The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-19
Anti Gambling Bill Pass
ed by Assembly as
Amended in Senate
and Awaits Signing
LEdiISLATtRE REACHED TIME
LIMIT OF SESSION LAST NIGHT
50O.0GO APPROPRIATED

CARSON. March 1s.-Thc time
Z limit ON the session of the legislature
expires tonight. During the day
there has been big rush with vari-
Gus measures and "a great deal of
legislation has been jambed through
with little or no consideration. To-
the members of both the house and
senate will continue as far as possi-
BILE with delayed work. The mine in
spector bill Is still In the balance and
will not likely receive consideration
of the assembly. Practically all the
labor measures have been killed. Ap-
preparations will reach probably a
million and "a half dollars.
The anti-gambIing bill WAS made
special order for the assembly yester-
day afternoon at = o'clock and after
some discussion passed the house
with the amendments as added by
the senate. There was a diversity
of opinion among The supporters of
the original unamended bill. as TO
whether or not It would not be best
TO kill the bill rather than pass IL
with the amendments added by the
senate. but by the ma jority IL was
considered 10 be victory TO get the
bill even as II Is. and on that basis
IT. was passed and will now go to
the governor for his signature. An
other contemplate trick was attempt
I'd by Clerk Coogan of the assembly,
who tried 10 avoid reading the sem
ate's message transmitting the bill.
The bill was sent 10 the house by
the senate Tuesday and should have
been given to the house that same
day. The members OF the house did
not know II had been sent In and did
not notice that the clerk was smoth-
ering IL when he did not give the
house the senates message. yester-
day morning the clerk again passed
the bill with no mention and some of
the assemblymen smelled a rat and
began inquiry as to what had become
of the bill This inquiry resulted in
-
had held the bin Tuesday and was
attempting TO pass II over again. As
the session ends tonight IL can be
seen that the Infamous trick was get
ting dangerously close TO success.
Assemblymen Berry and Winters
prpmptly called the clerk and forced
him to read the message. The speak
or also called him on the carpet for
his trickery but as the session is so
near an end. probably nothing fur
ther will be done in the case.
The lie was passed during the vote
between Lem Allen and Assembly
man Neill which caused the speaker
TO call the two belligerents to order.
Allen moved that the assembly con-
cur In all the amendments tackled on
to the bill by the senate and Assem-
blymen Allen. Bernman, Brogan,
Brooks, Clark. Dodge. Ellis. Farms
worth. Folsom. McCafferty, McNam-
ara, Blake and Neill voted no. I'M
mediately after the vote was taken
Allen, Folsom. Brooks, Clark, Berg
man, Neill. Blake and Ellis changed
their vote from mo" TO aye They
claimed after the vote was taken that
they followed the lead of Lem Allen
by mistake. The change made the
total vote Al to in favor of the
bill as amended by the senate. Neill
arose and stated that he followed AL
lens vote on the bill and Allen re-
piled that Neill had not followed
him. Neill arose excitedly and shout
ed you're a falsifer.' There was
considerable excitement and Speaker
Giffen finally called them to order.