During the first legislature, Sam and Orion were mad at the promiscuous granting of monopolies. — Sam wrote that franchises hang over the territorial boundary like a fringe. &Orion wrote as XYZ to the Alta California making fun of the corrupt legislators in Nevada saying, โno legislature wil be able to give away a monopoly in Washoe for the next ten years… If two men sit down here to play cards, they incorporate the game.โ Orion knew that regional petty jealousies could be parlayed into shaming some legislators into changing their behavior.