Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-18

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The following ssViey go-asyo1-Please
controversy took place in the Assembly
Wednesday over TIE proposition 20 make
the Li~e1tenkni Governor . szixried
officer, the same 10 come 10 hin under
the guise Of e1-oacio Adju,ani General
and Clerk Of the Library:
Pike offered an amendment that no
clerical hire should be employed in the
STATE Library exceps ibe Lieutenant
Governor should Be employed a. Presi-
den; Ct the Senate OF engaged In other
Official duties Adopted.
Gray spoke against the passage Of the
bill. He held i. . useless sx~trsvagance
And called attention 10 the fact that Cal
ngrui4 With an as-s=s1ent roll Ct $780,
10000 had dispensed Eith she oEee, and
Why should Nevada van. such Al expzn-
size luxury with al assessment roll of
sZ,00o,oo1s The present incumbent
knew what tie euol1loelts we're, and no
doubt the compensation KEEP. many other
men from making g oeht for the place.
He believed that the Governors oMcs &c
well As the Lie1ieasut Governors Office
shCald he an honorary one, IS no grez.
AO-A- u A1LDE HS 4E--4Lrl 70 AAl Tue
places. He did not bzlieve tina. the Of
ice Of Librarian added dignity 20 tbs
ONCE Of Lieutenant Governor. The lat
ter Office eoald be flied by eny boy or
girl over Is years old for $50 . month.
He did not oppose the bill from any per-
sonsl motive, b1: from 3 simple sense Of
duty.
Brown held tn. the ofica was & CON
stituiionsl one. and liz merits zad claims
should be recognized. He was obliged TO
live 81 Carson TO attend to his duties aud
should b@ paid. Twelve hundred a year
vas being PAID for q Librarian, and If
he attended 70 those duties the increase
=ss not uuch.
Wells supported the bill and alluded TO
the fact that for eight years past a Demo-
crzt had held the Office 2. q bigger salary
aud less duties than proposed By the bill
and had nct even acted as Librarian.
Under the present Law the dignity Of the
oAce was below a porter or a bootblsck.
Riepe favored the bill, not believing in
the sort OF economy held up by the oppo-
uents Of the bill.
Hardin stated that is WIS an unpleasant
duty fox him to oppose the bill, as the
gentleman whom it benefited was his
friend, hut he should oppose it. 1t was 6
bad precedent and a measure set by a Re
publican House TO increase Z Republicans
salary. He knew all tie time what the
salary was, and promised al through the
campaign to faithfully fulfil lis duties, and
low he was asking for an increase Of SAL
ary. Why not raise al the salaries in the
State il Men must BE- dignifed With big
salaries to enable them to dress in purple
and fine linen, and wear silk neckties ?
TE4z rGI-fZ -rar-GI zrC-rvr- All .Ia1r
wishes should be respected. He thought
The Republican party ought to be ashamed
Of such 3 measure.
Bell supported the bill, and asked Gray
why he did not frame g bill to pay the
Librarian $50 Per month, if he was get
ting too much.
Brown would nos vote, fixing the salary
at -, 100, II be did not think it was now
costing about that amount.
Gray said the gentleman was boss as a
mathematician. The LieutenantGovernor
was required 10 live here. Thu services Of
Adju'ant-GeneTal were really nothing.
The system Of militia was a~seless. and the
above Office was only al adjunct. For a
Fourth Of July celebration it WAC q grand
thing, but let the people personally pay
for the grandeur. The moment a man
gets into Office he thinks every man on
Gods foo;stool owes him tribute. Let
every tub stand on its own bottom.
Howell considered the State government
not complete without & Lieutenant-Goy-
ernor, and suck officer should have some
salary.
Bell said the opinion seemed to be that
all offices should be honorary. He was
free to confess that he got more than he
earned, but men couldn't afford TO give
their time free.
Hardin asked how the extra duties could
be put upon the Lientenant-Goyernor any
more consistently than upon the Secretary
Of State. The gentleman wanted to whip
the devil round the stump.
Pike thought the gentlemen who OPP
posed the bill were switched off the track,
and held that their mathematics were
wrong, and that in reality the Offices we're
being consolidated. Bill passed-27 to -.
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