The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-02-23
Carson Letter.

carson Letter.
EDITOR COURIER: Wells Drury, in
his articles on the Single Tax, being
published in the NeUuda Magazine,
explains how John W. Mackay and
other Nevada-made millionaires We're
driven out of the State by excessive
taxation. 1t is no doubt true that if
those gentlemen had not been so heav-
lily taxed, they might have made
handsome sum of money in Nevada.
As it was, they came here with moth
ing and left with only few millions
twenty and thirty millions each, about,
for the leaders. But they could have
been kept in the State, even for their
natural lives-if the grand juries had
performed their duty.
The Republican financial bill has
passed the Senate by the large major
ity of 10, two Democrats voting for the
gold measure. The Republican men,
bers from the west implored their
brethren from the east to put in the
old international agreement bait,
which was finally agreed to. 1t was
argued that it was like abandoning
the western members to their fate, if
the party went on record unalterably
opposed to silver legislation, and
few honest members claimed they were
sincere when. they adopted a platform,
favoring. silver legislation, with the
consent of other nations. But most of
them said that was all buncome, and
that the silver planks in the Republi-
can platforms had always been inserted
at the earnest solicitation of western
members of the party, so as to fool
their constituents, said western mem
bers claiming that it would be impossi-
BILE to elect single Republican in the
west without the fraud. But now that
the party was strong enough to en-
throne gold, now was the time to do it,
and the sooner it was done the better,
TO the end that the last spark of life in
the silver cause might be crushed out.
Will some Spiritualist please commun-
icate with the spirit of the late Andrew
Jackson, and tell him that the banks
are ON top?
The Attorney General of California
has notified the Assessors of the coun-
ties through which the railroad runs,
that they must assess all cars of for
eign corporations found in their conn-
ties on the first Monday in March. This
will reach an immense amount of prop
erty belonging to corporations run
ming refrigerator, stock, furniture, oil,
Pullman and other cars over the trans
continental lines. | called the atten-
ton of the Assessors in Nevada to this
same fact last year, but they utterly
ignored the matter. The law provides
that all property shall be assessed. A
refrigerator ear, belonging to the st.
Louis Refrigerator Co. of st. Louis, for
instance, standing on a railroad track
in Nevada, is certainly property in
Nevada, within the purview of the
statute, and why should it not be as
sessed? No one seems to be able to I'M
derstand any valid reason why it
should not be assessed, except the
gentlemen who are indebted to the
corporations for their official positions
But the fact | most wonder at is that
the people don't make them explain it.
General R. NJ. Clarke, one of the
noblest Tribunes the people of Nevada
ever had, is dead He fought the
peoples fight, and opposed corpora
ton abuse wherever he saw it, fearless
ly and without hope of reward. In
this he was not mistaken; the people
never did reward him. Mentally, he
was the peer of any man in the State,
and no one could ever reflect greater
credit to the State of Nevada in the
United States Senate = but he never
stood better show of getting there
than any other honest and able man.
He was man of deep and tender
sympathies for all creation, and would
not needlessly tread upon worm.
His achievements in the law have in
scribed for him noble name in the
Supreme Court Reports of several
States.
A number of the good people of Car
son have treated the town to a beauti-
full amateur performance, called the
Sea Queen. The agent of the Wang
Opera Company witnessed the per-
Torrance, and he declared that he had
never witnessed anything better in the
line of amateur theatricals. For my
part | consider it like an oasis in long
winters desert. Carson certainly feels
proud and thankful to the painstaking
and talented people who contributed
SO much to their enjoyment.
General Torreyson was one of the