Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-23
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Gold Hill Miners Union Hal Wal
de.sely packed last night, by an attsn-
tiv. audience composed chiefly Of miners
and workingmsn who came together to
hear the eloquent ''silvsr toncusd'' orator,
Hon. Thonss Fitch. discourse upon the
Sutro Tunnel scheme.
The meeting was called to order by
W. ID. G. Gibson at whose instance Hon.
A. G. Hay was called to the chair. The
latter gentlemen without wasting any
time In preliminariss proceeded at once
TO introduce the speaker Of the evening.
Mr.. Fitch who. ON rising, was greeted
with deafsning cheers.
The speaker stated at the outset that
he did not appear before the audience
for the purpose OF maxim: political
speech. but that he was there TO discuss
the case Of Sntro versus the Comstock
lode. q subject OF vital interest to the
people, whether Republicans or Demo-
erats. He thsn proceeded to give q care
full analysis and history OF the Sutro
Tunnel scheme from its inception TO the
present time. He demonstrated con-
elusiyely that the whole business from
beginning to end was a gigantic swindls.
that the necessity fer the construction
Of the tunnel. and the advantages to be
derived from il were purely imaginative.
He disclaimed any knowledge OF the
origin Of the Comstock lode. At soms
period. however. this great assure vein
was formed though IL waited ases fo'
the open sesame Of the miners pick tc
reveal its hidden wealth which had TO
plssishsd the arteries Of commerce
hlled the Golfers OF n nation, u 40
tonished the eyes Of the civilized world
He spoke in eloquent terms OF the
struggles Of the pioneers during fifteen
long years in Wrestling the hidden treas
uro from ths rocky recesses oil the earth,
and referred to tho advent Of Sutro, not
the d~i.coysrer Of the Comstock as SOME
OF the Eastern people had been led &c
believe, but an advsnturer without cap
itsl or knowledge. but with q dispo'
sition 10 accumulate without regard u
M. n Of requirement. He show
eli that Sutro had violated the contract
made with the Comstosk Mining Com
panie-. by dilatorinsss in commencing
III. construction OF the tunnel n by
failing to perform the work agreed upon
within the allotted time. The bulk o'
m. money loaned Mr.. sutro had been
expended not with picks and sho'els.
but had bsou frittered away in news
paper puffs and luxurious living.
The speaker referred to the Nsgisy
amsndment. and stated that its defeat IN
the Senate was attributable alone 10 \
untiring sxsrtlons Of Senator Jones, o.
Nevada. Mr.. Sutro. he said. was nov
attempting to divert public attention
from his nefarious schemes and reckless
.ausnderine Of tunnel money by nn'
measured abuse OF the corporation ds-
nominated rs the :. Bangk Wing hs
showed that the advantages claimed ioi
the tunnel ~ regards ventilation, hao
already been anticipated by connecting
drifts In the several mines ON the Com
stock Lode. He next spoke OF drainage
and showed the uselessness OF the tnn
mel in that respect. inasmuch as = ma.
jority Of the mines, below the I0o-ioo'
level. are ~ dry As a powdsr-houss. MT
Sutro is on his last legs. The fund'
which he has been squandsring 50 rsck'
lsssly are now well nigh exhausted. A
o last resort he proposes to mortgage
the tunnel property for -, Ooo, 600 more,
which, II obtained, will 20 the same way
as the rest. European capitalists vii
hold not sutro. but our people respon'
sibls for the money wasted on the use
less enterprise.
The speaker characterized Sutro'i
charges in regard to being interfersc
with, as untrue. Nobody had inter
fsrsd with him. and would not even !
he wished to descend into Shaft Ne.
in . diving bell for the purpose OF re
covering his submerged machinery.
The speaker then passed q euios'
upon the pantschnathist. calling up, ON
altar another. the celebrated liars men
tened In history and fiction. and aver
ring that he scliped them all; tina
Mephistophsles, Ananias and Sapphira
Juias Issariot and the rest OF the men
dacious worthless, sank into insignihcanc
In comparison with Adolph sutro, whon
hs REGARDED a. q vsritabls saint in sin.
Suppose the Sutro Tunnel completes
and lie projectors schemes carried out
..nposs the railroad torn up. three cite
d.nopulstsd, mills stopped. the BAN
ofCalifornia driven out OF the country
THAT advantage would be gainsdt WA
would the people gain by exchanging IN
Rank Of California monopoly for Tn
sutro monopoly Sutro, in his hrad'
against the Bank Ring. makes to-