Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-02
DAYTON NEV SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1856.

seiy settled sections Of the State is necessarily
more expensive per capita than where large
humber of pupils can attend the same school, such
q division OF the school money should be made as
will furnish the means Of ucatlon to all child
rem in the state,
XVI.
Expenditures beyond the mesns Of private in
dividuals required for surveys, engineering,
and the construction Of reservoirs, canals and
other hydraulic works, for the purpose Of irriga-
tion In this State. We therefore favor liberal ap-
propriststions by Congress for surveys, both ny
biographical and typographical to ascertain how
the waters of this state. which now run to waste
in flood 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 Government Of the
United States to dispose of its lands, and 10
enable the people to settle upon and occupy
the same
Resotced. That two years experience has dem.
onstrated that the present jury law which COM
pels citizens, at their own expense without regard
to their pecuniary sbility or the losses they may
suffer, summartlyt SUSPEND their usual occups-
tions, break their business engagements, travel
long distances, and remain from their homes for
an uncertain period, and attend upon District
Courts rs iur men, is measure of unwise 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-
penses which they incur in performing the duties
of jurymen in the Distric Courts.
XVIII.
Resotued. 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 watchfu aud vigilant OF our interests up.
Oh all occasions, as are fully shown by his unAn.
| swsrable speeches in Congress against the reduc.
tion of duties upon foreign manufactures and
| productions, which expose in 9 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
| uopn that subject, in which he has displayed
more strongly his ability to render that sbstruss
| subject intelligent to the most common mind
thereby replacing and upholding the old time hon
ored American dollar Of fathers in its rightfu
| position as part of our circulating medium and
purchasing power, and his logical and 0verwhe I'm.
| ing arguments in favor of the passage of the
| Chinese Restriction and Exclusion Bill and
amendments thereto during the last Congress.
| Resolved, That our able representative In Con
| gress, the Hon, William Woodburn, deserves the
united thsnks of the people OF the State for hii
! constant zeal and wAtchful over the true in
tereets of the people Of this Stste, and that
cognize in him an able statesman, faithful kepre
sentative, and an honest man well done, thor
ood and faithful servant renewed honors avail
thee"
| Resolped That we are unalterably in favor OF
| home rule" in Nevads and believe that the meI
who pay their taxes and whose homes and interests
| identified with this State should control III
| politics.
Resolued That we demand that the ne1t Legis
lAture shall pass laws In accordance with the
known as the Nebraska plan kown SIS the Nebrssk,
plan, for the election Of United States senators.