The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-04-04
THOSE UNSIGNED BILLS.
Governor Adams Explanation In Re-
gard TO Them.

8aH0 10 GnSm.
Major Dennis, of the Times Review, |
now in San Francisco, meeting Gov
ernor Adams, called his attention to
the Enterprise s structures concerning
the batch OF bills that became laws
through non-executive action. The
following explanation by the Cover
nor, communicated by Major Dennis
to his paper, puts the Governor in .
different position from that. which
Lieut. Governor Laughton would
have him occupy:
Meeting the Governor yesterday,
says the Major, interviewed him on
the subject aud obtained from him
the following statements During the
seven days succeeding the adjourn
ment he carefully considered and
acted upon upwards OF twenty bills,
besides attending 10 other official
business, including meetings of the
Board OF Pardons and other Boards
Of which he il a mem Der. In regard
to the anti-Treating bill. he had
Promised TO deier acLinn as long as
possible TO give It's friends aud oppo-
nents an opportunity 10 send in tueir
petitions. he had an attorney em-
ployed who MAS To consider he con-
stltutionality OF one of its clauses. of
whicD he was considerably in doubt.
Assembly bill No. lI9, entitled IAN
Act relating 10 certificates of indebt-
edness or Warrants" he had about
detern ined to veto, as 1t initiated
uni Justly towards holders of claims
against the Redemption funds, more
especially those Of " bite Pine county,
10 which " inost particularly applied.
Senator Briggs, Of tnat county, had
written or lelegraphed hun that .'eLl
tlons ~ere OH their way asking him
TO veto the bill, and he was awaiting
tnelr arrival, before taking iinal AZ
latlng 10 the compensation OF Justices
OF the Peace in a couple Of counties,
he had reserved for iurther consider
alton, ~, lac WAS doubtful as to its
efierts ia other counties not mention
ell In the Act Lieutenant to. ernor
Laugntun returned to Carson Ia ac-
cor,.ance with an agreement beteewn
lheu, as lie, Governor Adams. Aas
Obliged To leave Tor IalIiurnia that
evening % attend To- some private
busil ess involving tns payment Of
large sam of money. lie III the un
finlsnt bushes In Governor Laugh
ION = Hands, citIng ain particularly
tU The detects in The " bite Pine bill,
which he said ought 10 he vetoed,
stating The circumstances OF the ex-
lecLed p,tlllons, etc. Gov. Laugh
ton, as Gov. Adams most positively
declares, promised To veto The bill.
Governor Adams also expressed his
views concerning the other bills, but
said lie had not sufficient time 10 give
them the con ,ideratlon they deserved.
and requested The Lieut.. Governor to
examine them carefully and act a.
his sense Of duty dictated. All OF
this Governor Laughton promised to
do. aud Go, ernor Adams left for San !
Francisco under the full conviction |
,hat the duties OF the office would be |
faiIh.uiiy attended to, and the inter-
osts q. the people of the State, or aLy |
portion OF them would not suffer |
through his enforced absence. This |
Is the statement OF Governor Adams, |
substantially rs given 10 the writer,
and in justice TO that gentleman l
give IL 10 the public through your |
columns.
1t certainly does not appear from
the above that there vas any desire |
upod the part OF the Governor To
"shirk the responsibilities" OF his |
official pos ton as has been intiuuated
by the Enterprise, nor does 1t seem
that the present acting Governor ,
evinced, at that time, any unwilling
ness to assume them, as is lndtrated
in his communication to the Secretary |
OF State Under The circumstances,
IL most certainly strikes every fair
minded person that the Virginia pa
per's structures upon Governor O.
ans are exceedingly unfair and un-
Just.
Among the narrow escapes from |
tl.. ht, t,ruinu Of the I.anU0On l