Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-15
OFFICE

OFFICE HOLDERS.
The afty thousand individuals WHO eon-
stitute the state % Nevsds-or. at least,
those Ct tharnz gshod Do not hold ofaee-haye
got tired q supporting their costly state
and county Governments. Nevada has a
regular set 81 c@cisls, most Of thel With
high salaries, JUST a. Il the STATE had mill-
Of population Every comfy Into
which the sagebrush desert Is divided has
an organization equal 70 the needs q .
tnicklv settled district, although the
Shsriffs, County Clerks and other officials
have hardly any duy % perform except .
draw their salaries, which they DO wtth
regularity. But times are No longer Hush
az the silver mines and the people are NJ
Longer willing 70 see money paid q where
il q not earned. |; Is now proposed 90
lessen the number Of officials by AZ least
one-hAi, and consolidate tLeLr dlEes-
Neg York Sun.
The suggestion was made By the Szyr-
VEL, but it did not take with the thirl-
terrners. who are quite numerous in this
state. The present gang 4 5sse holders
and their tools 10 nos vaas any interfer-
enco with Their extremely i. 5tlets. some
Of them act and talk a. though they ex-
pee ed to remain in foE LIE.
DEADwooB. the chief city q me Black
Hills, Is sn interesting pace 70 live n.
TIE Rev. L. P. Sorcross- : Congregational
minister. took occasion recently % cen
denim from his pulpit the -laEles1@s go
prevalent there, and 10 urge Al earnest
prosecution u crime. He also appealed
to the community through fhe PRESS 80 see
that the laws should be enforced and that.
in order 70 secure their enforcement jury
men should he chosen wiling - convict
on legal proof Of guilt. Tbs aroused the
ire Of the sheriff Who irresponsible for the
selection Of jur~men and that .une;.onary
seized M. Norcross and vas hurry.ag thu
-outsUoken preacher 20 jail, WHEN some e.t-
izens demonstrated, and the prisoner was
released. The Black HIS hardly seem
prepared jass yst for o. imitation into e
separate Territory.
TIE Enterprise seeks 70 make ,he Dem
oeratie party responsible Tor the IIaaa In
dian var. We are surprised % ind sseh
nonsense in that journal. Ct course tae
effort q Democrats in Congress % reduce
the army il made the basis Of the article.
The answer 10 tae whole -hin- is that the
army has not been reduced az all. Tn
policy Of cutting it down has been discuss
ed TO some extent, bat nothing 70 date has
come Of Ii. There are jus. As many sol
diers n tbs United states ARMY as there
was four years ago. Political -huu1a.
must be getting very scarce a.th rhs e.
terp-5se when it resorts 70 such traazpar-
ent bosh As this. Better stick t. Tom
Wrens private mgsh.
We thlnA we can see that Ben Buslzr is
preparing 70 aep square into 1ee Demo
cratic party. He is the leading man Of
the Potter Committee and SAYS be vii bag
Rutherford sure. Inasm4ch as the coantrv
is coming around rapidly 70 Democracy,
aceesaioas from the Republican ranks from
this time forward are likely 20 be exceed
ingly numerous. Coualiag, Jones et al.
only want reasonable excuse % get them
selves into the Democratic fold. Jones
may make tie coming Senatorial asAt on
the Republican ticket but be vii never
make another from that side %; tn hoasa.
TIE San Franei-cg correspondent Il Tie
Baltimore Sun, who seems 70 be reulraa-
by well posted in the affairs o: the Chi
nesa Six Companies # chat city. is author
~ for the statement that contracts have
been made for bringing 10000 coolies TO
California this season. TIE Chronicle saws
the rapidiry with which the Chinese have
commenced arriving Of late gives color to
the assertion.