Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-15
LANE

LAME
On the nth instant twenty-one Of the
most prominent and respectable citizens Of
Storey county united in sending q telegram
70 The SENTINEL, in which the following
passages occur
After the reading of the bill, Senator
Doolin, Of Eureka, wished to know II the
sill in any way interfered with the Eureka
Palisade road "for," said he, 81 wish
10 say, on behalf Of my constituents, that
there il no fault found out our way with
the charges Of our local road"
Assemblyman Lane, Of Storey-On be-
half Of nv constituents, I ask the gentle
man from Eureka, il the people Of his
county have no fault to find with their To-
cal roads charges, what was the meaning
of the mass meeting held in Eureka on the
night Of January Is?
senator Doolin--I would say, in reply,
that tho meeting referred to. in no way
represented the business interests Of Eu-
reka. That meeting was "run" by two
men in particular, neither Of whom is Q
taxpayer, and there we're no taxpayers OF
any consequence among those who took
part in that meeting.
The Carson appeal Of the 18th inst,
which contains almost q verbatim account
Of the meeting, and gives the remarks Of
Senator Doolin as follows:
Concerning the Eureka d Palisade rail-
road, Senator Doolin stated that his con-
etituents had no fault to find. Then, in
reply to an interrogatory put to him in be-
half Of the Citizens Committee, by Assem-
blyman Lane, Doolin said that the recent
railroad meeting there did not represent
the taxpayers Of Eureka that two of the
spokesman thereat had been in the last
Legislature, and done nothing to regulate
ireights and fares. Mr.. Cresswell stated
in reply that Mr.. Baker, who spoke at that
meeting, was q taxpayer. and was largely
interested with Mr.. Sadler in the wood and
charcoal business and that Mr.. Baily, an
other active participant in that meeting,
was also . taxpayer.
The careful and reliable correspondent
q the Virginia Chronicle thus refers to
the matter
Senator Doolin, as everybody who knows
him will admit, is . man Of intelligence.
Il is, therefore, the more remarkable that
he should have made such an extraordinary
statement as he did to the Railroad Com
mittee-that there Is nc complaint at Eu-
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+ Palisade railroad.
Here are twenty-one intelligent and re-
sponsible citizens, and two reporters,
every one Of whom is Senator Doolin's
peer, who were present at the time the al
legged remarks were said to have been
made, all Of whom unite in giving substan-
tally the same version. Now, what de-
fense does Mr.. Doolin make to these
charges? In yesterdays SENTINEL ap-
peared the following dispatch
think the Storey County Railroad Com
mittee did Senator Doolin an injustice.
What he did say, as he claims, in connec-
ton with the Eureka meeting, was that the
principal speakers at that meeting we're not
shippers, and that he had never heard any
complaint from the actual shippers Of the
community. He also inquired Of the
Storey Committee whether their bill had
been constructed with reference to the
Eureka 4 Palisade road, he holding that a
bill that might be just TO the Virginia 4
Truckee road might be disastrous to the
narrow gauge.
felligence should nave understood Senator
lDosiin to say "~tax-payers," when, in
aea1Sty, Is he claims, he used the
word q shippers" seems incredible, and
IL ATHEIST but . lame defense. He does not
deey that he charged that no taxpayers
in the meeting. and that is really
the most serious charge preferred against
min. That he knew better is q natural
supposition, and, ss the matter now
stands, IL looks a. IL the Senator was'dodg-
ing the question. On behalf Of this COM
munity. we call on Mr.. Doolin to rise and
explain.