Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-22
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fkUM THk CAPITAL
lrRox our SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
CARSON, January 81, 1873.
The LAST Act.
EDITOR NEWS The last act Of the
was presented to-day. At -
o'clock meridian the Senate went into
the election ola United States Senator
to represent the State Of Nevada for
the ensuing six years from the 4th Of
March next.
Mr.. Stevenson OF Storey, in a speech
which was merely a r%eiteration Of the
praises bestowed on him by his friends
throughout the campaign, nominated
John p. Jones. The nomination was
seconded by Mr.. McClinton of Esmer-
aida, in a similar r%eiterative speech.
at the conclusion Of which Mr.. Cassidy
Of Lander. placed In nomination the
name Of Major w. w. Mccoy OF Eu-
reka. When Mr.. Cassidy had conclud-
ed, Mr.. Cleveland of White Pine,
placed in nomination the name Of
Chas. z. belong. which nomination
he accompanied by a brief aud peril
nent speech, In which he said |: That
he didn't feel particularly confident OF
the election OF his nominee ; In fact,
such a thing was possible as that he
might be beaten by not receiving a
majority OF the votes OF the L.esisla-
ture, but he'd chance him anyhow.
On the question as to how the vote
should be cast a motion prevailed that
each member rise In his seat and name
his preference. The Secretary pro-
ceeded to call the roll, and the first
vote cast was that Of Mr.. Campbell
John z. Jones then came Mr.. Cassidy
Mccoy; then Clapp-John p. Jones ;
then Cleveland-DeLong after which
the responses John p. Jones" be-
came somewhat monotonous-espe-
clally to a fellow that wasn't a bit
stuck to see him elected-until 1t came
to Major Mccoy, who cast his vote for
Robt. McBeth. From this time on the
monotony was renewed until the COM
pletion of the roll call. when the re-
suit read Jones. 16 ; Mccoy, 6; De-
Long l, aud McBeth l. Cleveland
says he Is going to protest against the
election of Jones, as the Constitution
expressly states that In the event OF q
tie a new election shall be held, and
as belong and McBeth tied, he thinks
his protest will hold. l was not pres
ent In the House, but In that body the
vote stood-Jones, 81; Mccoy. IL;
which was a strict party vote.
Jsses.
have now lived In twhat Is now the
State Of Nevada orabout twelve years,
and never until tonight did I have the
felicity of seeing John Z. Jones. Veai,
ridi, rici, won't apply In my case. l
came, l saw, but nary conquer. In
fact, | think that Jones Is n great deal
better calculated to conquer me than l
am him. l was introduced to him In
his rooms, aud l must confess that l
saw a man somewhat different In APP
pearance to what my mind had pic
tured him. Since he became famous
II had never heard of him before( l
judged him by the men whom he used
in my part of the State-and in fancy
had pictured him a complete repre-
sentation of a rough, or retired prize
fighter. When ] saw him tonight,
beheld a man verging on the elderly,
and possessing In an eminent degree
what Frank Wheeler calls a suaritmr IN
modo. Smooth aud specious OF speech.
but given to braggadocia withal, aud
one calculated to command respect
from the common herd, he Is evidently
a man of uncommon nerve and energy,
quick to decide and prompt to act,
with a restless black eye, which he
wells with a somewhat wrinkled lid,
looking ut you as though he wanted to
know what you thought of US. | lay
no claims to being u physiognotnist,
but | would say that he is Il man Of
strong animal passions. Animal sticks
out all over him-in the thick, uncom-
pressed lip, the bull-like neck. and In
the very poise Of his head. A hand.
from being unused to work, white rs
that of a lady, but the diamond ring
which adorns it does not disguise the
fact that 1t Is one Of those which, with
a underground sledge inclosed In 1t,
could set the head OF q drill afire. 10
me he looks like n Of those men
who. on occasion, could head a Com
mune, or, under different clrcum-
stances. leap to the front to suppress.
one. Judging from his features and
manner generally. think that he Is a
man who would do right II to MS ad-
vantage, and for the sake Of the fiattery
1t would bring. and judging from what
| know of his history, Il who would
scruple at the employment Of no means
good or base-to attain an end.
Tomorrow the grand tableaux comes
of. The Legislature will meet IN joint
session, aud ratify the vote given to-
day. The cannons were fired tonight
(and gave me n dreadful headache). the
wind.up with blue-tire accompaniment
comes tomorrow. | have entered his
tent, aud have eaten Of his salt. The
battle Is over. We must give up when
we lose, and holler enough! when we
are licked. He has got us aud now
let us hope that he will truly appre-
ciate the honor and position which he
has attained-let the NEAR pass, the
whole thing now belongs to the dead
aud buried past, and for whatever
hopes We may have cherished, they are
dead. and let us say to them In the Ian
guage Of the past. "rest quiet cat III
peace"
1t is late |! my midnight oil Is about
exhausted! They charge extra for
lights. Jones will speak tomorrow.
and l will telegraph you n synopsis OF
his speech, If it contains enough OF i'm
portance to warrant 1t.
Toby GREEN.