Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-24
THINGS AT THE CAPITAL.

worthy OF Speciai note-is' 1has the uoF-
ernor has not employed his veto power.
Some say that this e~eiamp,us ritus au-
has passed (presto change) from
His Excellency to his Generalship -
Nourse. 1t is reported. maliciously or
O., that his Excellency, being a
candidate for United States Senatorship, is
more sensitive than formerly to reasons Of
and hesitates to come down upon
the Legislature with such vehemence AS Of
yore. Whatever be the real reason of the
fact, it is so ; and it is a very pleasing
matter for mention and c~ongratulation.
We state it accordingly, and extend our
"reminiscences!
The Assembly, on Saturday, proposed
(or il was therein proposed) to supercede
the Assembly Standing COMMITTEE on
Estate Institutions" by a specially au-
thorized Standing" Committee on State
Prison. This move was made immedi-
ately on the adoption of an amendment to
a Senate join, resolution authorizing con-
current action on the part Of Senate and
Assembly State Prison Committees, with
a view to a thorough investigation Of
the conduct of Penitcntiary affairs. 1t
was asserted that there were prejudiced
members on that Committee-the Com
mittee on State Institutions ; persons who
were u~nfriendly to Lieutenant Governor
Crossman, the State Prison Warden. This
charge was met with q Hat and unequivo-
cal denial on the part Of every member Of
the State Institution Committee. But
John James was sure that there was
q "nigser in the fence :" and Hay
den, then constitutional expounder Of
the smaller segments of the constitution Of
Nevada, saw two or SIX niggers in the
fence-the vision of Mr.. Hayden being
represented to us as enlarged to miracu-
lous acuteness for the discovery of con-
cealed ghosts, gorgons, hydras, and CHI
meras dire. As Mr.. Hayden declared
that he had rather preach political econo-
my to a parcel of Piutes than undertake
to argue questions Of constitutional law
to the members of the Assembly, we may
suppose that what he really saw, in St.
Johns rapture Of vision, or the occasion
referred to, were not niggers, but abo-
~riginals, whom he termed Africans, so as
to tally with his friend John James, who
had just given notice of a motion to expel
Mr.. Hayden. for his Piute peroration
aforesaid. Qndian Agent Parker is going
to demand an apology in this case on be-
half of the Piutes y John James said that
an editorial in our paper constituted the
colored individual. which thought he OBJ
served under the grass-board, and the half
dozen niggers emergency Hayden caught
u glimpse OF, were probably the half doz-
en- witnesses who can be summoned be-
fore the Investigating Committee to testify
to all we have averred in the premises
and more too. The State Prison Warden
is a gentleman whom we like very well,
personally but if he has been remiss in
official duty, through inadvertency, inca
paci,y, or otherwise, it is proper that it be
known, if only for the purpose of
making our nominating convention care
full in the selection Of Lieutenant Gov
crnor, with the understanding that he is
to be Warden. A State Prison keeper
should be chosen. not from any personal
regard or sympathy, but with special view
to his faculty for managing such an insti-
tuition as is committed to his care.
Twenty-Five "active boys" quick witted
individuals, of escaping p~ropensities,
should no, be placed under the control Of
a man whose kindness of heart is too great
for the enforcement of strict discipline.
This is a plain proposition; and may be
precisely applicable in this case. We be-
lieye that Lieutenant Governor Crossman
is personally beloved by every acqusint-
ance; but, unless we have been greatly
misinformed. he has shown himself wholly
incapacitated for the second place he holds,
Let there be Il fair, square examination /;
and if the State Prison has been conducted
in a proper manner. as illustrated by the
evidence, we will hasten TO acknowledge
and promulga,e the agreeable fact. II, on
the other hand. it shall appear from the
testimony, that discipline" has not ex-
listed in the Prison at all, or TO a very
slight degree. we shall have no severe
word for the Warden ; only regret at the
improperly of his appointment by the
Legislature, and a warning for the future
asains, choosing men for such position on
any other grounds than of special expert
ence and fitness. Even so.
The passage of the Senate joint rail-
road resolutions. asking Congress to
give the Placerville railroad equal
aid with that received by the Gen.
trail Pacific. is worthy Of congratulatory
notice. Mr.. Mason, of Esmeralda, voted
against the resolutions. not because Of op-
position to their object-ior he Is a hearty
Of that-but because he be-
lieyed that the phrase: thence across
the State Ct Nevada to the eastern boun-
dairy" wa not warranted by the corpor-
ate authority Of the Placerville Company.
Nor is il. But the resolutions read :
=. organized mot incorporated) for such
purpose in extension Of their trans
montainc road hither." We presume
that Haskell, though protesting like sen.
timents with DR.. Mason, voted against the
resolutions on general grounds-he being
the special champion Of Croker s. Co.;
and having tried by smart lodges to lay
over these very same resolutions.
Kellogg's resolution, inquiring right
pertly after Attoney.G General Nourse, had
the effect Of drawing out an opinion from
that officer, which is in amusing contrast
with decisions heretofore proceeding from
the same source, The Attorney-G General
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