Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-01-05
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

The Governors Message is an I'M
comfortably long document-long-
or than any Of Grants Messages to
Congress. 1t fills nearly five col
umns of solid nonpareil in The
Enterprise. As literary produce
ton, the Message falls far below
the average OF such documents.
All deficiencies in quality, however.
IRE amply compensated in quantity.
but II there bad been . closer OBJ.
servance Of the common rules OF
grammar in its composition the
average intelligent taxpayer would
read it with less unpleasant SEN
sations.
But Governor Bradley is the
friend OF the poor man to an emf
mont degree. He was elected by
tie votes Of poor men, and he is
determined to let no opportunity
pass unimproved for guarding their
interests. Consequently he says
some sensible and indisputable
things about the bullion tax. Ger
tain newspapers. duly paid for their
services. will endeavor to confute
che Governors argument, Of course.
But their position. it must be re-
membered, is merely q matter Of
accident, and they would bloviate
on the other side just the same. if
personal interest dictated 1t. The
fact is. Justice appears on one side
only of this bullion tax question.
All efforts to show the reverse must
end in ridicule.
On the question of Chinese i'm
migration the Governor does the
laboring classes a noble service
which they should not forget. In
this, too, as in the bullion tax dis
cussion, he excites the hostility of
capitalists and secures the con.
domination Of their mouthpieces.
All laboring people should come
therefore to his support and second
his recommendation. Miners Un-
ions, if they have the foresight that
they should, ought to second them
so far as to memorialize the Legis-
lature in behalf of whatever action
in the premises lies within their
power.
The Governor simply reiterates
in the following what has been said
time and sgain in THE TINES: 1.-THE
people In the States east of the
Rocky mountains do not and can
not understand this Chinese ques-
ton like ourselves who are directly
affected by it. nor are they willing
to accept aud carry out the wishes
Of our immediate representatives"
In this fact lies one of the greatest
dangers to our country now appar-
ent. II there be a persistent denial
on the part of Congress to the be.
seedlings Of the people OF the Pa
.cific in this matter, what are the
people of the Pacific to do? Surely
such treatment by the central gov
eminent would not increase their
patriotism.
We should have q much better
opinion of the message and its au.
thor if nothing had been said upon
that exploded theme of prison mis-.
manag 'aent. The people believe
an Hyman's conduct of prison at
fairs. especially since the result Of
the investigation of last spring was
made public. The Governor now
by bis animadversions will only 10.
tensify that belief.
On the adjustment of the Office
OF State Miueralogist the Message
is especially sound. There is no
doubt in the mind of any man capa.
BILE Of comprehending tho functions
OF the office that it is ss useless o.
apything we'll could be in the gov
ernment. II the Governor had
added that the office of Superin-
tendent Of Schools in small coun-
ties-in every county in the State
but Storey. Ormsby. and possibly
Washoe-should b. abolished also,
he wohld have been seconded by
all intelligent persons.
We have not the room in this
issue to review the Message further.
There are many good points in it,
and while there are also uptimely
animadversions, as a whole it is
evidently the emanation Of an Ex-