Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-10
THE JONES-MORTON DEBATE-
KENDALL On THE SUTRO PIRACY.

We have before Us copy of the Goa
sressi5ncl Record of April 2. Looking
over its columns We find this ailusion,
merely, to the debate had between Sen
a,ors Jones and Morton on the Financial
Bill:
Nr. Jones. Will the Senator allow
me to ask him question:
Mr. Morton. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Jones' should like to ask the
Senator how it is that the State of Texas,
the State of Oregon. the State OF Cali
fornia, and the State of Nevada, with
less resources than most of the States of
which he speaks, find no difficulty in
having plenty of gold
Mr. Morton. So far AZ Texas Is con-
c.rned, an not SO wei! advised abont
that the condition of that State; but 1
can saw in regard - California and Ne
vada that bslisve their banks from the
verv first declined to receive the legal
tenler currency in that country. Cali
fornia has shut it out, and It is the great
est blunier she has made. 1t has stood
in the way of her prosperity all the
Nevada | believe IS almost exclusively 4
mining State, and when they insist that
the currency of the country shall be
gold. nv answer is that that is to make
the currency that which California aud
Nevada produce
Mr.. Jones. Ii the Senator will excuse
me, the question asked was how ii was
that those States, with less vaiucs of
l. 81, :
the gold-a large amount of it-and re-
tain it, When the miners dig the gold
they do not give 1t away; this people
have u buy it, and bay it with some
thing. And how do they retain the gold
being such poor States:
Mr.. Morton. Gold Is the product OF
Nevada. That is what people so to Ne
vada for chiefly, and believe that it has
been the policy Of the financial mon CT
Nevada to exclude grsen5acks from the
State. and it has been q blunder, in my
opinion. Nevada only had forty-five
Thousand population in 1870; very few
more, think. than she had six or seven
years before. and the probability is that
she has but few more now. She has got
gold in abundance; her mountains are
full Of gold and silver, but she lacks peo-
pie and sine lacks prosperity.
Mr.. Jones addressed the Senate. His
speech is withheld for revision and will
appear hereafter
In the same number of the Record We
find a report in full Of the debate had
upon the Negley Amendment to the
Ward Mining Bill and the very pertinent
and we'll conceived remarks made on
that occasion by Mr.. Kendall. We find,
following an introductory communal
ton from Mr.. James G. Fair of Virginia
City. copy Of the resolutions adopted
at the late meeting held there. The
reading, from the Clerks desk. of those
resolutions opened the ball, and Kendall,
Luttrell, Page, Houghton and Negley
Immediately participated in hot debate
over the matter at issue. In the course
of his remarks, Mr.. Luttrell said:
What, sir. has California done for our
country? Why, sir, since the discovery
of gold in California $3.50, O00, eco have
been taken from my State and added to
TIE commerce of the world. The Com
stock lode has added over two hundred
millions, or about two-thirds of the en-
tire silver product Of the United States
The mines of our country have given
millions Of dollars TO the support Of the
Government When the country calls
they Obey her mandates. In the calls of
charity their purses and hearts are always
open. NonDbler or more seh-sacrlEcIug
meu breathe than the miners of the Pa
c!ic coast When the late war was call
iuc for help from all sections of our
country have seen them come from the
mountains and hillside and give freely
O. their hard earnings for the support of
thu sol,.iers who were defending the
country upon the field of battle. l will
say to the gentleman Mr.. Ward who
represents, the city of Chicago that when
his beautiful city was laid III ashes these
honest miners came down. as they have
done ON all like occasions, and willingly
gave OF the fruits of their labor for the
relief of the people of that city. They
are the most generous pc pie upon the
face If God S earth, and If you desire to
protect them, anui protect their interests,
Iappe.,l 10 you III their behalf TO defeat
this bill and Kill everything of n kindred
character. They do not want any such
legislation, nor shall they have 1t If my
humble efforts will prevent it.
Negley showed what he knew about
mining and milling on the line OF the
Coms;ock Ivy saying:
What is the occasion of this uproar,
Mr.. Speaker? Let me tell you. The
Bank Of California owns the railroad to
Virginia City, and that road enjoys
monopoly of the transportation OF all