The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-09-22
WHAT THE STATE NEEDS.
Let Us Send to the Legislature MeT
Who Have Some Interest I'm Conn
mon with Us.

mon with Us.
Both the Republican and DeIpocrat
ic County Conventions will meet here
next week. One of the most import
ant duties that will devolve upon
them-and one that should receive
their most careful consideration is
the nomination of capable men to send
to Carson to make our laws There
is no particular issue involved in the
legislative tickets this year, as no u.
s. Senator is to be elected. What
we need is not politics, SO much as
good, square, honest men-men whose
interests are closely connected with
the industry of the oountry-men who
bear part of the public burden, and
while legisla!ing for US will be doing
the same for themselves. In the past
it has been too common for the peo-
pie of Nevada to send the poorest
kind of material to the State Legisla-
ture, and many representative" of
the people of White Pine, as well as
other counties, packed his gripssck,
went to Carson, made laws for US and
never returned-a kind of charitable
way we have had of disposing of our
surplus population. In no other
State in the Union could such men be
elected to make laws for the people.
And while we continue to be repre-
sented by men who have no interest
in our county more than any where
else, SO long will we have bad laws
made for US. And surely. when we
send the poor kind of material to re-
present US, we have no one to blame
but ourselves. Let the people of
White Pine, though their Conventions,
nominate and elect men to the Leg
islature who are known to be bona
tide residents, and who will return to
US to render an account OF their stew
ardship. We want none Of the car
pet-bag fraternity. In support of
this We quote the following from the
Reno Gazette, which is sound to the
core.
What the State needs is good leg
islation, and never in its history was II
more needed than now, and to accom-
plish the desired end the people must
join in together and refuse to elect
anyone to the Upper or Lower House
who is not known to be thoroughly
competent. AS before remarked 10
these columns, says the Carson Fri
bune, there is no United States Sena-
tor To be elected and so all the time
OF the lawmakers can he occupied in
the enactment of such laws as shall
tend to the future prosperity of the
State, for much, very much, has to be
dene, and if left undone by the next
legislators "anathema marapthan
should be their remard.
It's all very we'll to say that any,
one who can read and write in the
language of the country vii. do for
legislator, but such is not the opinion
of the majority of the taxpayers of
the State, for they demand represent
alton that shall operate for the gen.
eral good, and the motto of all County
Conventions should be, no sell-out or
incompetent person need apply; We
have hold-over Senators who can he
trusted, and let it be seen to that none
but trustworthy, Independent and
capable gentlemen are elected to fill
the vacant chairs in the Upper House.
II IS the duty of ever newspaper IN
the State to keep this subject matter
constantly before The voters, and
should an incompetent or venal per-
son aspire for legislative nomination
let him be beaten in Convention.