Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-03-07
MIR. e. c. STERLING, AGAIN.


AsMutual Friend" in Boise City writes to
us that, in the matter at issue between Mr.. E.
C. Sterling, Territorial Treasurer, the States
MAN, and the County officers of Boise county,
Mr.. Sterling has expressed himself to him.
Mutual Friend"Lto the effect that he deeply
regrets what has occurredi-that Reynolds OF
the Statesman entirely perverted the statement
of facts he (Sterling) made to him; and that
he declared he never was more kindly treated
in his life than he was by the officers of Boise
county during his recent visit in Idaho City;
and, further, that so far as he could ascertain.
their official conduct was square and correct.
We have the letters and statements of two or
three other gentlemen to the same end that
mutual Friend" writes; but we do not see
what all this has to do with the case as it
stands. And to make our position clear, We
will state the facts as they have occurred:
In the Statesman of Feb. 22d an article ap-
peared which contained most slander0us as
saults upon the integrity and official conduct
of nearly all the Boise county officials, and that
article was based upon information said to
have been communicated by Mr. Sterling. In
the WORLD of Feb. Goth we commented upon
that article, stated our belief that Mr.. Sterling
had not communicated SANDERS so foul, and
gave notice of our intention to defer further
attention to the false allegations until opportu-
nifty could be afforded Mr.. Sterling to excul-
pate himself from the fabrication of those al
legations, and to vindicate the character of the
aspersed Boise county officials. Accordingly,
we awaited three consecutive issues Of the
Statesman. But in vain; no notice whatever
was taken of the matter by Mr.. Sterling in
that paper, and yetwe had information through
private sources that he admitted the Statesman
had very falsely stated the facts he had given
its editor In the Statesman of March Sd,
however, there came, not o retraction of the
SANDERS, but reiteration and reassertion Of
them with insulting language added, and ap-
piled to the wronged and illuminated officers,
and to the WORLD for having interposed in
the matter. In that article occurs the follow
ing language:
1t is but just to Mr. Sterling to say that he does not
place sufficient importance upon anything that can
be published in the WORLD to clear 1t up" or alude
to it
The next day, March 4th, the World con-
tanned review of Mr.. Sterling's very repre-
hensible and dishonorable conduct in the affair.
That issue of our paper reached Boise City
early enough on Wednesday evening for Mr..
Sterling to have made any disclaimer OF inten-
ton to wrong or villify any Of the Boise county
officers, by a card, with his own signature at
tached, in the Statesmaa of Thursday, March
9th. But that paper has no mention whatever
Of the subject We know that Mr.. Sterling
protests, in private interviews with persons,
that Reynolds grossly perverted his language
that he never made any charge Of want of in
tegrity or malconduct in Office against the
Boise county officers and that there is no truth
In the Statesman's articles. But what does
oil this amount TOT The Statesman is his
party and official organ. It published and re-
asserted the SANDERS of which We complain,
and it gave Mr. Sterling as its authority for
what it said and reiterated. 1t has given these
SANDERS to the public. And in reference to
the kindly hint of the WORLD that he would
timely make refutation Of the calumnies pub
lished in his name, as it were, there came o
most insulting defiance.
Personally, we have no part in the matter.
Dir. Sterling has allowed the Statesman to give
him as authority for certain base ISLANDERS on
the Democratic officials Of this county. Az the
organ of the Democracy here, the WORLD
suggested that refutation Of those SANDERS
through the Statesman, in his own name, was
due from Mr. Sterling This very straightfor
ward cOurse-which would ut once, without
intimation from any source, suggest itself to a
frank and honorable man--Mr. Sterling has
declined to adopt. Fer his private talks or
protestations we care nothing. Let him make
his denial Of the, authorship Of the slanders
published in the Statesman through the same
public channel in which they have been assert.
ed and reasserted, and he win cease to hear
from US in the matter. But until this duty is
performed by Mr.. Sterling, we stall hold him
up to just and merited public censure.
Snow SHOE RACE. The Sacramento Union
gives account Of snow shoe races at Laporte,
Cal, early in February, in which the winner
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