Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-07
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1873.
INSTRUCTION." TO SENATORS.

"INSTRUCfIONS' TO SENATOR'S.
A little difference of opinion existed
between Senator Lamar and the Legis-
lature of Mississippi'on the Silver bill.
and the Legislature undertook the task
of instructing the Senator how to vote.
Lamar publicly expressed his regret
that he could not consistently with his
sense of duty obey these instructions,
and proceeded to vote precisely as he
would if the Legislature had attended
exclusively to It's local affairs. The in
dependent action of Lamar raises the
question as to what the State will do
about it. Lamar's Senatorial term ex.
pires in 1898, and in the meantime he
will retain his eat unless he resigns.
He is also a man Of so much personal
importance that q third class State does
not cut a very graceful figure in at.
tempting to control his actions. 1t is
one of those examples which have oc-
Cured occasionally in our history,
when the Senator reflects honor
upon the State rather than the State
upon the Senator. Some years
ago Daniel Webster had occasion to
define his views of the force of Sin
structions," which he did in these
words: eff there be any matter pend
ing in this body, while l am a member
of it, in which Massachusetts has an
terest of her own not averse to the
general interests of the country, 1 shall
pursue her instructions with gladness
of heart and with all the efficiency
which l can bring to the occasion"
This defining of the right of a State 10
instruct her Senators seems to strike
the medium between absolute indie
pendence of the Senator on n hand
and unthinking obedience on the
other. The Senator is a national as
we'll as a State official, and true and
enlarged patriotism requires him to
consider the Union before the State.
When the interests of the State do not
conflict with those of the nation, the
States voice may properly be needed.
Precisely the same doctrine holds good
when applied to the relations existing
between the county and State.
PAT. LANNAN ON THE STUMP.
A great many people i'll Nevada
know Pat. Lannap. He vas a pros
porous butcher in Virginia in the early
days. and later was a prominent saloon
keeper of White Pine. Also, he used
to be a } Justice of the Peace on the Com
stock, in which official capacity he
won notoriety by refusing to allow a
colored brother to testify in his court,
in open and fragrant defiance of the late
amendments to the Federal Constitu-
ton. Well, this same Pat. is now
a resident of Salt Lake, and
1t appears that he has no par
ticular sympathy for the Latter
Day Saints. The Gentiles of Utah are
angry with Governor Emery for his
approval of the election law passed by
the late Mormon Legislature. They
held a meeting the other night to de.
nounce the Governor, during the
progress of which Pat. Lannan ap-
peared upon the stand. The Tribune
makes this allusion to what trans
pired:
When Pat. Lannan appeared on the
platform and attempted to address
the meeting, he was set upon by
General Kimball, acting the part of
boss bull-doser for the Governor, and
directed to address his remarks t o the
resolutions. In truth, there was moth
ing before the meeting. 81 know
nothing about your resolutions said
the first named gentleman, II am go.
ing to address the meeting" He did
address the meeting, and with such
happy effect, too, that the whole aspect
of ihings suddenly changed, and the
score of disorderly jack-Mormon
hoodlums found themselves in the
wrong box. "a word fifty spoken"
says the Good Book, "is like apples of
gold in pictures of silver"
Mr.. JOHNSON, of the California AS
sembly, gives promise of proving him
self one of the greatest benefactors of
the age. He is the author of a bill