Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1901-03-22
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Carson, Marcel 16, 1901


Editor Record:
The Goth session of the Nevadf
Legislature adjourned sine die al
$3.50 p. NJ. this day President
Judge, as presiding officer of the
Senate, and Mr.H Martin, as Presi-
dent Pro TEN, were presented BY
the mem bers of the Senate aud at
taches with two beautiful presents,
one solid set of silver spoons, for $
and teaspoons in magnificent case.
and the other beautiful punch
bowl. The present session of the
Senate has been the only one in the
history of the State of Nevada in
which party lines were not drawn,
and each and every bill had to pass
on its merits, judged by the mem
bers individually.
The bills increasing the salary of
the Sheriff, aud also that of cons
solidating the Office of Clerk and
County Treasurer, passed both
houses.
Senator Freudenthal's Bond bill
which passed the Senate unanim-
ously was defeated in the Assembly
by Burke and Conaway. Although
it was admitted by the passage of
this bill that Lincoln County would
save about $400, 900, they said there
must be steal in it some way, and
reported unanimously against the
passage of the bill, and also denied
to the Senator from Lincoln, and
also Mr.. Whittemore, attorney for
the CLARK road, which will build
through Lidcoln County, by their
actions in tabling the bill, the right
to come before the Assembly and
explain their views, and also denied
to every taxpayer of Lincoln county
the right to say whether or not this
bill should become a law, as Senator
Prudential had agreed to au
amendment that the whole matter
should be left to the will of the tax
payer of Lincoln county, before the
bill should be in effect, and to this
they would not agree. They have
put themselves as judge for every
taxpayer, and it is the first time in
the history of the State where the
representatives of a county were
afraid to leave a matter to the tax
payers to decide for themselves. BY
their actions and defeat of this
measure Lincoln county has lost the
opportunity of making its debt
$400, 900 less and also the saving
of 81, 750 year in interest. They
were told that the railroad would
have to purchase the bonds to pro
tect itself, and | have no DOUBT but
what they will, and consequence
will be that Lincoln County vii
owe to the first railroad building
through Lincoln County, its present
Indebtedness. of over 5000, 900, and
also the interest on the present
bonds amounting to $18.10O year
How they can explain their position
on this matter remains to be seen,
as the mere statement that they
think there is a steal in the matter,
is the most fimsiest of excuses to
defeat a measure whereby the
County would get rid of about $40O-
900 of its debt.
Yesterdays proceedings in the
Assembly was disgrace to any
body of men. Senate bill No. 70,
which had been reported unani-
mously by a joint Committee from
both houses, and introduced in the
Senate, passed that body unani-
mously, and when it came to the As
sembly, Wilson of Elko, who was
on the joint Committee and had
reported in its favor, got up and ap-
posed the bill, and the Assembly
defeated the bill by vote OF 70 to q,
they then took up from the table
Assembly Bill No 116, their own
measure, and which they had re-
ported unanimously against, and
passed it, and when this bill came
to the Senate it was laid on the
table; the Assembly then went back
on its record and took up Senate bill
rs, which they defeated the even
ing previous, and passed by a vote
of IS to 10. The Assembly has been
run in the interest of Van Duzer and
any measure that he wanted to kill,
was sure to meets its death, and in
the jumping from one bill to the
other, and in the changing of their
votes, they followed in the wake OF
their leader. The Carson News,
and also Morning Appeal, has not
drawn the matter any too strong,
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