The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-09
BRACES REVIEW
At CARSON CITY
Discusses Some Recent Events At
State Capital Which Passed
Under Ills Eye

1Slature is now We'll aoVancSo a0o
the members are hard at work with
the files in both ends of the capitol
filled with 9ainishEf hua The
railroad rate bill has passed and the
governors signature has been at
tached thereto The transportation
companies have been forced to sWsi-
low the pill, Notwithstanding 1t dtd
not taste good. The railroad lobby
lists now say the bill will not stand
the test of the courts and will be de-
clared unconstitutional. The rail-
roads have evidently anchored their
hopes to the constitution and before
the bill becomes operative 1t will
have to run the legal gamut. The
men who gave the measure their ar
dent support express no doubt about
its constitutionality, while there are
others who express grave doubt. The
assertion has been made that there
is movement on foot to pool every
railroad property in the state and
put them in the hands of the South
ern Pacific, thereby making every
foot of rail laid in Nevada part of
an interstate system. IL that be done
the people will get relief from rail-
road oppression-nit. But be that
as it may, it takes more brains than
are in my nut to see the end.
The Fesler bill bonding White
Pine county in the sum of 100000
for court house building purposes.
has passed the assembly,, as has the
bill bonding Ely school district for
$50,000, and they are now in the
hands of Senator Gallagher. Sen
ator Gallagher intends to present the
bills to the senate tomorrow.
Senator Comins is here and thinkS
the bonds too heavy and favors the
amending of the measures to $75,0e0
for court house purposes and $780,
600 for school purposes. He also IA
vors the redemption of the bonds In
from ten to twenty years. He viii
meet with the delegation this even
ing, when some conclusion will BE-.
reached, and the bill when finally
passed will probably meet the re-
quirements and be entirely satisfaA-
tory to the people of Ely/and White
Pine county.
The White Pine county delegation
stands in the front ranks of pains
taking and intelligent representatives
and are leaders in all important leg
islation.
Andy Fesler Is the most popular
member on the floor of the assembly
while Alex Baird has made many
warm friends.
Senator Gallagher is attentiYely
listened to whenever he addresses the
chair, and Lieutenant Governor Dick
erson seems to like to hear White
Pines senator say "Mr. President"
for he knows that when White Pines
representative gets on his feet there
will be food for thought" presented.
There was blood on the sun this
morning and as Old Sol threw his
red streaks into the corridor of the
capitol he spattered it all over the
front of Sam Davis shirt. Sam paid
his usual early morning call to the
capitol and met Secretary of State
Douglass, and the two began talking
about the state library, of which Mr..
Douglass is ex-officio librarian. Doug
lass called Sam damned liar. and.
strange to say. Mr.. Davis took ex-
ceptions to the remark, and being in
his younger days something of
scrapper put up his props and made
vicious lunge for GIBBS nose. but
Douglass parried and landed left
handler on Sans left eye, and the
claret flew and Davis hit the floor;
Douglass followed up his advantage
and proceeded to give Davis face a
good polishing. The fight was short
but fierce while it lasted, and when
1t was over Davis got up, stepped
into the governors office and dropped
blood all over the governors invita-
tions that he was preparing to send
out inviting the members of the leg
is lature to barbecue to be given at
the governors Alamo ranch near
Reno, on Saturday
The governor addressed Sam by
asking him IL he had been celebrat-
ing the battle of the Alamo, or had
he been i'll an earthquake. Sam. who
is noted for being Nevada's funny
man. replied: No. governor, | Just
called Glib Douglass a liar and he
reached for me and think he found
me, at any rate l am as bloody as a
freshly stuck pig. An hour later
the red streaks of the sun had clear
ed and only Sans bloody stains on
his shirt front-barring a quarter
section of court plaster about his left
eye-were the only signs visible that
they had met.
The members are now thinking of
going home and leaving the beauti-
full city where they have spent the
last 40 or SO days so pleasantly. and
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