The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-02-13
PENDING BILLS
ARE DISCUSSED
LEGISLATORS AVOIDING HASTI
ACTION AND OPINIONS
VARY WIDELY

vorce bill got busy among the SEN
ators yesterday, lobbying for and
against the measure. The morning
train brought a number of men
from Reno who we're busy in a quiet
way among the senators, more par
ticularly those known to be unfavor-
able to the divorce bill. The work
of the opponents of the measure was
of a more general nature, taking
the form of communications and di-
rect appeals to the senate. From all
parts of the state they came, sign
ed by men and women of promi-
hence.
A report. circulated in Carson
yesterday, that certain prominent
Renoites had made the assertion
that for $1,000 they could buy the
votes of four senator's, created a
furore among the senator's, who
branded such work as an insult to
the state.
The assembly cleared the way yes
terday for the passage of the com
promise bill, consolidating the tax
and railroad commissions, by plac-
ing on the table the series of five
bills introduced by the ways and
means committee last week. These
bills seek to abolish the tax COM
mission, re-create the state board of
assessors and state bullion tax agent
and license collector and make the
state mining inspector ey-officio tax
agent.
The compromise bill introduced
in the senate last week was report
ed favorably today by the commit
tee to which it was referred. In
the meantime the senate bill abol-
ishing the tax commission is resting
or the table, where it was ent OIL
motion of it's author, Senator Car
penter of Humboldt.
An attempt on the part of certain
democratic leaders in the assembly
to back up on the economy program
by killing the bill passed in the SEN
ate last week, limiting state officers
and members of commissions to an
expense ccoun of IS a day, exclu-
sive of travelling expenses, failed
yesterday when the bill was passed,
after considerable argument, by a
vote of 40 to 10.
An effort was made to eliminate
state officials from the bill and make
it apply solely to members of COM
missions and other employees of the
state. This amendment was pro-
posed by Schmidt of Nye and had
the support of Schmidt, Fitzgerald
of Nye and Babcock of Clark. Bah
cock made a futile effort to table the
bill. Pitt of Humboldt and Fergu-
son made remarks in favor of the
bill as IN economy measure.
An invitation was received by the
senate yesterday from DR.. John J.
Sullivan, physician in charge of the
Nevada state hospital, to set some
day for a visit to the asylum. The
invitation aroused considerable dis
cussion. Some were in favor of
visiting the asylum on Saturday. but
saying that as an invitation had
been extended to the legislature to
visit Virginia City next Saturday
and go through the mines he believ-
ed the visit to the asylum should be
postponed.
1t finally was decided to set a
day later for the visit to the asylum.
the understanding being that the
trip to the Comstock will be made
next Saturday following a dance in
Virginia City Friday night.
Quick action on the part of the
legislature resulted in a joint reso-
In ion memoralizing congress to
make provision for the construction
of a reservoir to reclaim $4,000
acres of land in the Carson valley
being forwarded to Washington last
night. The resolution was intro
duced in the senate yesterday by
Senator Hussman of Douglas and
was made an emergency measure
and passed in both houses. Attorney
G. l.. Sanford appeared before the
"enate committee of the whole and
explained the purpose of the reso-
luton.
1t appears that some time ago
the government took up the water
and provided for the construction of
a reservoir at the head of the Car
son river. The farmers formed
what is known as Irrigation Unit
No. /. The farmers of the valley
agreed to contribute 100000 to-
ward the reclamation project and
the government $1,000 600. The
farmers expended a large amount of
money, expecting to get the reser-
voir started this year. There was a
change, however. in the govern
ment's method of handling such pro-
jects, and nothing further was
done.
Last week the civil sundry appro-
priation bill was introduced in the
house of representatives, but it fall
ed to carry any allowance for Irriga-
tion Unit No. /. The resolution