White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01

of September, 1914, have adopted and herewith present to the
electors of said county the following brief platform of their
views;
1. Reduction in state expenses by consolidating. so far as
possible. the various commissions and by any other practicable
means for reducing expenditure without imparing efficiency.
2. In line with the above. W e favor the consolidation of
the state police force with the prison guard and the placing OF
the whole organization under the supervision OF the warden II the
state penitentiary. subject to the orders of the governor.
8. We indorse the administration Of Governor eddie and
pledge him our united support in his campaign for reelection.
4 While the acknowledgements act was perhaps the most
important piece of constructive legislation placed upon the
statue books by the last session OF the legislature PRACTICAL op-
Grafton of the law has revealed the need of several amendments
in the interests of efficiency ard we favor such amendments by
the next session of the legislature.
{. While We fully indorse the principals of the purity of
elections law passed at the last session of the Legislature.
many provisions of the law are cumbersome and ambigu-
Gus and are apparently not well understood by the public officials
who have interpreted them. We believe the law should be revised
in very many respects to make IL palmer and simpler but not to
decrease its efficiency.
I. A supplementary bond issue in such amount IS may be
necessary for the purpose of completing and fully equipping and
furnishing the White Pine County high school building.
:. We indorse the bill presented by our delegation and
passed by the last session OF the legislature which empowers
county commissioners to prospect at county expense for the de
velopment of artesian water. We favor further legislation having
for its object the development of the agricultural resources of
the county and it will be our aim to endeayor to secure laws of
such a nature that the laboring men may be assisted in his efforts
to secure a home from the public domain of which thousands of
acres are available II water can be developed IN sumclent auap-
ties for irrigation.
We believe that under the system of taxation formerly in
effect in this state the small ranehman and the small property
owner in towns paid more than their just share of the taxes and
we believe also that the small counties paid more than their share
of the states expenses a their necessities compelled them 10
adopt a higher percentage of valuation than WI the case in the
larger and richer counties. The Tax Commission law was framed
for the purpose of putting al the property in the state upon the
same basis for taxation purposes. We believe its principles to
be sound and that it will ultimately result in great good to the
state.
/. We believe that a grave wrong is done in assessing
patented mines at IN arbitrary and fixed valuation. The patent
ed mines now assessed at $500 per patent may be worth many
thousands OF dollars but the great majority of such mines. hav-
ing no ore in quantity in sight, have but little real value.
We commend for thecsrefu1 consideration and investiga-
ton of our representatives in the legislature the idea of extending
IL the cities and counties and perhaps eve to the state itself the
commission form of government under which many cities in this
country ar now operating with great gains In efficiency and
economy.
II. We commend in general the record made by the White
Pine county delegation In the last session of the Legislature.
The majority of a long list of progressive measures called for by
our county platform of two years ago were enacted into laws at
the last session and this county's delegation gave its votes and
influence to the enactment OF such legislation.
IL. We pledge our representatives in the Legislature to
work for a re-apportionment of the representation of the counties
of the state with a view of reducing the total membership of the
legislature by Mt least one third and reducing the number 4"
attaches by at least onehalf.