White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-07
DIVORCE AND RACE TRACK BILLS IN FRONT ROW
THIRD WEEK OF LEGISLATURE ONE OF ACTIVITY
ADDOrfiOnment
Of Lawmakers
WHITE PINE COUNTY WILL GET
one SENATOR AND THREE AS
SEMBLYMEN THROUGH BILL
WHICH PASSED ASSEMBLY.
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White Pine county will be entitled
TO one senator and three assembly
men under the provisions of the legi-
slative apportionment bill. introduc-
ed by Fitzgerald of Nye, proposing
to reduce the membership of the leg
islature from rs to SO, which passed
the assembly by A to 8.
The bill passed in its original form.
allowing one senator from each coun-
ty and dividing the 81 assemblymen
as follows:
Churchill, 2; Clark 2; Douglas, l;
Elko, 4; Esmeralda, 3; Eureka. /;
Humboldt, 3 Lander. /, Lincoln. L;
Lyon. 2 Mineral. / Nye, 4 Ormsby,
L; Storey. /; Washoe, Z; White
Pine. 3.
The basis is one for every 500
votes or major fraction cast for state
officers at the recent election. Al
though such an arrangement was not
disclosed in the bill. but when
attacked and defended it seemed to
stand investigation as equitable, al
though some disposition was eyineed
to alter it
When the bill came up on special
order. Goodman moved to amend by
making the number of assemblymen
as follows: Elko, 3: Nye. 3; Wash
oe, 5. This would take one from
F.lko and Nye and two from Washoe.
Heidtmann proposed that in case two
assemblymen were taken from
Washoe the county be allowed an
additional senator. Both amend
ments were lost Dewar tried to get
another assemblyman for Storey
but received only four votes
The legislature was swamped by
the presence of thousand visitors and
most of them looked on when the as
sembly passed the six months divorce
act by 40 to IL, while the senate pas
Stu iiit lnO OiltS " lhShfC hOA &C iat
ing and pari-mutual betting by votes
of IA to s and Is to I respectively
II has been conceded that the day was
more interesting than any in the last
four biennial sessions. and memory
is hazy beyond that
Never was there such a crowd of
visitors interested in legislation, and
il is certain that three such impor-
tant measures were never before dis
posed of finally with such little de-
bate and in such short time. Fifteen
minutes in each house was sufficient
and there was no debate on the mea-
sures when the bills were ready for
roll call
There was a race in the assembly
10 get the work disposed before the
big crowd put in an appearance. and
had ii not been for dilatory methods
the roll would have been called be
fore the thousand volunteers arrived
AS 1t was when the loud cheering OF
the oncoming hosts interrupted the
deliberations, there was only per-
functory opposition left.
A minority report was submitted
by Gallagher of White Pine Fitz-
gerald of Nye disclosed that he had
been against haste in the committee,
and said the bill could not gain
strength by being railroaded through
the house He then offered an
amendment making the law effective
in 1917 There seemed no escape on
Fitzgerald's S amendment involving the
killing of the bill A recess was TAX
en- until o'clock. and on standing
vote all but Washoe arose. Upon
conyening Fitzgerald withdrew his
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