The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-05-15

A Virginia City correspondent OF the
Nevada (Cal.) Transcript writes as fol-

A Virginia City correspondent OF the
Nevada (Cal.) Transcript writes as fol-
lows:
The Comstock. the richest vein of silver Ia the
world, is in part controlled by q monopoly, the
most selfish, INSCRIPTIONS and mean thar ever
existed, and all that saves our people from ls
TYRANNY is the grand organization Of the Miners
Union, that, R~ichelieu-like, draws the magic
circle around the rights of labor, and holds the
sword of Damocles above the heads OF any VINO
would dare intrude. There Is trouble brewing
in this camp, and a slight breeze will fan to
fame the smouldering embers OF excitement
that pervades the community. The owners OF
the big bonanza, not content WHILE tnelr miiiFons
taken from these mines, have perfected patents
to portions of the city, and have notified peopse
to remove their homes-meD who for years nave
Lived and reared their families on what they nad
supposed was theirs. Woe betide the millionaire
who orders his hirelings to tear down q single
shingle from any roof in this city he would De
hung in an hour. The same, gang OF monopo-
lists own the water we drink, and they have
raised the rates to an exOrblsant inquire Iney
blinded or bullied the Republican members OF
the Board of Aldermen to grant them pay for
water for fire purposes. They propose TO go Iur-
ther In their extortions, and threaten to shut the
water off from the city in case their demands
are not acceded to. O, for a Joe Goodman, to
tell them in print, as he did before, we Will have
our rights or up you go. This is public sent1-
Iueut at lie present. IuOLlGuG. lAIOuSu Ii Ga
ertions of that immaculate Statesman, Bill Stew
art, this city failed to get a patent from the Gov
eminent for it's plot. Taking advantage OF this
fact, the Comstock Company are fencing in and
claiming the whole country east of their works,
and are hiring murderers with ShOt-guns to pro-
tect their interests, SO, take it all in all, the fu-
ture of this city is full of interest to somebody.
Yes, there is no doubt about the inter-
est part, but what do the people propose
to do about it What steps are to be
taken to prevent those holding patents
from obtaining possession of the land
called for in those patents? If Virginia
City, through the intentional neglect of
Bill Stewart, the hired attorney of those
"selfish and INSCRIPTIONS monopolies''
failed to get a patent in trust for her citi-
zens, it was the fault of the parties inter-
ested in trusting to the honesty Of Stew
art, and a stupid dream that those mo-
nopolies represented by him had souls to
feel for the weary laborer. Resistance
to tyranny is obedience to God" That
is all right when properly applied, but
resistance to the rights guaranteed under
a patent issued by the proper authorities
of the United States, is neitherresistance
to tyranny nor obedience to God but on
the contrary, is a resistance to the guar
antees contained in the patent which the
Government must and will protect and
enforce, nevertheless there be ".grand
organizations ready to resist the process
of our courts in giving to the holder and
owners of those patents their legal rights,
be they individuals or !" selfish and un-
scrupulous" monopolies.
That correspondent will never live to
see the day when any of the owners of
those patents will be chung in ar hour"
for legally claiming and obtaining their
rights under those patents. Courts of
competent jurisdiction will pass judicially
upon the rights of all concerned, and the
judgments Of those courts will be en-
forced in Virginia City in the same man.
ner and as certain as they have been
elsewhere when the same questions have
been involved. So, lay down your shot
guns and coil up your rope, you who are
so unfortunate as to be at the mercy of
those selfish and INSCRIPTIONS monop-
olies, for, if by the c%onnivance of Bill
Stewart, their paid attorney, you have
i~ost.your legal rights, and they have been
acquired by others, you must submit to
the laws of the land, aver though you
are compelled to bid adieu to the little
home which was once your pride to call
your own.
AS to the course pursued by those mo-
nopolies on the water question, we think
there is some doubt about their having
blinded and bullied the Republican
members of the Board of Aldermen. that
wholly unnecessary, and if it was
done in this instance, it is a remarkable
exception, for Republicans ~now-a-days
do not require to be "blinded and bull
lied to sacrifice the rights Of the people
for the benefit of monopolies. What thew
do require as public officers is, to be paid
for their valuable time consumed in ex-
planning to them what the monopolies
ought not to have.
INCREASE oFSILyER CoINAGE.-A Wash
ington dispatch of the 7th inst. saws the
rapid increase of silver coinage within a
short time causes some Treasury officers
to think that the Secretary will begin
paying out silver in lieu of fractional
currency before the meeting of Congress
IN December next. 1t is estimated that
by the last of June the end of han.aaaa.