Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-01-07
Governors Message.

Houses of the Nevada Legislator,
yesterday. The document is too
long for publication in the TIMES
but we shall give extracts from Il
from, time to time. The " News
says of the document: ct is {
lengthy, able and exhaustive docu'
ment. Some Of its recommends
tons we are not prepared to in.
dorse, others command our I'M
eauivocal endorsement. Particu-
larly is this the case with reference
to the opinions expressed by the
Governor upon the subject of the
taxation of the Central Pacific
Railroad. We shall hereafter refer
at more length to the various
recommendations of the message. "
OPENING.
Gentlemen of the Senate and
Assembly-It again becomes my
duty, in obedience to the mandates
of the Constitution, to communicate
to you such measures as are deem
ed expedient and necessary to the
public good. Upon the commence
ment of the seventh session of the
Legislature, there is abundant
cause for rejoicing. The new era
of prosperity which dawned upon
our declining interests at the close
of 1871 has been prolonged to the
present hour. Each day, each
month has brought its new tidings
of the rewards Of judicious invest
ments of capital, and the achieve
ments of tireless labor. To recap
itulate would be a pleasant, but
useless task. All that might be
said would be but repetition
of former congratulations. Our
growth has been the increase of
substantial prosperity. Population
has sought our boundaries. Well
considered estimates place the gain
of inhabitants in the past four
years at 27,000- an increase Of
nearly forty per cent. The tide Of
emigration, which pours its I'M
ceasing food along the highway to
California, brings daily new access
ions to our numbers, They come
to add their labor, their interests
and their hopes to our common
stock Let us extend to them a
hearty welcome.
The infancy of our State has
passed. She has reached the
strength. of maturity. Her re-
sources of wealth are pouring out
their enriching streams in every
direction, quickening the currents
of the buoyant health of national
commerce. To-day Nevada stands
upright. She has no need of prop
or helping hand. She walks a
stalwart child beside her sister
State, keeping equal pace in the
march of empire by the Pacific
shores. There has been no step
backward. The sovereign favor of
the Creator, in His manifold bless
ings thus displayed, deserves and
should receive our heartfelt thanks.
e. CONCLUSION.
The end of four years term in
the service OF the State is at hand
Whatever of success may have been
achieved in the administration of
public affairs during that time, must
be 'ascribed to the joint effort and
unity of purpose toward the common
good which has controlled the action
ofevery member of the State Gov
eminent. No one man has done it.
Each should receive, each will be
content with his deserved need of
praise. To every gentleman who
has partial ken with myself the cares
and responsibilities of official life l
desire to, render my most grateful
acknOwled gnients for valua Bile coun.
sci and assistance in my emergen.
cies. +e~..-
The political lessons of the past
two years are written upon the page
ofhiaory. They are plain and tc
the point. They teach that there is
a responsibility common to parties
and persons. 1t cannot be shifted
from the mass to the individual
Nor can the party conceal or defenC
the faults of its unworthy members
Over both there is a common DIES
tiny impending. Allegiance to par
ty is no longer an indtssoluble tie
to withdraw is no treason to princi
pie. the Independence of privat
thought and personal Judgment OF
every question is now fully acknowl
edged. The movements of part,
leaders are no longer to be blindl,
followed, The convention and tn
caucuAAranD longer infallible. Hon
esty, devotion to duty and the con
scientious fuidllrnent of pledges ar
the only safeguards amid the man
trials and temptations which SUI
round the incumbents of office. 81
The season: Of .alabor is at hand
Lot US reWamber and acknowledg
our obligations to the communitie
which we have been chosen TO repre-
sent. Let US in our several station
proceed to the performance Of on
appropriate tasks with the desir
and the fixed resolve to deearve tn
appreciation Of our constituents.
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