Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-12-17

should be largely reduced. There are man
items of expense which might be cut down a
least one half. The laws under which tn
present high rates of pay were established
| were passed when times were exceedingly
| flush and it took a dollar to buy tough beef
steak During the past few years everythin!
has settled down to bed rock basis and Their,
is no reason why each Legislative session
should leave the treasury of the State nearly
bankrupt.
THE CLERKS.
Some of the clerks get bigger pay than the
members for services which amount to about
nothing. At each session there is horde Of
political bummers and lazy place hunters
clamoring at the doors of the House and Sen
ACE for q chance to earn from five to nine
dollars day for lounging about nicely fur
nshed room and guzzling committee whisky.
Occasionally competent man is elected to a
clerical position, but rarely. Some times men
who can scarcely write grammatical sentence
or cast up a column of accounts are elected
to fill these responsible positions. simply be-
cause they peddled the party ticket in Lander
county and helped put up job in tho con-
vention Of Douglas. The Office, however, is
not as a rule much of q strain on their capac-
Generally the men after these positions are
out of employment for the rest of the year. as
no business firm will trust them with the re-
sponsibilities of casting up accounts. 1t is
wretched piece of extravaganza to pay nine
dollars a day for the work that such men
render to the State. There is very seldom a
man elected to one of the many positions
within the gift of the Legislature who would
not willingly accept s. SO day for his work
and even then consider his Office a snecure
If men cosld be chosen on the score of Gem
potency alone there might be some sense in
paying high wages, and if the presesent rates
are forever to be maintained in Nevada, let
there be some movement made toward re.
'orm by selecting nothing but first-clsss pen.
men and accountants, and above all, men who
ire able to keep sober at least three days in
he week
rHK STATIONERY sTRAL.
If the members desire to lead off economi.
ally they can begin well by not voting them
elves $50 for stationery. Members have
,een in the habit of taking this money, e1-
lending about $40 for stationery and pocket
ng the balance. Members as q rule do not
,se over s. worth of stationery during the
essicn, yet vote themselves 81 500 for that
tenn alone. A man whs gets eight dollars a
lay as a member ought to pay for the half
lozen letters he writes daily. and if this e1.
'ense we're cut of the money could be appro-
'riated to some much more useful purpose.
We challenge any man who ever sat in the |
legislature to show that he ever used $50 |
Ferth of stationery during the session and |
nen can be named whose bills for paper and |
ostage stamps would not amount tie two bits |
week.
THR MILEAGE GRAB.
The rates allowed for milage would bank
rm if railroads and stages charged him the
anne price as the State allows. For instance,
member from Lander can get about $175
lileage from Lander to Carson and back, yet
is actual expenses are not over $50. As
ale each member makes in mileage about
fly per cent clear and where he has free
asses over the railroads and stage routs, he
sometimes enable to pocket the whole &C
,unt The pay of the chaplains is also
'mething quite as out of proportion to the
ork performed. Their pay is five dollars a
ny fer five minutes work, or at the average
tie of dollar a minute for blessing the
bors Of body of men who are engaged in
,gincering some sort Of steal which will
II en- the pockets of each taxpayer in the
.ate. Instead of hiring a clergyman to do the
aging, it might be as we'll that each member
ould be compelled by law to pray at least
n minutes day, and give ten per cent of
S gains, legal and Illegal, to charity. i
The APPEAL publishes these few economical |
gges.ions in The hope that the press of the
ate, irrespective of party, will take the
after in hand and give the burdened tax
yers some sort of show. Perhaps enough
light be saved by the methods above enun-
ated to build lunatic Asylum, or pay in
Il the various newspapers whose bills for
ate advertising were cut down because the
was exhausted. II
AFTER THE FISH KILLERS The anglers
ID sportsmen of this city are raising purse
r the purpose of prosecuting the men who