Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-06
IN THEIR GREATER DIS
GRACE.

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at some future time. Now We propose
noting a scene in the Senate, originated
by the Unco GUIDE officers Of the mine
tax and wages-reducing caucus. 1t well
illustrates the animus and high-toned-
ness of the chieftsins Of the cabal that
has e~ndeavored to impose on the ore
and mining labor Of the State the entire
burden of the State Government, and
the furnishing Of a very large surplus
for " auditing and allowing " purposes.
| We had a suspicion, all along, that men
who conspired together to tax outrage
ously a cl~ass-intsrest in Nevada, must
be greatly lacking in the generous senti-
ments common among mankind. Ger
tainly it wal a mean thing for men to
do, having private interests which they
did not understand to be directly, or in
greater part, subserved by mining pros
perity, to place g~rievous burdens and
heavy to be borne (if they could be
forced on miners shoulders) on that in
terest which they did not facto feeling
represent. And for a man from a min
ing county to directly betray his con-
stituents-well, we will not and need
not speak of the temperament Of mind
that such treachery discloses. Our
suspicion, going squarely to the charac-
ter of the component parts Of the cabal,
seems to have been fully justified, by
certain proceedings in the Senate on
| Tuesday last. Those proceedings We
shall describe, speaking from the best
and most accurate authority-the testi-
mony of several estimable gentlemen
who were present during the whole
"scene," or "act," perhaps we should
call it.
Senator Hutchins was absent on in
definite leave, Senator Monroe had just
obtained leave for the day and left the
Senate Chamber, Senators Edwards and
Gray were temporarily absent; and Of
course Senator Sumner, the collective
point" of the proposition that WAS to
DO introduced, was not present. Senator
Monroe remarked that he was granted
leave of absence with peculiar pleasant
ness Of unanimmity; and after be had
left the Chamber, apparently for the
day, Senator Geller was asked several
times If he (Monroe) had actually
"gone"-left for Genoa, where Captain
Monroe proposed spending his birthday
night-as it had been loosely termed
at 8 social party. Senator Geller had
every reason to suppose that Captain
Monroe had actually left Carson, and
so informed the members Of the cabal who
an1iously inquired of him as to the fact,
Then, when Monroe, Hutchins, Gray,
Edwards and Sumner were absent, up
jumps Capt. Meder and introduces the
following resolution, o~usting Col. Sum-
ner as President pro TEN Of the Senate,
and intended to be the preface to the
election ofLew. Doron to the "vscancy:"
ERssolred, That the Office of Presiden,
pro TEN of the Senate be and the same is
hereby declared vacant and that the
Senate Immediately proceed to fill the
same by election"
Up jumps Wibble Wobble Welty, SO
soon as the resolution WAS read, and
moved its adoption; and with all posi-
BILE celebrity the Assistant Secretary Of
the Senate proceeded to call the roll.
And the following named Senators,
(who should often look at this portion
of their record with special admiration
doubtless they will ?)-these Senators
did vote for the motion: Meder, Haines,
welty, Eastman, Linn and Ma
son. Aud there were present, voting
"no:" Geller, Hastings, Stevenson and
Proctor.
Senator Hastings Immediately rose
and moved to rescind the vote just ia
ken, upon which followed q discussion
or rather a number Of speeches-for the
movers didn't have any reason TO assign,
to openly avow for their conduct.
Senator Proctor characterized the
proceeding as unprecedented, abomina-
BILE, cowardly-s mean attack upon an
absent Senator and officer Of the Senate,
against whom no charge of incompetency
or dereliction in duty could be brought.
He cited the standing rule, which re-
ouired o two-third vote for the removal
of n officer. This the majority then
present laughed at, as they have laugh
ed at all true figures and arguments
during the special SESSION. Senator
Proctor also contended that the Presi-
dent pro ten was q State officer, who
could not be removed except for misde-
meanor, and on impeachment. But the
"majority" thought they were still Sc
cure of their majority vote, and still
they laughed.
But they were doomed to be griev-
ously disappointed, for absentees began
to come in-Gray, Edwards, and, and,
miserable to relate! Senator Monroe,
whose presence and hot shot talk they
calculated, surely, on being free from.
We should have mentioned before
this, that Immediately prior to the intro
duction of the resolution, "Senator"
Doron-who really has no right at all
to the seat he occupies in the Senate
sneaked out, that he might not DO held,
Sin the slightest degree" to blame for
the proceedings which was to result, if
thoroughly successful, in his election to
Summers place. Doron, Of whom the
Eastern Stop remarks that he has stuck
about as many beeves as type-was q
candidate at the last Union State Con-
v~ention for Lieutenant Governor, and
at the opening Of the regular session he