The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-02-02
Carson G,err~.po.Ae.ee.
CARsoN, January %, 1879.


pointment out Of the hanls Of the Leg
i~slature and restore Il to the Board Of
Prison Commissioners Was indefinitely
postponed in the Assembly. yesterday.
Almost precisely the same bill WAS re-
produced in the Senate. to-day. by Mr..
Westeraeld. / believe. BY resolution
the election Of Warden takes place on
the third Of February. An effort was
made to suspend all rules and bring Mr..
Westerfeld's hill 70 its third reading
and final passage during the morning
session. The effort Was in vain and
the bill WAS brought to u halt by refer
ence for n day to the judiciary Com
mittce. Anthony Fox. the brother Of
our esteemed friend aud Eikoite. DIR. j.
w. Fox. who was beaten for Assessor of
Storey in the last election would proba.
bly, succeed BAtterman if the Board
should be given the authority to APP
point. lie is a Virginia City mar and
Il warm friend Of Governor kinkead and
Secretary Babcock. Anthony o.
''Tohey" Fox MS his friends more am
iarly term him is u tirst.rate fellow,
whole souled, jovial md would mango
the Prison, l am sure. to the satisfac-
ton Of the people. IL must be quite u
tumble for him to come into the situa-
ton for which he is now, u candidate.
As ASS 'sor Of Storey for several terms
his MT earnings in the office have been
yearly from twenty-five to thirty thous-
aud dollars. Talk about your fut
offices.
BEFUDDLEIE:T
Philosopher Bacon said hat confusion
is worse than ignorance or error, or
words to that effect. He is eminently
correct. L nave seen living illustrations
of this nphorism within the lust week.
l will cite you one:
LOOK BEYoRE You LEAP.
You have no doubt read Speaker Cas-
tons voluminous bill on freights and
fares. You nave also read the criticism
Of the Enterprise which riddle it and
makes it appear as it really is, absurd.
When the Honorable Speaker began to
see his bill through this medium, and
others equally tart, he. squirmed. 1
heard n member say he thought the
Speaker had worms. Great heavens!
Suppose that bill had passed. SUPPOSE
finn M I.nn1 fh.n NJ D ,a,,,- 81,
not unconstitutional. We would travel
all right for our FIVE cents per mile with.
in the limits of Nevada. But y
"A fellow should apply for n ticket in
New York or Chicago to some point
within the Silver State. Unless he were
rich he could never get home. Or sup
pose he should want to leave the State(a
serious consideration for many again
We would find him in q Elk" In q
word if u man should turn up broke
either at home or abroad he'd have to
stay there and sweat it out! Great
Cesarl
II URRES
Is carrying down with its booming
strength some legislators who would
not otherwise be guilty of the mistakes
and taUz pas that we have lately seen
them %entuugled in.
EQUALIZATION.
The dill to establish a Board Of Equal
izers was found 80 Objectionable in point
at law and practice, that the author,
MIR. Cresswell, has Withdrawn it. lie
will soon offer n substitute. His bill is
u whack at the Central Pacific Road
chiefly. and leaves out the Eureka &
Palisude road altogether. 1t MINIS to
have only such property equalized as
lies in fTo or more counties. Such enact
ment involves special legislation md
would fall to pieces in a test case in the
Courts. Those who desire to see this
Railroad question adjusted with even.
handed justice to all, are beginning to
fear that nothing valuable will be- &C.
colnplisled In the premises by the pros.
ent Legislature. Every step so far has
been q complete trip up, but We shall
sev what we shall see.
APPROXIMATION ETC.
The outgoing Board of University
Regents have just handed in their re.
port to the Legislature. They recon.
mend an appropriation for the pcrt two
years Of Sl2, 900. They state that in
their opinion the institution has not
proved so far, Il total failure, and RET
ommend a futher lease OF life to II by
way Of q final biennial probation.
The University is saio nevertheless.
They can't legislato il out OF life-This
Is why-lts founding has given the
State a right 10 patent 46,0S0 acres OF
land granted by the general Govern
mont. Lot them kill IL. and they viii
have to pay 81 2j TO the Government
for every acre so forfeited. This is
the contract, to say nothing about the
10000 acre grant for q Mining School.
rnE IRISH ORATOR.
Hugh NOLAN delivered n lecture in
the Opera House. here, last evening,
on ''The Irish in America" Ho prov.
cd II great majority Of all the greet men
Ia ENGLAND anil A,na.i,o a.. l.. Iai