The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-10-11
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The Ell rsofths nesspspers. Shicb
are run 10 lbe Interest ofrDrPor4iioss.
10 make = parry issue u he question
Of calling = ~confeoton Tor III express
purIo-s q revising the contribution,
says the silver SAFE. aD@s not appear
10 meet The approval q tie rank and
nIe Of tbs Republican parry. The
Carson Appeal has refs.ed 70 follow
the Virginia KnterDrise in opposition
10 shs propgsilion. and al sJsOc4ies
the convention sysssa a. the only
przeaIezl method q revising the con-
ssltation, and many Republicans IN
various parts ofibe stale e xTress sim
liar ,IeSs on The sHtleS. All the pa
per.. zoe ezaepins the E~nteYprs.er
adult the necessity Of revising the
constitution. but corporation papers,
fearing that radical changes, affecting
the interests Of lheI- oHn-r-. all IL
made ~ a convention, Oppose that
measure aud izyor amendments by
the Legislature. which eAnn9t p1ssi-
biy he ratified in the am nov PEE
scribe1 By tue present constitution IN
less than Jour years. a. tie opp'-
nent- Of . Constitutional Convention
know that the people lluD4nimou~
IL vote ia favor of y c~snssntlon u
they knoN the real motives Of lie op
20 .ition, they have desi-sd y4noBs
preLexls to deceive the people, use
principal one being the great expense
which a convention will impose Oh
the tax payers.
II the l~egi.lature, which Is 70 met
ia Czr.on bexg January. II DISPOSED
10 in4usarats r-iorHis Tor the Teiuc-
ton OF expen So, the cost Of conFen-
need not exceed So ,0O0, Oh third
tue ex PEN of an average Session Of
The Legislature. This ran be accom-
plishssi by reducing the membership
Of both branches from 20, the present
number. 10 30 or %. Fifteen mem
Der. OF the Assembly aud seven sen-
ators ought 10 be sufficient %rspre.en-
tation for The IS 100, or a. The mo~t.
SO. 900 inhabitants Of the Siats. IL
they are capable and honest, they can
enact all the necessary laws in thirty
days; aud II they are not, they would
not accomplish anything for the ben
fit of the people in the sixty days 10
which the SEES lions are limited by tie
constitution, As a Constitutional
Convention must consist Of q number
Of members not less than that Of both
branches OF the Legislature. If the
membership Of the Legislature is re-
duced 10 the number indicaied, the
cost OF = Constitutional Convention
need not exceed sZ5, 900, and the re-
duction Of expenses, which woul1re-
suit from a consolidation Of Offices
under the revised constitution, would
save the taxpayers more than that
amount in a year.
The question Of revising the consti
tuition will be submitted 10 the people
at the November election, both par
ties two years ago having declared IN
favor of It, and the Legislature OF 1883
having declared it imperatively me-
ce>sary. 1t Is a matter which con
Germs the whole people OF Nevada,
and the attempt Of the corporate pa
pers to make IL a party issue, hoping
thereby to defeat ii, should not be
count. naDced by those who believe in
sinp.i yIng the machinery of our
S.a 9 and county governments, in re-
ducing expenses, and making the
members OF corporations, like those
OF private firms, responsible for their
Just debts and liabilities.