The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-22
LEGISLATURE ENDS
IN PUBLIC SCORN

With the staggering evidence ci
incompetence and extravaganza Of
the twenty-ninth session of the Ne
vada Legislature now before them in
cold type, telling the story of defiance
of law, reason, and public sentiment
by men elected to "serve" the citi.
zenship. people of Winnemucca are
eEraged. There is much talk on the
streets today of preparing petitions
for all sorts of referendums, particu-
larly on the matter of appropriations
Several are in favor of letting the
people pass upon every appropriation
made by the Legislature, and say il
can and should be done.
There is frequent comment that
Governor Boyle and his Democrat
henchmen have gone past the end oi
the limit in their efforts to put water
on the wheel of "the machine" for
next year.
A local politician Of statewide rep
utation, himself member of several
Legislatures, declared in glowing Ian
guage. all Of which is not reproduced
I'VE have contributed of our sub
stance in vain In the war to make the
world safe for democracy; and our
boys have bled and died in France for
less than nothing-if the actions OF
the Nevada Legislature are to be a
criterion"
An old-time newspaper man re-
marked: you can take any bill
passed by this legislature, which was
pretended to be for the good of the
people. and hold 1t to the light, and
find the watermark GRAFT" in every
quarter-sheet Of the paper"
With a bare quorum in either house
and both houses taking recesses from
time to time to await movements OF
a greatly augmented corps Of enroll
ing clerks, the members of the Twen-
ty-ninth session of the Legislature
of Nevada, their clocks stopped in
accordance with last-century super
stition that acting a lie Is honest
marked time all Of Thursday night
and Friday. Many members went
tc their homes Friday morning with
out waiting for the close of the ses-
sion. 1t was remarked that the dis
organized ending was fully in keep
Ing with the greater part OF the cos
duct Of this Legislature.
The session broke all records for
the appropriation of money and the
amount of outstanding and authorized
bonded indebtedness passed upon
which exceeds by more than million
dollars the constitutional limit of
per cent of the total assessed valua-
ton. The outstanding and authorized
bonds aggregate $3.250,000. whereas
the legal limit is about 100000.
r The general appropriation bill car
ries a total Of approximately $1,000
900. a far larger amount than that
included in any previous like bill in
the history of the State. The State
tax rate was fixed at s0.6 FOR the
current year and sO.6745 foY 1920, the
high tax rate the State has known
since early years.
The most notorious lobby Of recent
years. says the Reno Gazette, was
maintained by California insurance
companies to secure the enactment OF
a law which requires foreign insur-
ance companies to file with the insur-
ance commissioner schedule OF
rates and adhere to 1t strictly. thus
making it impossible to grant special
rates.
The Chandler gambling bill died in
the senate educational committee.
The so-called prohibition act intro
cuced by the same member was
passed as one of the last acts of the
Legislature. 1t contains a provision
specifically stating that II does moi
amend and is not intended to amend
the present prohibition act; but ir
case the Supreme Court declares Tho
present prohibition act unconstitu-
tional. the Chandler bill will be In
effect. The bill allows the sale o