The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-11-01
mR. WEAKNESS DEFENSE.
And Our own View of the Matter

F"1A
weeks issue you called attention to a case
of cruel treatment Of a child by her guar
dian. As | am the only person in this COM
munity who is guardian of a child. it must be
well known that | am the person referred to.
l would not notice the matter but for the
reason that friends of mine outside of Cherry
Creek may hear the scandal and may think
l have changed from Il humane map to a
brute, and | desire to put myself right with
them.
I have had the girl under my protection
about five years. and | have never directly
nor indirectly punished the child mildly,
cruelty or in any other way. am a domes-
tic man, and my time is well occupied in at
te1ding to my OVID business and my domestic
affairs. and | have never known my vile or
anybody else to cruelty punish the child,
neither would l allow it, Tho punishment
the child received that has so disturbed the
equanimity of my neighbors, was: She was
tied to the awning post with a paper on her
back on which was written. II am u nauS hty
girl,'' my wife hoping to shame her for u
naughtiness that | will not mention in print,
and this was done at a time when scarcely a
person was on our almost deserted streets.
This explanation will satisfy my absent
friends. The cause Of this village gossip
sprung no doubt from jealousy and malice and
had you not gwen 1t publicity would have
passed of as all other gossip.
| much regret that some of my friends
should have been the recipients OF such hlthy
abuse for defending me and mine.
/ understand that u petition has been cir
culatcd Tor presentation to } Judge Hives with
u Wow to remove the child. by Mrs. Bates
THs MRS. BATES. | sympathi ice with some Of
the ladies who signed II. AS they regret il al
reudy. bat they have effected their real pur-
pose stabbed in the back my wife and | who
have never harmed one Of ihcm, but many Of
whom have been the recipients Of fayors at
our hands. | cdnno close without express
ing my regret that you, Mr.. Editor, whom |
thought my friend, should have been the me-
dunn for the venom Of the lower strata of my
neighbors. without seeing me to know the
truth. Yours respectfully.
JOHN WEARNE.
Mr.. Wearnei is entirely wrong when he says
the News permitted itself To be made THE
medium VI the venom Of the lower strata Of
I us HclBnuoIos W. uouy ~
have never picked up the petty %quarrels Of any
cliques 10 this town. We have no personal
or other unklndly feeling againstMr.A eaTne,
ara no man or woman in this town, for pay
or without pay. could got a line In our columns
rejecting on him. but being convinced
afAl that for some time pastor tho heursay
ind statements Of some Of the best eltl1ens
OF Cherry Crock, some VI them near neigh
bors and On friendly terms with Mr.. Nearne.
that the chld OF whom he a. guardian was
being cruelty treated, our sense OF justice TO
this chiId constrained US TO call public atten-
ZION 10 the matter and ASK Tor "a remedy.
IhIs W. dld IN the mildest form We could
Mr.. hearne, in his explanation, given
above, while posing as u martyr to unjust
criticism, admits what we charged, the only
difference beng that what We consider cruel
treatment he looks upon with stoical III
difference. lie admits the child was tied up to
u post, on the public street, with a paper pin-
ned to her back. bearing the words, " | am II
Naughty Giri." to besneered at, or pitied, by
her schoolmates. as their different natures
may lead them to do. Is there anything else
that could 50 lower a child IN It's own estim-
alton aud that ot is eOnpunlonsE Is there
any father or mother in this town, with pa
rental feelings. who would so treat their
child7 We think not. And We further be-
lieye that such treatment was cruel and un-
necessary. II the child has some natural
weakness, as Mr.. Wearne intlmates, the
proper way is to have recourse to medical
aid aud gentle treatment, and not to methods
which may have been in vogue hundred
years ago, but are repulsive to the better
sense OF the people Of this age.
There is no malice or jealousy in this
matter with us, neither are we yoicing the
malice or jeal usy" OF others; nor have W.
brought this subject to public notice ut the
instigation of Mr.. Wearne's enemies. We
have done it from a pure sense Of duty. and
an unpleasant duty 1t is. Any enemies or
friends We may have made do not figure ono
iola in our estimation. We believe We are
right, and that. and the child's welfare, is all
We have 10 view .-En.NEws.
Resolutions OF Respect.
WHEREAS. 1t has pleased Almighty God to