Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-12
Who's the Common Liar?''


ting the establishment of county
high schools in this state In the AS
sembly last Winter and as he charges
the defeat Of that bill to the Nevada
Press Association, it is due to the
members Of that body that the facts
Of the matter be published and the
truth set before the people of Elko
county who alone are interested in
the success and welfare of the only
high school established under the
law passed in 1895.
In giving these facts it ls necessary
to pay some attention to the articles
that have appeared in some Of the
state papers on this subject since
the discussion Of this question began.
In our issue of October Both, there
appeared the following item giving
the facts regarding the responsibility
for tho defeat of that bill:
@In order to satisfy those who may
believe the reports that the Press AS
ISOLATION helped to defeat the high
school bill in the Assembly, we wish
to say that the report is without any
foundation in fact. The Press Asso-
citation had nothing whatever to do
with the bill. It's own cussedness,
coupled with the work of Mr.. McAfee
and this scribe and their personal
friends, put the everlasting kibash on
it. 1t is very dead now and it's
friends should let it Sleep"
The deposed principal of the high
school ruminated over this item for a
week and In last Mondays issue of
his paper came out with an abusive
article devoted to the Press Associa-
ton in general and the editor of the
lNDEPEND. MT in particular in which
he called US common liar" for stat.
ing the above facts. In order to
substantiate his charge he quoted
the following from the Carson
Appeal: @As Mr.. Booher was mem
Der Of the Nevada Press Association,
the organization promptly took up
the fight for Booher and beat the
BILL" This statement, he says,
coupled with the admission of the
Silver State, conclusively proves his
charge. Now word about the state.
ment quoted from the Appeal. Mr..
Davis, the editor, unwilling fell into
an error when be wrote it, as we Will
conclusively show in the course of
this article. The editor of the INDIE
PENDENT met Mr.. Davis on the
streets Of Carson the night after the
Press Association had met and ad-
journed and asked his assistance, as
personal friend, to defeat the bill
then pending in the Assembly. This
request was courteously refused by
Mr.. Davis on the ground that his
time was 30 occupied with matters
appertaining to the Corbett and
Fitzsimmons prize fight that he had
no time to devote to it. Nothing
further was said to him on the sub
ject during our stay in Carson. If
Mr.. Davis did anything in the matter
at all, we are not informed,
Now, let us look at the admission"
of the Silver State upon which the
deposed principal Of the high school
cenvicts us of being common LIAR"
After stating that the enmity Of this
man toward the Press Association was
probably caused by the failure Of the
legislature to pass the bill oustlng
the editor Of the INDEPENDENT from
the board having control of the Elko
county high school, the Silver State
says: ave do not know for sure, yet
it ID very likely, that members of the
Press Association did take the
trouble to ase that the facts OF the
case we're brought before the Legis-
lature and thus neutralize the effects
Of any lying statements the aforesaid
'coolie' might make"
Mr.. Nixon palinly states that he
docs not know whether members OF