The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-03-28
THE LAST

THE 22nd session of the Nevada legls
lature has betn handed down to posterity.
1t is not the desire or intent of the Sill
yer state to u~njustly criticize that BODY
for we ealize that there were severa
good men In it, men who undoubtedly
acted for the best interest of the state
as they saw 1t. One paper tells OF IN
many thousands of dollars 1T cost u
have the nickel-in-the slot law passed
He fails. however, to tell what the money
was expended for. 1t surely did not G
to buy the members. How then couie
..several thousand dollars be expended
The whine set up by some of the late
members of that body that the II O'Clock
closing law was a dead letter and no
enforced. is a poor excuse for repeating
it; but on the theory that a poor excuse
is better than none, 1t is probably a.
right. The law removing gambling from
the upper to the lower floor. in the Judge
ment of the Silver State, was wrong. but
as the measure passed almost unani'
mously, we presume the members thought
it best to encourage gambling. The ex
cuse madt by some members that they
waited for some one from Washoe county
to show up who were opposed to the law
being amended while the gamblers werS
on the ground working for it. is a very
lame argument. 1t is an open secret
tina at least two members of the gam
bling fraternity were on the ground with
check book in hand to Influence" the
members. How far hat influence" ex-
tended is too apparent to need esptcial
attention called to it.
When legislators are elected by the
peoplt they are supposed to know then
duties and responsibilities. 1t is not ex-
pected that it will be necessary to send
ten men," or one man, to Carson TO
tell them how to vote on any question.
late statesmen that the better element
maintained no lobby at Carson. OF
course they didn't. They had expressed
themselves at the poles and their repre-.
sentatives were supposed to know how
to act. Did the honorable members ex-
pect the opponents of a wide-open policy
to appear on the scene, check book in
hand, and meet the gamblers on then
own ground? 1t would seem so from the
taoor of the eycuseS offered
At every session since the early 70s
an attempt has been made to pass a law
regulating railroads doing business il
this State. but on every occasion such
bills nave been turned down in the in
terest of the railroad companies. The
people fully realize the injustice prac-
ticed by railroads in the way of freights
and fares and yet they are powerless tt
get relief. The bill introduced by Nj.
Smith of Humboldt county looking to a
measure of relief was defeated as al
measures nave been before it.
We know it is fashionable to condemn
legislatures for acts of omission and
commission. but when the people senc
men to represent them in the halls Of
a legislature and the trust reposed in
them is entirely ignored it occurs to
us that they nave a w~ell-grounded RICH
to enter a protest, both before ano
after taking" All the satisfaction the
people can get is a good hesrty growl.
and the members should not object to
giving them that sweet privilege. the
least said about the END session of the
Nevada legislature the better. although
this session was, perhaps, no better nor
worse than some previous sessions have
been. Some day. but IL may be In the
very dim future. men will be sent to
Carson who will nave some regard for
the people who send them.