Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-27

sely settled sections Of the State is necessarily
more expensive per capita than where Q large
number of pupils can attend the same school, such
division OF the school money should be made as
will furnish the means Of eG ucatlon 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 irrigS-
ton In this State. We therefore favor liberal sp-
Dropriatstions by Congress for surveys, both hy-
biographical and typographical to ascertain how
he waters of this state. which now run to waste
in flood time, may be stored and utilized fer the
purpose Of agriculture, TO the end that when all
the facts are klcyn suitable aid may be obtained
from Congress to enable the Government Of the
United States to dispose OF its lands, and to
enable the people to settle upon and occupy
the same.
XVII.
Resolved. That two yesr's experience has dem
onstrated that the present jury law which COM
pels citizens at their own expense, without regard
TO their pecuniary ability or the losses they may
suffer, summsrily t. suspend their usual occupa-
tions, break their business engagements, travel
long distances, and remain from their homes for
uncertain period, and attend upon District
Courts as jury men, is measure of unwtse 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.
XVIII.
Resolyed. That we point with pride and pleas
ure to the able and brilliant record made by our
Senator in Congress-, the Hon. John p. Jones, in
his wstchful aud vigilant OF our interests up
on all occasions, are fully shown by his unan-
swersble speeches in Congress against the reduc-
tion of duties upon foreign manufactures and
productions, which expose in q mastery style
and In q clear and forcible manner the free trade
doctrines of modern Democracy. His able and
exhaustive speeches upon the remonetization of
silver, particularly the last speech in Congress
more strongly his ability to render that abstruse
subject Intelligent to the most common mind,
thereby replacing and upholding the old time hon
ored American dollar of fathers in its rightful
position as a part of our circulating medium and
purchasing power, and his logical and everwhelm
ing arguments in favor of the passage of the
Chinese Restriction and Exclusion Bill, and
amendments thereto during the last Congress.
Resolued, 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
terests of the people OF this Stste and that we
sentative, and an honest man We'll done, thou
pood and faithful servant; renewed honors await
thee"
ReSoloed, That we are unAlterably In favor Of
home rule" in Nevad4 and believe that the men
who pay their taxes and whose homes and interests
Identified with this State should control its
politics.
Resolued, 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 senators.