The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-06
THE SALOON AND
GAMING LICENSE
Sam Davis Of the Carson Ap.
peal Taking a Deep interest
In the School Fund

The Carson Appeal has an editorial In
Sunday mornings edition setting up the
plea that If gambling is stopped that Il
will cripple the State and counties school
funds. The Appeal says:
THE bill introduced by the Senator
from Lincoln to abolish all kinds of gam
bling In this State is being generally dis
cussed, and from many standpoints.
There are many conservative persons,
who, while they discountenance gambling
and never personally indulge in 1t, who
nevertheless consider the large amount
Of revenue that comes from gaming which
supports our public schools. If gaming
of all kinds is to be abolished, something
must take tits place to bring in the re-
qured revenue to the schools or the
schools must go down.
Now. there are many people who op-
pose II on moral grounds. and the ques-
these moralisss contribute TO the support
OF the schools II their existence were
jeopardIzeo by the Withholding of the
revenue which accrues from the gaming
carried on all over the State? This very
substantial sum must be maue up some
way and will the moralists and anti
gambling element put their hands ir
their pockets and see that the schools
have as much as before?
their zeal will go to that extent. IT must
then be raised by general taxation
Controller. but ms report as Controller
contains not word about saloon or
gaming liceses. directly or Indirectly II
would seem quite natural for such re-
port to give the people some Information
about a revenue that does so much for
the school fund as the Appeal would have
its readers understand Neither does tho
state Treasurer's report have a single
line. word or letter about the revenue de-
rived from such licenses. The fact is that
not one dollar of the money collected for
saloon and gaming licenses ever find its
way into the school fund. and IL 1t !.
II would not make IT any better. No
town can open its gates to public gam
bling without suffering a greater loss
than any benefit derived from the money
collected for such licenses. The Silver
State will cite washoe as a shining ex-
ample OF what trying to produce some
thing with nothing will dc. Every fund
In Washoe county is bankrupt toda,
and yet washoe has paid more money
into the treasury for such licenses col
lected than probably all the other coun-
ties In the State Judge Curer said in a
public speech in Reno the other nigh
that washoe. and particularly Reno. was
three times poorer today than the county
or town would have been there had
never been a card turned. The Silver
State thinks Judge Curler underestimates
the figures The editor of the Silver etate
is more or less familiar with the condi-
tions existing In Reno and has watched
public gaming in that town very closely
and the Silver State will say, without
fear OF successful contradiction, lha
never was a greater curse sent to any
town on the coast than that sent to Reno
by having the town wide open to every
tin horn and rounder In the United
States
Again. touching on the Appeals ''schoo
fund proposition, the general statutes
OF Nevada plainly say what disposition
shall be made of the money collected
from saloon and gaming licenses sectior
1908 provides that all money derived from
saloon and gaming licenses shall go intc
the county treasury and be credited te
the general county fund Section 1867 OF
the general statutes provides that three
quarters OF all the money collected fol-
gaming licenses shall go into Tie genera
county fund and the other quarter into
the general State fund. Sam Davis will
have to trty ana blind the members Of