Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-22
THE STATE PRISON CASE &C.

Practically the so-called State Prison
case Is settled. The gist OF the decis-
lon rendered yesterday BY Judge Saw.
yer OF tho u. 9. Circuit Court IL fhst
the judgment rendered against the
iaie James s. slingeriand, in the Dis
trict Court for Ormsby county In OF no
binding effect upon tho State. This
step In the attempted seizure OF the
title 70 the prison property, ihen. has
utterly failed. The next step, ~ any
IL tsken), will be to prove the validity
Of tho claimants tito. This process
will bring the plaintiff face to face
with the States fourfoid titic--by pos
ession, BY the decd from Curry, by its
rights under the law Of Congress grant
ing the sixteenth and Thirty sixth ssc-
tons OF school lands to the State, and
by il equitable title under Mitchell.
ffhis title has been perfected NO far ~
II could DO perfected by Mitcheil's
making tho decd which be bound
himself TO give. This hc did within
the month"; Now this helps matters.
II begins 70 look ~ IL the Stale wero
going to have it, own without further
trouble or molcstation. II this happy
conclusion should be reached IL will
DO quite vividiy illustrated that the
Asssy steps taken by the Governor and
his associates on tho Prison Board 10
locate the new prison near Reno and
cause the expenditure thereon Of a
large SUN OF money were not wisely
taken. II Will provo the strange IN
wisdom Of the act ef the Legislature
which appropriated large amount Of
money TO establish that prison. Az
WAS oftentiu,es reiterated In tho Lcgis.
latnre last Winter. this State no more
needs = now Prison than II needs Z
now ate-house. We think 1t not Inn
probable that our Homo friends will
now see reasons for regretting their
opposition 10 ths House OF Refuge bill
~ 1t WAS originally drawn. II pro-
vided for the construction OF the said
House upon the prison grounds In
Wxshos county. II the bill had passed
~ II WAS tirst drawn, and II It had re-
ceived tho Governors signature, moi
less than seventy five thousand dol
lars Of this States moneys would hav,
been expended In that county. Bu
our Washoe friends staked their all OF
their prison-building scheme. The.
would not harken TO any compromise
They staksd oil and lost all. Il is I,
he regretted that they did not accep
the compromise offered by the salt
House OF Refuge bill. And now Is |
not possible that tho Executive will b,
held to an account for his haste In pro
motion Of tho Reno Prison scheme? !
certainly looks ~ u the $l6.5o0 spen
In the CONSTRUCTION OF that desolat
wall were 10 much money thrown
away. VI would not be at all surpris
Ing II the people were tn hold his III
ceilcncy to an account for the part b
took In tho furthercnce Of that piece o
eHtravsgancs and folly. Perhaps the.
who are led to admire tho Governor
hrmncss In vctoing tho bonanza bil
will find their admiration neutralize
by their disappreval Of his action heal
Ing upon this Reno prison business
II may be held that tho saving 10 III
state by the veto In questionable and
matter Of grave doubt. Certainly II
yet merely tentative, no far rs 4
effects are concerned. but tho cxpet
dltvre Of = hundred thousand dollar
FOR something that WAS not needed
not = matter ~ doubtful expedienc,
II 10 = disastrous aud irretricvablc mi
take. A hundred thousand dollar
thrown away cannot DO recovered
Tho people will 10 clamorous for
satisfactory reason for such waste
their money. Perhaps IL will /
shown, ~ some future day, that u
mistakes Of tho present Executive Q
fce quito offset Ito bensiAc,ions 10 II