Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-21
to ignore the Western Federation of
Miners In the future is irrevocable.
PRESIDENT SAYS CONDITIONS
DO NOT REQUIRE TROOPS
BY Associated Flesu.

By Associated fieen
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-President
Roosevelt today directed the withdrawal
of United States troops stationed at Gold
field. New, on Monday, December 30 next.
kilograms on which the decision to with
draw the troops are based were given out
at the White House today. The first,
under date OF December IL, directed to
Governor Sparks of Nevada and signed
by the president, reads:
II sent troops at your request because
from the tenor of your telegram and
from the representations made me by
the two senators from Nevada and the
members of the lower house of congress
from Nevada it appeared that an insur-
recton was imminent against which the
state authorities would be powerless to
cope.
'The troops have been in Goldheld ten
days and no insurrection has occurred,
and seemingly no circumstances exist to
Justify your calling on me for action by
the troops under the provision of the
constitution. The troops were sent to
Goldfield to be ready to meet a grave
emergency which seemed likely at once
to arise and not to provide substitute
for the exercise by the state of its police
functions
IL do not feel at liberty to leave them
indefinitely under such circumstances
that they will in effect be performing
on the part of the United States those
ordinary duties of maintaining public
order in the state of Nevada which rest
upon tne government of the state.
"As the legislature of Nevada has not
been convened l am bound to assume
that the powers already vested In the
police officers of the state are adequate,
and IL they choose to they can maintain
order themselves. Under these circum-
stances unless there be forthwith further
cause shown to justify keeping the troops
at Goldfeld 1 shall direct that those
shall return to their former station.
(Sigped) THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The following telegram was sent to
Governor Sparks today by the president:
II have received no answer from you
to my telegram of December II, In which
! said that unless there was forthwith
further cause shown to justify keeping
the troops at Goldfield 1 should direct
their return to their former station.
am informed by the three representatives
of the department of commerce and labor
who are In Goldfeld by my order that
you have stated to them in writing that
you will not convene the Legislature to
consider call for troops nor take the
necessary steps to form a safe military
force.
Their report further satisfies me that
there are no ulSturpdnceS tnTedteHeu
which the government of Nevada ought
not to be able to control If 1t starts to
work with a serious purpose to do so,
but that no effort is being made by the
government of Nevada TO take steps
necessary in the matter.
IT stand ready to see that the national
government does it's full constitutional
duty in this matter of preserving order,
but this readiness Npn the part of the
national government does not excuse the
state government for failure to perform
it's full duty in the first place. Federal
aid should not be sought for by the state
as a method of relieving itself from this
duty, and the state should not be per-
mitted TO substitute the United States
for the government of the state in the
ordinary duties, of maintaining order
within the state. For the reasons given
in this and my former telegram 1 have
accordingly directed the troops to return
to their former station on Monday, De-
cember 80 next.
(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT"