Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-09
Gratuitous Gubernatorial Insult.

SoNViiloA ~ is 'NS|"
tothe Senate, approving the Eureka
County bill. went a long way out o
the legitimate scope Of such a iocG'
ment, to cast q reflection upon 1.-The
junior Senator from Lander" Mr.
Cassidy, in the following words:
Petitions, signed by mer in
habitants of the city of Austin. have
been presented, urging me to obstruct
the passage of the bill, on account oil
the p. DIVISIONS of the fourth section.
In this matter, finding no constitu-
tional objection, l cannot interfere.
The question is entirely between the
junior Senator from Lander and IL
constituency unwilling to acknowl-
edge and approve him AS its repre-
sentative.
Immediately after the reading of
the journal, on the succeeding day,
Mr.. Cassidy ose to a question of
privilege. The Governor had made a
most extraordinary communicationto
the Senate in his message, signifving
his approval of tie Eureka County
bill. The Governor had in substance
said that he was in favor of the law,
but was opposed to its execution.
That portion of the message referring
to the "%junior Senator from Lander"
was characterized as ungentlemanly,
unjust, unfair, and utterly false in
every particular. The speaker then
proceeded to show that the bill as orig
inally introduced by himself, contem-
plated his the speakers resignation,
but the question having been raised
by the Senator from Esmeralda Mr..
McClinton1 that there were constitu-
tional obiectionstO this course. the bill
was re-referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee. That committee reported the
section of The bill on the subject,
which was finally passed into law.
It provides that Lander shall elect a
Senator at the next general election,
and that Eureka shall he attached to
Lander for Senatorial purposes until
1876. 1t is further, provided that in
case of the death OF resignation of
Cassidy, Lander shall participate in the
selection ofhis uccessor. This is more
than fair to Lander. The people of
Eureka should complain, if anybody,
and it was in justice to his immediate
constituency in Eureka that he had
refused to entertain a proposition to
resign. Under the bill, if he should
resign, it was not impossible for Lam
der to elect both Senators two years
hence, as it was perfectly proper to
take the joint Senator from any por-
ton Ofthe Senatorial district thus Great
ed. The bill. as it stands, had passed
both Houses of the Legislature with
but few dissenting ~v0tes-the entire
delegation from Lander supporting
it. The Governor and the speaker
had not been on friendly terms for
some time, and he thought the Gov
crnor had gone a long way from the
record TO give vent to his narrow
prejudice against the speaker and in
so doing had insulted the whole Sen
ate. In his capacity as a legislator
the speaker had not stopped to in
quire as to how any measure might
affect the Executive - he had done
what he conceived to be his duty on
all public questions without fear or
favor, and no man could say that lis
course had not been consistent, honor
able, and straightforward. lie con-
cltded by saying that the Governor,
by his communication, had veyv ma.
terially lowered his dignity, if he
ever possessed any, but the speaker
had sufficient charity to attribute it to
his the Governors gross and grovel-
ing ignorance.