The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-27
"THAr 800, 900 STEAL :"

We have several times explained tbs
provisions Of the Legislative act placing
$lOO, 900 at the disposal of commission
ers for irrigation purposes; but without
avail, seemingly, for the Eureka Sentine
still maintains that the money is to be
fIched from the state school fund. II
the .se,,tinels Editor will just take the
trouble to read the billiard that will be
novel experience doubtless he will see
that he has been fighting an evil that did
not exist. The Act provides that the
State shall borrow, in accordance with
the Constitutional requirements, on its
bonds, the amount named, and, method
is further provided for paying the princi.
pal and four per cent. yearly interest to
the school fund. The school fund is
thus--if the money is used-to be en-.
riched and the children of the state to be
benefited to the extent of $1,000 year.
The Irreducible School Fund lie not as
some seem to think, an inconvertible
fund. II it were, it would be an entire.
ly useless hoard of money. producing
nothing. Because it is convertible into
State and United States bonds, and is 90
converted, it produces many thousands
Of dollars yearly in interest which is
paid Immediately to the various counties
and applied to the education Of our
children. There are at least two men
connected with the Sentinel who ought to
havs more knowledge on this subject
than the articles printed in that paper
would seem to indicate. Notwithstapd.
ing our protests they have gone right
along doing battle against Al imaginary
wrong. A few minutes spent in reading
would have saved them much ink.
Perhaps we are mistaken though. 1t
10 hard to accuse an editorial brother of
writing about subject with which he is
not familiar. One seldom does it. Per-
haps the writers of the articles on the
$500, 600 steal" know we'll enough that
they are mis.stating the case; but DO
30 for lack Of any truthful accusation
that could be made against the Republi.
can administration of our state affairs. ]
Taking this view the course of the Seat-
mel is more pardonable. We all know
that paper whose Democracy lie Of the
Sentinels kind, must dish up some abuse
Of the party in each issue. Taking the
view that "what must be must be" no
complaint should be made.
The fact is that the people of Nevada,
through the press, united in calling on
the legislature for action in regard to ir-
rigation. The demand arose partly from
reason, but, to much greater extent,
from mistaken notion that new laws
would in some mysterious way increase
the amount of water in the State. 1t
may have been partly due, also, to the
fact that . large number Of Newspaper
writer's not knowing what else to shed
ink on, exerted their powers by calling
on the legislature to ''do something" in
the line Of irrigation. They never ex.
planned just what they wanted the legis.
lature to do, because they didn't know.
They hadn't thought about that At all.
Some people never do think. They
would rather write, or talk all day, than
think . minute. Be that as it may, in
obedience to the apparently universal de.
mand, the Legislature ''did Something"
Perhaps il did altogether too much. But
its action with regard to irrigation was
most certainly responsive to the demand
Of the people, and according to republi.
can ideas the people are the masters of
the legislature.