
the business Of any poor devil strug
Cling with adversely tor hrs daily
bread. who has the spirit to oppose
them. it Is refreshing to know that
here in Washington they are regarded
a. utterly INSIGNIFICANT. except by those
re GAINED in their service. and. to the
credit of human nature be 1t said, even
these people qualify their remarks in
defense OF their employers by Slgnifi
Cantly UngIing the coin in their peck
ej~-hy which it i supposed their con
sciences are pacited. one Of these
fellows had the UnblU~hing cheek to
assert in my hearing recently. thai
the people of Nevada were opposed To
the Tunnel, when it i a matter of
record that the Tunnel Company was
organized at the request OF the miners.
ut The request of the Senators and
Representatives. ofthe State of Nevada.
at the request of the Legislature and
Of the Governor of Nevada, and OF all
the people OF Nevada in all the forms
IN which they can make their wishes
known 10 Congress. He can only I'D
correct on the assumption thai tEd
Bunk of California OWNS the State
vhich I have no authority to rleny il
his t,..4IrtN \ a%t.s.r - F4F ~ 1na n = I
STATE REGISTER i concerned: and ID
affords me a grim satisfaction TO boast
that the recognized organ OF the donIi \
uaut Iar;v a; the STATE capital i not
only the adversary OF the Bank ring, |
but OF every species Of monopoly that
brushes OFT private enterprise.
In This connection. o have per
hapS heard il opponents denOUnce
the &utru Tunnel a. "A '.mOEopolv."
They say t!!at the Old law granting a
~"royalrv' 10 Su'ro organized a mon
.oply in Nevada. / does no such
thing. This tunnel idea stands upon
a very common Il in aspiration To
various other subjects throughout the |
country, and it = only by the Stigma
given Jo il by the Bank r!ng that the
people ar Inj~ir!. The ountr j.
everyw here familiar with various >y>
TENS of ordinary sewerage and drain
age in cities and towns. The obvious
princir pies of law. OF just and fair con
trIbutIOuS fDrcuInmOn advantages and
benefits, OH which they ere maintained, !
are we'll understood by intelligent
men. There is no character Of rnonop-
oily or Uncommon hardship about
them. New, the whole OF his Sutro
Tunnel law consists in this simple
urop,Sitiou. that there is 10 le rnD