White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
Especial Correspondence }

Especial Correspondence.
When young gent poles home
run and wins a game of baseball for
his side. what generally happens to
this gent? Why, he gets into the
very first paragraph of the report of
that fracas. When a similar scene
is enacted in legislative halls, the
same situation should apply. So say
ing We present the name of four In
dependents in the assembly, who
were the dominant factors in the de-
liberations of that body prior to
completing an organization.
Avoiding all burlesque and es-
chewing all extraneous comedy. that
small bunch without party designa-
tion distinguished themselves by
winning the championship title. the
longest grab for the greatest number
of attaches Their ways were not
nearly as impressive as their deli
cate finesse on this occasion The
only time they could endure either
one or the other of the old parties
was when they were accepting pat
ronage.
was arranged for the benefit of the
homeless ones. calm, temperate.
dispassionate narrative of various oc-
currences. leading up to the climax.
which resulted in consequences of a
dire character to the Democrats. in
dicates that the Independents got
what they wanted in the shape of
pelf. II was just the exclusives and
nothing more-nothing less that was
one of the incidents of the biennial
gathering. Although the party de-
string power through their assistance
might have suffered laceration of
their tender sensibilities and anguish
of their corporal bodies, yet they
were compelled to give this small
crowd what they desired in the
shape of crumbs so the old machine
could proceed on its we'll oiled way.
Lost one goat. Maybe 1t is in your
pasture. but the Independents have
it safely ccrralled
Leo Springmeyer, as assemblyman
from Douglas county. got in where
the dill pickles were the most dilled
where the rye-bread was the rye-est
and where the boiled ham was the
hammest No free lunch counter for
him. For lending his assistance in
bringing out an organization Spring
meyer copped several delectable leg
islative morsels. He designated
Henry Mack. relative. as chief clerk
of the assembly, and was instru-
mental in providing the position of
copying clerk for Lena Nelson. and
assigning Miss Vivian Hickey to a
committee clerkship.
Victory has no taste in the matter
of nomenclature. Assemblyman Pitt
of Humboldt county. recognized as a
Democrat of years standing. was
awarded the chairmanship of the
Ways and Means committee for the
assistance that he afforded the Re-
publicacns in controlling the assem-
bly, Two other Independents in the
assembly from Humboldt acted as
though the Democrats reminded
them of an overripe cucumber and
intimating that cucumbers never did
agree with them Being unwilling to
be submerged in the second section
of the second division. they Joined
the ranks of the Republicans. and
got their reward at the counter where
the prizes are dispensed. Humboldt
did not go unrecogniZed in the dis
tribution of political plums +. A.
Warswick was named as minute
clerk, while Gertrude Pinson was re-
warded with a position as assistant
to Warswiek. Miss Dora Compton of
the same county was given a job of
journal clerk
Clark county did not get even the
cold respect of a passing glance,
while the recognition that Nye re-
eeived was in the shape of an ap-
pointment to pages position.
4.
II was decided to reduce the salary of
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