The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-01-30

Labor Bills
The laboring men Of the State through
their chosen representatives. sent by the
various unions Of the State TO the CAPT
tai to guard. protect and satisfy the
wants Of labor, are having their bills in
troduced early. and by this means hope
to have all passed and out Of the way
prior to the great rush Of business
which will come later. This 10 o wise
scheme aud already one Of the most i'm.
p~ortant measures which the employers
and the employ ees have to consider has
come TO the passage point in the Senate.
This is the "black list bill."a radical
measure which will probably be well con-
sidered and discussed before being
placed on passage.
Among other labor bills 10 the 'eieht
hour law for femalss."-a Socialistic
measure; . semi-monthly pay day bill.
a bill for making of monthly estimates
of expense by parties who do not OWL
the mines or mills but are operating
the same. and amendments TO the
workmen's liability Act. These are
but a few Of the many that are to be in.
troduced within the next week as many
are under course Of construction.
Prospective Legislation
IL will be noticed by those who listened
to the reading Of the Governors mes
sage or later perused the document.
that nowhere in it is divorce or gamb.
ling mentioned. 1t could hardly be ex.
pected that it would be in q document
of that kind owing to the fact that in
the last campaign the stand Of the Gov
ernor upon the two questions mentioned
hai q great deal to do with his election,
aud the decided stand Of Governor
Oddis against them meant his defeat.
Ii the Governor was defeated owing to
his stand upon these questions. IL would
seem as il the questions were Of marked
importance to the voting population OF
the State. Governor Boyle stated the
two questions we're not an Issue Of the
campaign and in so doing held himself
from being compelled to declare his
stand on them. In keeping with HE
prediction stand he could not well
mention them in his message. How
ever. the fact that the Governor did moi,
mention them has no bearing upon the
members and the question Of gambling
and divorce is one becoming more gen.
orally discussed as the days roll along
and some Of the members of good stand
ing in the legislative deliberations open
ly discuss ths situation and state their
opinions.
Before the coming week is at an end
it is reasonable to suppose that bills
will be introduced covering both Of the
questions.
The poor old primary law has been
jumped upon already and it is to be
changed. It will probably be changed
to such an extent that it will not be rec
ognized when legislative Wal is over.
Fitzgerald Of Nye wants the legisla-
tive body made smaller and has present
ed a bill for . new a-pportionment Of the
State. He gives every county a Sena-
tor and then spportions AssemblymeD
to the various counties according to
their population. Washoe County
would have one Senator and seven As.
semblymen and the smaller counties o
correspondingly reduced n n m b or.
Ormsby being in the class on one Sena-
tor and one Assemblyman.
Senatorial Situation
In the Senate Is the completely of o
Democratic presiding officer over q ma
jority body of Republicans. In the
early hours of the Senate, prior to the
appointment of the committees. there
was considerable speculation as to how
they would be composed. The Repub-
icans being the ruling factor desired
that the committees be so arranged that
a Republican would be the chairman of
the most important committees and
that Republicans compose the majority.
The power lay in the hands of the Pres.
idens and it was feared he would use
his power. However caucuses were
held and the matter adjusted 10 the sat-
isfaction Of the majority.
The Senate is working harmoniously
from the start and is already we'll up
with its work. Bills have been passed
through the body and are now up to the
Assembly for action. The decks are
cleared in the Senate and much import
ant legislation will nave its birth there
during the coming week.
General Conditions
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