Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-21
Roosevelt in Caustic kilograms
Charges Nevada Executive
With Sinking Duty
FEDERAL TROOPS TO LEAVE
Soldiers Not to Be Used as Substitutes
for State Forces-President Cues
tons the Need for the CalI-Gover-
nor Should Police GoldfieId-Roose-
welt Asks for Explanation.

| Washington, Dec 2l.-Prcsident
Roosevelt today administered u sting
| ing rebuke to Governor Sparks of Ne
vada for neglect of duty by the peace
officers at Goldfield.
a the same time the president or
dered withdrawn on Dec. 80 the federal
| troops now at the mining town. be-
cause. as he telegraphed Governor
i! Sparks, he saw no reason why the
! federal government should do ordin-
I are unwilling, apparently, to perform.
| The nations executive made it plain
that his action was the result of care
full investigation by government agents
who had been dispatched to Goldfeld
| to ascertain whether or not the sit
uation warranted call for troops.
On Dec. II the president telegraphcd
Governor Sparks with regard to the
need for soldiers as follows:
Il sent the troops at your request
because from the tenor of your tele-
gram and from the representations
made me by the two senators from
Nevada and the member of the lower
| house of congress from Nevada, it APP
peared that an Instruction was inn
minent, against which the state au-
thorities would be powerless.
THE troops have now been in Cold
field ten days, and no instruction has
occurred. and seemingly no circum-
stances exist to justify your now call
ing on me for action by the troops
under the provision of the constitu-
ton
/ "The troops We're sent to Goldfield
to be ready to meet grave emergency
which seemed likely at once to arise,
exercise by the state of it's police func-
tions.
Asks for Explanation.
II do not feel at liberty TO leave
them Indefinitely under such circum-
stances that they will, in effect be
performing on the part of the United
States those ordinary duties Of main
tanning public order in the state of Me-
vada which rest upon the state gov
eminent.
"As the legislature Of Nevada has
not been convened I am bound to as
sumo that the powers already vested
in the peace officers of the state are
adequate, and that, if they choose to
do so, they can maintain order them
selves. Under these circumstances, I'M
less there be forthwith further cause
shown to justify keeping the troops
at Goldfield. I shall direct that they
shall return to their former stations.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Governor Sparks not only failed to
show cause why the troops should re-
main in Goldfield but ignored utterly
the Presidents telegram.
Today the president telegraphed the
governor as follows:
II have received no answer from
you to my telegram of Dec. II, in
which I said that unless there was
forthwith further cause shown to
Justify keeping the troops at Gold
field should direct their return to
their~forner stations.
II am informed by the three repre-
sentatives of the department of COM
merce and labor who are in Goldfield
by my orders that you have stated to
them in writing that you will not con-
vene the legislature to consider call
for troops nor take the necessary
steps to form safe military force.
Their report further satisfies me
that there is no disturbance threaten
ed which the government of Nevada
ought not be able to control if it
starts to work with serious purpose
to do SO, but that no effort is being
made by the government of Nevada
to take the steps necessary in the mat
ter.
Says State NegIects Duty.
Il stand ready to see that the ma
tional government does its full con-
stitutional duty in the matter of pre-
serving order but this readiness on the
part Of the national government does
not excuse the state government for
failure to perform it's full duty in the
first place.
by the state as method of relieving
itself from the performance of this
duty, and the state should not be per-
mitted to substitute the government Of
the United States for the government
of the states in the ordinary duties of
maintaining order within the state.
For the reasons given in this and
my former telegram I have according
ly directed the troops to return to