Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-04
..crAsIAN LKoIsLArIoN.

sRCrARIAN LE0IsLATI0N.
v..,.rd.v the Board Of Asylum Com
-...;"nsr, Waited tho Catholic Orphan
Asylum Ut Virginia CITY iot tno puP |"
Of making the quarterly examina.on ~
ouired by law a. enacteo snu spp.vs
Iarch Sd last. The visit and e.amia1n
vere made with . view to Asce,'.,nins .ne
amount Of money to DO psid Irom .us
STATE treasury on the third Q, june ~. snu
Of the first quarter since the passage OF
the Law for the support OF hat insnsuuon.
n was found that there are % wnoie
orphans and "A half orphans Who nave
BEEN in the Asylum for three months OF
more. This 10 equivalent . y vnIis
orphans. and the sum Of Sl2!s W wll %
paid ont Of the treasury for The La quar-
Ter unless the Controller. Treasurer Oh tne
Governor shall refuse the payment Isn
possible that legal proceedings may o.
taken TO restrain the payment Oh tns
moneys, although We have not oeen ~
yised Of any. The Board iound INC
Asylum we'll conducted. and thai tnsre
vas Q total Of 120 orphans being cared lot
IN the Institution. IS Of whom have NOT
been long enough In the care OF the DIS
tsrs TO be entitled under the statute 70
State aid. The disbursement oil this money
will Be clearly for sectariAn purposes
contrary to the amendment to the Consu.
tuition that Vas adopted at the last genera
election. Al . State. We ought either 70
do away with our Orphan Home. or else
devots the public moneys Tor the care OF
orphans exclusively TO that one institution.
We are now beginning to seo the operation
and results Of some OF the legisiauon
enacted last wintsr.-Carsos LHdsr' June ..
The News has placed itself on record
In this matter for years past In honest
and consistent opposition to the sPpro-
priation Of the public moneys for SEQ
tartan institutions. whether they b pri-
vass schools or ssylums. hospitals or
anything else. Al the last general cleo
ton In this State an amendment was
adopted to the State Constitution, -
follows:
"No public funds Of any kind or
character Whatever. State. county or ma
nioipai, shall be used for ssctsrisa pur-
poses"
The Asylum In question ct Virginia IL
wsll-eouduetsd institution. and always
has been. It Was established and has
always been conducted under the aus.
pioss Of the Catholic Church. and In
furthsranes Of the objects Of that
Church. Female orphans alone are 70
osivsd there. consequently IL 10 private
and exclusive to that extent; but the bill
passed at the last Legislature for the
benefit Of similar Institutions outside Of
the State Orphans Home allows Of an
Asylum for boys also being established.
at Carson or Reno for instance. under
the same ssctarian auspices. with the
aid OF the State.
II 10 argued that the Virginia Orphan
Asylum IL not . seotarian institution be-
cause little girls are received there With
ont reference to their previous religious
training or belief. That 10 very true;
but. singular - ii may appear. not one
has ever graduated from that institution
Q Protestant. or anything else but =
Catholic. Not that the News cares II
they we're all to come out Jews or Ma
h~ommsdsns. Any Church has . right
TO establish its own assistant instita-
tions-snd support them. The News
mskss no war against any particular
scot, but against any and all ssetarisn.
ism In this matter. on the same prinsi-
pie that II has always opposed the
division Of the public school fund. or sp-
propriatons from II for the support Of
private or ssetsrian schools.
Before the State Orphans Home was
established at Carson, assistance was
appropriated from the State Treasury to
the Virginia Orphan Asylum. but the
Management Of that institution we're no
tiAsd that suoh support would b with.
drawn when the State Orphans Home
should b established; also. that all the
orphans In their charge would Be re-
osivsd at the Home II they chose to
place them there. But they preferred to
retain them. which they had . perfect
Yieht to do. This has been considered
In the light Of . private or ssetarisn
matter by previous Legislatures. and 90
scted upon. but the last Legislature was
.s.s.. available character. abstted
By . favorable Governor. consequently
this bill succeeded in passing.
And now will this clearly uneonstitu-
iionsl appropriation Of money from the
public purse for sectarian purposes DO
allowsdi Can no q prevent II! Who
10 the trusty guardian Of the public
treasury
Be IL especially understood that the
NYws 10 not ssctarian in this matter.
A far - the public moneys are con-
esrnsd, one sect 10 - good a. another.
and one should not be favored any more
than another. II the State Orphans
Home 10 not the right and proper sort
Of an institution. let rs abolish II BY al
means, and svsrmor indorss and sup.
port What has proven to Be beneficial
and good. But to support public. pri-
vats and sectarian institutions for the
same purpose. at the same time, ont Of
the same public treasury. 10 neither con.
sistsnt nor constitutional.