Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-06-26
Ncyada's Next Legislature.

The next legislature of Nevada will
be almost an entirely new body both in
personnel and in number
In the first place there are II hold
over senators and of these seven are
democrats.
The membership of the senate has
been increased to 10, one each from
Esmoralda and Nye counties. In Es-
meralda county is one democratic hold
over, Senator George D. Pyne, and a
confrere will be elected. In Nye county
Tasker L. Oddie goes out of office and
two senators must he elected A sue
cessor must be elected in Humboldt
county for John O'Kane, the demo-
cratic holdOver being w j. Bell
Lincoln must elect successor to j. u.
Campbell, president pro tenn of the last
session, and Lyon must elect successor
to J. w. Wilson.
Wasloe will elect man to succeed
Harry Martin, who held the unique
position last session of being a ;esidcnt
Of Nye county and representing with
James r: Boyd of Reno, Washoe county
in the senate. White Pine will select
Il successor to w. G.. Gallagher, whose
term also expires.
The assembly has been increased
from 40 to 4S members and all must be
elected this fall, as usual Esmeralda
has an increased delegation, her repre-
scntation now being six instead of
three. Nye also gets four more mem.
bers iii the lower house, her representa-
ton now being seven, and Churchill
gets an additional member.
AS far us the complexion of the
senate, or of the house, is concerned.
the senate will be most probably demo
cratic this term as there are seven hold
overs of that faith and the most of the
new senators are to be elected in demo
cratic counties.
The House is CERTAIN to he democratic
as it was at the last session. 1t will
most likely DC more democratic than it
was ut the last session as the increased
delegations are for democratic counties.
AS for the United States senatorial
fight, the man elected in this legislature
must have 81 votes OH joint ballot, as
the joint ballot will number 81. Of
this number deducting the seven already
holding us senators and of democratic
faith, Senator Newlands must have 81
new Legislators to be certain of election,
if al stick, and more to BE- safe
Senator Nixon and the republicans
must elect 30 Legislators as there are
only four republicans left in the senate
for the coming session A simple
majority i'll each house would not be
sufficient as one senator must preside
over the senate as president, in the
absence of a Lieutenant Governor, and
one aSSemblyman must preside as
speaker Of house, reducing the floor
representation to IS. As both president
OF the senate and Speaker Of the house
VII have Il vote on joint ballot, it will
be necessary for either side to have at
least one more than the usual majority
i'll joint ballot, which is very much
different thing from majority vote in
each branch of the legislature.
In addition to the legislators, the
people will select a congressman, three
r>5cnts of the state university, one
supreme Justice to succeed presiding
j !stice Talbot and surveyor general
fill the place of the late E. D. Kelley.
With all these offices to fill, there is
Il good deal of political talk going
around the state and candidates are
being picked and groomed for the race
this fall.-Rcno journal.