Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-02-07
Legislative Matters
n Breezy tltGT f|lm All
DOt8D.
A Moral Body Of Men are our
Legislators.

lnt stcOflu week OF tDe NeVauu
Legislature, Twentieth Session, ended
yesterday afternoon with an adjourn
ment of both Houses until Monday
next, in order to give opportunity for
to-days official visit to the State Uni
versity and the State Hospital for
Mental Diseases, commonly known rs
the Insane Asylum, al Reno. They
will be kindly treated and shown
around to the best advantage, al d
what they see and experience among
the rattle-brained, cranky unfortunates
of the Asylum will operate as count
er-balance and stand off against the
overload of educational wisdom all
sorbed at the University, restoring
them to their normal condition,
ready to go through the sporty wick
edless OF Reno and return 10 legisla-
tive labors Oh Monday, thoroughly
prepared To endure and transact al
most anything.
The fifteen members composing the
Senate are mostly old veterans in the
service, but the thirty-one Assembly
meu include All unsual amount of the
youthful element. The last mentioned
circumstances is not intended rs mill
taiing against the ability and efiicieny
of the legislative body, for the ola
legislative veteran, Lem Allen, Ex-
Speaker and vigorous talker is there in
the Assembly rs usual doing his best
TO regulate and hold things down,
and the potent grave and reverend
senator just wag away in the even
tenor of their way.
Lieutenant Governor Judge preside
over the Senate with his usual grac,
dignity, ably seconded by Hank Martin
hIs genial protein assistant, whoss
ever precominent level-headed com
mon sense eminently qualities him foi
n leading part in that responsible,
body. speaker Van Duzer preside,
over the Assembly with more thar
unusual ability and effectiveness, nj
OF which is needed in regulating
youthful and inexperienced legislativ.
action.
Last week, the first rattle Out of tht
box, after organizing in the Assembly
there was II SERIES of resolutions intro
duced by Wilson of Elko declaring
against the proposed Nevada State
lottery, which after long and vigorol.,
discussions passed almost unaniniousl.
To the surprise of most everyone
This was To head oil the confirmation
by this Legislature of the amendment
To the State Constitution passed at tht
last session, two years ago providing
for the Organization ANA importation
of lottery in the State of Nevads
and 10 designate the amount of reve
nue. that shall he annually paid int,
the State Treasury 10y the said corpor
alton
The Senate followed suit next day
with very lively and prolonged dis
c,,ssion, ending with the nearly un
anmous adoption of the following
Introduced hy Williams OF Churchill
Resolved that this Goth session o
the Nevada Senate are unalterbly op
posed To changing, modifying o
amending the constitution of th'
State of Nevada, appending thereto
any article whereby il. would be pos
sible for lottery 10 be established
within the boundary of the State.
OF the fifty-six members composing
this Legislature, all but five vote,
against the lottery amendment, givint
il II very decided Knockout, whiel
was totally unexpected, in view of th,
fact that nearly one-half of the mem
bcrs had previously expressed them
selves favorably toward the lotter,
proposition. Moreover il was not eA
pected that the Legislature would ,,
decide, but would agree to submit th,
fu of lottery or no lottery TO I
direct vote Of the people AT special, ol
the next general election. tits shrewd
~ expected however that the friend'
of the lottery, finding they could moi
win, voted with their opponents IN
order TO let il go unanimously for tht
present with view 10 the possibility y
of the proposition coming up in some
other and more effective shape lat.
on. In fact the amendment itself ha.
TO come up in due form and order ol
business about n week hence This
legislative action and expression, how
ever, is generally considered as settling
the lottery beyond hope of future re
demption.
But II goes still further and effect.
the various San Francisco and other
/ lotteries doing business i'm this State
the Little Louisiana, Honduras, Rene
Iicencia, and even the local Chinese
lotteries. Judge Mack of the District
Court has directed District Attorney
Roberts to suppress the Chinese lotteri
es as well as all public selling of lottery