Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-02-09
MORE VICIOUS
ATTACKS ON STATE
LOS ANGELES PAPER PUBLISHES
SCANDALOUS ARTICLE
ABOUT NEVADA.
ISpeclal 10 Bonanza.l

wen, copies OF an dTLlCIe tHdl dp-
peared in the Los Angeles Times on
January 80 have arrived here and to
say that every statesman in the CAPT
tai is wild is putting it mildly.
The article is in typical Times
style, u%nveracious, abusive and sour
rilous. ridiculing and abusing better
men than ever had anything to do
with the Times.
1t calls the state of Nevada an
abiding place for thugs, thieves and
criminals of the worst sort 1t calls
Goldield and the other southern min
ing camps hotbeds of robbery, sedi-
tion and scoundrelism, to say moth
ing of wildcat mines-in fact says
there are nothing but wildcat mines
and high-graders in these camps. 1t
says hat the Colorado experiences
are being repeated in Nevada and
that the Governor is a poltroon and
a coward, a %scoundrel and a viper
of the worst sort because he is Gov
ernor of the state. 1t also says 800
men have been deported from Gold
field with force and violence and that
Nevada is lost to all sense of shame,
or honor and is beyond redemption.
1t is very probable that the state
Legislature will instruct the Attorney
General to TAX official legal notice
of the article and will pass memorial
on the matter.
Here is what a few of the most
prominent legislators and men of af-
fairs have to say about it:
Gov. Sparks-In reference to a
slanderous article hat appeared in
one of the Los Angeles newspapers
l recently. | wish to state that in my
! judgment it was absolutely false
and uncalled for, and that | con-
slider it vas more damaging to the
! great city of Los Angeles than to
l the state of Nevada. Ridiculous
T.. newspaper articles of a vicious ma
= ture like this are always damaging
and at times far reaching. | am
; unable to see any wisdom in the arti-
y Gle | mention. 1t has 0 only at
: tackled the Governor but has at.
: tackled the vital interests of the
: state and of the citizens of Nevada
AS far Is | am individually con,
cerned, / care nothing about the ar
= ticle in so far as my name is men
toned, but would suggest that tai
people of Nevada condemn it fron
top to bottom and will add that
= consider it a libelous article. hav,
visited Goldfield in my private ca
pacity and have assisted in the SET
Element of some labor troubles Their
and have no hesitation in saying tina
there has been a time wael
ihe local authorities could not han
: ale the situation themselves. As 20
deportations, the sheriff has run GU
several known criminals and SINH
lar undesirable persons. There is n
reason for such an attack.
Lieut.. Gov. Dickerson, Presiden
of the Senate hardly think tn
% article represents the feeling of tn
g whole city of Los Angeles. Such a
A. article is beneath notice, but as
ut paper is circulated 1t must receiv
Y. attention. Most of the statement
~ are QICn If 10 a EnnnL m Gold
IN field and all the other souther,
ct camps. AS for the Governor and tn
v epithets applied to him, I will onl
say that we know the Governor an
]. have dubbed him Honest job.
10 Sparks, and nothing in this articl
n will change the opinion of his friend.
a. 1t seems to me there is ground 70
a libel suit in this article.
vs. Speaker Skaggs of the Assembly
k What is the use of worrying owe
la what this paper prints or says? TIL
lie state of Nevada is big enough an
broad enough to bear it and it
r. a fact that we demand a highe
lie standard of honesty in this stat
re than is demanded in California. A
lie for the statements of facts, they ar
De false. | am in favor of some officia
Id action that shall put the seal of cor
We demnation on a man who so ia
y. forgets himself as to utter such false
i'd hoods. The Governor was not dubbe
Of Honest John" by the newspaper
lie and no article like this will chang
lg our opinion of him.
t. Senator Oddie of Tonopah-
think this is pretty rotten. We ad
NIT things have happened in Cole
field and the southern camps, bu
* where do they not? This is unfair
IS There were troubles in Goldield. bu
Mt they r settled. There were neve
any troubles in Tonopah and Their
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