Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-21
Mr.. KENDALL MAKES A SPEECH.

As- II
Congressman Kendall addressed the
people Of Hamilton on the night OF the
18th inst. on two topics, to-wit; the
"bsck pay grab" and the "sutro-Nsg-
Law amendment" He made q square
talk and proved. doubtless. to his own
mind II not to the majority Of his list
snsrs, that he was correct in his action
upon the former measure. Herein,
however. w differ with him, and shall
II he be nominated by the Democratic
party for reelection, discuss his prop
ositions in detail and sndsavor to prove
their iallaey. Until such thine. how
ever, we have no desire, IL indeed We
had the time. TO enter int the discus
sion Of q measure, which. whether just
ly or net, has thus far Consigned to po-
liticsl death nearly every Congressman
and Senator who advocated its
passage o. accepted the proceeds
thereof. Congressman Kendall's main
point 10 that he made no money by the
change. Indeed his figures show that
he Was loser Just 80. Yet the fact re-
mains that. ~eonceding the accuracy Of
his figures. the Government was mulctsd
in a very heavy sum, and somebody re-
csivsd the "swag." This In easily ex-
planned by reference to Mr.. Ksndall's
figures, from which 1t will be seen that
his mileage is very large, and under the
old law made, his salary. together with
the ranking privilege, is equal to that
received under the salary grab act"
To show the sophistry Of this position
va will merely cite the case OF IN East
srn man, say one from Maryland. first
stating that Mr.. Kendall. As member OF
the 42d Congress. received S3,3i3 mile
age and $1,000 salary, or over $4,000
per annum Mr.. Hamblston, Of Mary
land. however. who lives quite near
Washington. only received sll2 mileage
and the same salary Us Mr.. Kendall. II,
therefore, Mr.. Kendall only lost 80 by
having his salary increased from $4,000
70 $500 per annum. Mr.. Hambleton
certainly made money by having his sal
airy raised from s5.056 to $500. And
this state Of facts obtains to a greater or
less extent in the case Of every Member
or Senator East Of the Rocky Noun
tains. We have said more than we in
tended on this subject, for as We have
remarked, until Mr.. Kendall be renom-
mated by his party we have no direct
interest in celebrating the discussion.
Somebody made a large sum Of money
by the salary grab. Mr.. Kendall says
he did not. but did he not aid others to
do so1 His speech upon this subject
We have carefully laid aside for future
reference. and. IL need be. for publ
cation.
Upon the sutre swindle. Mr.. Kendall
spoke clearly. smphatically AID justly.
He showed the animus Of Sutro in the
matter Of the Negley amendment to
Senate Bill No. l6. and also the Pratt
Mining bill. OF this latter Of Sutro's
attempts to foist his iniquitoas legisla-
lion upon u mining population. we
said little. It was squelched in
Nc first committee to which 1t was re-
.fsrred. and that after Sutro had, as he
had supposed, packed said committee in
his interest, or in other words, had .
majority Of its members ''hxsd." II
was . specimen Of hardiheod OF which
only sutro and his hired minions could
be capable. And q notable fact may be
mentioned right here. Mr.. Sutro in all
his public lectures has never. to our
knowledge, once alluded to this Pratt
bill. He certainly did not in Virginia
City or Gold Hill. II is in brief . bill
to compel every miner who has tahrn
out OF his mine Minerals TO the gross
valus Of 5000 to take out = patent
within ons year from the passage Of the
act. or forfeit his cain. We cannot bet
ter express our idea OF this monstrous
infamy sought to be enacted in Sutro's
interest than 10 quote from Mr.. Ken
dall's speech:
That 10: Every miner and prospector
whs has taken from his mine min
erals" OF the grsss value OF 5000.
shall BE- compelled TO take out q patent
or forfeit his minsl Great God! Con-
slider for q moment the snormity Of such
o measure as this! Your mine has
yielded IS. 900 gross. II may have cost
you so. 900 or $40. 000. or Sl00.0 900 to
extract it. You may have taken 5000
out. but you may be deeply In debt, and
struggling 10 obtain the necessariss Of
lifs-food, to enable you TO continue
your work. This law would coms in
and say you shall pay $500 to $1,000 in
fees to surveyors, publishers and at
tornsys, in order to get q patent to your
mine, and keep a jumper at bay sven
while you may be at work in your very
shaft or drift! And the title OF this bill
is "Ts provide rsvsnue from the sale Of
public lands" II should have been en-
titled q bill to suppress prospecting and
development OF mines, and TO saddle an
oppressive tar ON miners, in order that
Nh. Sutro's lawsuit may terminate in his
favor. and be be confirmed In the right
to collect his tolls, whether he COM
pletes his tunnel in the nsxt i've or I'VE
hundred years. He vould-if he had
been abls-havs thrown this universal
drag-net over tho entire mines and min
ing industries Of the Pacific slope, in
order TO catch . few Comstockers and
compel them TO pay royalty whether they
are legally bound or not.
TIE Dependent. as In duty bound. in
noticing the arrival Of one Of its man
ogsral proprietors in Virginia City.