The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-02-28

Night before last was season OF very
peculia. aud unusual excitement. Fri
day being the last day of the session in
which it was possible for the Leqisla.
tare to guard itself against the absolute
.eto OF the Executive, unusual activity
prevailed in Senate and Assembly to
"pu, through" certain bills and get
them enrolled aud delivered to the
Governor before midnight The Chair
man Of the Earo.liug Committee Of each
House, full Of the Importance Of his
trust, started. early in the evening, bills
ia hand, forths Office of bis Excelency.
Many rsps TT the door and sundry in
soec,ions OF the premises revealed The
startling fact tina, neither the Governor
nor bis private Secretary were At their
POST. Tho Guberaa!orial mansion was
t1ea visited, all to no avail; for the
ringing OF the Executive bell proved
useless, and the ouly living souls if
Cinnamon have sou!s) who could he
found about the premises, were two
Celes,ia!s, who were discovered about
the back door. These Mongolian'
being qaestiou.i, answered aud said:
{, G!ubbernor heap sag he not here;
had. 1t was there aud thereafter that
sa.d committsmen waxei wroth and
excited. Senators aui Assem- 81, men
Conferred together regarding the awful
situation, ami gave ven. TO their just IN
diSnation in unmeasured terms. The
general belief was that the Governor
was slowed away ia SC me high p ofed
stable that could not be found. Others
suggested that Has Esceliency was
was concealed IN wardrobe.
While all these surmises were
being made, some excitab'e person
suggested the proprie'y of getting man
With a bell to cry Governor lost ~
AID 10 oi.er reward TO. his recovery.
At last, some gentlemen of the Assem-
~, just before the fatal midnight had |
tome, arrived at his Exce,leneys door |
a I'D runs the bell. The Governor came
D The doc. aaj demanded to know who |
VAS there aud what was wanted. The
{ On mit,eenaa stated bis Isme and
,oid what be Was there fpr. The door
vas not opened, but si,or: conference
took place Through the key hole The
esult was that the Governor Informed
lis ASSISTANTS that be would see them
TO- morrow and the said assai!ants, not
b, be banked Of their purpose. chucked
Ihs enrolled 5i!ls under the door and
rsn: away sorrouing. Yesterday, to
he surprise, qualification and absolute
y ondermen, Of the Legislature the said
bills were returned TO the Houses wher.
lucy originated "app.oved and signed.
"A!i's we'll .hat ends well - A1d
he sna;e os this excitement is highly
Dat We cann"' hoip |
.rriving Al the conclusion that !. world
save been more gracious and courteous
or the Governor 20 remain in bis Office
"a the evening in question. or, had he
chosen to do so, to have Instructed his
Private Secretary to spena the evening
here AMI receive snch communications
70 the Lesisisi are might transmit. The
act being, AS ~e are iprormed, that
.e,,a;n gentlemen who were interested
a the bills iha: were passed On Friday
.ai notified the Gnr-rnur rsai they s
rou!i deliver The SAME to him 6rs that
.venirg, We do no; ~"nd.r that it
'toald ts ch,-gei thst he had pur
,oee'y essaed meeting hem by absent
-ng himself, As as did. from his house
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