Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-08
SQUELCNED THE MEETING
How q Bogus Telegram Restored
Harmony in Eureka.

A good story is told of how PEI
III rose, ~editor of the new Republ
d. can Press of Eureka, squelched a
~ indignation meeting.
G. 1t appears that two years az
some enemies Of Foley and Hobal
le wanted an excuse to raise a ro
lie with these gentlemen, and takin
le their vote on a bill for a basis &c
: up an Indignation meeting. Ate
u building bonfire ard hireing
$ band, they had no special troubl
e in calling together about a thous
:, and men and by securing the dive
and deadfalls had lot of tough
: and check guerrillas under thei
!. control, instructed to do anything
that the Chairman Of the meeting
gave them the cue for.
, The bonfire and the music and
the crowd put Hon. wom Wren il,
q ute a state Of excitement. and he
tod Penrose that he was going
down to talk to the meeting and
see If he could not get them to see
things in their proper light.
" Well you go down and chin the
meeting if you want to, said Pen
rose, but | will squelch the thing
IN another way, talk is all thrown
away, We must work. )"
Wren wended his way to the hall
still convinced that eloquence was
the weapon to use in the emergency
and the more practical Penrose
made a bee line for the telegraph of
flee and secured two blank dis
patches. He next hired an expert
penman to write out two dispatches
as near as possible like the opera
tors hand writing and addressed |
one to the Chairman and one to
himself.
Each read as follows
Squelch the Indignation meeting
and if possible pass a vote of con-
tlndence in Foley and Hobart. We
will pay all expenses of the meet
ing. S. GAGE. |,
For C. p r. r. Co.
A boy was paid dollar to de-
liver these messages, and Penrose
secured seat near the Chairman I
who had not, as yet, called the s
meeting to order, and was waiting a
Tor things to get in shape. Things
we're at fever heat, men were de- {
the Eureka representa-
ion at Carson, and the air was 4
hick With music, profanity and in 7
lignation. -
Presently the boy came in with 7
be bogus dispatches and handed n
ne to Penrese and the other to Fl
he victim. Penrose opened his, a,
cad it and assumed guilty, ex- "
tied look. The other fellow read II
is and followed suit. Then they Il
dyed up to each other with,
What's that 2" 9,
What have you got p IL
Let me see yours ?" q,
" Let me see yours o.
They finally exchanged dispatch in
} and then the man who had called CT
he meeting together, and worked W
p the Indignation, said in husky ne
hisper.
What is she worth 2" T.
Well tap EN- for thousand, !" A
id Penrose. v,
A few moments later the man G.
as in the chair calling the meeting r
order. He spoke as follows: r,
" Fellow citizens since this NJ
Getting was called I have just r
afned that Its purposes have been nj.
eatly misunderstood in MANY r.
arters. | was instrumental in Ta
ling this meeting, and I wish to va
tie that the object of SO doing rio
IS not to denounce Messrs. Foley 9
d Hobart but to ascertain before H.
ing anything, the reasons for {
cir vote on Friday last. 10
have received several dis J
tches from Carson this evening, IT,,
lch puts an entirely different ~,
e On the matter. As Inow I'm
stand, the vote was on an ,,r,
endment and not on the bill. 49,
nile [ have always opposed ~ .,
'se gentlemen, I wish to do oon
m no injustice, and I should sur
or a vote of confidence passed III
e, to stand until we could learn
ther of the matter. "
'enrose moved a vote of con-