The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-05-03
REGENT RssD'S REPLY.
vinai:.irs E,,s.Aa.s Crushed BY
Simple Truth.
Tho Fasa>ioas Harrington Under the
Calcium LiSh.---The Microbes APP
parcel In E.s sys.sr:-A Pes
t.leEttAc PregaTIea:3r Gets
H.t Jus. Deserts.

I'D. lNDEPENDENr:-cn the 10th OF
March Z. 5. harrington published in
your psper a communication ia r,lttion
to his difficulties with me. l did not
think It worthy Of n reply. Again ON
the 18th inst. he published in the Viz
cinia Chronicle another vie:oas trade Of
abuse Of myself and Others who have
been ~ some way connected with the
State University. 10 this las: scurTi-
lous article. Z wrote the following reply
and sent it TO wallpaper, with q request
that il publish the same. The manu-
script has been returned 20 me with a
notification that the paper would pub
lish it only upon condition tina; l would
pay them Il round fee for 80 doing, re-
serving - itself the right TO strike "a
any portion that il considered personal
ly offensive. What portion the censor
might consider personally offensive, 1
though the course Of that paper ap-
prOaches very closely to a blackmailing
operation l do not propose to submit
to il.
III. ciroaieie: Ny attention has been
called 10 AN article III your paper OF 18TH
inst. over the signature VI Z. ). Far
riugtUn. This is his second attempt to
force me into a newspaper controversy
with him. | permitted la, first article
to pass unuoticcd ns considered both
the article and author too contemplate
- r~.ra..N q, q V.T,a - FH,. lur,N- -
boldenci 10y his success in his first i'm
ngiuIry victory, or stunned by the fact
that | treated both him and his scurri-
ious cpistle with silent contempt, he
published III Your paper Il false and ma
iiciUus article when | viii .ndrnyor 10
answer, and with this | shall close my
newspaper war with +. :. F~auiUg.vn.
Life Is too short 10 be speut in wr.nglcs
with so vie u thing as he. | ain vel.
aware Ihas paTIdIug personal matters
before the public l. not GE agreeable
pa-unl- Iur AN editor; but a. YOU have
puhisL'd his otter | hop You VIA 10
EIu thc justice to publish Jhi, reply. |
w!II IL ii.r first instance, Lake some cX-
PLANTATION IN relation t. the SflaGsr. not
''liU-P', sI:i;, To which lac 50 vauIulGy
T lrrS. The Tact, are IS follows: On
or about The 23Fd OiJanuaTy lSoj, was
informed by l.,g at Gpt,hgll that Far
rI!'.s ,. al! tod L.uI, the day Previous,
taati J lid written a letter 10 sy.ur one,
"aO.L ait,r@4y,.i learned was ;. IL.
Day, wherein / had charged harrington
w-.h having taMpcrcd with The girls WAO
had attended hIs school. l At once
so. N TlrTiu-tyn and informed him OF
W.;., had hCtTd. lie did Mt deny
having 80 told Mg. GrtlEr,i, and per-
str.ci IN the statement Of his belief that
/ Au Written such "A Letter. | told ham
+, ;h Il tIvgc Wa not q WOrl o; truth in ;Ar
statement, aul driird !lm TO produce
ANY ouch letter. MIR Day, Subsequent
Is Iu!ugunri ltc that he bad nj Earring
tens request, forwarded to him from
! Carson Ilty, On tic same day the letter,
which Darlington claimed ruGi"I.er! the
~ug.u,IlIuu, aud which ., the same letter,
u pHrt u wLicn Lv publishes IN h.5 COM
LIGuIru;Iuu. In duc course % mail Fur
EiuCJDn =hou!d have received III letter
on tur following d,y. Aug Que who
.sgis tina; letter will see that ~ such
term or CNl.gySpiou IL used therein; nor
!, there any expression tGIt Cua,d hy
any one who nus any knowledge oI the
EIgllSh .lusUIg-, be construed 10 mean
ANYTHING o. the kind. 4 Harrington aud
hia ir.ru.s Asi then dropped the matter,
II would have ended 80 :ar ns | was CON
c med; but with tia letter ia their POS
session they continued To- IndustTiOusly
circulate this report AMI declare their be-
lici tlatT had written a letter contain
iug such chITg,s, and persisted in 40 do
ing uutIi the Very day | commenced
said action, which was February lith
1883. This report, "uIrH II true, wUull
nave contained ~ serious iiupututIon
upon tlr character o. one or more Of the
yOuu9 ladies. who had attended his
school; naturally rDu,cd tn" Indignation
Of the pIreut- of tie young ladies', and
created a. sympathy for Harrington, that
uuqUc,uunHhiy assisted him very ma
lsriuIly in obtaining signatures to the
petition That he pcbir,hys with - much
guatu. The slHUlcr was Producing pre-
c.ecIy the effect desired 10y Harrington.
and ~ the meantime he was masquerade
ing in the gUisv Of martyr. To yIudicutc
~ Alt from the charge OF having written
aicu % letter; and those young Ladies'
f.uiu all gtuuuDS o. suspicion, rs sell
as to show the community what IL reptile
Harrington *; but not with any expect
alton az Extracting blood from a Ycgrta-
bic, ! commenced that action. The
cause CAME IN FOR argument on demur-
Tcr t. def udnut's answer on the 18th
day of March 1855. During that nrgu-
nrIt the dcfCnIInt's attorney, ia the
presence OF the defendant. stated in
uP.u Court, thIt defendant would not
contend that I had ever written n letter
containing such u chnrsc. Again two
/ days later, the same attorney, IN the
presence Of defendant, in reply to u di-
rect question from me, Admitted that
they had no such letter. and knew Of
none; that they had Thought l did write
u letter containing such u charge, but
had concluded they were mistaken.
This all occurred il open Court. in tho
presence Oi a number OF spectators and
auditors. Having thus accomplished
my object in in-titutiug tAe sult, md
Knowing, in common with all who have
formed FGTrimgtOn'S acquaintance, that
a judgement against him would bc worth
less, | dad not propose To incur any fur
Their c2peus" in the prosecution of the
action, therefore dismissed il. II Far
riugtun il satisfied with .hc result. ]
Certiiuiy have no reason 10 complain.
The letter, q part only ot which lac
publishes, contains a rather important
HddCuIun. to ihI effect that Regent Day
was authorized ~ show it To Regent
Harris or Harrington. Why vas that
portion %! my letter suppressed, unless
1t WAS the intention to impress the minds
OF those who read his dintnbc OF f,lse.
hoods. with the idea that | had written