Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-02-14
Legislative Matters
Carson City, Feb. 10, 1900.

the device to cut down the salaries OF
State officials, from Governor to iani-
tor. Even the three Justices of the
Supreme Court come In for share Of
attention, q bill calling for their AN
nual salaries to be reduced $500 each
being introduced and defeated The
annual earnings Of any first-class law
ser would hardly justify such financial
sacrifice for the distinguished honor Of
being Supreme Judge. And some Of
the abnormally wise heads even think
that the State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction Is not needed, and
thatir the Attorney General hasn't
half enough to do.
1t ~ true that sundry deputyships
aud State officials sinecures, created
by the last Legislature rs rewards fol
political party services are simply
costly supernumeraries and should bt
cut off, which they probably will be.
but those enterprising wise heads in
their over anxiety for public approval
Of their economic ideas, evidently for
get the Id adage that economy like
charity begins at home, aud ordinary
courtesy, suggests that before putting
their fellow feeders al the State crib on
half rations they should sci consist
.nlly rational example by COMING
DOWN to half rations themselves. q J,
better still, they should favor and en-
courage any public enterprise whereb,
the State revenues can be increased
taxation decreased, and the general
prosperity of the State made mor
financially solid and substantial.
But on Wednesday next al =. P.M
comes up in the Senate the famous
amendment TO the constitution, auth
orizing a lottery to exist and be con
Quoted within the State of Nevada
II is made special order for the oc
.asion and will come up In due legiti
nate form and order of business.
Those anti lottery resolutions passed 81
the beginning of the session being
merely fee'e.s, yet not actually demon
strating the real strength OF the OPP
losing forces.
This amendment MAS firx' introduc
ID in the Senate two years ago, b,
senator HUI of Eureka and after du
discussion and consideration passed b,
the following vote:
ieas Denton, sHardesty, HUI,
Kelly, Livingston, Martin, McCul-
lough, Summerfield and Wasson.-S.
Nays -comins. Ernst, Flanagan
Lravili, and Williams ). Absent,
Lord.
In the Assembly il passed Il 10 II;
absent >
OF the nine Senators who voted foi
the amendment, Denton and Summer
ield were not reelected, therefore the
other seven, being "hold-overs,' lack
Just one of being constitutional
majority of the present Senate. Flani
sun and Williams are also hold-over'
b 1t they voted against the amendmen
Two years ago and may again. How
the Others vote will be found out latei
III. But the grand point depends Oh
It's passing the Senate all right, IL
which ease il is pretty sure To pass
the Assembly. II ~, provision has
10 be made TO submit the question o.
lottery or no lottery TO n direct vote o
he people at Il special or the next
general election, nearly two yesn
hense. ''Vox populi, vox Die.
The effort made to knock our famots
Nevada prize fight law met with littl'
favor and could not succeed leaving
the open door to high-toned "physics
culture still open for any ambitious
championships who are willing Il
put up the big license for scrap tot
lnish. Dan Stuart is expected bacl
TO Nevada as soon as this Legislature
,djourns.
In the new r-apportionment bill
now before the Legislature Orinsb!
comfy does not propose TO allow tii'
recent federal census to knock her oui
of one of her .Assemblymen by pa
pably unjust and incorrectly reduced
enumeration. A special census, jus
completed, by active and competei I
agents sIo over 3, 400 population
This reflects strongly upon the insuf
icency ofthr federal census and pre-
vents any reduction in Ormsby's quot,
of |, ,gi.lative representation.
In the Senate yesterday Senate
Kelly's bill 10 pwsont the killing q
wild horses passed without dissenting
vote. During the last few years u
great number of valuable horses have
been killed by hide hunters under the
preiense that they were killing vile
horses. The law was originally intended
to cl, ar The range Of fundealrahlesnimsls
but the practice Of LOT Of worthless
men who live by killing the animals
for their hides has brought the law it,
to "A bad Use. II WAS time to put q
stop to useless slaughter,
The bill of last session, authorizing
the obstruction cf wild unbranded
horses running at large on the public
ranges, is wisely repealed, the wars
having created demand, and better
use for horses than shooting them fol