The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-12-12
MASS MEETING
OF THE PEOPLE OF TAYLOR.
Vigorous Protest Entered Against
the CurtaiIment Of Our Mail
Service.

In mass meeting at the Opera House
last Wednesday night. The hall was
crowded, all u people evincing a
lively interest in the subject to come
up for consideration.
Hon. Robert Briggs, in a few
eloquent remarks, called the meeting
to order.
On motion, Sol Hip was elected
Chair man, and W. L. Davis, Secretary.
Mr.. Hip, on taking the Chair,
explained the object of the meeting,
setting forth that We had met to assert
the dearest rights of American citizens
to protest against a wrong and
petition these in authority that justice
be done u.
Mr.. Alexander Wilson, being called
on, addressed the meeting, citing the
great hardship and injustice the order
issued by the Postoffice Department
would work against cur people. He
said: We are an intelligent commu-
nifty, q reading community, acommer-
cial and progressive people. Our rev.
enue in support of the Postal and other
Departments of the Government is
greater than that of any other equal
number of people in the United States.
True VI are isolated from the centers
of trade and commerce, and this late
order of the Postofiee Department
would almost cut US eff %altogethel
from the outside world. Mr.. wi son
closed by stating he MAS surprised that
Postmaster General Villas, who himself
WAS raised on the confines of civiliza-
ton in Wisconsin, when that State was
almost = terra inc0gnito, should so
forget the vieissitudes OF his early life
anu a weekly mail To some remote
town in his State when a struggling
young attorney. John L. Baker (Presi-
dent OF the ID. F. l. OF Eureka, was
the BOY who used To carry Col. Villas
the weekly mail he watched and
waited for So sag .rly in those early
days.
Hon. II. Muldooa being called on,
addressed the meeting in Il few APP
propriate remarks. Mr.. Muldoon said
1t was the traditional policy OF the
Government IL foster and help the
brave men aud Gauntlsss women who
pulled Out all set the stakes of
civilization a degsse further towards
the setting sun, WHO made Il blade OF
z :ass aud an acre of corn grow where
one ever grew before. Above all, the
pioneers of tile arid regions of this
great basia, who had extracted millions
of ind~sst.uctible wealth for the benefit
Of the whole people from the unwil
ing bosom OF Mother Earth, de-
served we'll OF the Government. The
grass and orn-sve the hardy hands
that produced this wealth will pass
away but the gold and silver they
gave mankind is i~ndsstructible and
will always remain. The speaker
believed that if our claims we're laid
in proper shape before the p. o. De-
p%artment, our prayer would be needed
aud the late order rescindsd.
Postmaster Edwards being called,
gave some useful information regard
ing the business transacted at the
Taylor office. lie said the incoming
mails, for which Ne get 40 credit, are
about $50 pounds each mail, or 10 to
ID sacks. Under the new order the
number of mail sacks would be from
IL to %. lie agreed with the pre-.
vious speakers that u reduction TO a
semi-weekly mail would work y great
hardship OF the business and social
interests of Taylor.
Hon. Robert Briggs next addressed
the meeting, and paid n glowing trib-
ute to the valor and patriotism of the
people who, amid untold dangers aad
hardships, extended civilization to the
Far West and made this remote land
not a burden but a great help to the
General Government. When the Ma
tion's life was in dangsr-when it's
credit was impaired and greonbacks
only rated AZ 33 cents-the hardy
miners of this Coast came to the res
cue. They poured millions of gold
and silver into the Federal Treasury,
enabling it to meet its urgent de.
mands, in time to resume specie pay
ment, and o to boast of the most
pleth0ric treasury in the world. To
him this proposed mail reduction was
au i%nexcusable blundcr, and petition,
loud and long, should be sent to
Washington, protesting against such
action.
On motion, a Committee ofSix was
appointed by the Chair to draft reso-