Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-04-04
Sltro's Tactics.

Washington Correspondence o,ithss 8. +. Alta
Mr.. Sutro. whose presIncs Is worse
than the Itch, aud more incurable, has
turned up In time to antagonlze both
OF these bills. His opposition Is very
strong; he is an indomitable worker,
and thoroughly unscrupulous In his
efforts to build himself up at the ex-
pense Of the reputation Of others. Tho
constant stream Of v%ituperation which
he pours upon Congress and Into the
ranks Of the representatives Of the
Press has had It's effect, and there are
q great many who are al the opinisn
that he 10 the victim Of the evil ma
chlnatiens Of o "rIng" Of Pacific
coast monopollsts and politicians. he
always pleads that he 10 being victim
lied. and prays Congress pitoously to
save him from hls enemies. Then no
comes forward with bills and amend
ments "to protect his Interests from
being destroyed by tho ring" So,
to the many who know nothing what.
ever about q mine, or mining laws and
customs. he appears to be a suffering
martyr, and worthy OF succor. His
succor, however, Is always claimed In
the manner OF additional privileges.
He Ia. therefore, generally successful,
aud generally styled "a very smart
man."
Yat he 10 the worst blasphemer that
the Pacific coast ever had In Washing
ton. Your correspondent called upon
him a few evenings ago. TO ascertain
the cause Of his oppositlon to the sec.
ond Of the above quoted bills. In the
presence Of ladies, no opened at once
Int Ills usual style Of abusing every
body. Said he: "why, that's a most
rasoally bill. They want to rob me Of
my rights; but that's like everything
else from California. / declare, they
are all thieves aud rascals cut there.
There is never q bill that comes from
any one Of those ~rascsls, but there's y
steal In Ii. These fellows you send to
Congress never Introduce a bill except
there's n job In 1t. l never saw so
many rasoals In the world as there are
Ia California. Smart fellows, too ;
but there Isn't an honest mar among
them. But they can't ride over me.
I'll show them the biggest fight before
this week 10 over. That's what I'm
here for"
This sort Of stuff was listened to for
about halt an hour, when your CORES.
pondent, for tho sake Of getting at the
point Of his interview, suggested that
for the sake Of argument lie would ad.
init that all the schemes that emanatsd
from California were swindlss, not ex-
cspting the Sutro Tunnel, and to cut
the matter short, SLOW does this
swlndling mineral bill affect Mr..
Sutro's Tunnel swindle? ?"
Finally, after much badgerlng OF
this kind, Mr.. Sutro was induced to
remark that the object Of the bill was
to give the miners on the Comstock
Lode a chance to get out Of their con-
tract with him, and so he proposed to
have the bill amended accordingly.
lie admitted that he wanted to have
the mineral land bill, introduced by
Mr.. Ward, passed, and said, "WeW
pas that, too. before long
This veritica your correspondents
w NuNICtet tlit tIo W. wa
framed In tho interest OF Mr. Sutro,
and made general In application, In
order to cover up tho design and to
capture the aid OF the patcnt.lawyers,
who would reap q rich harvest II II
should pass. -.
As far az your correspondent has
been able to ascertain, there has not
hAa. tIA laaaf s.nNtas,.a,t fNvsaFV rn.
psallng or otherwise affecting Sutro's
vested rights; the only fight being
against his demands for further priv
ileges, and to sYtort them from Con-
gress. he subjects all Callfornians to
the vilest abuse, aud does 1t very ef-
fectivcly.
Referring to the results Of tho adopt
ion OF the Sutro amendments, he says:
This would accomplish several p,lr-
poses. chief among which would be
the virtual determination by Act OF
Congress OF suits now pending to de-
termlne whether Mr.. Sutro has failed
to comply with his contract, or
whether the companies shall be
obliged to pay him q royalty Of two
dollars per ton. 70 compel tho
miners TO take out their patents I'M
m~sdlately would also place them at a
disadvantage II they should fall now
to correctly describe their lodes. Mr..
Sutro. In running his tunnel, will bn
entitled to work veins which r not
claimed under patents, aud therefore
no would like to compel tho miners,
for whose interests he Is ostsnslbly
working, to limit them In advance. so
that he may profit by any mistakes
they NAV make.