The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-02-19
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

County Boundaries in the Assembly,
10 whom was referred the bill to create
the county of Buena Vista, reported
Yesterday. Contrary to the expecta
tons of the public majority OF the
committee recon- nended the passage
of the bill. This bill has been amended
by the majority of the committee, who
generously propose to organize the
new county from Humboldt territory
exclusively, leaving Churchill to be
partitioned, Polandized and distributed
between Lyon and Lander, the votes OF
whose representatives are expected to
be secured for Buena Vista county, by
this strategic movement. The COM
mittee states that from the evidence
before them they are satisfied that the
best interests of Humboldt county will
be subserved by the proposed division.
Now in the name of all that is just.
truthful and honorable, who testified
to any thing of that kind before that
committed? Who, under oath, from
any part Of HUMBOLDT county, said that
dividing it's territory, taking away one
third of its population and onehalf OF
nearly one half of its taxable property,
will suDserve its best interests? Who
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eighth of the citizens OF Northern
Humboldt and seven-ei9hths OF the
citizens of Southern Humboldt favor
the bill to divide it? These men
should be known to the public that
the value of their sworn testimony
may be understood. Now, let US ex-
anime the facts in the case, aud see
what credit the evidence on which that
report is based Is entitled to. Ia all
of Northern Humboldt there is not
one citizen, SO far as is known, who
openly advocates division or petitioned
the Legislature to divide the county. III
Southern Humboldt, that is within the
territory of the proposed new county,
at least one-fourth of the voting popu-
lation have demonstrated against dl
vision by petitioning the Legislature to
that effect. At Big Meadows, every
citizen wit. one exception has done so;
at Rye Patch. forty-6pe of the le-
gal voters of the precinct followed
suit; at Dun Glen, the people are
unanimously opposed to division. and
ut Unionvilie, thirty-seven, among
whom are several of the best citizens
and oldest residents of the county, re-
monstrnted against it.
In view of these facts, it is evident
that the evidence before that commit
tee was not very reliable, or that the
committee colored it to suit the chair
man. 1t is also evident that deep
laid scheme, based on partisanism, has
been devised to accomplish the ruin of
Humboldt county. A Substitute has
been recommended for the original
bill, by which Churchill county is to
form no part of Buena Vista. but is to
he apportioned to Lyon and Lander,
where its citizens, who thwarted the
colonization schemes Of the millionaire,
will be powerless at the next election.
Churchill is to be dismembered upon
the pretext of being unable to maintain
its organization. and Humboldt, with
its less than 900 voters and debt of
SGT 900, is to be reduced to the
Churchill standard to crafty the
vengefulness Of defeated candidates
There is yet hope, however, that Hum
boldt may be preserved intact. 1t is
possible that o. X. Stampley will not
prove recreant to tie principles of the
party that elected him. 1t is possible
that the vision Of seventy six men before
whom. in convention, he pledged his
sacred honor to OPT ose, if elected, any
and all attempts to divide Humboldt
county, may rise up before him and
prevent him from performing am act
that would brand him with perfdy and
coDs'gn him 10 everlasting disgrace
aud intamy. traitor to he principles
on which, and the people by whom, he
Was elected.
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