Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-20
A MEMORABLE BILL.
How the Assembly Behaved in Rail
road Legislation.

N Sa'l OF the House to Bring Every.
body to Ia Were Tardy-
Narian's Mastery Effort low
ellis plea for observation-disclosures
menf in n Midst of Confusion
A Weighty Revenue Bill.
CARSON, Feb. II, 1888.
When A. B. 38 (the title ought to be-.
come politically historically was brought
up as the special order for Wednesday
evening at Z o'clock the Assembly chamber
was we'll filed with anxious spectators.
On a call of the roll several members were
absent, which, to say the least, was some
what remarkable considering the impor-
lance of the special order. There were
whisperings of lodging, and that there
was ordered. Several members appeared
in the lobby, were duly announced, and
were admitted to the floor. Hardesty was
reported absent on account of sickness in
his family, which called forth from Pike
the remark that it ought to be serious case
of sickness that would keep an Assembly
man away at such a time. But a member
vouched for the %soundness Of the excuse,
and Hardesty was excused. On a second
roll call johnson and Muldoon were still
missing, and Charley Stoddard was sent
out to find the absentees. In a few min
utes johnson made his appearance, took his
seat, and a little later Muldoon put in ap-
pearance. After the seating of the 'lost
men" the special order was brought up,
the Melarkey bill, which the clerk read by
ection, Pike in the chair. Speaker Va
c;on Dffaral nm p,apIroon IN tba ILL
claiming that it in no way jeopardized the
measure, and hoped that it would be
adopted. On the amendment and the bill
itself he spoke for more than two hours,
making a strong and an eloquent argu- |
ment for the measure. After briefly CIV
ing a history of the Central Pacific Rail-
road, showing that its charter was OBJ
tanned from California and not from the
General Government, he called attention
to its determinations against Nevada,
quoting from the last message of Governor |
Kinkead and the reports Of the late Attor-
ney General and late Surveyor General to
show that legislation was needed to protect
the people of this State against this mo-
nopoly. He cited memorials from the
Nevada Legislature asking for the passage
of the Reagan bill, and drew largely from
the speech Of ex. Congressman Daggett,
ehONlh6 WIG lhJuoplSO thdp hdu DCCp uOuC
to our people by this railroad company.
The opinion of Justice Waite and other
high judicial authorities were read to
show that local legislation could be ap-
piled to Interstate railways. The speaker
closed with a warning to corporation man.
ayers that they had better stop before
driving the people to tho limit of forbear-
ance. The speech was well received, and
twice il elected loud applause from out
side the rail and from the gallery. At its
conclusion q motion was made to continue
the special order to Friday evening at 7
O'Clock, to which an amendment was Of
fered fixing the time for 1 O'Clock on
Thursday. After considerable parliament
airy maneuvering, in which the leading
supporters of the bill and those opposed
to 1t tool part, greatly to the mental be-
fuddiement of the member from Churchill.
the further discussion of the Melarkey bill
postponed to yesterday at 10 o'clock
A. NJ.
THE SCRATCH.
At the appointed time yesterday Variants
amendment, which is made Section 7 of
the amended bill, was brought up and car
ried by a vote of SO to 8.
Brown took the floor and made a long,
labored and ingenious speech against the
bill. He was not an %apologist for the G.
P. r. R., admitting that the great corpo-
ration had practiced extortion, but he was
opposed to the measure now under consid-
Grafton because it was unconstitutional.
Authorities were read to strengthen this
opinion. The point was made that the G.
P. r. R. obtained a charter to run through
Nevada two years before we became a
State. The right WAS obtained through
Congress, and the latter was the only
rpurar hy which foroa aud frainhfu opr11
be regulated.
Riepe followed Brown, speaking for The
bill, his speech being in manuscript, and
as the same Is to be printed in pamphlet
form we dismiss 1t with the remark that it
some good points, presented
in q unique form,
A HANaE OF HEART.
Wells followed Riepe, and for two hours
talked constitutional law and other mat
tiers, quoting Chief Justice Marshall to
prove that Congress alone had the power
to act for the people against the G.. P. R.
r. 1t is but justice to Judge Wells to say
that he made a bold and strong fight for
his side Of the Question, stronger and
We think, than when the writer
heard him four years ago in the old theater
at q Dolly Warden meeting, On that oeca-
sion Judge Wells was . violent anti
railroau uau, suu Al Liz WarHtH
he even went to the extent OF say
some very offensive things about
the Superintendent Of the Y. q T. r. R.,
and, If our memory is not at fault, and
we don't believe it is, Judge Wells talked
about the arrogance of aliens, etc. But
Judge Wells was not a legislator at that
tims, end Wsa G resident OF Carson instead
Of Aurora.
HowELL's
Howell, a young Democrat from Lin
coin, explained his vote by saying that he
had come to Carson instructed TO vote for
railroad legislation. and up to last Wednes-
day would have obeyed his instructions,
but SO Lincolnites had telegraphed him
that they did not need the Melarkey bill
in their business--this was not the sxact
Language OF MIR. HoSell's telegram, but it
amounted to about the same %thing-and as
the one-third part Of q Kindred wanted
him to vote against the bill, he was going
to do 90. 4 vivid picture was drawn OF
the h&rdships of Eastern Nevada life,
where, we suppose, men, women and
are crying for railroads, and
where the people refuse to be comforted.
because legislative requirements keep
Cleveland away go days out of the sos.
Perkins followed Howell, and oom-
by saying, u want to say a word"
He said several words, most Of them very
thin and very silly, and his illustration. OF
the barking dogs was q bad hlunaer Oh his
part. '[ sm tired Of this constant howl
os dogs" said Perkins, Ovarian said, in
substance, that his experience was that
dogs frequently stopped barking after they
had had a bone thrown TO them). Perkins
is a horny-handed son Of toll, and he was
evidently afraid that anti.railyosd ~legisla-
ton would work ssainst the laboring men.
Oyownipshield said be was not elected
by any party, had taken no pledges and
would vote against the bill,
varian replied at length to Wells, but