Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-09-19
TINE CONSTITUTION
REFORu.

The Enterprise has recently tax
en- the ground that the State ex'
penees were too large and that II
w,r'd hcc ,me necessary IN consoli.
date certain Offices and reduce GER
tain salaries, thereby making saw
ing to the taxpayers.
{ ,ppr.L Is heartily in &C
cord with any plan which will make
law i.;a's earn their money or
cut down the salaries of officials
VINO have next to nothing to do.
We believe that a Constitutional
Convention won,d enable men
really interested in reform to frame
something which would work most
Of the reforms called for. A Lag
is'atrre would not do If. az Legis-
lato-s are not gathered for the pur-
Pose Of relieving the people Of any
Of the burdens If taxation, but
rather made NJ of men who come
to this city TO plunge their arms
clear m IT, the shoulders into the
Sat, Treasury. There are a few
conscientious men in these bodies
but they are always a weak pitiable
minority. A Lerisisture is drag
ne. WHICH catches all the corrupt
10, Of the State and deposits it in
one place. Each man has a JOB,
each town has job and each conn
ty has a job to put through. The
mines, the corporations. the rail
roads. the business men. the China
men. the State officers. the County
officers. the fellows with the relief
bills. the Indian war claim johbars
and in fact the whole outfit Of US
are all in the same boat, all reach
ing ont for a chance to drag the
State Treasury in the name Of pat
riotism and reform. To buck such
a combination as this il simply the
height Of folly. The attempt to
reduce the salaries etc, has been
made before, and it has always
failed. The attemp: to regulate
the railroads has failed. tho attempt
to inaugurate number of Lecisls-
tive reforms have failed, and all these
schemes may be booked as dead is
sues for all time to come
Simply because the various inter
ests combined il these jobberies
xre stronger than q lot Of indiffer-
ent lazy taxpayers and voters who
do no: read the newspapers suf
fcicntly to keep themselves in
formed upon the live topics of the
dag. The men who r'ile are the
Kings among the hogs, and carry
their points simply because they
pay some attention to the business
Of politics. and fisA around the edge
Of the filthy pool to plucl: living
from the mirey waters. There are
too many politicians to the acre
here, and the grass is 50 short that
those who fatten must browse night |
and day and push the balance Of
the cattle off the green spots. All
who browse in these pastures have
friends, and the aggregate of these
:l;ques Of people is the balance of
power in either party.
A Constitutional Convention is
lpt to be composed Of d better av-
srage class CT men than a Lcgisla-
live asssmblage, and therefore, if
he Enterprise is really in earnest
boat los reforms why will it
lot advocate an assemb,age
# brains and honesty, where these
eforms could be properly attended
.. Ii one breath the Enterprise
advocates pledg!ng men to DO GER
ain things in the Legislature and
f they fail, advises the people that
hey can apply the remedy" Yet
a another article it takes an en-
i-ely contrary position and holds
hat Conventions that would exact
ron clad pledges are dominated By
'assion and prejudice Ii we are
0 have reform let Us begin in dead
and renoyate the rotSenest
4 all the swindle. that RODS the
State. We refer to the Comstock
mines. Let US begin the extermi-
lation of the vultures who build
heir nests in the crass of the Com
.:ock; the foul birds Of prey who
ave been fsasting upon the vitals
{ Nevada for twenty years, and
,lunging their relentless beaks and