Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-06

enc X all our property prni
it's equal burden of taxation, AS in Cal
ifornia, the State tax OF 80 cents on the
500 would be reduced to Is cents on
the 500. and vet produce the same
amount of revenue as Is now collected.
But mining being our geateSt indus
try it WAS thought best by the people
In framing their constitution to foster
it to the fullest extent, and therefore
exempted it from taxation. STIMULATING
that only the proceeds Of the mines
should be taxed.
Our Legislature, controlled by the
same spirit of fostering care, did not
require all the proceeds of the mines
to be assessed. as they certainly could
have done under II constitution, but
they required that the net proceeds
only should be taxed, allowing a large
and liberal deduction for mining, haul
ing and milling. TO show the extreme
liberality Of II legislation on this
subject it is only necessary to say that
the gross product OF our mines in 1875
amounted to thirty five millions OF
dollars, while the amount really as
sessed and taxed was only seventeen
millions, being less than one-half the
amount liable to taxation under the
GOIISlitutI)Is by WItdt Iui0 vi IlSiity
then, can these foreign corporations,
favored as they ale by the exemption
OF their property from taxation, go
into our courts, and even the courts OF
the United States, tn hinder, delay,
and if possible, prevent the collection
of taxes on the net proceeds of the
mines. You nus meet this question
boldly. You must clothe the proper
n Hiror ~ x4-ifh uyntla nn,cnrS t0 HNilprt
this tax in a summary name The
wealthiest companies must be taught
as ready obedience to the laws as tue
humblest citizen.
No corporation or individual should
be allowed Ia contest a tax until it is
paid. The State is able and willing to
refund any tax the courts may decide
illegal. If tie Legislature, however.
deems it best not 10 collect this tax by
summary process, it will be necessary,
to meet the ordinary expenses of the
State government, to authorize the
proper officers to borrow $3.50, 900, and
tor You to raise the rate of taxation on
real and personal property to at least
one per cent. of its valuation.
The Governor devotes considerable
space to a consideration of the Chinese
evil. His views and sympathies are
those of the entire community, but he
fails to suggest any practical measure
of relief. He concludes his reference
to this subject by saying:
If you can not effectually exclude
the Cinnamon from the State, you can,
at least, do much to discourage his i'm.
migration here. and nothing in this di-
rection should be left undone.
He recommends the completion Of
the State Prison at Reno and the con-
version Of the present prison into an
insane asylum; the increase Of the
torn of county and township officers
to four years; the creation of a State
Board OF Equalization; such amend
ments to the election law as will rem
der it effectual in %preventin, political
bribery; the abolition OF the Office
of State Mineralogist; the repeal
of the t~oyote.scalp law; the enact
ment of a law which will en-
able the working miner to OBJ
tain from the companies, and to
obtain cheaply, compensation for an
accident not arising from his own
fault; the granting of extra pay TO the
volunteers and militia OF the ''Indian
War;" and the passage of a bill grant.
ing 10 Mrs. De Long compensation for
the services of her late husband in the
curse of the State Prison investiga-
ton. While on this subject the Gov.
rno makes the following pertinent
illusions to Warden Hyman;
The majority of the board, 500
after my withdrawal, "fully exoner-
ated' the Warden and restored him to
his position. but of them immeli-
ately afforded me an opportunity to
join him In appointing Il commi>sary
officer for the prison, with authority
ITO have full charge and control of all
coinmissary stores received at said
prison." and thus cut off from the
Warden one Of his sources of pecu.
lation. Thus l have exhausted all my
power as Governor OF tie State and Il
member of the Board Of State Prison
SOtiiiiSo4Ol0tS W IeIIlOS6 AL WOft
officer.
The Governor concludes by a brief
reference to the present complicated
condition OF Federal affairs. He
places great reliance on the modera-
ton and love OF justice of our people.
He brings his message to IA close by
saying:
The right OF Congress to exclude
any electoral votes cast in violation of
the Constitution and laws, or when
cast through fraud, has always
been x cised when such occur
renccs demanded it. In the very last
presidential contest. when both Houses
were Of the same political complexion,
the entire electoral votes of Louisiana
and Arkansas, and three of the elao-
toral votes OF Georgia, were exclud 81
from the count, and this, too, when
only one House of Congress objected
to the u of a portion Of them.
This was clearly the view of Presi-
dent Lincoln and his Cabinet, las
shown in his message to Congress OH
the very day after the adoption Of the
twenty-second joint rule. In that
message, dated February 8, 1865, Mr..
Lincoln said that "the two Houses Of
Congress, convened under the Twelfth