Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-02-23
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THE PRINTING SU. .

Judge Mack, Of the District Court.
has decided the suit of the APPEAL
against the county in favor OF the
defendant. The case was one wherein
the APPEAL sued the county Of Ormsby
for 1924 SO for printinR~the list of
registered voters 10 the last election.
Justice Hawthorne. the RegisterAr,
gave the list to the APPEAL and ordered
it printed, and white the work WAS
being run # on the press and neatly
finished, i l>'ice Hawtharne was
ordered tc "a 20 the work done at the
News Off. ! written order was sent
MI. Hawta >. to that effect and his
attention n ne order called to a
statute whieu provides that all such
work must be ordered by the Board of
County Commissioners. Mr.. Haw-
thorne then consulted District Attor-
ney MCGOWAN, who told him to have
the work finished at the APPEAL office.
Thus, under instructions from the
legal adviser Of the county, the work
was finished, delivered and used by
the co mtg.
Meanwhile, the Commissioners
called a meeting to arrange for the
printing OF the Register list, a dut y
they had overlooked at their last meet
ing, but they were confronted bv
another law which required five days
notice OF a special meeting and 30 it
was obliged to be advertised. When
they met the work had been finished
and used by the county officials, but
the county, by the decision of Judge
Mack, gets out Of paying for the wo rk.
The Judge from the Bench said that
the woIk had peer done in good faith
ordered by the officials and used by
the county, and he thought the plain
tiff should be paid for his work, but
the law providing that no work can
be paid for, not ordered by the County |
Commissioners, makes no provis-
ion for the doing of work they neglect
to order and which the law says must
be done.
The Commissioners have for some
time objected to the APPEALS criticism
or their course in doing useless road
WORK and putting the county in debt
to favor their political pets, and they
punished the APPEAL for daring to
expose their course, an expose which
the last Grand Jury in their re-
port officially endorsed. The County
Commissioners of Nevada have dur
ing the past few years gradually
gathered everything into their hands
until a County Commissioner, who
gives no bonds and Is responsible to
nobody, has the power OF a Gar.
The laws are dangerous and should
be repealed. A noteworthy feature Of
the case was developed when it was
shown by sworn testimony that the
order served CD Judge Hawthorne
was written by a typo named Lennon
connected with The News and junior
partner OF the firm of Dunn & Lem
mon. He worked tooth and nail to
prevent the APPEAL getting money
Justly due it for work performed and
instead OF doing it openly, couched
behind Commissioner Bray, whom he
to sign the order. Mr.. Lem
mon came to this city some years ago
and being in very Strengthened cir
possibly through no
fault Of his own, was given work
in the APPEAL office, where his services
were net particularly needed. His re-
turn for this kindness was evinced by
his efforts to prevent the APPEAL get
ting pay for work done the county by
the order Of county officers. He is
what is known in common Western
parlance as "a knocker," meaning a
man, who, when he cannot get some
thing himself, prevent some one else
from getting it.
The case is one in which the news-
paper association is particularly in
terested and it will b. taken to tbs
Supreme Court.