Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-25
The County Organization.

have appearedla last Friday but through
i~nadvertence was mislaid. 1t is our
rule to give everybody a hearing,
This we do, however, in many in.
stances without pretending to indorse
the matter that may be contributed.
Correspondents are always held re-
Sponsible for their own productions.
Any other course would be manifestlv
unfair; for, if we mistake not. we
have sins enough of our w to
answer for. The subjoiued is the let
ter i'll question:
EUREKA COUNTY IN A
The organization of the new county
of Eureka, though scarcely twenty
four hours in existence, has already
demonstrated to the intelligent por-
ton of our community that the Board
OF County Commissioners, as repre-
sented i'll the combined wisdom of
Messrs. Hall and Phillips, is likely to
to serious injury to the tax
payers and to drag this new county
into q muddle from which nothing
short of the strong voice of the people
will ever he able to extricate it. Party
feeling land dice), instead of Justice
II common sense, seem to be the
forms adopted by these gentlemen in
determining between right and wrong.
Whether r~ightfully or wrongfullv, 1
am glad that MesSrs. Hall and Phil
lips have admitted Mr. Cromer as one
of their august body not because Mr..
Cromer has a shadow of right to the
position. but because he is a sensible
man, and may exercise some salutary
influence over the doings of that illus
trious assembly.
That the public may fully under
stand the extraordinary powers as
suned by Messrs. Hall and Phillips
in their official capacity, it is necessa-
ry to state that, Mr.. Arlington has
been duly commissioned as one of the
commissioners of this lew county by
the same high authority under which
they themselves were created to Of
flee. And, whilst recognizing theme
%Setres, they refuse to recognize Mr..
Arrington'S commission, but, in his
stead, they recognize Mr.. Cromer,
who holds no commission, save that
accorded to him by the superiority of
five skies. thrown by Mr.. Commits
sioner Phillips, as against four fours,
thrown by Mr.. Commissioner Dave
Hall. Whatever may be thought of
this mode OF asccrtaining and decid-
ing as to the rights of parties, there
can scarcely be a doubt as to its novel
tv and inexpensive character. And
if the National Legislature and the
Legislatures of the several States
should protit-aS many persons think
they willy the wisdom displayed
bv our County Commissioners, in
their determinations as to contested
seats, Eureka county and her first
County Commissioners may yet be
able to point with Just pride to the
dice-boX emblazoned on her cscut-
cheon.
The commission of Mr.. Edwards as
County Recorder was also ignored,
and Mr.. Campbell recognized in his
stead. AID now comes the mos
Glaring inconsistency of the first days
doing of the new-tiedge County Com
m%issioners. The grounds upon which
Mr.. Cromer and Mr.. Campbell are
respectively recognized rs County
Commissioners and Recorder, is based
upon the fact that they Coroner and
Campbell were named III the bill
creating the County OF Eureka, and
hence it is cOntended the Governor
had 10 right to issue commissions for
office except to those named in the
bill. Yet, Observation-Disclosures wise ()
tetcflillllatlOn on Lllc part OF tIie
County Commissioners, they imme-
diately recognize Mn Kelly as Super
intendent OF Public Schools (who
never was named in the bib under Il
commission from the same Governor
who but a minute previous "had no
right to issue such commission except
10 parties named in the bill" and
ignored the claim of Mr.. Head pre-
els " for the same reason II upon
the Same ground upon which they
the commissioners recognized the
claims OF Cromer and Campbell. Was
YOU dink Won dat? Here is consistency
for YOU with q vengeance. Thus, We
the people-can point with a ceFtatn
degree OF pride tothe fact thatthe new
Board of County Commissioners, for
the new county of Eureka, have,
among their first acts, placed uponth
new record the sublime argument
that the ancient and time honored
adage Of "what is for the goose
is sauce for the gander," is. from and
after this date obsolete, null and Vold,
and not binding upon the future
generations INDIANS excepted OF the
county of Eureka. SAN.