Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-18

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SATURDAY. :::: JUNE IL. 1851
usuEvoLxHr srsREY.
Among the press dispatches from Dub
LIN yesterday vas n tslsGraphicaily
vordsd - follows:
South Dublin guardians resolved ssnd
81 able bodied paupers America Been In
vorkhouss three TO twenty years.
Thst's the old thing. The nations OF
Europe have for numerous years been
too much In the habit Of shippins their
paupsrs 70 America. yss Ne shall have 70
stand it. America 10 the land Of the
frss and generous. and The home Of the
i-nessanious and oppressed Of al ma
tioas. and people Who in The old eoun-
triss may b psspsus. may rise 70 ONES
and afausnes In this- There are plenty
Of homo psupsrs In America. and the
chances are that there always viii b.
Each s,ats. county and town has its In
diesnt poor. No county % town would
b complete without them. Look ct our
own county Of Storey for instance. In
BONANZA tines, when stocks were up.
INDECENT people did not appeal for ~
distance In vain. and now that hard
timss are with ~. IL u sminsntly spPre-
propia,s. and to b expected. that the
INDECENT people should increase In num-
bsfs and need.
The number and ability Of tsxpsysrs
and benevolent people does not increase.
however. The consolidation Of Gold
Hin and Virginia with Storey county
va brought about for the sole purpose
Of simplifying and ehsspsning the sys-
tenn Of municipal government. and
making the burden lighter on Taxpayers.
Thus far, Il ID rather dincult 70 sss
whore the simplihsation Of government
and lssssning Of TAXATION comes In. yet
this will doubtless b all made clear
whom the benefits Of the consolidation
become more apparent. Gold Hill never
asksd or wished for the consolidation.
but alwsys refused and opposed II. and.
q Last. after seventeen years Of impor-
tnnity on the part Of Virginia. merely
soquissesd for the sake Of peace In the
family. - Il were. The reduction Of
taxss. and other blessings resulting from
The effected consolidation. will. however.
open their syes to Ito manifold benefits.
The INDECENT people Of the whole
county certainly arc benefited BY the
change. And 20 are the corporations.
The poor. for the hrst time. have thsir
sosd to relief properly defined. and the
railroad and mining companies are ~
lisvsd from town and city taxation.
II the ordinary business men and prop
srty holders do not appreciate the rsduo-
ton Of taxation. Il IL because they are
sslnshly prsjudissd. None are more
blind than those Who CONT zee. This
reduction OF taxation Il the most grail.
flying and important feature. In fact. IL
las bssn. and still Il, the principal point
d issue.
The Drsxlsr bill. for the benefit Of
INDECENT persons. passed BY the last
Legislature. 10 most bsnsacsnt arrange.
mont. Before that. poor people In need
Of ofneial assistance. were distracted. In
not knowing how to apply. but now
they are NOT. The plain road 10 marked
on, for them. All they have TO do II to
sss . couple Of friendly taxpsysn to
indorss their application, and thsn give
u TO the County Commissioner from
their district. It 10 . mighty mean tax
payer who will not give his signature
for the assistance Of . needy nsishbor.
and the Board OF Commissioners are
Supposed to b men with souls generous
enough to consider and grant al such
legitimate applications. Il 10 also .
great relief to private charities. for Il Il
easy to say: "Timss are . little too
rough on me, and. anyhow. you are
provided for BY the county. Why don't
you call on the county for help 2 There
IL no style in striking M. whom you
have . regular source Of relief. specially
provided. Don't b bashiul In apply
Ing"
And they are not bsshiul. According
10 the testimony In the malfsssanos ease
Of Commissioner Sheridan yesterday. 1t
Virginia, the Drs1lsr bill works splsn.
didly. and Storey county under the con-
s~olidstion. IL . arst-olass benevolent
institution and the Board Of Commits
sionsrs . committee OF onioial dis
psnssrs Of public charity. Captain
Matt. Canavsn. who 10 Chairman Of the
Board, In the oourss Of his testimony
made the following explanatory state
msnt:
Rslisf d given on application Of INDECENT
psrsons on the signatures Of two taxpayers.
a. general thing; e~xigencies arise whom
this rule 10 not followed; the Board either
allows or disallows m application; II al
lowed IL 10 referred TO the Commissioner
Of the district In which the case exists; Ne
have acted under the Drexlsr Law svsr
since Va got . copy Of IL about two weeks
altar IL passags. Usually before the fsgu-
lar meetings the INDECENT bills are infor-
mally segregated and examined By the
Commissioners who have granted The ~
Lief. and passed upon BY the full Board;
The Endorsement Of the granting Commit
sionsr 10 usually considered enough svi-
dsnce Of correctness BY the Board; indi-
GENT business takes most Of the time Of the