Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-02-17
CARSON NEWS.
Railroad Legislation Which Every
body Talks About.

spOndent's View Of MIR. MuldOon's
.QuestiOn of Privllege''-A BIes.
som Of Forgiveness-The Vote ON
the Licutenan an -taOvermOr BILL
Mr.. FOIey's Judiciary BiII-Relief
of Incumbent County Assessors
Eurelxans vt the Hub.
CARSON CRY, Feb. IA, 1888.
Assembly bill SO, the Melarkey bill, has
been made the special order in the Assem-
bly, for 7 O'Clock this evening. Hardin
tried for an earlier hour, but was voted
down, the excuse being that there was
another special order for a day order. If
the vote on passing the Melarkey bill to
engrossment could be taken as a test Of
the strength of the measure, which we fear
is not the case, then there would be no
doubt of the passage of the bill. But
''these be parlous times" in legislative
matters, and how a man voted yesterday
on a railroad bill is no evidence of how he
will vote to-day. The legislative mind
may suddenly see new constitutional light;
the legislator may learn something about
"moving the commerce of the world as
Westertield and Gage phrase it. Para
phrasing an old saw, there are many ways
of killing a railroad bill besides choking
it with the butter of common sense. Col.
A. G. Ellis, who left for the Erst on last
Sunday night, will not be called upon to
give an opinion as to the unconstitution-
ality of the M~elarkey bill, as he did in the
case of the Smyth bill, but doubtless
,tl,r oL1o oop,t;t+;opo 1o,pvaru will ha
found TO run the legal knife into the body
of the already endangered bill. While on
this subject it is proper to remark that the
friends of Colonel Ellis give the assurance
that the gentleman declared before his de-
parture that the Melarkey bill was consti-
tutional. This statement is given for the
benefit of Senator Brumsev, who may
have an opportunity to vote on A. B. 80.
But the fight will be over III the Assembly
before this letter has been placed in type,
so a truce to speculations. Whatever may
be the fate of the bill, there will be no
lodging on it, and let us hope that the
bu rden of the fight will not be thrown
upon one person, as was the case with the
Smyth bill, which had not a voice raised
in its favor but that of its plucky author.
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Assemblyman Muldoon of your county
on Monday last took the floor on a ques-
ton Of privilege, the young gentleman
having taken serious offense at an editorial
which appeared in the SENTINEL of Sunday
last. His remarks are published in full
in the Carson Index of yesterday, and
embrace a wide range of topics. If Mr..
Muldoon wanted to try his voice, if he
wanted to air his knowledge of Roman and
English history, snatching a leaf from the
latter to present himself as a second Pitt,
he succeeded in a high degree, albeit the
young gentleman was not particularly
fortunate in his allusion to Pitt the
younger, for Macaulay shows that Fit was
frequently weak when strength was more
needed. We do not wish to be understood
as even i~nsinuatiug that Mr.. Muldoon il
contrary, we have watched his course,
especially in relation to the Melarkey bill,
during the %latter's earlier stages in the
Assembly, and We have always thought
that he meant to do the right thing as
between his constituents and the corpo-
rations. But We think Mr.. Muldoon was
weak in taking up q gauntlet evidently not
thrown down for his benefit, and the
writer has strong backing in this opinion.
With a feeling of friendship for Mr.. Null
doom, and a sincere hope that he may not
be imprudant enough to waste too much
OF the Assembly's time on privileged ques-
tions, we quote the concluding paragraph
Of his speech:
at will again return to Eureka with no
blush on my countenance brought there
by untitled pledges, and ! will again re-
sumo willingly my occupation, with ham
mer and drill"
EVERYTHING LOVELY.
That investigating committee, OF which
Dennis was Chairman, reported on Mon
day last, and, as might have been expect
ed, the whole thing has the appearance of
a very large tempest in a very small teapot.
Smyth had no recollection Of having said
anything about ''coin" in. connection with
Hobart's action on the Smyth bill. No
body heard him say anything Of the kind.
Hill, the offending reporter, thought that
through inadvertence he might have re-
ported the words 'and for coin" in the
wrong connection, but believed that the
words were used as he had given them.
The committee recommended that the SEN
ate take no further action, and the report
was unanimously adopted. The belliger-
ents lave all ''calmed down." the Index
reporter is still privileged to sit inside the
rail, and the forgivina and forgetting tune
is in full blossom.
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY.
The Assembly yesterday passed a substi-
tute for s. B. SO by a vote of 81 to -. The
| substitute was reported by the Ways and
Means Committee, and it takes the place
Of the bill introduced in the Senate by
westerfeld. 1t defines the duties of Lieu
tenant-Govsrnor, making him Adjutant-
General snd State Librarian, aud fixing
his salary at $4,000 per snnum. This
| compensation covers Gil the duties OF the
| office. those Glready named, together with
| President OF the Senate, acting Governor,
| etc. There is provision made for employ
| ing an assistant in the State Library dur
| ing legislative sessions. The substitute
| Riepe and Wells, and opposed by Gray Of
White Pine and Hardin. The measure,
| as indicated in a former letter, met with
its strongest opposition from Republicans,
| and received its heartiest support from
Democrats. AS a matter OF interest to the
| readers of the SENTINEL we give the vote
| in full on the passage Of the substitute
bill: Ayes-Allen, Bell. B%oskowitz, Brown,
| Dale, Dovey, Fox, Franklin, Gray, Gal
land, Hamill, Harper, Helm, Howell.
| Hill, johnson, Heating. Marsden, Morris,
Perkins, Pike, Price. Riepe. schmidtlein,
| Smith aud Wells-28. Noes-~CroWnln-
shield, Fish, Gslusha, Gray tof White
| Pine). Hardesty, Hardin, Hines, McBur-
ney, Melarkey, Muldoon, Pratt, Williams
and the Speaker-13. The friends OF the
bill claim that it will pass the Senate,
some estimating the vote at IA ayes and 6
noes, and none OF it's friends admitting a
possibility of defeat in the Senate. THE
bill passed the Senate by a vote of IS to ..
-ED. SENTINEL.
~EITREKANS AT TuE rApITAI.
Eureka is well represented at Carson at
this time. Among those to be seen
nightly in the Ormsby, when special or
over to the Capitol building, are Judge