The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-06-19
Lanaer County Dies Hard.

Poor old debtridden, poyeTty-cursei Lander.
how hard she dies Glimpses OF the steaming
lSsh-pois of Eastern Nevada still haunt her dis
tempered vision even in the last throes OF pain
! full DEATH In the judgment OF this decrepit old
dame the White Pine organization was unconsi
tu,ional ana void. Notwithstanding it had become
a dc fdctO political community, endowed with all
The functions OF other counties created by the
supreme power of the State. The county officials
of Lander were not thus easily 10 be cheaten of
of their prey while strength remained TO clutch at
TIE prize. Suits were instituted and the judicial
power of the State invoked TO overthrow and
destroy all that had been done by legislative
authority, under which the full machinery Of a
county government was launched and put in com
plete operation. The Supreme Court, however,
recognizing the binding force of the great doc
trine Of public necessity, refused to disturb the
new county organization by giving weight TO
trivial defects and slight informates in the mode
of lis creation. and dismissed the bill
Not content, however, with the notifying fds-
60 which attended their eIsrts in that case to defy
the will OF the people and anuul the acts Of the
Legislature they are again in the field whining
pifeausly over the melancholy prospect that EikQ,
as well as White Pine, is about To sever all pot.
ical connection with them. When the bill Great
ing Elko county was referred TO the Lander dele
cation, ia the Legislature, at Carsoa last winter,
il was generally believed that Elko county's
goose cooked - and that the bill would never
again see the light; and great was the surprise
find the bill reported back with recommends.
ton that it pass. This unexpected action, how
ever was fully explained when il became known
that the bill TO organize the new county contained
the absurd and monstrous provision, rs a condi.
ton precedent TO an organization, that there
should he registered before the Goth day of May,
1859, one thousand legal voters under the general
election laws OF the Stale. This, Of course,
would require a residence in the State six months.
and in the county thirty days, before the time of
election. As II was well known by the Trainers
OF The law that At least two-ihirds Of the adult
males of the district embraced in the limits of the
new county would he drawn from the HcighbOring
States and Territories, and could not possibly
have six months residence in the county at that
early day, their animus is plainly seen in the |
pTOysO named. In view of he difficulties hcdg. !
ing about the situation, II was thought by the |
Lander soons, at Carson, that it would take nj
least a population Of three thousand adult male |
inhabitants In order TO furnish 900 legal voters
But contrary to expectation, and nOtwithstand !
ing the adverse conditions, EkO county succeed. /
ed in furnishing the requisite number of legal /
voters within the time required. and will thus |
ihWart the designs OF the WHY triCkstcrs ~ Aus |
tin, who, Tor selfish purposes, would require three |
or four thousand people TO transact all Official |
business from one hundred aud nifty TO three hun |
dred miles from their homes. Let Lander county /
and Lander county officials therefore understand |
once for all, that ElkO l. county. not only dc |
JGcO, but dc jUJe, and that il afford to laugh
la sCcrn the puuy attempts of Lander officials 10
Oyerturn the new order Of things instituted I
Tie Lander county assessor u still pTOw!iug |
around among our people collecting pUiI-lgN from |
those whom he can iutimidItc or persuade 10 |
hand over 30 him. 1t j. low business and /
should be stopped ~ once.