New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
GOTERNOR SPARKSS DILEMMA


We have already said that the President dId
the only thing he could do in sending Ieuei'
troops TO Goidfield at Governor Sparkss request
and MO wish to add now that he is doing again
the only thing he can do in reminding Governor
Sharks that he must 60 through certain Constr
tutjonal formaIities if he wishes TO keep tnoSe
troons there The situation is technically. III
least i'm The hands of the Governor III VIII pe
Interesting TO see what he does with It,
We can't help feeling that Mr.. Sparks is a
rather incongruous person AS 'olelhoi VI
Nevada and wondering Just how it happened
v-a cot q very clear insight into his surround
inrs and circumstances when we read III MS
message to the President: The Assembly ol
THAT session last winter with the Fo'e ol an
.sbut ono nassed a resolution denounclng the
injustice done Meyer. Haywood and Pettlh"he
..hv the denial of a speedy trial. How in these
trouborls times the heart of Governor SPARKS
and the heart of that lone negative voter must
he drawn together The Governor must feel
that there is one kindred soul, and that Thought
,n,st comfort him. He evidently does not want
IN call together again that Legislature, the
lower house of which with only one negative
vote EXPRESSED its deep sympathy with MoHer
HAYWOOD and the rest, for there is iittie Aheil
hood that such Il body would look WIN favor
upon having federal troops at hand 10 chech
tho humanitarian designs of those admired lead
ers Not TO call n special session Wlthn h'e
davs means the withdrawal of the troops: 10
call a special session would probaDly proouce
the same result, with. it may be, even more eni
barrassuent to the Governor. Our sympathy
goes out TO him in his dilemma. We can [ quite
see how he came TO be. Perhaps Mr. Haywoods
rorsonal worries. now happily over. account for
If. At any rate we dare say Mr. Haywood VIII
rot perrnit any such accident to occur again
We have no doubt that the Assembly OF Ne
vada which with only one vote in the negative
sent ifs regards to Mr. Haywood when he WAS
suffering the discomforts of the Boise jail rep
resents the sentiments Of its CONSTITUENTS WIN
unusual fidelity for a legislative BODY Inc
Western Federation is said to have IN Goidneio
alone a membership Of three thousand, anu IL II
stronc in other parts of the state. Inc traces
men. saloonkeepers. gambling resort proprletois
and the rest depend almost entirely upon 'hc
miners for support. The members OF the l'u-
Grafton are exceedingly persuasive vote selters
They carry a good many guns and use them
with convincing skill. Naturally, under these CIT
cumstances the government of the state Is
rrattv we'll unionized. Nevada, as every one
will recognize who gives the subject n moment 5
tbouoht offers an exceptional field for carrying
ont such designs upon state government as nave
been repelled in Idaho and Colorado In those
two states industry is somewhat varied out
Nevada is practically nothing but mining
camp. and obviously mining camp under pop
ular government is going to be ruled py the
men with the pick and the dynamite Nhen we
remember the various efforts of the federation
in the past to grasp the control OF state gov
ernments and when we realize how IN Nevada
there are few cowboys and farmers 10 play OH
against the miners. can understand the zeal
Of the unmfzed Assembly in sending It's greet
ing 70 the Boise City martyrs and appreciate
the lonesome position Of Governor Sparks, VINO
evidently expects only the worst from a special
session if one is convened.
This country has grown accustomed TO crises
in Western states precptated by the Western
Federation Hitherto the union has always
been worsted in its efforts TO unionize state
Governments but for the reasons pointed OUT IL
seems TO have q more promising field IN NeVada
than il has had elsewhere. 1t is evidently al
ready 50 powerful minority. AT least, that lhe
Assembly bows down to it and the Governor
fears it, Hitherto public opinion has always
risen and overthrown it when it seemed likely
TO get q state on its knees. rs it now appears 10
have got Nevada. We won't predict IN thiS
case. but we wish Nevada would diversity It's
industries