The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-02
Carson, Nevada.
Jan. 18th. 1899.

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To the Record
About all the legislature has ac-
complished this week is the election
of VIM. NJ. Stewart to succeed him
self as United States Senator. This
il gratifying to the Senator himself
and to his many friends throughout
the State, and CALLING to a degree
bordering upon desperation, to his
opponents.
Lincoln County has many warm
and ardent supporters of Senator
Stewart, who doubtless are glad to
learn of his reelection, and who
would be also surprised to learn the
degree of opposition manifested to
him horoobouts The papers. paid
for the purpose, give them some
idea of it however.
When the Senatorial vote came off
the cry was anything to beat Stew
art The Newlands supporters were
doing anything and everything to
draw votes from Stewart, regardless
of who else might get them, and it
was said that vote on Tuesday for
Cleveland, meant two votes tor New
lands on Wednesday, but no We'd
nesday for that operation came, and
the plan ofibringing Newlands for
ward on Wednesday as the only man
who could unite the opposition, fell,
and fell so hard that no villi6cation
or abuse is too great to heap upon
the sholders of those members of
the legislature who voted against
Stewart.
Senator Denton comes in for a
good share af the abuse. He was
quoted as a Cleveland man, and so
he was, but Cleveland man only,
not anything to beat Stewart" and
when he saw Cleveland was not in
the race but was being used only as
catspaw for the Newlands element,
he refused to stand in with them
aud the offence in their sight ap-
pears to be objectionable.
Denton sized the situation up cor
rectly, however, and five days before
tbs Senatorial vote came off notified
the Cleveland supporters in writ
ten communication of his views and
that he would support Stewart, and
not Newlands in any event.
That he was right was shown b.
t 20 poor vote which Cleveland re
ceived aud that vote too must shov
how scant the possibility was o
Cleveland's ever comming cut ahead
The result OF the post election
vote on the senatorial question, sc
afoot by Assemblyman Dooley, ha
not been made public. What th
vote was: what quarters of the couI
ty, aside from DeLamar and Phoebe
it came from, what element cast
whether voters or non voters, at
remains as u sealed book. So far I
the general public is concerned. an
each representative is of Limcol
cast his vote as his Judgment dicta
ed which was and s,the course d
scribed by law and the natural thir
to do.
Speaking of representation remin
me that the bill to give Lincoln
additional Assemblyman ought
pass. One branch of opposite
says the whole matter of represent
ton ought to remain unchanged U
til the result of the 1900 census
published. By that time Linc'
will be entitled to five represen
tives instead of two only.
With Monday next both hou
are expected to open up with VII
on regular business. Lincoln
poses some legislation to change
disposition of part of its reven
placing more in the Contingent
the INDECENT Sick Fund and less
the General Fund. This is a G.
move as the outstanding Sc
against the General Fund is net
all in and there are fewer dema
against the Fund than formerly
Il a decrease in the tax rate for
may IoIIow, rnougn the state rate
been raised from 92 to 100 cents
More anon as situation devel'