The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-03-02
THE WHITE PINE NEWS.
Thursday, March 2, 1899.
IS HE KNAvE OR FooL9

Livingston s promised bill to regulate
the Nevada press has at last been
sprung, and as any one who is acquaint-
ed with the author might expect, it IS
as dirty piece OF legislation as was
ever introduced In the Legislature. 1t
aims to regulate" the Press through
its pocket. book, by the manipulation
Of county printing.
SEC. l provides: .There is hereby
created State Board of Printing Com
missioners, TO consist of the Governor,
Secretary OF State, State Controller,
State Treasurer and State Printer,
which said Board shall have the direct
ion and control OF all legal and official
plinting and advertising in each OF the
several counties OF the State OF Ne
veda.e
How long has 1t been, we would ike
to enquire, since County Commissioners
have been unable TO make their own
contracts and to properly direct and
control the business OF the county! The
idea of State Board debating to each
county how Il shall spend its money is
utter nonsense. The object OF the bill
Il not to regulate legal printing il the
interests of the taxpayers, but to regu-
late the political faith of the papers
that do the printing. AS the Carson
News says:
Unjust as the bill would be on its
face the real intent and sought for re-
suit by Livingston Is to whip the press
OF Nevada into submission and force IL
to yield its independence up to Mr.. Liv.
ingston's friends. The press OF Nevada
Is more independent right now than it
has ever been before. Wallace has alb
solutely lost all control OF the Reno
Gazette, Reno Journal, Genoa Courier,
Gardnerville Record, Carson News, Vir-
Kinia City Enterprise, Yerington Rust
Ter, Winnemucca Silver State, Winnie
mucca Advocate, Golconda News, White
Pine News, Lincoln Messenger and sew
sral others. In fact there are but two
or three in the entire State at the pres
snt time taat will do his bidding blind
~, although they are assisted by per-
haps three or four more which are I'M
der contract to preserve silence. These
first named papers, which certainly
represent the better class, are divided
on all issues nearly and have nothing
In common except their honesty TO their
constituents and their desire to see the
yoke thrown off Nevada that she may
prosper. Naturally this state of affairs
II viewed with alarm by Mr.. Living
ston's friends and they are seeking some
way TO force the press into line.
Everybody knows that the papers
In Nevada are but indifferently sup.
ported and that every publisher has a
hard battle to make both ends meet.
Wallace has lost control OF many of the
boards OF commissioners throughout
the State but he can control the State
board and this win give him the power
TO assist or ruin one paper in each coun-
ty, for he will be the man who will real
~ name the official organ.
ut also viii be used TO serve the in.
terests Of the party in power and gives
the central organization of that party
the means to legally bride one newspa.
per in every county without the expen.
diture of cent OF money. because the
independent publisher will always know
he cannot receive any county patron
age even though his county ticket may
win.
The people Of Nevada are interest.
ed In this bill more than they think.
The press OF Nevada If properly direct.
ed can be of great service to them and
It is the duty Of every honest citizen &c
protect its integrity as sacredly as ne
would the judiciary. The honest legis
lator should seek TO broaden the indie.
pendence OF the press and not to re
strict IT,"