The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-04-27

meant the end of fusion. Wallace sup
ported the motion with all his energy,
but here he met his first Waterloo, the
motion being downed by vote of 25
to %.
After good deal of wind jamming
from all sides the second substitute
resolution came to a vote and was de-
feated. This, of course, meant the de-
feat of the first substitute, which fol-
lowed Immediately afterwards. AS
some of the very wary members had
voted against the second substitute be-
cause they were afraid it was dark
diabolical plot to make Democrats out
of them without their knowledge and
consent motion to adjourn for five
minutes to enable them to make out
resolution satisfactory to themselves
was made and carried. The resolution
was then drafted which afterwards pre-
vailed
The day was one of surprises and
sensations, but the most startling event
of the session occurred when upon the
re-assembling of the committee, John
/ L. Mcdonnell arose and stated that he
had been informed that G. NJ Sain, of
the Lovelock Tribune, who was pres
ent, and had been voting three prox-
les, had joined the Republican party.
In support of this charge he introduced
Mr. Holdsworth, Chairman of the
Washoe County Silver Party Central
Committee, who testified that Sain had
said in his presence he (Sain) was a
Republican.
Despite this fact the Chair ruled that
Sain had right to vote the three
proxies on the motion before the
house-a motion to admit the intro
duction of the resolution drafted dur
| ing the recess. John L. Considine
then requested permission to ask Mr..
Sain two questions before the roll was
called. Permission was granted and
the member referred to inquired: "Mr.
Sain, will you support the Silver Party
nominees at the coming election?n
Mr.. Sain declined to answer, where
upon the member from Storey chal-
/ lenged his right to vote. The Chair
ruled the member from Storey out of
order, and ordered the roll call. The
member appealed from the decision of
the chair, and stated to the committe
that if they would permit it, he pro-
posed after Mr.. Sain had answered the
first question, to ask him another, to
wit: "Will you, Mr.. Sain, vote for w.
j. Bryan for President at the next
election9o The extent of Mr.. Wallace's
grip upon his hired men may be i'm
agined when it is stated that the COM
mittee refused to allow these questions
to be put and permitted Mr.. Sain to
vote the proxies by vote of % to H.
He, himself, however settled the diff
Guilty by transferring the proxies to J.
B. Fitzgerald and then gracefully re-
tired from the battlefield.
During the roll-call that followed
one of Mr.. Wallace's friends, who had
been voting three Eureka proxies all
day-those of II. Kind, G. A. Fletcher
and Peter Breen-cast his three bal
lots as usual.
A roar of laughter shook the ceiling
when a member from Storey arose to a
question of privilege and inquired how
/ long Mr. Fletcher had been dead. 1t
/ kat 1.
symbolizes all those who did his bid
ding SO faithfully at Thursdays meet
ing), had been voting the proxy of a
man who had been under the sod for
the last six months.
During the discussion which followed
this interesting disclosure. Committee
man Mcdonnell assured Governor Sad
| Ter that MIR. Fletcher was not half as
dead as he (the Governor), was po-
4 litically after his actions of Thursday.
Finally the motion in favor of fusion,
drafted during the recess, was put and
carried. The Chair then appointed a
committee to confer with the Demo-
cratic committee which met at Reno
Saturday. Following were the men,
bers appointed: w. E. Sharon of
Storey, Ben Rosenthal of Esmeralda,
b. i. Curler Sr. OF Washoe, r. Sadler
of Eureka and j. B. Fitzgerald of
Lander.
The number of delegates from the
different counties to the coming State
Convention was then apportioned, and
out of the 100 delegates, Storey got 10.
The meeting then adjourned.
"F0ff,oi6 Fdvors the brave.n 1t is
also favorable to those who purify
their blood in the spring by taking