Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-02-28
OUR ENJOY TO CARSON.
County Seat Removal Contest as
Related by Geo. Cole.
CARsoN GIN. Feb. Is.

night and expected to have good
news regarding removal bill, but |
was so sore that nearly got par
alyzed and didn't feel like writing.
The telegram this morning (to
which | received your reply ex-
planned briefly the case, and | will
only attempt to explain more in de-
tail the cause and effect so far.
As you know, at the beginning of
the session Bell drew up an agree
ment that no county lines or boun
daries should be changed at this SEES
sion of the legislature. This, find
out, has been done for several past
sessions of the senate, wrong as it is
like jurors agreeing upon a verdict
before hearing the evidence He in
serted the words county seats in
the agreement. Several senators
claim that they did not know that
this was a part of the agreement,
and others claim that they refused to
sign it at all until he showed them
the signatures of a majority of the
senator's, and for fear of jeopardizing
measures of their own they finally
signed until he had at least fifteen of
the seventeen senator's.
At this time they knew of no desire
from Nye county for county seat re-
moval, and when they finally did see,
as they all admit now, that the ma
jority of Nye county citizens desire
such removal a number of them
asked Mr.. Bell to release them
from the agreement This, as he
had previously told me, he had posi-
lively refused to do.
This article of agreement Marquis
Of Queensbury rules was typewrit-
ten and signed you can see that the
honorable gentleman from Nye took
no chances on an oral promise even
from a senator of the great state of
Nevada.
When we fully realized the
strength of that agreement it was
arranged that a fusion caucus should
be held for the purpose of persuad-
ing Mr. Bell to agree to allow those
who could see the Injustice of oppos-
ing tho removal to vote as they saw
right and fit. If Mr. Bell did sin
cerely think he was right and could
offer good argument for his side of
the case he would, as a gentleman,
do so. But he didn't, and although
gave him credit at one time for sin
cerity, our opinion is changed.
The bill is in his hands, as he is the
senate delegation from Nye and he
will report it with the recommends
ton that it do not pass. Some of his
friends will move, as is usual, that it
be laid on the table, and as some of
the Nevada legislators regard their
word obtained at the point of
threat as of more value than lust
and rightful demand from five thou
sand people, it will be laid in the
soup pot.
But we are not through. Frank
Thorne was the only man, so | hear.
that had nerve enough to declare
publicly, in the caucus, that he would
himself release himself from the
pledge.
Mr.. Pittman is drawing up bin
now providing for the calling of a
special election in Nye county, and
we may be able to pass it, Bell, |
think, will not dare oppose it, and
would be glad to try and square him
self by supporting it but we do not
feel at present in a mood to allow
him to crayfsh. | will advise YOU
further of our work, and hope that
our friends will not think that we
nave overlooked anything.
All the state officers, the public
sentiment, state papers and even the
legislature as whole are with us.
md Mr.. Bell and his little agreement
deserve the credit of the expense of
special election Gf we get it, and to
which there can only be one result.
Assemblyman McCabe has done all