Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-12-27
Sent to Governor of Nevada
by President Roosevelt,
THINKS HE WAS DECEIVED
Says Conditions at Goldfied Gould
Be Handled by State Itself IF Proper
Energy Was Exerted--Troops to
Depart December 80

Washington, Dec. 21.-President
Roosevelt has directed the withdrawal
Of United States troops stationed at
Goldfeld, New, on Dec. 80 next. Tele-
grams on which the decision to with
draw the troops is based were given out
at the White House. The first under
date of Dec. IL directed to Governor
president, reads:
II sent the troops at your request be-
cause, 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 con-
gress from Nevada, it appeared that an
instruction was imminent against
which the state authorities would be
powerless. The troops have now been
In Goldfield ten days and no insurrec-
ton has occurred and seemingly no cir
cumstanceS exist to justify your now
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 grave emergency
which seemed likely at once to arise and
not to provide a substitute for the exer-
else by the state of its police func-
tons. | do not feel at liberty to leave
them indefinitely under such circum-
stances that they will in effect be per-
forming on the part of the United States
those ordinary duties of maintaining
public order in the state of Nevada
which rest on the state government.
AS the legislature of Nevada has not
been convened | am bound to assume
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 themselves. Under
these circumstances unless there be
forthwith further cause shown to JUS
tify keeping the troops Mt Goldfield
shall direct that they shall return to
their former stations"
The following telegram was sent to
Governor Sparks yesterday by the
president:
Il have received no answer from you
to my telegram of Dec. II, in which
said that unless there was forthwith
further cause shown to Justify keeping
the troops at Goldfield | should direct
their return to their former stations.
am Informed by the three representa-
tives of the department and labor who
are in Goldfield by my order that you
have stated to them in writing that YOU
will not convene the legislature to con-
slider "A call for troops nor take the nee
essary steps to form safe military
force. Their report further satisfies me
that there is no disturbance threatened
which the government of Nevada
ought not to be able to control if il
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 matter
Il stand ready to see that the ma
tional government does its full consti-
tutional duty in the matter of preserv-
ing order, but this readiness on the
part of the national government does
not excuse the state government for
failure to perform its full duty in the
first place.
Federal aid should not be sought for
by the state as a method of relieving
itself from the performance of this duty
and the state should not be permitted
to substitute the government of the
United States for the government of
the state in the ordinary duties of main
tanning order within the state. For the
reasons given in this and my former
telegram. have accordingly directed
the troops to return to their former
stations on Monday. Dec. 80
Goldfi I'd Appeals Unheeded