Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-02
A VETO.

But As a man he was liked. and his pol
tics were not allowed to stand in the
way Of his civil p~refsrmsut. Republic
cans. Democrats, Independents. men Of
all parties and political crssds voted for
this man because he was popular. His
election WAS the result Of q desire TO re-
ward . man whom everybody liked for
his personal qualities. by investing him
with m once Of honor and profit. in
which Il was supposed he could do no
harm. IL be did no good. That every
Republican who voted for him on these
grounds. Vas guilty Of . gross mistake.
to call IL BY no harsher name. was made
evident by the action Of this man yes
tsrday In vstoing the Bullion Couprom.
iss Tax bill. He demonstrated BY this
that 1t IL in tho power Of tho Governor
Of . State TO do q great deal Of harm un-
der certain circumstances. He demon
stratsd anew the fact so often proven,
that II Ii never safe for q voter to cast
his ballot for q man who does not rep
resent the principle which he processes.
II would not 30 fair to saddle the
Democratic party Of Nevada with the
disastrous results which are likely-let
o. rather say. which IRE sure-to flow
from this unfortunate exercise Of the
veto power by Governor Bradley. In
deed, We are confident that the great
majority Of Democrats ~ Of Rspubli-
cans. throughout the State. arc heartily
In favor Of the Compromise bill. and de-
plors the ill.advised action Of tho Gov
NOR. Bot IL is rome the less true that
10 far as be Is concerned. he acted purely
and simply as q Democrat, and that his
veto Is the legitimate offspring Of Demo-
cratic principles. In preventing the
compromise from going into effect. Gov
srnor Bradley has simply enuneiated
anew the old Democratic war cry, which
10 but q paraphrase Of the French Com
muuist's motto. "Down with the rich
man ! up with the pcor!" There is
this distinction. however. between the
French Communist and the modern
American Democrat. The former means
what he says and carries his principles
into practical effect /; tho latter. with
none Of the reckless courage Of the Com
munist, appropristes his weapons,
catches the votes Of silly simpletons. and
then-lsavss them in q far worso con-
dition than they were before.
This is precisely what Louis II. Brad.
ley has done In vstoing the Bullion Tax
Compromise. He has apparently
truckled to the poor man by opposing
. bill which can easily DO made
TO appear in favor Of the rich
man. As eur nsighbor, the Esierpriss.
very clearly pointed out during the de-
bate over the bill. the one objection tn
IL which seemed to have any weight was.
that rich men were anxious to have 1t
passed. In other words, the great crime
Of wealth was urged against n Legitimate
measure Of legislation. because Ger.
tain mine owners aro wealthy. II was
concluded that they were fair subjects
for plumber. and not entitled TO any
justice whatever. That Was the giSt Of
the entire opposition, aud ii is for that
reason. and for that reason alone. be-
cause he believes hat he will please the
great mass Of poor men. that Governor
bradley has vetoed the bill, after its
fnal passage. Now let us see precisely
what the effect OF this veto will be upon
the two classes. the rich and the poor.
The m~ins-owners II leaves precisely
where they were before the subject was
agitated. Tho tax under the old law
cannot for the present at least be col
lected. This money, including some
$500. 900 10Y overdue. is still in their
hands, and Ms coin begets coin. they
are rsaping a pscuniary benefit from j,
monthly. Indsej. tho interest on this
money. accommodating as il Is month after
month. furnishes TO them the shows Of
war. and enables them to fight the col.
lection Of the tax In the courts without
putting their hands in their own pockets
at all. and thus the States own money
Is virtually made to pay for a legal pros.
ecution against II. In the meantime the
legal expenses Of the State in contestins
this claim OF the m~ine-owners. has to b.
paid by the taxpayers. We have no re-
serve fund out at interest. Every dol
lar must come from the hard.workine
farmer. and the toiling herdsr. Thus
the mins-owners. with nothing to lose,
10 the suit Is decided against them.
and with q very good prospect Of gain
ing Il. will go quietly on with no mate
rial expense atiachin: to their opera
tons; while the State. with everything
TO lose II the present tax is declared un.
constitutional. as there are good grounds
to suppose that Il will be, is subjected to
. continual drain upon u which
IL will be forced to obtain II at all by
borrowing money. Truly this is = bril-
liant piece Of craftsmanship on the part
Of Gov. Bradley-ons Of which he aud
his party may justly be proud!
SO much for the rich men whom the
veto 10 intended TO ''cineh." They arr
"cinchsd" with q vengeance! Now for
the poor man. over whose sad fate the
heart Of this model Governor yearns.
What effect will the veto have upon
them?
There never was a time in the history
Of Nevada when money was so scarce us
now. Honest bills cannot be paid, be-