Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-28
LETTER FROM TIE CAPITAL
[raox OF. srrc1lI ooRsssosDrsr.l
cAssos, February q. 1878.

CARSON, February q, 1873.
Ordered 70 KngFsssnsat.
Ed. Nsws:S The 'prohibitory gam
bling bill" was the special order for
two O'Clock. In the House, to-day. A
larger crowd was present in the lobby
and galleries than has assembled dur
ing the session-since the conclusion
of the Senatorial election.
DR.. Bowman tSpeaker) opened the
discussion by moving the indefinite
postponement Of the bill, ascriblng a.
a reason, that he wanted to get 1t ont
Of sight. He said there were many
members who would vote for the en-
grossment Of the bill. merely for the
purpose Of bringing It sqnarely before
the House. whom he felt satisfied
would vote against the bill when put
upon its final passage, and as the ses-
sion was drawing rapidly to a close.
and time was getting precious, he did
not like to sec It wasted. When Mr..
Bowman concluded, Mr.. Randall pre-
sented a petition, which was read by
the clerk, who read eight or ten names
and remarked .'three hundred others
(steerage passengers, probably. The
counting Of the signatures was request
ed, but somehow or other debate IN
that quarter was shut of. Mr.. wal
lace spoke to the question In q humof-
Gus strain, and said: "This bill Is
urged bysome fellows who have lost a
few dollars, and are mad because they
played unlucky." Mr.. Cole followed
Mr.. Wallace against indefinite post
ponement, but failed to throw his usu-
al force and fire into his remarks he
being evidently advocating something
In which his henrt was not enlisted.
Mr.. Gray followed Mr.. Cole, In oppo-
sition to the motion, and delivered n
learned disqulsition on "political ecol,,
omy," and telling a funny story ABOUT
some fellow doing a great public ben
eft BY planting two little grass seeds
on q spot where, before, there only
grew stink weed. Mr.. Savage Of Elko,
in a voice tremulous with emotion, de-
scribed the poor woman and children
roaming through the streets OF the dlf-
ferent towns Of the State, naught to
cover their nakedness, nothing to eat
for three weeks at q stretch, and all
because their husbands succumbed to
the fascinations of keno. don't
know how It Is In Mr.. Sayage's
Isection, but I never saw the
dire misery and destitutlon described
by him In those parts Of the State In
which I have lived ; but I'm a stranger
having only lived In Nevada about
twelve years-and am not supposedVto
know ; but the most heart-rending tale
of all was told by Mr.. Randall. 1t was
an affecting story about a poor but
honest orphan who started tor the
butcher shop to buy meat for his wife
and babies-who hadn't eaten any
thing for two hours. On his way to
the butcher shop he struck a game Of
poLer-dice-for the whisky-and lost
his pile, forty dollars. Too proud to
"spar" the butcher, and dreadlng a
curtain lecture. he got drunk. Oh,
the shame, the disgrace! A maj IN
Nevada got drunk! Let us pass a
"liquor law" prohibiting the sale OF
intoxicating beverages ; and by that
means suppress this fearful sin. Lots
Of men have got drunk In order to get
courage to face their wives. Pass q
prohi6itory liquor law and you Will
force men to 'facs their better halves
without this baneful stimulus for stand
ing with composure the wagging ofa
woman's Jaw. Hardly less affecting
than Mr.. Randall's "Old Mother Hub
bard's story we're Mr.. Morrison's re.
marks. He promised by stroking his
wbiskers and observing that le had
told Mr.. Gibson that he would oppose
ary such law as this ; but qualified by
saying that It was In a private CONVEX.
sation. Ofcourse no gentleman would
consider a promise made In private
conversation binding (?J7 Bnt-tlen you
know the gamblers say that Morrison
said to Gibson. "Tell, the boys they
need o withhold their votes from
me through n fear that will
oppose gambling; because l believe
this license law Is a good thing, aud II
elected, I will use my vote aud infu-
encs against any measure to repeal 1t.
But Nj. Morrison ought 10 be excused
on the ground that this was q ''private
conversations" had on the eve OF IN
election, when gamblers votes are as
precious as those Of church members.
The gentleman also related his expe-
rience when he kept a bake shop, and
the women complained to him that
their supplies OF sponge cake were shut
off because their husbands played pitch
seven.up. Mr.. Morrison has been pet
ted and fattered until he has got It
into his head that he was naturally In
tended for President, but the prevalent
opinion Is that he Is a'greatdeal better
baker than political economist or legis-
lator , ana ne Is sato 70 uaFuuieso
sort OF a eaker, .oo. ~" NE. SsSsoted
hn : no,e ~ az 10 ~: absent L. Mr..
Sboaff endeayored to add some amend
mems TO the bill, but they were