Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-10-24

Under the spportiOument bill OF The
last Legislature NsvsdA's next Legisia-
ture will consist Of As members; Is Sen
asors and 30 Assemblymen. IL would
seem that after the ignoring Of the rights
Of the people BY several successive Re
publican Legislatures that there ought
10 be such an awakening OF the public
conscience as to place the lAw-nsking
power Of the state in the hands Of the
Democratic party for one term at least.
When . political party becomes besOsted
from . long tenure in office the best and
most sensible thing the people can do Is
TO rise in their majesty and turn il out Of
power. 1t is not possible for the Demo
Gratis to secure control Of both branches
Of the Legislature next year, as the Sen
ate is already dominated by nine Repub.
lican holdoyer Senators, but il is pos
sibIe to 80 divide the responsibility be-
tween the parties by selecting 9 strong
majority of Democrats to the Assembly
IS will prevent unwholesome and vicious
legislation in the interest of classes and
rings Of the character that has cursed the
State and blighted its progress for q
dozen years or more. Six Senators are
10 be elected next year, one each, by the
following counties: Humboldt, Lincoln.
Lyon, Nye, Storey and White Pine. The
people would Also 6ud ID to their interest
10 return six Democratic Senators from
these counties to mix with and lesven up
the nine Republican holdovers. None OF
the counties have more than . single Sem
ator under the new law, except Storey,
which has two. The holdover Senators
are Kaiser Of Churchill, Folsom Of Doug
las, Williams Of Elko, Forbes Of Esme-
ralda, Stearnes Of Eureks, Williamson Of
Lander, Hickey of Ormsby, Mcdonnell
Of Storey, and Foley Of Washoe. The
next Assembly will consist Of one mem.
Der from Churchill, n from Douglas,
three from Elko, two from Esmeralda,
two from Eureka, two from Humboldt,
one from Lander, two from Lyon, n
from Nye, three from Ormsby, six from
Storey, four from Washoe, and one from
White Pine, total thirty, all of whom
are to be chosen. In view Of the ap-
preaching Senatorial election a strong
effort will be made to retain a Republic
can majority in the Legislature which
will go on acting for the rings and bosses
about as former Republican Legislatures
have done. But thanks to the press Of
Nevada, and especially to the Democratic
press, which kept alive the agitation,
we have the Australian ballot system Of
voting, which may work a wonderful
revolution in Nevada in another year,
We are to have a free ballot for once in
the history of the State. The Contra
Pacific no doubt stands ready to spend
quarter Of q million, as it did before, t.
return Stewart to the Senate, and FRANK
Newlands would perhaps contribute al
much more for q seat in Congress, bu'
none of them have a dead thing, and nj
living man can predict what is going Il
happen in Nevada next year under thu
free ballot law. Money will cut no fig
ure in our next election, unless the man
ipulators shall devise g way 10 circum
vent the law. Under the corporation
lash, together with the lavish use of
corruption sack, there has been an appa
rent Republican majority in Nevada, bu
with these influences removed the Stat
is quite as apt to go overwhelmingly
Democratic as otherwise. A great dea
depends, Of course, on the attitude o
the Presidential tickets with respect t
silver.