White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-05
MANY MEASURES BEFORE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
Believed That Bills introduced by White Pine
Representatives Relating to Salaries Of County
Officials Will Be Passed Without Dissenting Vote
Especial to The News.)

1AhOON I'll L, NeF., feD. D
Both branches of the legislature
have gotten down to a good steady
grind and the bills so far introduced
will keep the different committees
of the two houses working over
time If they expect to keep abreast
of their work.
The sudden death of Senator
House at Reno early last Friday
morning cast pail of gloom oven
all departments of the state admin
istration, as there was no person In
official life in Carson, who possessed
more real warm personal friends,
than did the deceased senator from
White Pine county. AS a token or
respect to the dead solon, the lower
branch of the state legislature ad-
journed from Friday morning until
the following Monday. The senate
had already adjourned for the
weeks end before the news of Mr..
Houses death was received in Car
son, but on eonyening Monday morn
ing, the upper branch adjourned
until the following day out of res
peet to the memory of its deceased
member.
Everything has been running
along smoothly in the assembly
from the opening day until last Mon
day. when the bill To abolish the
state publicity committee came up.
This measure had strong adherents
on both sides and notwithstanding
majority of the members favored
the abolition of the committee. yel
the minority used every teehnicality
known to parliamentary law to keep
the bill from going to a vote, and il
was not until dozens of amendments
had been voted down: motions to
adjourn defeated and numerous
other parliamentary tactics taken
advantage of, that the bill repeating
the act creating the publicity com
mittee was voted on and carried by
substantial majority.
Arnold of Esmeralda county
came into the limelight Monday
when he introduced a bill giving the
fair sex the franchise to vote Asher.
of anti-cigarette fame. and Arnold
have introduced the most talked of
measures so far this session and
there is much probability that both
bills will receive favorable con-
sideration and become laws of the
state.
The bills introduced by Fulmer
and Enslow relative To the salaries
of different county officers of White
Pine county will be passed without
dissenting votes in either branch and
II Is safe to say that any measures
introduced by the White Pine coun-
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consideration. as the delegation from
the far east county stand exceeding
ly we'll with the law makers from
the other sections of the state, and If
any bill introduced by Fulmer OF
Enslow fails to become a law, 1t will
not be because 1t did not have the
best of support.
During the session Tuesday morn
ing. a telegraphic message was re-
eeived announcing that San Fran
cisco had been chosen by the lower
branch of the national legislature as
the city wherein the Panama expo
sition should be held. The reading
of the message brought forth pro-
longed applause. showing con-
clusively that Nevada was in
sympathy with her sister state in
securing the big fair. IT is the gen.
eral opinion of the Legislators that
this state will derive much benefit
from the holding of the fair in Cali
fornia.
One of the hardest fights that
will come up at this session will be
over the division of Esmeralda coun-
ty. If the bill becomes law, the
upper half of the county will be
known as Mineral county and the
county seat will be at Hawthorn. the
former seat of Esmeralda, prior to
the discovery of Goldfield. AS far
as can be ascertained, the Esmeralda
county delegation is about evenly
divided on the subject. Should the
division be effected, both counties
will have an equal railroad trackage,
the boundary line having been
drawn so that this would be ac-
eomplished. The big end of the as
sessment roll will still be held by
Esmeralda. as Goldfield with its
wonderful gold mines. is located in
that section. The divisionists claim
that the new county will be put to
but little expense in establishing a
new county seat, as the old court
house at Hawthorn is still in good
state of preservation and nothing
will have TO be expended on that
score.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
| enlarging or building a new state
building has met with some op-
position and the committee on ways
and means of the senate is to draft
another bill along the same generaf
| lines.
Governor Oddie will issue a cali
! for an election to be held In White