Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-21
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.


have excited irrepressible ire in at least
two Departments of our homogeneous
State Government; and the wrath con-
gealed and not to be concealed burst
forth, on Monday afternoon, in the SEN
ate. Senator Meder, of 0rmsby, rose
and presented a letter from Judge Bros
nan to him, in which complaint is made
Of an article in our paper of the 10th;
but the language quoted in the letter,
as Objectionable, ~grieving, is from the
official report of the Senate proceedings,
published in the Enterprise Of Saturday
morning, and by US distinctly credited
as coming from the record of the official
Reporter! Judge Brosnan, through
Senator Meder, complains of the News
for copying a portion Of the official re-
port. The object is plain to be seen,
and is not ereditable to his Honor. Our
readers will perceive that if there was
error in the report, it was sought to
fasten a charge Of misreport on the
News. We are not responsible for the
character Of the official report; we made
our copy from the Enterprise; Judge
| Brosnan and Senator Meder both know
this.
But the point particular Of the
" Privilege" was to eIonerste, by
denial, etc., Judge Brosnan from the
charge of having interfered in legisla-
ton. Let US SEQ, out Of the record as
it exists, how this is. Maybe there is a
mistake on file; or Judge Brosnau on
this very important matter, is as much
at issue with Senator Meder, as he is
with Senator Hutchins (who disdains
having referred to Judge b. or with
US. The Judge in his letter says that
he has not " spoken to "any member
of the Senate or Assembly in relation
to any Legislative act thus far vetoed or
approved" And Senator Meder, in ad-
vance, paraphases this portion Of the
Judges letter, by stating that "he
fudge Brosnan] denies that he has
ever said one word to a single member
of the Legislature in regard to any mea-
sure before it. He deies any member
to com forward and assert that he has
done So" Colonel Sumner presently
rises to o question of privilege, and
says: "Now, I assert that Judge Bros
nan and Judge Beatty hare intermeddled
in Legislative matters" and adds: 81
think l could prove from the Senator
GMr. Mederl himself that this is or has
been the case" Well, on turning back,
in Mondays record-recollect, this time,
if you please, we are quoting from the
official report, paid for BY the
Senate, and published in the Enter
pri,e-we find Senator Meder saying:
she Judge Brosnan says he does not
know Of a sigle individual that he ever
conversed with on the subject Of the
passage of Bills, unless he has done it Nth
me; and / see him every day, and as a
matter of course, zoe cannot help talking
these things over."
Before this, Senator Meder had in
quired-and he does the same subse-
quently-in these words: Snow I will
simply ask on the part of Judge Brosnan
whether he has ever spoken to a single
member of this body, and will venture
to assert that he has not to any other
body, in regard to legislative matter
that has passed here" Well, now,
how is this, according to the records, OF
little over a column of the official re-
port? Senator Meder, for Judge Bros
nan, in one place defes to any n to
say that Judge Brosnan has ever spoken
to a member Of the Legislature on the
subject of Bills passed or vetoed, and
in another says that he [Mr. Meder
and Judge Brosnan meet every day and
"cannot help talking these thing over"
the passage of Bills, etc. We have
not yet quoted all the contradictions.
II the people have any curiosity to see
a very much complicated Privilege, look
at half the Senate report published
on Wednesday morning. Col. Summers
expressed opinion that he could prove
from Senator Meder that Judge Bros
nan had interfered in Legislation seems
warranted by what was said on the
spot.
But we don't stop here in u review
ing question of privilege. We are still
sitting on it. We were informed on
yesterday morning, BY a gentleman Of
Virginia city, that he was in the lobby
of the Senate several days ago, while o
discussion was going on in regard to
the original Loan bill, which became a
law through the neglect of the Cover
nor to send il to the Senate within the
FIVE days Of Constitutional limitation for
his brown study over it. We were in
formed that during this discussion, Sen.
ator Meder distinctly stated that he
knew that the two Supreme Judges in
this State|(Judge Lewishas gone East
had given a decision, or expressed an
opinion, that the pending bill, or the
law under consideration, was unconsti-
~tutional; that they had a right to ex-
press such an opinion; and that be was,
and the Senate ought to be, guided by
such an opinion. Upon learning this,
we sent down to Mr.. Gutter, official re-
porter of the Senate, and asked him to
transcribe from his notes, if he had pre-
served them, the remarks of Senator
Meder at the time indicated. Mr.. Gut
ter at once complied with our request,
and from the report now before US, we
quote the words Of Senator Meder, at
the time above specified: