Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-01
A Rancher's Opinion.

PoA o uou W OOuVlCL nlmSelI. MurQeE
will out. Can fool keep counself
Let us moraiize but not be unjust.
Once it happened that the delegation
OF Elko county voted and passed q
bill bonding the already over-bur-
dened taxpayers in the sum OF $780,
600 to build q railroad from Carlin to
Boise City, passing through Tusca-
rora; road that the people did not
want, road that could not but in
jure the county, and which would
only benefit few, viz: The G. P. r.
r and the mining companies, and
this for the smile of these syndlcates.
What other recompense, is hard to
guess. They bartered the welfare of
the men who sent them there. The
people of Elko were indignant and
expressed their sentiments. The big
interests OF the county, farming and
teaming; push this road through and
you would kill that interest. The
farmer raises his grain, hauls it to
Tuscarora, and by the income derived
from the grain, freight, hard work
and economy, manages to live. But
that is pact. Our Honorable Assem-
bly, came to the conclusion that the
poor man is useless. Let US starve
him out, so they passed this bill and
now they defend themselves, or at
least they try TO do 30. How drown
ing man will cling to a straw, or q
starving COW will eat willows; how a
Legislator whose conscience troubles
him, and whose penetration of the
future is none too clear, will try to
crawl behind the spotless (?) mantle
OF railroad and Of a mining COM
pany for protection from q trust he
has betrayed. Mol Honorable men,
bers, don't cling to such a timsy de-
tense; don't say you thought you
were right; don't say, "The people
wanted it," That same bill, or one
similar to it, was discussed before
and the people opposed it and you
knowing they did. At the eleventh
hour, when 1T was too late to make
opposition, rushed through this bill Of
infamy. Why? Because a railroad
and mining company said it was to
their interests; but, 1.-THE jingle of q
Guinea oft helps the hurt that Honor
feels" A pass over the road may
heal a sore conscience. Pardon me if
speculate. A man will think for
himself. Did it ever appear SO to
you, Honorable Members when you
voted for this bill? How do you
judge business2 by the income; a
LervantH by his work; man? by his
honor and capacity. just 80 will you
be judged. Does the good you have
done the county balance the evil?
Answer that question to your own
satisfaction il you can. You voted
for some good bills, that we grant;
but you had to, public sentiment
forced you to do it; the others were
different. The very bill you pride
yourselves on, the one you crawl be-
hind fcr sympathy and shelter, is I'M
just and dishonest when viewed
without prejudice and bias. When
you hire a man for stated salary and
he gives up his business to fill that
position, is it just to reduce his salary
before his term expiresH The people
called for a reduction Of salaries but
not to 90 into effect until 1893, and
that ia when the reduction should
commence. Can your consciences
even clear you here? There ia an
other bill you pride yourselves on,
McClellan's Irrigation bill. Please
translate, my comprehension is dull;
hut / thirst for knowledge. One
object ia plain, it creates more Offices
and thereby more taxes; tho rest ia
shrouded in mystery. Charity, they
gay, covers many sins. Let US show
charity. You may not be- dishonest,
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