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RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS.
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No. I.Senate Concurrent Resolution of sympathy with the Hawaiian Republic.
[Passed January 28, 1895.]
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the people of Nevada learn with profound regret of the attempt to restore a discredited and deposed Queen to power in the Hawaiian Islands, and that we extend to the young republic our warmest sympathy in her efforts to sustain good government and suppress rebellion. |
People of Nevada extend sympathy to people of Hawaiian Islands. |
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No. II.Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the public services of Hon. John P. Jones.
[Passed January 31, 1895.]
Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring:
Whereas, The critical condition of the finances of the country fully demonstrate the justice of the call of the people of Nevada, for the restoration of silver to its constitutional function, as a money metal, on terms of perfect equality with gold, and for additional reform in monetary affairs; and Whereas, The pre-eminently distinguished services of the major portion of a lifetime, rendered for the cause, by Hon. John P. Jones, brings a renewal of the hope for the realization of the full fruition of his and the peoples desire for relief, and betterment of suffering humanity, in a volume of money, commensurate with our Nations growth, and without which there can never be general prosperity; therefore be it Resolved, That notwithstanding there are differences of opinion concerning the methods by which the paramount issue of the day shall be correctly settled, the extended experience, honesty of purpose, and good judgment of our senior Senator call forth recognition of the unbounded ability and fidelity with which he has successfully presented the views and opinions of the people of this State; and be it further Resolved, That the people of Nevada fully appreciate the transcendent intellectuality that has characterized the zealousness of Senator Jones in the National Senate, and at Belgiums capital, in behalf of Nevadas interests and trust he may be spared to persevere in the good work, until victory shall be achieved. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the Hon. John P. Jones. |
Reform in monetary affairs.
Distinguished services of Hon. John P. Jones.
People of Nevada appreciate services of Senator Jones. |
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Demand the collection of the indebtedness of Pacific railway companies.
Demand enforcement of Interstate Commerce Act. |
No. III.Senate Concurrent Resolution, concerning the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the Pacific railway companies to the United States, and other matters pertinent thereto.
[Passed February 5, 1895.]
Whereas, The indebtedness of the Pacific railway companies to the United States is a matter of interest and importance to the whole people; is a matter that demands calm consideration, and the exercise of good business judgment on the part of the representatives of our Government; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That we demand the collection of the indebtedness of the Pacific railway companies to the United States, as it matures upon the same principle that individual demands are usually enforced, and we instruct our Senators, and request our Representative, in Congress to vote for such a bill as will dispose of this very important question to the best interests of the whole people of the State of Nevada, and the whole people of the United States and in accordance with law, and in justice to all; and be it further Resolved, That we demand the enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Act everywhere, so that unjust discrimination may be prohibited, and we request and demand of our Senators and Representative in Congress that they use their influence and ability to consummate such purpose. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor of the State of Nevada cause to be transmitted a duly authenticated copy of this resolution to each of our Senators, and to our Representative in Congress. |
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Testimonial to G. W. G. Ferris as a landscape gardener. |
No. IV.Senate Joint Resolution, acknowledging the importance of the services heretofore rendered the people of the State of Nevada by G. W. G. Ferris.
[Passed February 8, 1895.]
Whereas, The State of Nevada in the year 1876 employed G. W. G. Ferris as a landscape gardener for the Capitol grounds located at Carson City, county of Ormsby, Nevada, at which date said grounds were but a barren sandy waste; and Whereas, The present condition of said Capitol grounds testifies to the thoroughness, fidelity and artistic skill with which Mr. Ferris performed his contract with the State; and Whereas, Through the skill, experience and enterprise of said G. W. G. Ferris in the successful introduction of the art of arboriculture, the encouraging of tree planting and landscape gardening has proven of vast benefit to our people; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the thanks of this Legislature be and the same are hereby tendered to G. W. G. Ferris, in grateful acknowledgement of his faithful services, and the encouragement thereby given our people to adorn and beautify their homes; and be it further Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the Journal of the Senate and Assembly, |
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of the Senate and Assembly, and that his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the same to Mr. G. W. G. Ferris. |
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No. V.Senate Joint Resolution, relative to the construction of the Nicaragua Canal.
[Passed February 12, 1895.]
Whereas, The construction of the Nicaragua Canal would be of great and infinite benefit to the people of the Pacific States, as it would afford greater protection to this coast in time of war; open new lines of trade and commerce and cheapen transportation to foreign and Atlantic seaboard markets; thereby enabling the people of this State to obtain all household, mining and other supplies at greatly reduced rates; assist in building up new enterprises in our State, strengthen and maintain those now in existence; largely increase our population; thus enhance our wealth and multiply our resources; and Whereas, There is now pending in the Congress of the United States a bill providing for the use of the credit of the General Government in the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, and which bill prescribes, among other things, that the United States shall own absolutely seventy per cent. of the stock of the Nicaragua Maritime Canal Company, previously organized under an Act of Congress of the United States, and that the President of the United States shall appoint not less than ten of the fifteen Directors of said company, and that the United States engineers shall direct and control the work of construction of said canal, and after constructed that the United States, by reason of its ownership thereof, shall fix the tolls thereon; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators in Congress be and are hereby instructed, and our Member of the House of Representatives of the United States be requested, to earnestly support the passage of this measure. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward to each of our Senators and our Representative in Congress a copy of these resolutions. |
Construction of canal would benefit the Pacific States.
Requested to support measure. |
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No. VI.Assembly Joint Resolution.
[Passed February 13, 1895.]
Whereas, The growing importance, the rich developments of the mining camps of DeLamar and the neighboring places in the vicinity thereof, the large amount of capital invested in mills and mines, and in the working of the same, the rapidly increasing population and the close business relations with Salt Lake City and the Eastern States imperatively demand greater mail facilities than are now enjoyed or had by the citizens of these places; and Whereas, At the last general election, November 6, 1894, more than two hundred (200) votes were polled at the said town of DeLamar, in Lincoln county, State of Nevada, |
Business relations demand greater mail facilities in Lincoln county. |
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Increase in population expected.
Service on Mail Route No. 75,465.
Secretary of State to transmit. |
than two hundred (200) votes were polled at the said town of DeLamar, in Lincoln county, State of Nevada, and it is generally believed that in the very near future there will be more than two thousand (2,000) votes in said DeLamar; an increase of more than ten-fold is confidently expected; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That our Senators be instructed and our Representative in Congress requested to wait on the honorable Postmaster-General and urge with all their power and influence that the service on the mail route from Pioche, the county seat of Lincoln county, Nevada, to DeLamar in said county and State (Mail Route No. 75,465) be increased to six (6) times a week and return. Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and is hereby directed to transmit to each of our Senators and to our Representative in Congress, a certified copy, under the Great Seal of the State, of the foregoing resolution. |
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Greater mail facilities demanded in White Pine and Lincoln counties.
Service on Mail Route No. 75,167.
Secretary of State directed to transmit. |
No. VII.Assembly Joint Resolution.
[Passed February 15, 1895.]
Whereas, The growing importance, the rich development of the adjacent mining districts and the rapidly increasing population of the counties of White Pine and Lincoln, in the State of Nevada, imperatively demand an outlet to the west, to place the said region in stage and railroad communication therewith, and at the same time give to the above named counties increased mail facilities; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and Assembly conjointly, That our Senators be instructed and our Representative requested to wait upon the honorable Postmaster-General and urge with all their power and influence that the service on Mail Route No. 75,167, from Pioche to Geyser be extended, via Shoshone, to Osceola, in White Pine county, a distance of forty-five miles, twice a week and return. Resolved, That the Secretary of State is hereby directed to transmit to our Senators and to our Representative in Congress a certified copy, under the Great Seal of the State, of the foregoing resolution. |
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Greetings to States of Oregon and Washington. |
No. VIII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to the interests of the silver producing States and Territories.
[Passed February 19, 1895.]
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That, irrespective of party affiliation, we hereby send cordial greetings to the Legislatures of the States of Oregon and Washington, and ask their co-operation in all measures calculated to secure the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold upon equal terms, and the advancement of the mining interests of the States and Territories generally, and especially in the election of no man to the United States Senate who is not the honest and earnest friend of the free coinage of gold and silver on equal terms. |
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Resolved, That a certified copy of these resolutions be immediately forwarded by the Secretary of State, under the Great Seal of the State of Nevada, to the presiding officers of the Senate and Assembly of each of the States before named, with the request that the same be read in open session to their respective houses. |
To be read in open session. |
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No. IX.Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to the carrying of the United States mails in the several States and Territories.
[Passed February 25, 1895.]
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators be, and are hereby instructed, and our Representative in Congress be requested, to use their best endeavors to bring about the passage of a congressional enactment providing that no contract for the carrying of the United States mails in any State or Territory shall be let to any other than a resident of a State or Territory in which such service is performed; and be it further Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward copies of this resolution to our representatives in Congress. |
Resident of State to carry mails. |
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No. X.Senate Concurrent Resolution-Proposal to amend State Constitution.
[Passed February 27, 1895.]
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows: Amend Article II. by striking therefrom, wherever it occurs, the word male. |
Strike out word male |
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No. XISenate Joint and Concurrent Resolution, relative to a weekly mail from Pahrump valley, Nye county, Nevada, to Lida valley, Esmeralda county, Nevada.
[Passed March 7, 1895.]
Whereas, Pahrump valley is one of the largest and most important districts in Nye county, Nevada; and Whereas, Said Pahrump valley is situated about 130 miles southeast of Lida valley; and Whereas, The growing business between the mining and agricultural portion of Nye county and the balance of said county, and of the State, are not sufficiently accommodated by the present postal communications; therefore be it Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That our Senators be instructed and our Representative be requested to urge, to the best of their ability, the passage of an Act of Congress authorizing the transportation of a weekly mail from Pahrump valley, Nye county, Nevada, to Lida valley, Esmeralda county, Nevada. |
Relative to weekly mail from Pahrump valley to Lida valley. |
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Governor to transmit. |
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor of the State of Nevada be and he is hereby respectfully requested to forward to the Postmaster-General at Washington, D. C., and to each of our Senators, and Representative in the House of Representatives, a copy of the above resolutions. |
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Relative to redemption of currency and other National obligations in silver coin.
Illegal issue of bonds.
Payment of silver coin.
Senators and Representative requested to use all honorable means. |
No. XII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to the redemption of currency and other National obligations in silver coin.
[Passed March 11, 1895.]
Whereas, In violation of the spirit, if not the letter of the law under which he claims authority to act, John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, has issued one hundred millions of Government bonds and is now preparing to issue one hundred millions additional; and Whereas, Neither the Republican or Democratic members of either branch of Congress have taken, or seemed disposed to take, any effective steps by resolution or otherwise to stop the illegal issue of bonds as aforesaid; and Whereas, Said illegal issue of bonds is upon the pretense of keeping up the gold reserve in the Treasury; and Whereas, All of the obligations of the Government are payable in either gold or silver coin; and Whereas, The payment in silver coin of the whole or a large portion of the Government obligations from time to time presented to the Treasury by bankers for the purpose of withdrawing gold, and thereby compelling the issuance of bonds to maintain the gold reserve would immediately stop the drain of gold from the Treasury and make the further issue of bonds unnecessary; therefore be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed and our Member of the House of Representatives be requested to use all honorable means, when parties presenting currency or other obligations to the Treasury for redemption or payment for the purpose of withdrawing gold, for export or otherwise, to redeem or pay said currency, or other obligations, or a large portion thereof, in silver coin. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy certified under the Great Seal of State to each of our Senators and to our Member of Congress. |
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Wild-cat banking schemes. |
No. XIII.Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to the financial system of the United States.
[Passed March 11, 1895.]
Whereas, Numerous wild-cat banking schemes are now pending before Congress looking to the withdrawal of all Government currency from circulation and substituting the notes of National and State banks in lieu thereof; and Whereas, A vast majority of the National banks by their selfish and corrupt influences upon National legislation menace the liberties of the people and are the chief obstacle to the remonetization of silver and a sound financial system based upon both gold and silver; therefore be it |
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selfish and corrupt influences upon National legislation menace the liberties of the people and are the chief obstacle to the remonetization of silver and a sound financial system based upon both gold and silver; therefore be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Member of the House of Representatives be requested to oppose all measures favoring the establishment of banks of issue, National or State, and to use all honorable means to abolish the present National banks at as early a date as practicable, and to secure the free coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one of gold, and making silver equally with gold a full legal tender for all debts, dues and demands both public and private, and the issuance of a volume of currency by the National Government in addition to the gold and silver coinage sufficient to relieve the present financial distress, restore the prices of labor and the products of the farm and factory, and give employment to all the idle laboring men of the country, and to carry on the business of the country upon a healthy and sound basis. Resolved, That the Governor of this State be requested to forward a certified copy under the Great Seal of State to each of our Senators and to our Member of the lower house of Congress. |
Corrupt influences.
Instructions to Members of Congress. |
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No. XIV.Assembly Concurrent Resolution, expressive of the appreciation of the people of Nevada of the valiant silver work inaugurated by Count von Mirback.
[Passed March 11, 1895.]
Be it recited, That Count von Mirback, German Conservative, having introduced and championed a resolution for an international monetary conference, in the German Reichstag, in an initial endeavor to restore silver to the full international functions existing prior to 1871; and Whereas, Germany was the leading influence resulting in the demonetization of silver, but now her leading statesmen, observing the ruinous folly of this adverse legislation of the past, are strenuously endeavoring to remedy the evil; and Whereas, The demonetization of silver has proven to be not only a National, but world-wide calamity, and an unwise and iniquitous departure in the interest of the extremely opulent possessors of hoarded gold and adverse to the welfare of the great mass of the people, seeking a medium of exchange of their labor for the necessities and comforts of life; and Whereas, The production and manufacture of money, giving employment to millions, should be regulated solely by the limitations in which nature has so providentially ensconced gold and silver requiring the expenditure of an energy, in the course of extraction and coinage, equaling in value the circulating, purchasing powers of the silver and gold coins of the world; and Whereas, Since the demonetization of silver became fully operative and felt, |
Initial endeavor to restore silver.
Demonetization of silver a world-wide calamity.
Production of money should be regulated by limitations. |
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Industries of the world dwarfed.
Recognition of Count von Mirback
To be forwarded by Governor to Count von Mirback. |
operative and felt, the industries of the world have been dwarfed, and although bountiful harvests have been produced, and granaries are well filled, waiting purchasers, millions of hungry, emaciated humans, eager to work, are forced to idleness and verging on starvation, and although hundreds of manufacturing institutions are closed, not from lack of demand for goods, but because there are multitudes scantily clad and destitute, without a financial assimilating power, and although there is a demand in every direction for a requisite circulating medium, the nations of the world have refused to grant to their subjects a sufficient medium of exchange, that the products of the farm might readily be bartered for manufactured articles, and the output of the mines be exchanged, that the miner might enjoy the comforts of life, that the laborers in factories might enjoy the fruition of the sweat of their brow in a more liberal degree than now, that the farmer might till a soil unencumbered by mortgages, that the non-producer be given an opportunity to live and prosper, and that the occupants of the world, in general, be made greater consumers of the necessities and luxuries of life, thus stimulating every branch of industry; therefore be it Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That we recognize in Count von Mirback a statesman of broad comprehension and liberal ideas, whose championship of the silver cause is instigated by a desire to correct the financial mistakes of the German Empire and of the other nations of the world, that every race, class, creed and kind may enjoy a greater degree of prosperity, or at least enjoy a life not bordering on a mere existence as exhibited by the squalid misery to be daily observed in every walk of life. Resolved, That an international conference which would give to silver the standing held prior to 1870 would be welcomed as a blessing to all mankind. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, engrossed in the German language, be forwarded by the Governor to Count von Mirback as expressive of our appreciation of his valiant work in behalf of this laudable praiseworthy cause. |
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The paramount question. |
No. XV.Senate Concurrent Resolution, relative to recent address of the American Bimetallic League.
[Passed March 9, 1895]
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That we hail with satisfaction the action of the American Bimetallic League in calling upon the people of the United States to make all other questions in the campaign of 1896 subordinate to the paramount one of the restoration of silver and the cause of monetary reform. Resolved, That the people of Nevada fully approve and indorse the declaration of principles and address promulgated by the Bimetallic League, at its session at Washington on Tuesday, March 5th, |
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March 5th, and will encourage and sustain the work of Nevadas friends by pledging the electoral vote of the State to Hon. Jos. C. Sibley for President, or any other true friend of the people, in preference to the candidate of any party whose interests are inseparably connected with the single standard. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these resolutions to General A. J. Warner, Chairman of the American Bimetallic League, Washington, D. C. |
Pledging electoral vote to Hon. Jos. C. Sibley for President. Resolution to be forwarded to Gen. A. J. Warner. |
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No. XVI.Resolution relative to the adjournment of the Legislature.
[Passed March 13, 1895.]
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That when this House and the Senate adjourns on Saturday night such adjournment be an adjournment sine die for said houses of the Seventeenth Session of the Legislature of Nevada. |
Adjourns sine die. |