Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-24
NEVADA LEeIsLArU
proceedings in Both House" Yes
serday.

terday.
tsproI1L TO TEE sESriskL-l
o.,sov Ian. 23.-Mr. Fassetts high IL
,anse bill. as amended in the Assembly
Comm;,,ee on Ways and Means, passed
that body by . vote Of 81 10 Q. Under the
a1i.,ino law, 3 license OF $50 per quarter is
,ooui,ed. Fsssett brought in a bill OK
acting q payment in advance oil SOU IL
capse TO run 3 year, and to be transferable
IT.. committee cut the annual license fee
down TO $500, payable in advance. An
attemp. was made by Pike to delay action
ON the bill, by making 1t the special order
for Wednesday next. but the friends OF the
measure were too strong and defeated the
motion by . vote Of Is TO Is. Hawkes. oil
Storey said that IL his vote could do IL, he
would shu, up every saloon in the county,
hut he was opposed to the bill 80 hav-
ing a tendency 70 create a monopoly in the
LIQUOR business. Laycock thought the bill
commended itself TO every citizen OF Ne.
yada. AS for the arrangement in favor OF
poor men, h believed the poor man had
better get in some more honorable bnsi-
ness. There was not q State in the Union
hat had not enacted some Law 10 regulate
whisky .rahhc. When the Insane Asylum
was building at Reno q man erected q
shanty in the vicinity and sold rum 10 the
laborers. Nobody csn open 9 mine in the
State without some poor fellow too lazy 70
swing q pick himself setting up . dive
right alongside TO peddle bad whisky tc
10 the miners. He was for shutting ny
these deadfalla- Allen Of Washoe also
argued In favor OF the measure, which
passed by a vote 81 20 9SAndress, Harder
Hawkes., Langan, Mcmillan, Strob, Tur
ri.tin, Young aud the Speaker voting il
the negative. Hanks and Archer, both
saloon keepers. voted for the bill. Will,
Stroh was the only Democrat voting
against it. The bill IL regarded AZ g great
moral triumph by the temperance men
who are In the great majority In the Lower
House. II now goes to the Senate. where
it is expected a whisky lobby will rally tC
defeat il.
The Assembly Committee on Public
Morals, consisting OF Byrne, Myers and
Stroh, submitted Q report on Tyrell's bill
TO redistrict the Judicial Districts. II
recommended that the bill be amended sc
as to include Utah aud Idaho, and that the
introducer OF the bill be fined to the OK.
tent Of one basket Of champagne.
Westerield introduced 9 bill, ~vestine
the appointment OF q Warden for the State
Prison in the Board Of State Prison Com
missioners. The Wsrden's salary Is hxed
ct 50, 900 per annum. He 10 given the
right to appoint a Deputy Warden. but his
selection OF ell other attaches must be
made by and with the consent Of the Com.
missioners. The Board 10 TO nave abso.
lutte control Of the affairs OF that institu.
ton, n is empowered TO remove the War
den or and other officials for cause. Before
the Warden can be removed. however
charges must be preferred and testimony
taken thereon. The intent Of the measure
10 to take the prison but Of the dirty mire
OF politics, and remove the obstacles which
have virtually prevented ell legislation
since the assembling OF the present Legis.
lsture.
The Hobbies nave been filed with candi-
dates for Wardenship. In every nook and
corner the buzzing is going on at all hours.
and IL is believed that Q great deal OF ques.
tionable trading Of votes Is being made In
this fight. Already eight candidates are
In the field.
The Senate adopted the resolution to-
day that when 1t ~adjourns II will DO until
Monday next.