The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-10
Regarding the Regents
of the State University

Regarding the nomination of four university regents by the Republican
party, which democrats ar, claiming vas al unwaralttd act OF PartsanshiP
the Elko Independent has the following to say:
For nearly six years the writer has lie n a member of the board of renegts
During that I'm he has served with our different boards first with Re.
gents gents Deal and Evans; second with Regents Evans and Krman; third with
Regents Kirman and Bray; fourth with Regents Smith and snrrett. All OF these
men, exeeptpk Regent Bray, who wa appointed ty Governor Sparks to fill the
No cry was raised when these me were before the people that the Ell cton
of me or al # them would era. the university into politics and it is a far
cry now.
'Durngthe first four years d. the writer's service OF the board, the board
was oidly Democratic md Silver, and the last two year the majority of the
board has een Republican. AT n time during his service IN thu board has
politics eve been mentioned or discussed at the meetings of the board This may
~,m stnrg to som who are nw Justify crying that they want the univeS
siy kept out of politics, but it is nevertheless tme. No IN will deny
the factth that al the regens named above are partsans and were elected as SUCH
because nor of the regents were narrow enough in their partsanship 10
nake . noE,cal issue ont of the EMPLOYMENT of an one about the instita
ton. A regent will have to be a very narrow minded, bigoted partisan wo
will be all to. find any chance for mixing politics with the business manage
nent OF the university.
OF regents, menbNr RS IT tho faculty ad other employees Then the board en
either reject o.. approve the recommendations During the writer's term as re-
gent only one r commendaton of the president for a place on the faculty has
teen turned down and that was because the person recommended vas thought
too young to fill the place for which he as recommends. Politics had moth
hg to 90 wit it,
80 far as patronage is concerned, the writer has been. unable to see any
A regent might ~ persistent app ais to the president get som of his friends
appointed 10 positions, and that IS the only way he could get any patronage
whatever. There is nothing in the patronage cry.
Returning to the charge that the nomination of our regents by the Re-
publcans drags he university into politics. will he Appeal contend that Messrs
Henderson and Levers, the Democratic nominees for reg ns, whom the writer
will support and vote for, would be less partisan if elected without opposition
than they would be if elected on party hckets' Both are firm believers in the
principles of Democracy and both are strong in the faith. If a political CUES
ton. regarding the management OF the university, should by IN chance come
up in the hoard, would they rot be fouEd defending their principles as
strongly in one case az in the otherf
t9This article is already too lrg, mt We cannot rist the temptation 20
say that the acon taken by the Democratic convention in the nomination of re-
eets would in the years % ONE place the management and control of te uni
versty lin the hands If a few designing politicians who slate the nominations Of
whose institution it is, ard placed in the hards of a small clique. That this would
be the inevitable result no ont who has watched the unfolding of the scheme
can doubt.
ut is lot ofen the writer has found anything in the action of Republican
conventions that he has endorsed, hut in this cas he would be untrue to him
self, and Ease o the people, whose servant he is, if he failed to endorse what
he believes is for the best interests of the state university