Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-18
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n ENTERPRISES ARTICLE.

THAE ~ r u hkSs An
The patience Of the Eureka SENTINEL
has been for some time severely tried by
the Virginia Enterprise, with which 1t
has no cause OF trouble or quarrel. Any
one familiar with the relationship exist
ing between the two papers from a few
DAYS preceding the recent election up to
the present would have to admit that
tbe course of the SENTINEL towards its
contemporary has been one Of great for
bearance and long suffering. The Enter.
nrise has reiterated that the SENTINEL is
'.morallv responsible" for the death OF
James Z. Anderson, and has sought to
rouse public sentiment against this paper
BY such infammatory u~tterances as that
the "blood OF Anderson is upon the SEN
TTyEL's hands For the sake OF that
psacs of mind which everybody of cheer
tul temper prefers to strife and a handy
ing Of words at long range with an un'
~scrupulous antagonist in controversy,
and in order that the SENTINEL mlght
not be made responsible for any part IN
infaming public sentiment above the
fresh.dug grave Of the victim to the
~lurubrious tragedy, it suffered long IN
silence and said nothing in reply to the
gross insults Of the Virginia Enterprise.
But when Wednesdays issue was thrown
like a brand into this community, which
is the SENTTxEL's home, charging our
officers of the law with being aces
series to the crime Of murder, and init
mating that the people Of Eureka are
disposed to wink at felony. forbearance
ceased to be a virtue. Elsewhere the
SENTINEL reviews the whole Reek-
Anderson catastrophe, not for its own
viudication in the premises, but TO place
the people OF Eureka in the proper light,
and to locate the monster who raves and
defames them. The SENTINEL has been
no ~respecter OF persons in the matter.
1t has dealt with the affair through facts
only, and has studiously avoided critl-
cism on the event, preferring to
leave differences and conclusions to
the intelligent people who are
our patrons. At the same time
nothing has been withheld from the
public by the SENTINEL. 1t has told the
whole story without fear, favor or aztec
tion. 1t might have said much in dis
paragement OF Mr.. Reek's behavior in
the fatal street fight 1t did not admire
Mr.. Reek's keeping Thomas Dale be-
tween him and his adversary. Being IN
the fight which he had brought upon
himself he should have stood out square
" like a man and taken his chances with
Anderson for life or death. His precipi-
tate flight up the street with one cart
ridge left unexploded in his pistol was
not a spectacle to excite admiration IN
the breast of any man who appreciates
pluck. We might have said this much
and perhaps more about Reek's behavior,
and we say this much now, to show that
we were never disposed to plead his case
Of Anderson, we lave nothing to say
except that, though to blame for being
the aggressor in the fight, he showed
''grit" all the way through, and neVel
weakened until he fell, not even, IN fact
up to the moment his faculties gave way
with the approach Of death. For moi
saying these things when the pub
lie mind was already in ~feverish heat ano
would have been all, the more exercised
thereby, the Enterprise was pleased t.
charge the SENTINEL with curious reti
oence." All of this went for naught and
was endured without response. The ar.
ticle of the Enterprise, which was cireu.
lated in Eureka yesterday, was the straw
that broke the cancels back. And, now,
if it wants more war, just let it sail in,
and damned be the man who first cries
Hold, enough ?"