The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-01-19
Carson Letter.

EDITOR COURIER: 1nefe Is sOinc
lively sparring between Republican
and Silver Party papers with reference
to the record OF the Silver Party of Ne
vada. | am frank to admit that the
officeholders of the Silver Party are eff
ficient and obliging gentlemen, from
the Governor down, and they have
made clean and economical record.
The Legislatures have been the vice
of the party. The Central Pacific
Railroad have elected the majority of
the members of the Legislature and
controlled them. The Republicans
were Just as bad. The big corporation
has no politics, and it stood in with
the Silver Party because it was easier
to elect its members. As soon as it be-
comes easier to elect Republicans, the
corporation will side with that party.
See See Wallace now assures the dear
people that the railroad question is
settled, referring to the settlement of
the railroads. debt to the Government
But the truth is that the settlement of
the railroad debt with the government
has never troubled the people of Ne
vada. The railroad question in Nevada
is its discriminating tariff on fares and
freights, against the people of this
State, and that question is not settled,
and never will be settled by any of our
present ofEiceholders in or out of Con-
gress. They are not built that way.
We must have a new set of men all
around. The old ones will never do
anything towards settling the railroad
question. Mr.. Wallace says that Con-
gress has no power to so regulate fares
and freights as to cripple the revenues
of the railroads below a certain figure.
While this is true and plausible, the
answer is that the railroad has no right
to make any more money from its Ne
vada custom, proportionately, than
from any other source.
The century discussion is raging in
Carson as well as in other parts of the
world, but a way has been pointed out
to insure peace and quiet. Governor
Sadler asked General Torreyson what
he thought about it, and the General
replied that he did not know anything
about it, and did not care a d. The
curt answer has become epidemic.
There is less danger in giving any kind
ofan insulting reply than in discussing
~ hea
The Central Pacific Railroad is max
ing arrangements to establish a few
thousand Doukhobors, who emigrated
from Russia to Manitoba last year, on
lands in California. Doukhobors are a
peculiar religious sect-at least they
are called peculiar because they will
not go to war, and they worship God
without display or ostentation-very
much after the manner of Christ. They
are vegetarians, and very cleanly in
their habits, thrifty, industrious and
economical The Owens river valley
would be splendid place for them to
settle in. They found conditions in
Manitoba too severe for them to live
there and desire to settle elsewhere.
The Car had no use for men who
won't fight. 1t was mainly through
Count Tolstoi's efforts that they came
to America.
Lord Methuen is reported insane,
and the Beers are afraid he will be re-
called. 1t would be hard blow on
the Beers to lose Methuen, or in fact
any of the Generals they have met SO
far.
The application of the Alpine Land
and Reservoir Company for right of
way over the public lands of the United
States, for bitches, canals and reser-
voirs is now on file in the proper de-
partment at Washington, and the
clerks are busy inspecting the maps
and records, which are very volumin-
Gus. 1t is believed that the papers are
now in ship shape, though if any errors
should be found they will be returned
to the applicant for correction.
Nevada has been harshly treated by
Congress, but we have some revenge.
Senator Stewart threatens another sill
yer speech.
81 am a silver man." says every of
ficeholder who is indebted to the Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad for his job, and
who opposes any coalition with the
Democratic party, except upon the
condition that the Democratic party
abandon their organization and vote
the Silver party ticket. David Bennett
Hill used to say that he was Demo-
crat, but when the crucial test came
the Democratic party found out that
he was really Republican. So it is
with every man who says he is silver
man, and we will find it out.
QUELQUEFoIs.