The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-11-01
A LrBELOUs LETTER
WILL CAUSE TROUBLE.

WILL CAUSE TROUBLE.
Those who Circulated It Will Prob
ably BE Prosecuted.
From the Carson News of October as.
1t begins to appear that the regulation
Campaign lie" in Nevada is destined to
meet with a new fate. Formerly some
Of them have been mailed" but this
campaign seems to promise that some
Of the perpetrators will suffer severely at
the hands of the law.
An industrious Gold Hill man circulat-
ed q circular charging Glib Douglass, Re-
publican candidate for Secretary of State,
with dishonesty. and Douglass had his
man landed behind the bars within a
few hours after the appearance Of the
Ebelous circular.
In this city q letter has been circulated
affecting the integrity and character Of
Wills B~rougher, the Republican candidate
for State Senator from Ormsby, and it is
almost certain that his defamers will
also find themselves entangled in the
meshes of the law.
The facts of the case seem to be that
n Jos. Williams, said to be an ex-senator
from Nye county, wrote a letter defam-
ing Mr.. Brougher. For the credit of the
Nevada Legislature we trust that the
statement that the writer was q State
Senator is untrue, as the letter reads
more like the work Of a seven-year-old
~schoolboy than that of an adult.
The letter was addressed to Guy Gui.
nan Of this city, and in it were various
ridiculous charges against Mr.. Brougher.
The letter closed with a request to Gui-
nan to pass it along and show it to the
"boss'' as evidence of the sort of a man
Brougher is. Guinan evidently immedi-
ately proceeded to carry out instructions.
He appears to have given it to Mr..
Livingston, who is Mr.. Brougher's op-
ponent, and it is alleged that Mr.. Liv-
ingston showed it to people quietly and
thus gave it additional circulation.
In some manner Oh other news of the
letters existence anne to the ears of Mr..
Brougher. That gentleman Immediately
went to Mr.. Livingston and demanded
the letter. Some of Mr.. Livingston's
friends state that he gave the letter to
Mr.. Brougher, but close friends Of the
latter gave the News the following as
being the truth:
"Mr. Livingston did not voluntarily
give the letter to Mr.. Brougher, as he or
his friends claim, Mr.. Brougher went to
Mr.. Livingston and demanded it. Liv-
ingston refused to give it up, saying that
he did not have it in his possession at
that time. Later Mr.. Brougher demand
ed it again and Livingston said he would
allow him to read it. Mr.. Brougher read
the letter and placed it in his pocket,
saying that he should keep it long enough
to have a certified copy made and that
he would then return it TO Livingston.
MI. B~rougher had the copy made and
then returned the letter.
"Mr. Brougher was for four years
Sheriff of Nye county and Recorder for
twelve years. His sixteen years in Office
are a sufficient refutation to the lies in
that document. The people of Carson
City, l think, have discussed this prop
osition very thoroughly since Saturday,
and 80 far I have yet to hear but one
opinion. The people of Carson City re-
gard Mr.. Brougher as a man of integrity
and standings progressive citizen, and
l a personally assure them that they
will never have cause to think otherwise.
The people of this city. will, I am sure,
express their decided disapproval against
the circulation of any sort Of literature Of
this character which would tend to drive
. worthy mar from the community"
1t is understood upon the streets that
counsel has been engaged and that some
time in the ear future proceedings will
be commenced against Livingston and
Guy Guinan in the State courts and
against the writer of the letter in the
United States court.
Mr.. LivingssOn's Exp Ianation.
In the Weekly of this date appears an
article headed "Livingston's Method"
which does me q gross injustice, 1 en-
phatically declare that / did not inspire
the letter defsming Mr.. Brougher's
character, alleged to bave been written
by Hon. Joseph T. Williams, ex-senator
from Nye county; that I do not know Mr..
Williams personally, and that l did no