Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-28

mode Of procuring revenue. We must
re-afirm our conviction that one-ffth, at
least, of Storey county's proper revenue
will be lost to the State by the action de-
scribed.
The Assembly finally passed the Bill to
pro,ec. the wages of labor, which was in
troduced into and passed the Senate some
time ago !; and which that British beauty,
HAYDEN, endeavored to smother in Com
mit,ee, and, failing in that, sought to de-
feat by q report as silly in its terms as it
is pro,racted in its pages. Mr.. Fisher, Of
Douglas, who is rather Of the opinion that
the clerical force of State officers should
no. be paid so much as daily laborers, is
still Of the mind that it is not right to give
a working man a lien for his months
wages; and so he holds q notice Of a mo-
zion to reconsider as against the bill.
\ motion to pay Mr.. Cook for some ex-
ira copying done for the twelve apos-
les"-aEGs. the Storey county delegation
drew forth some sparks from Orion,
whose secular surname is Clemens
Whercupon Cutter produced tho State
Printers certificates to prove that the
printing of Orion's bills, which had been
regularly defeated, had cost the State the
snug little sum Of S795.
The Election bill was on yesterday so
amended in the Senate as not to provide
for legisla,ing Constables and Justices Of
the Peace into office. At the next general
election, it is provided that Cons,ables will
be elected for two years, aud Justices will
be elected TO serve for one year from the
expiration Of the term Of the present in
cumbcnts, or up to January 1869. So
tina, in 1868, the elections will come even
in November.
The Storey county delegation had a
meeting on yesterday, and though they
did no. come to a full determination on
the amendment Of the charter, they did
agree no, to legisla,e the Mayor and AL
dermen into office not to give the Mayor
the casting vote, as he has the veto power
now, and to give him both veto ard cast
ing vote would be comforting a very great
authority; not to raise the salary Of any
officers, or their maximum as now provid-
ed. There was a disposition to Ak the
salary Of Chief Of Police at $4,000, but
apprehension was expressed lest an at
tempt to do that would not involve such
a hitch in legislation as would defeat all
the amendments to which both House and
Senate delegations might otherwise agree.
We are certainly of the opinion that the
Chief of Police should be well paid, and
his stipend should be placed beyond the
control Of the Mayor and Board Of Alder
men. OF the officers appointed by the
Board it is perfectly right and proper, in
our judgment, that the Aldermen, under a
prescribed maximum. should have the
power to regulate. In this connection, we
desire TO call upon our delegation to so
amend the charter as to prevent the voting
Of "ex,ras" to the City Clerk, or any
other man. for the performance of the
simple duties assigned them. The sum Of
1925 was. last year, squandered-to use a
mild term-in "extras" for the ostensi-
Bile benefit OF Gillespie and associate, and
5000 more would have travelled the same
unlawful and wasteful way if we had not
exposed the matter and called the erring
fathers to q respectful account in the
premises. And in regard to this matter
Of legislating into Office. we are happy to
nnoun that Alderman Pjper-a jewel
Of a citizen and oficer-and Alderman
Love are opposed decidedly to the efforts
to have their Board legislated into Office.
We further desire in this connection, to
call upon our citizens to remember, next
Fall, when candidates for the Legislature
are before them, to ask them, severally,
publicly: Are you in favor Of legislat-
ing any man into ofices We intend that
this matter shall be distinctly understood
and canvassed at that time. And, more
over, we do no. believe it is good policy
to have city or town elections at the same
time as general elections. To the con-
,rary - for many reasons obvious, and
some reasons which we will take another
occasion to enumerate.
This being the last working day Of the
session, there will be a rush Of business,
and "THISos" for the morrow are likely
to be proportionately voluminous.
Which reminds US. again, Of Orion.
Now Orion has eclipsed himself-trom
the Committee on Ways and Means. The
balance Of the committee have failed to
coincide with him on several important
occasions; and accordingly he has not
been treated with common respect. Nor
has the Assembly. in his belief, duly re-
spected his opinions; though they have
done so much as to order printed $7s6
worth of matter presented by Orion for a
defeating consideration. We suspect that
the feather which broke the back of this
conglomeration Of radiant orbs, was q
ticker, which Hudson. of Lyon, applied
to the nape of Clemens neck. Orion
announced to his committee associate,
Garfield, that he had finished drawing up
a report on a given subject. "How many
pages is it," inquired Garfield. "How
many rolumxs is it i%nterposed Hudson.
Tha. was enough to make Orion swear.
Blu, he didn't. He did a better thing.
He resigned. As he announced his resig-
nation, Hudson exclaimed, You might
as well have done so a month ago, just as
well as mott"