Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-07-19

doubt and utter disgust : Does any
body believe that Mr.. Picotte would
destroy five hundred extra copies of
his paper for sake of the duty he
owes society and his fellow-man ?
Does anybody believe tenders Of
money were REPEATED to him We
think not. And his article goes to
prove that he worked up the whole
racket, which was so unwittingly and
opportunely exploded by the San
Francisco Chronicle.
But, leaving the editor of the
TIMES, as not being worth powder
enough to blow to where already
a reserved seat awaits him, we turn
to that old spectacled-granny of
the Comstock, the Enterprise. In its
mad fury at not finding its glasses on
Thursday night last, it ratified off a
three-quarter- column editorial in de-
nunciation of Sutro and all his
works, not giving him credit for
having brains enough to fill the eyes
of gnat. In the Enterprise of July
1st, if we mistake not 1--WE havn't a
copy of that issue before us), an
article appeared in that paper laud-
ing Mr.. Sutro on the completion of
his work, and the great benefits con-
ferred on the Comstock, in giving its
mines new surface to work upon,
1000 feet below the present one. Oh,
Consistency, thou art jewel!
We might overlook this, were it
not for the low fling at his nationality.
Because Mr.. Sutro was not imported in
some unknown vessel and accidental
ly dropped On a congenial spot in
this prolific country, is it any reason
why he should not enjoy equal privi-
leges and rights as guaranteed to all
citizens in this great Commonwealth
by our glorious Constitution, without
being harassed and hunted down by
a horde of unprincipled scribblers
and blackmailers
Again, the Enterprise says, he is
false to his adopted country
We are at a loss to know in what
manner. Did he ever go out of his
adopted country to procure labor to
make his tunnel Did he ever pro-
cure any material for that tunnel
abroad that he could have got at
home Didn't he bring millions
upon millions of money into his
adopted country to construct the
great tunnel, and give employment to
thousands of men who were at times
starving upon the Comstock 7 If
this is treating ones adopted coun-
try with bad faith, we want to hear a
new reading of the Constitution.
Also, false to his family, says the
thoughtless Comstock Thunderer.
Wewonder ifthe editor ofthe Enter
prise ever read the particulars of that
disgraceful affair at the International,
on which he based his article, aud in
which Adolph Sutro was accidentally
and unfortunately mixed up. For his
particular information we will repro
duce a portion of it. taken on the
spot by reporter of the Chronicle,
and published in that paper July 10;
The scene of the turmoil proved
to be an ore chamber on the west
crosscut running along the south wall
of the hotel, occupied by pretty
brunette widow lately from Washing
ton. The first person who reached
the spot found Mrs. Sutro vigorously
hammering the widow on the head
with champagne bottle. About a
dozen people rushed into the room.
y Mrs. Sutro told the crowd
that she had caught the widow in
bed with her husband, and called
every one to look at the condition of
the room. A number of experts ex-
amined the indications, and reported
that the cap-rock of the bed did not
bear out the assertions of Mrs. Sutro,
as it had the appearance of being
undisturbed. The widow is
claimed to be person of unques-
tionably respectable connections, and
her friends assert that she never met
Mr.. Sutro until few weeks ago,
when in company with party of
ladies and gentlemen visiting the
tunnel.
What is there in the foregoing to
prove man false to his family +? On
the contrary, it proves that some pet
tfogging sceundrel, for the purposes
of gain or revenge, had been tam
pering with Mrs. Sutro's peace OF
mind, and being lady of excitable