Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-29
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The terms OF al the Senators elected last
year will expire on the day succeeding the
general election Of lS6S.-Euerprise Of this
morning.
We are under the necessity, for the third
time within a very brief period, of disa-
busins the minds Of the people, as against
the willful misrepresentation of the En-
tsrprise, in regard to elections and the
terms of elected officers. This morning,
that journal says that the terms of all the
Senators elected in 1864 expire after the
general election in 1868. And what
makes this gross misstatement the more
singular, reference is there directly made
to the Article and Section of the Constitu-
ton which we shall now proceed to quote
entire. Section 8 Of Article II Of the
Constitution (schedule), says:
SEC. 9. The Senator'S to be elected at the
FIRST election under this Constitution shall
draw lots, so that the term Of one-hay
Of the number, as nearly as may be, shall
expire on the day succeeding the general
election 10 A. D. eighteen hundred and SIXTY
Sir, and the term OF the other half shall ex-
pire on the day succeeding the general
election in A. d. eighteen hundred and sirty-
eight; prorided; that in drawing lots for all
Senatorial terms, the Senatorial representa-
ton shall be allotted so that in the counties
having two or more Senators, the terms
thereof shall be divided, us nearly as may be,
between the long and the short terms.
In conformity with this provision Of
our organic law, we find that the last
Legislature passed San Act to provide
for the allotment of Senators, pursuant to
Sec. o, Art. II, of the Constitution"
which said Act forms the second chapter
and first page of'our State laws. It
reads:
SECTION l. The Senate shall, in conformity
with section nine, article seventeen, of the
Constitution, at such time as the Senate, BY
resolution, shall direct, proceed to divide the
Senators by lot into two classes, which allot-
ment shall be as follows: -Four tickets, not
distinguishable from each other BY reason OF
any difference in size, form or color, shall be
prepared and placed in q box, upon two OF
which tickets shall be written the words
b" first class" and upon the other two the
words second class" The roll of the Sem
a,ors from Storey [county] shall be called in
alphabetical order, and the President Of the
Senate shall appoint a Page, to be blind. fold
ed, who shall draw from n box prepared for
that purpose, one Of the tickets as each
members name is called and the words
upon the ticket so drawn shall designate the
class to which such Senator shall belong. In
drawing for each of the pairs Of Senators
hereafter named, two Of said tickets shall. be
placed in said box, upon one Of which shall
be written first class" and upon the other
the words second class" All the remain
ing Senators shall then be ballotted for in
pairs. and called alphabetically in the order
hereinafter named. The two Senators from
Esmeralda county, the two Senators from
Lander county, the two Senators from Hum.
boldt county, the two Senators from Ormsby
Cpunty, the two Senators from Washoe and
RcDp counties, the Senator from Lyon, with
the joint Senator from Lyon and Churchill
counties, and the Senator from Nve, with the
Senator from Douglas county. Tho seats Of
tine Senators of the first class" shall be
vacated on the day succeeding the general
election in the year Of our Lord 1866 eighteen
hundrad and siXty-six) ana the seats Of the
Senators Of the second class" shall be
vacated ON the day succeeding the general
election in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight.
SEc.2. This ACT shall take effect from and
after its passage.
By turning to pages 96-7 of the Senate
Journal, we read:
The hour Of twelve having arrived, Mr..
| Lockwood moved the Senate do now proceed
to draw lots for the term Of Senators, in ac-
cordancc with Senate Bill No. q, an Act for
| the allotment Of Senators. Adopted.
TIL Senate thereupon proceeded, in the
manner prescribed in said Act. TO draw lots,
which drawing resulted as follows:
STOREY COUNTY.
| Mr.. Clagett (short term. First class.
Mr.. Kellogg Dong term). Second c.fss.
! Mr.. sumner. Second class.
| Mr.. Winton. First class.
ESMERALnA COUNTY
Mr.. Doron. First class.
Mr.. Ives. Second class.
LANDER COUNTY.
Mr.. Hobart First class.
Mr.. Larrowe. Second class.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
Mr.. Hutchins Second class.
Mr.. Thompson. .............. First class.
oRMsBY COUNTY.
Mr.. Seely Second class.
Mr. Lockwood. First class.
wAsHoE AND ROOF COUNTIES.
Mr.. Lambert. Second class.
Mr.. SIingeriand. First class.
Lyon COUNTY AND JOINT SENATOR FRoM LYON
n CHURCHILL
Mr., Hastings Second class.
Mr.. First class.
SENATOR FROM SYE WITH SENATOR FROM
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Nr. flames second class.
Mr.. Proctor. First class.
Now. after all this Legislative proceed
urc, under the plain letter of the Consti.
~tuticn, the Enterprise has the audacity to
state to the people that they will not have
q right to elect any State Senators in
1866! Or, will that distinguished jour-
nal excuse itself again and again for its
mis,a,ements by pleading Ignorance of a
fact that shines forth from the first letter.
ing of our State existence down through
q series Of formal doings:
Yes: according to the Enterprise, there
is no one School superintendent in Storey
county, there is to be a State Printer
elected this fall, and all our State Senators
have an otici-l term expiring in 1856.
Ha you'd better join the Society Of Pion-
eer Witnesses, or emigrate to China, alto
gether.
AS CoRnEcT AS UsUAL.-The Enterprise
is particularly emphatic in all OF Its asser-
tons Constituting the major part Of its
editorial items) which are utterly baseless,
and then it does not hesitate to Gscribe
bad motives for the making of contrary
and truthful statements! The amount of
stupid malice that is alternately CONCEALED
and evaporated for the "writing-up" Of
that sheet is astonishing" to us-"be-
lieving We know the source! The con-