The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-02-20
THE NEVADA LEGISLATURE
Life Study of the Law Makers
and Some Measures Handled
Last Week
From Sundays Carson News

From Sundays Carson News
The fourth legislative week has
passed and the weary legislators are
now taking q much needed rest until
Monday morning. When the sturdy
old pioneer lawmakers Of the State
framed the first laws for the formation
and the making Of the laws for the rui-
ing of this great commonwealth OF ours
they builded on the same broad o
strong foundation IS they did the State
in other matters and decided that every
day was as good as the day preceding
and made q Legislative day Of the seven
Of the week. Our good old hard-work-
ing f~orefathers. This rule, however.
has been forgotten by the hard.workins
solous Of the present day and they are
perfectly willing to draw the salary Tor
the seven days work but return to the
State only the labor of five.
This perhaps would not be so notice.
able il it was not for the fact that at
least go per cent Of the bills that have
been introduced are branded with the
red letters Of economy. An economical
Legislature e one. evidently, which
wants other people to save the money
for them to spend.
Smith Causes Surprise
Assembly man Smith of Humboldt has
evidently been thinking about the nat
ter of economy and attempted TO strike
at the fountain head of the leak in q
resolution presented in the Assembly
Friday afternoon.
Smith in q we'll meaning, but evident
ly q misguided way, presented q reso-
luton asking that the Legislature come
to q full and sudden stop on the 9th
day of this month. giving q Al day ses-
sion. 1t was really Imaginable to see the
expression upon the faces of some Of the
legislators when this resolution was
presented. Members looked into the
eye of his brother member and forgot
to smile and only the slow shaking Of
the head which denotes "no'' in every
language vas shown. The resolution
was lowered into its silent tomb by the
roll call and the silence in the room told
of the sorrow Of the members-not that
the resolution had been murdered but
that they had been forced to go on rec
ord as voting for all the traffic will bear.
The Early Hours
The week was commenced with the
knowledge that important measures
we're to be discussed. The divorce bill
was in the Senate and the race track bill
in the Assembly. There was never q
moment Of doubt in regard to the race
horse bill in the Assembly and it was
openly and truthfully stated that the
race track bill would go through the
lower House with a larger vote than
that bestowed upon the divorce meas
ure. There was several little things.
however, which had a bearing upon the
outcome and in consequence all was not
as smooth as the law makers would
have it.
In the first place the making of laws
is a somewhat complicated affair, es-
pecially if several different factions have
decided on having their way or throw
lng a wrench into the machinery. One
of these matters was the fact that the
good people Of Fallou had decided it
was necessary for them to have the
State fair. Reno has held the State
fair eve since the day in history wheh
1t was taken away from Carson. Reno
mad no desire to let the fair slip away
but thu wheels within the wheels COM
menced turning and it was seen that to
fight for the fair was to lose q vote or
TWO on the divorce measure. A vote on
the divorce measure in the Senate was
worth q kings ransom, 90 when the
vote came on the bill taking the fair to
Fallon. the tears were wiped away and
no opposition was made to the passage
of the bill. Fallon gets the fair and
Reno to-day is worried over the outcome
Of the divorce action.
The Divorce Bill
The great fight has been made over
the repeating of the divorce bill Of the
session Of two years ago. The measure.
as you understand. went through the
Assembly q week or 30 ago and went
to the Judiciary committee in the Senate.
On Thursday morning the bill was re.
ported in with q majority of the com
mittee giving it an unfavorable report.
This was expected as it was known tLat
the only man on the Judiciary com.
mittee who favored it was Huskey of
Washoe. He filed a minority report
favoring the passage Of the bill and at.
tempted to have this adopted by the
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