Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-10-10

The press OF the state which a few
months ago were bowling for the an
pointment OF Sam p. Davis as Chair
man OF the State Publicity Commits,
sion now seen, to have a change OF
heart and are giving the supreme
court and the Publicity Commission
! considerable speace and giving them
all kinds Of call downs on the strength
! OF the decision and the fact that the
chairman will not resign from the
position he was appOined to by the
governor and which ne took to the
supreme court to legalize his Office
Now the Goldfeld Tribune comes
out with the statement that he has
buncOed the people OF Goldlield out
OF $4,000 for the entertainment of the
humorists when they visited that city
The News republished the Tribune
article in their issue OF this morning
\ representative of the Appeal this
afternOn asked Commissioner Davis
1or an interview in regard to the hum
orists affair ana he had the following
TO say:
The Goldfeld Tribune has filed
violent objections to the Publicity
Commission for not running the Pub
licity special and claims that til >Com-
mission has been hibernat!ng.
I,or Of
the idea OF running a special adver-
tising train which never materialized
and that the Chairman OF the Com
mission should return the $4,000 spent
for the visit OF the Press Humorists
Of America to the camp.
Il will answer these charges in the
train was proffereA the Commission
by William j. Brewer and the citizens
of Goldfield The Commission gave
them full credit
The Chairman of the Commission
found later on that objections were
made in different quarters Of the state
to having the Publicity Commission
endorse an advertising project that
they regarded was for the purpose of
advertising Goldfield alone.
The Commission met in Carson
and after discussing the matter in all
it bearings decided not to run the
train for the reasons stated, and the
Chairman wrote letter to Mr.. Brewer
explaining the attitude of the other
sections OF the state toward the special
train Mr. Brewer held that these OBJ
jectiOns were we'll grounded and offer
ed individually to acceed to the wishes
Of the rest of the state and subscribe
$1,000 toward a general Publicity
train. to represent all Nevada. Reno
: subscribed $4,000 and other parts Of
the state offered to assist. Meanwhile
the validity of the Commission was
being treated in the supreme court
and while the matter was pending
| the Commission felt that it was not
at liberty to act until its authority
: to do SO was unquestioned.
THE Commission has been at work
t ever since May first and so far has
: paid all the expenses OF running II
5 out of the private pockets OF the
: members OF the Commission.
The answerin. OF letters alone
from different parts OF the United
states has kept a secretary busy who
so far has received no pay for his
work. The Commission has been ser
iously hampered in many quarters
but -, can assure the people OF Ne
yada that it will carry on its wor>
. in the interest of the state until il
demonstrates its usefulness and its
y members hope to see all interests aiC
in its honest endeavors to make
the Commission as useful to the in
{ terest OF Nevada as similar commits
sions in other states.
Regarding the tiasco OF the visi
y of the Press Humorists to Goldfiel'
It | am OF the opinion that the citizens
have "a serious grievance. Mr.. FranI
SeariSht, secretary OF the OrganiZa
ton, wrote me that he would lili
q my cooperation in bringing fort
q leading writer's of the United State
. to Nevada to visit the principal town
n and write up the resources of tn
), country for the eastern press guar
of thni i'm
preSsions in 1900 newspapers.
r Il was asked to meet him in GOl(
field and did 50. Searight explaine