Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-04
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CAnos, January 8.

CARsox. January 8.
Eprroa NEws: The Legislature 10 be-
ginning to get down TO its work and sew
sral measures Of Importance have already
been introduced. One Of the NEST i'm
portant Of these 10 bill introduced BY Mr..
Nichols. Of Lander. to-day. It 10 entitled,
"a bill imposing certain duties On the
Governor /; and provides for the Offering
aad payment by the State Of . reward Of
$500 for the arrest and conviction Of any
psrssn engaged In nisplaeing or inter
isring with railread switches. or Attempting
10 rob railrssl trains. stage coaches. eI-
presses or ether public Conveyance. or any
person thereon. have not read the taxi
Of the bill. but suppose II makes any and
all these offsnsesa felony, which At least
one Of them 10 net. under the present law.
A case in point occurred in Eureka county
Last Summer. where TIVE boys. out Of re-
vengs fer being put Cd . train on the
Central Pacific Railroad. deliberately mis-
placed . switch. and II was only by . hair.
breadth chance that . passenger train was
net run Of Q bank into space. In conss-
ausnse. The boys we're arrested. taken "a
Eureka and indicted by the Grand Jury oil
that county for . misdemssnor. the exist.
ing law net defining their act ~ . felony.
The highest punishment that could Be- I'm.
posed on them was q sentence Of six
months In the County Jail. ~, under the
law, they lad enly committed . misde-
meanor. for which they were tried and
found guilty. the evidence against them
being conclusive. AZ l have said. u wal
only by = scratch that the train.load Of
passengers were not killed or MANNED
and vet there WAS no adequate punish
ment prescribed by the laws For this wan.
ten attempt to- destroy life; suppose the
bill introduced by Mr.. Nichols Is intended
to csvsr similar cases /; and when u be-
comes . law. which Of course II will. the
next MAJ who misplacss . switch o. q rail.
road track will have an opportunity Of
testing the quality Of tho grub furnished
10 his boArders by the Warden OF the State
Prison.
since writing the above I learn from
Mr.. Nichols that u 10 not within the
province Of his bill to change the charac.
ter Of the offence Of misplacing . switch
from q misdemsanor 10 Q felony /; but that
that matter will b attended ~ BY the In.
PRODUCTION and passage Of N amendment
70 the law defining feloniss.
the SILVER QUESTION.
Mr.. Stewart, Of Storey. who I take Il 1.
going to be one Of the active members Of
the session, introduced . joint resolution
on the silver question to-day. II instructi
our Congressional Representatives to use
their best sfYerts 10 secure the remonsti,
zatien Of the cid silver dollar. and the
passage Of the Jones silver bill. Senator
Moore. Of Elke. opposed the passage Of the
resolution. on the ground that - tho
Bland silver bill IL now awaiting the
actisn Of the United States Senate, having
passed the House Of Representatives. and
the Silver Commission Is now In session,
action by Nevada ct this time IL prema,
ture ; and he thought II unwiss for thi,
State TO commit itself as yet TO = policy on
the subject. On the other hand II va,
urged that Nevada 10 the principal part,
In interest In this matter. a. the principal
silver mines Of the world are located
within her boundaries. and II was RICH
and proper that the sentiments Of thil
State on the silver question should b
known in Warrington. I have n doub
the sentiments Of Nevada on this question
are we'll known 81 Warrington. where sh'
IL ably represented. I do not think tina
any resolutions passed by this Legislature
and transmitted 10 washilgton by IN,
Governor Of this state will have musl
affect, q they would b met with the or.
that they wsre dictated By ~sslf-intsrest
| They can work no harm, however, and a
| Nevada il the great silver.producing Stat,
| " IN, -J,hited S,.tfrniA {n.inas-cslfn;.
ture should pass a resolntion on mi. Char
seter.
.
AKiSo THE TREASURY.
am informed that thu p,,,avc M N,
I'm 80. a.. I..,,i......,.
~ s'ss"As ''A" Assi'A'u's '"nu' "
dsfray the expenses OF this session OF the
! Legislature, will rake all the availabl,
fund. 4, tho s,.,. Trs..,rx Th.r. !.
no- 4, A.. .s,srsI f,nd n, IL. Tras.
mon.v s=rnonn,iny IN na.,I, sioo ooo TS.'
biiI -,nrronr;,,s. sc0 Oo0 In, S,Gc;.,.ia.
AMI epptipg.nciss will ,hort nsa M ~,
balance. leaving the Treasury bare. Tbers
are fund.-, such A The schosi Funi. ,,bich
are o~verfowipg with MONEY. hui updsr I'M
Constitution, that money cannot be
teuehsd for the general purposes OF the
State Government. 30. when he s.n.n.e
Of the Legislature are paid. the state will
be without means for carrying on the Gov.