Seventeen men sat in a big room arguing. In their hands lay the conduct of all the people living in an area equal to the British Isles and almost as large as Italy. Nine of the 17 voted one way, then one switched, and the vote stood reversed. Then one vote switched again and again the say-so of nine individuals laid a prohibition upon a whole population.
But this was no quarrelsome oligarchy in session. It was simply the distinguished Senate of the State of Nevada, representing 77,-407 people at Carson City. The majority...
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