Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-19
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL
rrnox OUR srrclAL CORRESPONDENT,
Carson, February ID 1873.

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Carson, February IS, 1873.
A Qsessisn or veraciy.
EDITOR News This mornings Ap-
peal contained a card from A. Curry.
asserting that a Committee Clerk Of
the Senate had made an offer to an
outside party, to procure a favorable
report from the Senate Committee on
Claims on his tCurry's) claim for build
ing the "Third House," In considera-
ton of a fec of $50. John Moran was
the clerk mentioned, who denies the
soft impeachment, and asks an inyesti-
CATION In accordance with which, Mr..
Phelan, Chairman Of the Committee
on Claims, offered = resolution this
morning, providing for the appoint
ment OF q committee for that purpose.
Now that Mr.. Varlan Is safe with
his pet-removal of the county seat OF
Humboldt county-he wants to give
all other removalists q chance for coun-
ty seat removal by the same means,
and accordingly has introduced q bill
for the repeal OF the existing law in re-
latiou to the removal Of county seats.
If that Is not his object In Introducing
| the bill, l am at q loss to conjecture
what 1t can be.
The House bill for the relief Of Drs.
| Wsbber aud Collins has been referred,
In the Senate, to the Committee on
Claims. The doctors ask $l,oNO as
compensation for professional attend
ance on Isaacs, II OF the guards
wounded In the prison break Of 1871.
The bill has passed the Assembly, but
I think that the Senate Committee on
Claims will razse 1t somewhat.
Working Hard.
The Senate Is working very hard at
present, endeavoring to clear the file,
and from the way it talks and acts
business, it does not seem likely that
there will be much unfinished business
at the end of the session. The body
seldom adjourns, Of late, until! hve
o'clock p. NJ, and l believe 1t Is the IN
tention to commence the holding OF
night sessions on Wednesday next. L
don't hardly think they will hold a
night session tomorrow evening, as
the Senators are all going to attend
the legislative ball tonight. and it Is
probable that the majority Of them
| willfeel somewhat fatigued tomorrow.
Another Gamisg Law.
Mr.. Grey has introduced-in the AS
sembly-a bill to prohibit gaming.
1t makes the dealing Of any banking
game a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine Of from $3.50 to $1,000. OF which
one.half goes to the informer, one
fourth to the county and %one-fourth to
the State. after deductlng $50 as fee for
the District Attorney. believe that
Mr.. Grey Is In earnest with his Dill, out
| do not believe 1t will pass. In Call
fornia, where the law against gamo.
ling Is strictly enforced, It Is found
impossible to entirely prevent gam6-
ling, In this State It will be equally
as difficult. Under the present law It
Ia A source of revenue to the State, and
under the proposed law 1t will not be,
at least not In 80 great q degree as the
present. Men who have acquired the
habit of, or possess u passion for gamo-
ling arc not easily weaned from 1t,
and the more you try to oppose them
In the qualification of their desire Inc
more they will banker alter It. Inc
old Territorial law was an exceed
inely stringent one, but its enforce
ment was never attempted except In
one or two instances, and then with not
very creditable results to the State,
and although a Sunday law may be de-
sirable, especially In the western tier
of counties, many Of the business men
throughout the State would consider u
prohi6itory gambling law rs Il direct
blow to their business. Its an III
wind that blows nobody any good"
and although all must admit that
gambling 10 an evil. none can deny
that its prevalence In a town goes q
long way towards making times lively.
Those men who are addicted to gainb-
ling incline naturally-in the major
ity Of cases-to fast living, and II they
were debarred from gambling, would
manage to get rid of their money BY
some other and probably more ques-
tionable means OF dissipation.
Mr.. Thompson's bill for the repeal
Of the Act to create the Nevada Be
nevolent Association" came up on
third reading In the Senate to-day and
led to quite a debate. The bill was
finally laid on the table. 80.
The Jury bill passed the Senate this
afternoon rs amended. .Hr
Rsreka Cssaty.
The bill for the creation Of the new
county Of Eureka comes up In the As
sembly Tomorrow, being the special
order for two O'Clock. In all proba.
bility it will pass; the House Is tired
of it. The members have been buzzed
and importuned, and implored to such
an extent that nearly onc-half OF them
ara confined to their beds with the ear.
ache, have seen anxious folks before
but never, In my ~checkered career and
experience. did ] see such persistent,
i%mportunate buzzers, rs arc ONT oil
the advocates of this bill. You must
bear in mind that the bill names the
officers of the new county, and vic
wouldn't buzz for the sake Of being
legislated into an office, without the
trouble, or expense, or uncertainties oil
an election. Mr. Cassidy, the present
Senator, remains, by the terms Of the
bin, Senator from Lander, and In
framing the bill. thrust the additional
honor on himself Of Senator from Eu-
reka. Two years hence, when 1t comes
to the election of Bill Stewards sue
cessor, we can then Judge whether he
Ioyea lander less or Eureka more. /