Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-03
TIE GAZETTE BCYCOTTE,
DR.. Bergstein's Card to the Vir-
ginia Enterprise.

Insnue Asylum, ard the GaZA,te
cnarges that the Dr.. has placed the
Gaze Re und~r boy colt for critici~ing
the Asylum management and that
several firms have Withdrawn their
patronage from the tihZAtte in order to
secure the Asylum patronage.
The APPEAL believes tn at the Gazette
criticised the Asylnm management
simply because it was run by a Silver
man instead Of a R,puhlioan. The
critici~m Was purely from partisan
and political motives ard there was
no good grounds for If, as the actu Al
cost o. running the Asylum under
BprSstrlg'S management was cOusid-
crafty cheaper per capita than under
Ih0mt's management. The Gazette
picked Out isolated EXPENSES ana criti-
cls' d them ard did not treat the man
agement fairly by qnoiing an aver
ag' instead g: Isolated items.
The fact that the charges coul! be
so easily d!-pIoven ty n simple state
'hTit, was all tHe more reason why
DIR B-Cgstein should MT have resort
Ell 10 a boycott, as such a nethnd Of
replying to a newspaper Charge is
certain to carry the idea to the public
mind that the charges have some
foundation.
Any newspaper has Il right to criti-
nlSa Ihl n.t, - SO -:
II the official has Il clean case, the
attack never hurts him in the slightest
Ihe APPEAL regards the boycotting Of
a newspaper as the poorest possible
meth"d Of rei lying to its attacks and
the most imp"lite. The public has
great contidence in DR.. Brrgstein's
management If the Asylum, but it
viii lose it il newspapers are boy
c"ttrd fOf criticising it.
La anSw~r To the Enterprise article
OF yesterday, Mr.. Berg stein makes the
following ply:
10 h EDITOR OF THE TERRITORIAL
ENTERpRI-E:
Virginia City, Nevada.
Dear Sir:-In your issue of today
you have an article heated Con
temptibla J bbery" basel upon he
assumption that an effntt IL teing
made, by Tie, to surptes5 hOne-t criti- /
cIsm OF a public Institution. The
facts are, nat for over two yeas pat
he Reno Eveuing Gazette has heen
publishing d series of malicious false,
hood, by innuendo and insinuation. !
~lntItnatlng that there were gross mis-
management AID wrong doing, but
c"uchinG the expressions in
terms as to avoid the legal CON
5tqleDce of he act.
The facts are, that the Board Of
ION !esloneis WHO have been hon
ofed with a trust by the people Of the
State pave Carefully noted every act
mlnr conhected with the manage
nent OF the Nevada HOSPITAL for
Nlehtal DI-ea-es. They in common
With tnys"if are Proud OF my work
I S results for l can Say, without
ear OF successful contradiction, it
las been b most economical and
ucceesful in the history OF the Iusri-
"'loD, as made manifest, By pub
ned reports and bulls on file, in the ,
tate Controll-rs Office. And me pao-
lie OF THIS common wealth have at
'"st. AS Eu"h c~oEfiience, in their f
St"te Officials who have had
workings OF the Institution under
ID -tant ~ohsrIVatIon, as they would
ave IL h unsubstantiat-d state
ieF's or Ii newspaper Publishing
omrAhy whose Vice President was =,
~ predecessor in rffi"e.
You are cordially invited. either 10
'r-'n or ty representatives TO visit
lie Ho-pital, and I will p-rsnndlIv a..
ST IN an Investigate, IN which will b
low where every dollar of put,,ic s.
'o"ry, disbursed by me, has teen +
AGED. W
lhIs invitation is also extended to
~ citIz* If the State, who desires to
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Very respectfully yours, o
ID. B~ERGsTEIN, IL
S'ip't Nevada Hospital rol M-.taI
is 'Ase-.
CITY, Nevada, Jun" 2nd, 8 Q
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