Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-09
Gossip from the Capital.
CARSON, 4,

traits of the hold-over Senators hav-
ing been given i'm the Sacramento
tnion, and the peculiarities of those
ancient Solons being so well known
to the people of Nevada, it is unneces-
s:iry to say more of them than that
Senator Uazlett is as fat and jolly as
ever, and at his old business as Chair
nan of the Committee of Ways and
Means, as busy as the most industri-
Gus flea ever exhibited. Senator
Mccoy is gsntlemanly and courteous
as Of yore; he finds enough to do i'm
the Judiciary Committee. Senator
Jerry Moore is still the same out
spoken. .~jovial, Woodworking legisla-
tor he ever was, and makes as broad
a mark as any of the wise heads.
Senator McBeth is nos ng about, and
working for his pet bill, the location
of the county seat of Humboldt
county. Senator Hill occupies his old
seat does not say much, but is as
wide awake to the interest of his on
StituentS as my of the takers. Sena-
tors Cleveland and Mills are quite at
home again since their little family
s%quabble with Wagner. Mills is q
good working memtper and ii Cleve-
land we're not so constantly thinking
about the welfare OF Jones and Hay.
wards English bulls, would do first
rate. The twain are good representa-
tiveS. and have their eyes open to all
questions of good to the State in gem
eral and White Pine county in rartic-
ular. Senator EiStman-God bless
his honest heart lis, rs he ever was,
always for the right long ma he
wave. Senator Jim Small is growing
like MIR. Weller, in size and wisdom /:
lie does not talk much. but his little
black eve has Il very keen expression
when he is working for II point. Sell
ator Phelan-iolly James-is a good
Senator he is OH the Committee on
Claims attends to his work, and is
II OF the best adjourners in the land.
Hurrah for James! Senator Crawford
is President pro tenn. He is small,
lut-O my goodness he is there
when wanted !; and. for a man of his
inches. he has as strong a backbone
as any OF the heavy MISREPRESENTATION
Fox, for instance, who sits in his
chair. as happy as a clam, and as in
UeFeuUeIt as II W~OOucntck.
The new Senators are. as a general
thing. very modest men, particularly
the handsome and talented Senator
from Eureka. Lander county. But l
have already written too much. and
will defer until my next the pictures
Of the inf,nt Senators.
But little work has as vet been
done, although the Senators. young
and old, seem to be anxious to make
Il showing. The bill for the division
of Lander county has passed the
Senate, and will surely pass the
House. if some of the smart Alexis"
in that highly cultivated and eX-
tremely intelligent body ~ can sue
coed in getting indefinite leave Of all
sence. Any way. | think the bill
must pass. The bill for the release of
the Rhodes bondsmen must surely
pass both Houses. The question is a
mixed one, and if the bondsmen are
not relieved of their obligation, an
endless litigation will be the cOnSe-
quence, and the State will lose more
than the amount of the defalca-
ton in law, and come out of the
small end Of the horn at last. BY the
way, l learn that at least six OF the
members or the Upper House are
candidates for the g~ubernatOrial
chair. I am pleased to know this
fact. and sincerely trust that the Con-
stitutiOn of u State may be so
amended a. hat the whole half-dozen
shall be elected Governors; for they
are all SO competent, so hand
some, so fat and cOmely, and
all men of such liberal views, that
should be at a loss to make Il choice.
There being now neither Republicans
ism nor Democracy, it is an evident
fact that a Literal will be the choice
of the people ; and the whole half
dozen are liberal to Il fault. 1t seems
somewhat early in the day to make
up Il political slate; butstill lam cred
IDLY informed that every State office
has its candidate arranged for the
next election. Burns has something
about the concerted schemes of mice
and men thai l forget now but, il
my memory serves me right, it will
apply in this Ease.
The quarter part of the session has
been taken up in the election and dis
mlsSal of committee clerks, and the
end is not yet. In the Lower House
are some good men and some better
AS good, and a few who think they
know it all, bnt who are not by any
means as good" although. to intimate
that to them the e;te) would
call down anathemaS lever to he got
ten over.
In my next I shall resume my por-
traits of the members of the Senate
the Assem- LINEN are. as Il general
thing. so excrucialinylv hOmelv, that
l must leave to a powerful cam
era the task Of depicting their Inca
melitS.
Plenty, of snow and sleighinS, but
a sad lack of amusementS.