Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-10-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

, in towns and thickly populated
, sections, but in the rural ant
: sparsely settled districts, anc
as the education of pupils in th'
) sparsely settled sections Of the
State is necessarily more expsn
!; sive per capita than where s
large number of pupils can at
tend the same school, such 8
division of the school mSney
should be msde as will furnish
the means of education to all
children in the State.
! XVI.
| Expenditures beyond the
means of private individuals are
required for surveys, engineer
ing, and the construction Of res
ervoirs, canals, and other by
draulic works, for the purpose
of irrigation in this State. We
therefore favorliberal apprepriA-
/, tions By Congress for surveys,
both hydrosraphical and topo-
! graphical, 10 asst rtain how the
waters Gf this State, witch How
run to waste in flood time, may
be stored nnu utilized far the
purrose Of agriculture. to the
end that when all the facts are
known suitable aid may be OBJ
taineG 5rem Congress to en- bic
the Government of the United
States TO dispose OF its lands, and
TO enable the people to settle up
On and occupy the same.
XVII. ;
Resolved, That two years.
experience hiss demonstrated
that the present jury law which
compels citizens, at their own
expense, without regard to their
pecuniary ability or the losses
they may suffer, summarily to
suspend their usual occupations,
break their business engage
ments, travel long distances and
remain from their homes for an
uncertain period, and attend up
on District Courts as jurymen, is
q measure of unWise economy,
often productive Of great hard
ship and an unjust imposition
of public burdens upon private
individuals. We therefore de-
mand Of the next Legislature
such legislation as shall secure
to all citizens fair compensation
for all the time which they spend
and full reimbursement for ali |
expenses which they incur ia |
perfortning the duties Of jury |
men ia the District Courts.
XVIII.
Resolved, that we point with
pride and pleasure to the able and
brilliant record made by our
Senator in Congress, the Hon.
John z. Jones, in his watchfuE
and vigilant care efeur interests
upon ali occasions, AZ are fully
s;iown by his unanswerabie
speeches in Congress against the
reduction of duties upon foreign
manufacturers and foreign pro-
which exposes in Il
style and in clear
and forcible manner the free
trade doctrines Of modern De-
Hisable and exhaust
I'VE speeches upon the reinone-
tization of silver, particularly in
he last speech in Congress upon
hat subject, in which he has
displayed more strongly his abil--
ty to render the abstruse subjects
to the common mind.
thereby replacing and uphold
ing the ola tilne-honored Amer
can Dollar of our fathers in its
,ightful position as part of our
circulating medium and pur-
power; and its logical
md overwhelming arguments in
,avor Of the passing of the Chi
1ese Restriction and Exclusion
Bill and amendments thereto
Turing the last Congress.
Resolved, That our able
in Congress,
Hon. William Woodburn, de-
). rves the united thanks of the
people of this State for his con-,
slant zeal and watchful care
over the true interests of the
people OF this State, and that
we recognize in him an able
statesman, a faithful Represent
ltive, and an honest man; and
We say: "Well done, thou good