Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-03-19

pliShed in the departments tor their
interest. No person has ever writ
ten to him with regard to postotfice,
pension or any other matter without
receiving a reply and having the
matter attended to promptly and et-
tciently. He distributes among the
people all the seeds and documents
that he can procure from the depart
mcnt.
Largely through his efforts the
construction of the public buildings
at Carson were expedited.
When he was first elected there
was no State University. The pit
tancc that was realized by the in
stItution from the college land grant
was of no consequence. Alter he
was elected it will be remembered
that he spent more than month in
changing the organization OF the
University and getting the institu
tion under the reliable supervision
of competent regents. He thea de-
voted his attention to obtaining gov
ernment aid and had the necessary
Legislation OF the State and regula-
ton of the department made which
secured the S25 600 a year for the
Experiment Station. He then assist
ed the venerable Senator Morrill,, of
Vermont, to pass the bill in aid OF
Agricultural Colleges, and suggest
ed such amendments to the bill as to
avoid the objections which had pre-
vented its passage for twenty-five
years. He secured the assent OF the
representatives of the land States
and removed all objection by the
amendment he suggested. Under
that bill the institution Is now receiv-
ing S25 600 a year, and the $40 900
from the general government with
the assistance of the State has made
the Nevada State University great
institution. 1t conters untold bless
ings upon the people of the State
and makes the educational facilities
of Nevada equal to those of any
other State in the Union.
He devised the plan tor the Indian
School and secured the appropriation
and the final establishment of the
institution, which is the best Indian
School in the country
He has done a vast amount of work
in reducing to form the war claims
of the State OF Nevada against the
United States. The general govern
ment owes the State of Nevada,
principal and interest, over S4oo 900.
He secured the examination and aud
iting OF these claims by the War
Department, and the unanswerablc
report which he presented to the
Committee on Military, Affairs was
adopted. The claim was tavorably
reported to the Senate from that
Committee twice and twice from the
Committee on Claims, and 1t has once
passed the Senate, but it failed III
the House.
He has repeatedly passed bills in
the Senate tor payment OF the Piute
Indian war claims, and many other
claims Tor Nevada; in fact he does
1t in every Congress, but these bills
have failed in the House. AT the
present session, as member OF the
Committee on Claims he has secured
the incorporation OF the State claim
and the Piute war claims in an ON
nibus bill, which will probably pass
both Houses during the present Con-
gress. 1t may not pass at this ses-
sion, but it is believed that after
election il will certainly be passed.
The bill appropriates about ten mil
lion dollars to honest claimants.
Appropriations originate in the
House of Representatives, but as
rule the Carson mint has been neg
lccted by that body. For the last
ten years, at nearly every session it
has been necessary to secure amend
ments in the Senate TO keep the mint
running. At the present session Mr..
Newlands succeeded in having the
appropriation originate in the House
according to the usual custom i'll
such matters. The House has been
so adverse to anything that Nevada
required that nearly every item OF
legislation has been the result OF
Senate amendments. The Indian
School was Senate amendment; (;
the reimbursement OF the County of
Ormsby for monies expended for inn
provements on the property which
the county donated, was a Senate
amendment. The provisions in the
tariff bill which have in any way
benefited Nevada were all Senate
amendments Nevada labors under
the disadvantage of having but one
member in the lower House, which
is a very large body. She has two
Senator's, and through them she re-
ceives most of her legislation.
In all these matters Senator Stew
art has had the cordial cooperation
of his colleague, Senator Jones, who
has been ever ready, willing and ac-
tive in everything which can possi-
bly, benefit the State which has hon
ored him so much. 1t can be truth
fully said that the State has done
well in honoring Senator Jones, for
he has done as much, if not more,
than any living man, for the cause
of financial reform and the restora-
tion OF the money Of the Constitu-