The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-02-03
FALLoN. NEVADA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY g. 1915
STATE LEGISLATURE OOINGS
What the Past Week Has
Brought Forth In New
Legislation.

Carson City, Nevada, Jan. 3d.
The features of the second week
of the legislative session were a test
vote on the bill abolishing the tax
commission, which defenders of the
commission assert indicates thee the
repeal will be defeated when it
comes up Monday; public bearings
by the railroad committee OF the SEN
ate and the public morals committee
of the assembly on the race track
and divorce bills; passage of the bill
prohibiting nepotism; passage and
reconsideration of the eight-hour
day for women and blacklist meas
ures in the senate and the passage
by the senate by a strict party vote
of the bill abolishing the office of
mineral land commissioner now held
by the attorney-general at salary
of $500 year
The hearings on the divorce and
race track measures took place to-
day and those two bills probably will
be reported early next week.
The tax commission bill was con-
sidered Friday and the supporters of
the repeal measure failed to marsh
al a constitutional majority on the
motion to adopt the minority re-
port which recommended the pass
age of the repeal act By making
the measure special order for Mon
day, however, opponents of the tax
commission were given an opportun-
ity to get busy and it is being freely
predicted that the roll call on the
passage of the bill will disclose a dif-
ferent lineup.
me senate practiced economy
with vengeance yesterday by cut
ting out the attorney generals ex-
ofhcio job and refusing to spend ST.
900 for an oil painting of Lincoln.
The solons backed up a little, how
ever when they passed a bill grant
ing S720 to Wellington Bowen. who
was injured for life, in blocking
prison break when the state was
young, and in authorizing the pur-
chase OF three dozen chairs to be
placed in the senate chamber.
Insofar as the Democrats were
concerned the vote ON the bill abol-
ishing the attorney generals s2.50Ol
year job was strictly party affair.
All eight democratic members of the
senate voted to maintain the office
and they had the added support of
Gault OF Washoe and Scanlan of
Nye, the former an independent re-
publican and the latter a socialist
The republicans voted as a unit and
Just managed to poll a constitution
al majority. Senator Fulmer, chair
man of the ways and means COM
mittee, in which committee the bill
originated spoke in favor of abolish
ing the office, saying that when the
salary bill was passed at the last
session 1t was understood that S3.-
600 was to pay the attorney general
for all the services he rendered the
state each year.
Monday was a particularly busy
day in both branches of the legisla-
ture. The tax commission fight was
continued. Among the measures
proposed are one annulling the re-
striction upon school directors deal
ing in school supplies; another that
would abolish the death penalty:
one limiting the daily hours of work
of women where two or more are
employed to eight hours; one exact
ing penalyt and defining check kit
ing more plainly; another prohibit
ing trains of more than so cars in
the state.
The Monday morning session of
the state senate was but eight
minutes duration. 1t is understood
that the legislature will attend the
San Francisco fair from the 18th to
the 23rd of this month. during
which time they will draw the tax
payers moneys, of course. A round
trip rate of $685. from Carson to
Francisco has been granted the
solons.
Reno partisans of the proposed
horse racing measure left the River
side town this morning in a special
train for Carson where they are
using their utmost argumentative
powers to insure the bill now pend
ing an easy passage through the
Legislature. George Wingfield and
others in Reno wired the local busi-
ness men Saturday asking for their
cooperation and accordingly a peti-
ton was drawn up and signed by the
directors and officers of the local
chamber of commerce petitioning
Tor the enactment of the bill into
law. 1t is understood that another
petition was circulated and signed
by local business men, which car
ried the same plea.