Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-23

sely settled sections of the State is necessarily
more expensive per capita than where large
number Of pupils can attend the same school, such
division Of the school money should be made az
will furnish the means Of e ucaton to all child
rem In the State,
Expenditures beyond the means of private In
dividuals are required for surveys, engineering,
and the construction Of reservoirs, canals and
other hydraulic works, for the purpose Of irriga-
ticn In this State. We therefore favor liberal sp.
propTietstions by Congress for surveys. both by.
biographical and typographical to ascertain how
the waters Of this state. which now ruR to waste
in food time, may be stored and utilized for the
purpose Of agriculture, TO the end that when all
the facts are known suitable aid may be obtained
from Congress to enable the Goverumenr of the
United States 70 dispose Of Its lands, and 20
enable the people to settle upon and occupy
the same.
Resotued Thst two years experience has dem
onstrated that the present jury law which COM
pels citizens. at their own expense without regard
70 theU pecuniary ability or The losses they may
suffer, summRrly SUSPEND their usual oecupa-
tiOns. break their business engagements, travel
long distances, and remain from their homes for
an uncertain period, and attend upon District
Courts ss jury men, is measure of unvise econo-
my, ten productive of great hardship and an un-
Just imposition of public burdens upon private
individuals. We therefore demand of the next
Legislature such Legislation as shall secure to all
citizens fair compensation for all the time whi ch
they spend, and full reimbursement for all ex.
Of jurymen in the Distric Courts.
Resolred. That we point with pride and pleas
ure to the able aud brilliant record made by our
Senator in Congress-, the Hon. John p. Jones, IN
his watchful aud vigiant care OF our interests up
on all occasions, as are fully shown by his unan
swerable speeches in Congress against the reduc-
tion Of duties upon foreign manufactures and
productions. which expose in . mastery style
and in q clear and forcible manner the free trade
doctrines OF modern Democracy. His able and
yhanH hes ha ram paf iYaft Of
silver, particularly the last speech IN CoDgre, s
uopn that subject, in which he has displayed
more strongly his ability to render that sbstrus-
subject Intelligent TO the most common mind,
thereby replacing and upholding the old time-hon-
ored American dollar of fathers in its rightful
position part of our circulating medium and
purchasing power, and his logical and overwhelm-
ing arguments in favor of the passage of the
Chinese Restriction and Exclusion Bill, and
amendments thereto during the last Congress.
ResoIced, That our able representative in Con.
gress, the Hon, william WoOdburn, deserves the
united thanks of the people of the State for his
constant zeal and watchful care over the true in
tere'ts of the people Of this Stste aud thst
sentative, and an honest man Well done, thou
pood and faithful servant; renewed honors await
thee"
Resolved That We unalterably in favor of
home rule" In Nevada and believe that the men
who pay their taxes aud whose homes and interests
Identified with this State should control its
politics.
Resolped, That we demand that the next Legis-
lature shall pass laws in accordance with the plan
known as the Nebraska plan kown as the Nebraska
plan. for the election of United States senator's.