Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-13

assage impossible.
Upon the reasst mbiing of the House.
and the question being stated by the
Speaker, That the question before the
Honse vas the passage of the bill. there
arose such din from the Independents
and Democrats as never before disgraced
any nevada Legislature. 1t may be
asked why the Speaker did not take
steps to enforce order. The reply is. that
these brawlers. knowing of the existence
of Rule of the House which stops all
proceedings during the period of a MEM
ber's arrest. we're anxious to get them
selves arrested. The Speaker, mean
while, ordered the Clerk to call the roll.
When this order was made, Hogan In
depe ndent) rose to his feet, and shaking
his fist at the Speaker, declared with
profanity and vehemence, that the roll
should never be called. Beck, ln-
dependency jumped on top of his desk
and bawled at the Speaker in the most
insulting fashion. Bartlett. (Democrat)
went to the Clerks desk and twice
snatched the roll-call from that officers
hands and tore it up. 1t was then that
some resolute Republicans, prepared for
any emergency. rallied TO the Clerks
protection and put a stop to Mr.. Bart
lett's riotous demonstrations. During
all this time the Speaker, the Clerk and
the Republican members bore themselves
with a calmness and foIbearance of
temper which was as remarkable as it
was exemplary and admirable.
Finally. as ro the evening session.
The occurrence which has caused the
most profUse comments upon the night
sitting of the Assembly was the personal
quarrel between Van Hagan Democrat
of Lincoln and this same Doctor Hogan
whose name figures SO often in the his
tory of these scandslous proceedings.
The House was i'll an uproar at best, and
Hogan-whose capacities for acts of
wisdom is as in6nitessimal as his calibre
for beef and potatoes is mrnsnse-was
on his feet. rs usual. efiervesciug .roth,
fustian and fiddle faddle Somebody
behind him his desk was on the Demo-
cratic side OF the House. made a noise,
interruptins him. He turned toward
Van Hagan (wLo. though a Democrat,
took no part in the disSraceful doings of
his party associates and their allies, and
who is gentleman everywhere and al
ways. and said. petuiantly. that lie
would thank the gentleman, meaning
Van Haganl to behave like gentleman.
On the spur Of the moment, and stung
by the undeserved insult. Van seized the
nearest book and fling it at Hossn's
head. To be sure this WAS an impair
liamentary performance, but it was a
thousand times more excusaLle and
million times more manly than the DELHI
crate caucus-co;trived rowdyi ism of Ho-
gan, Beck. Bartlett e Co.
In the foregoing We have stated the
truth and nothing but the truth. The
acts which cast disgrace upon the last
hours of the late House of Assembly are
in no sense chargeable to the Republi-
can Party. As to the observance of
silence regarding these matters, the AP-
PEAL has refrained from any previous
editorial mention of the same
out of an unwillingness to keep alive the
publicity of so shameful an episode in
the history of the legislation of Nevada.
II the Post means to be fair, it will give
the substance of this expose a place in
its columns.