The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-12-23
PASSING AROUND
THE GOODS
DEMOCRATS N MRANGLE OVER
THE aPPoRTIoNMENT OF Leg
ISLATIVE HONORS AND pa
TRoN AGE-HOW IT LINES Up.

i CARSON. Dec. 21.-The Appeal
SAYS: Frame ups and trades are be
ing talked about for places in The
Coming state Legislature and Lem
Allen. ex-lieutenant governor, Is oui
after the speakership of the assembly
with a gun and dog, fgurativels
speaking.
Most of the would be traders have
run up against the governor and the
chairman of the Democratic state
central committee. to say nothing OF
the majority of the executive COM
mittee. and the committees on organ
iZation.
During the campaign the exec
ntiye committee. with the COVER
nor as chairman, devised plan for
E the proper distribution of appoint
ments as attaches in each branch OF
the legislature This committee re-
ported and the report was adopted.
The secretary of the state central
committee was directed TO notify
each county chairman and each leg
islative candidate and the appoint
ment. as made, was considered good
politics. The action aided from
three 10 half a dozen candidates in
every county. for those candidates
who received the notification at once
called a meeting of their respective
committees and got down TO busi-
ness.
Unfortunately, through some over
sight or other reason, many of the
candidates, very few in fact. were
notified by the secretary and some OF
the counties were in ignorance of the
action until after the election. This
caused confusion in two counties.
Then came a proposal from one or
two persons to trade apportionment
in their own interests. Some of the
counties thinking the plan had been
abandoned were disposed to trade,
but others stuck fast to the agree
ment and the majority of the caucus
will stand.
The governor has declared that he
stands for the appointments. So
has the chairman of the state central
committee and others in the exeeu-
tive committee, a majority in fact.
All this affects in slight measure
the candidacy of different assembly,
men elect for speaker. Alien de-
elares he will stand by the action of
the committee in apportioning the at
taches. So will Esmeralda county,
Nye county. Lincoln county, White
Pine county and Humboldt county,
In Eureka county, where are no DEM
ocratic legislators, the apportion-
ment will be carried out the same as
in any other county, for it was
no fault of the Democrtic
in that county they did
not win. Elko county will also stand
by it and 1t is believed that Washoe
county will also taI-e the same stand.
Ormsby county stands by the
agreement as does Douglas, in fact
nearly every one of the fourteen
counties are satisfied with the APP
and all are willing to
stand by the action of the state CEN
trail committee in the matter.
J. B. Giffen of Nye county. is lead
ing for speaker of the house. He
has Nye county, Esmeralda county
and Lincoln county, to say nothing
of White Pine and Ormsby, two votes
in Humboldt, and if Frank Winters
retires in Elko county he will have
the Elko delegation. Ii takes eigh-
teen votes in caucus of the assembly
TO make a nomination and Giffen has
more than the required number.
Frank Folsom of Washoe, as a candi-
date has never been very strong in
the fight though doing lot of good
hard work. He was speaker pro
TEN at the last regular and special
sessions.
Lem Allen probably will be chair
man of the committee on ways and
means or of the legislative COM
mittee.
Over in the senate, there is less
active work for the place of presi-
dent protein for that place is about
conceded to George ID. Pyne, the
Democratic hold-over senator from
Esmeralda. Senator Boyd of Wa
shoe. probably will be floor leader
and chairman of the steering COM
mittee.
Esmeralda county, to which was
apportioned chief clerk of the house,
will insist on seating an Esmeralda
man. Nye county, to which was APP
portioned secretary of the senate,
may pass the nomination in exchange
for speakership and it is understood
to have taken that action. If this
is done, Giffen will be elected with
out very much opposition and the
caucus will have the Nye county at
taches to dispose of though this ac-
ton has not been confirmed from
Nye county. Esmeralda may pass her
apportionment in exchange for
Pyne's election TO the chair in the
senate, though this also is not yet
confirmed.
There is disposition on the part of
the organization in every county TO
stand by the state central commit
tees action and the governor
wishes in the matter. and while eff
forts are being made 10 work a little
private business while it is being