The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-27
THE MACkAY STATUE
Some Light on How it Came to 40 to
Reno.

Reno.
The Wells Herald has the following
! in its last issue:
The State Board of EXAMINERS have
turned down DR.. Stubbs expense ac-
count amounting to some four hun
dred dollars and upwards
1t looks to The Herald as if it was
merely a question of whether his
trip was with the authority of the
Board of Regents or not.
If it was thus authorized the state
will eventually have to pay the bill.
If state officer has to go east to
represent the state he should travel
in style befitting an officer and
!, there is enough money in the treasury
to meet the bills.
Something over a year ago Sam
Davis went east and secured $780,
T 30 bronze statue Of John Mackay
and it was followed by Clarence
Mackay with a gift of "a School of
| completed. Well the board kicked at
, Sam for consulting no one but the
Governor before he went east and
= refused to allow his expense bill
Considering the fact that the trip
resulted in great work OF art COM
ing into this state and was the enter
f tering wedge of an $4,000 building
| for the University, secured through
the activity of DR.. Stubbs, it would
: seem as if Mr.. Davis should have his
r expenses paid out of the state
treasury
To show how ungrateful counties
are for services rendered, one has
but to turn to the fact that when
t Davis was appointed to the Chair
). manshp of the Publicity Bureau the
e only kick in all the state came from
J. Washoe county.
l. The above from the Wells Herald
e is partially correct. There never was
2 any bill put in by the editor of the
a Appeal for the expenses attendant
{. upon his trip to New York to consult
O with Mr.. Mackay relative to the
erection of his fathers statue in Ne
vada. The original plans Of the Ii
brary building called for statue OF
a miner in the rotunda.
L. 1t was merely intended to be a
i. small bronze, representing any miner
a. and when the writer conceived the
D i lea of the state making it a statue
t. of John Mackay, there was no time
e to call a board meeting. The members
If of the board were absent and Mackay
,e was apout to s..-- for Europe. Consid
ID ering the matter one of great import
"a ance to Nevada he took the libert,
IS of making the prefer on behalf Of thu
state without the authority of the
board. Mr.. Macakay simply consent
en- to the statue being made provided
s. he could be allowed to pay for it.
h This was naturally agreed to AM
ly on his return his conduct in actin,
i; without authority was severely crit
N, sed by the board and he was unabl
n to even secure an acceptance OF tn
proffer of Mr.. Mackay. 1t seemed tn
idea of the majority Of the board t
H., read him a severe lesson for havin
at secured something for the state will
p. out consulting THEM.
cd The Governor, however, iaccepte
lg, the statue on behalf of the State a
he Chairman of the Board and later th
legislature ratified his action unan
mously, paying no attention to th
er- board.
ng When Mr. Borglum the sculpt<
'ur saw how the library building wa
tucked away in the rear of the stat
ap capitol building he declined to NAL
'io statue for such an out of the We
place as the back annex to the ca
on itol.
.5$ The members Of the board WI
voted time alter time to erect Il
ou library building in the rear of tt
capitol were Lieutenant Govern
Allen, Secretary of State Dougla
}. and Treasurer Ryan. The same me
were opposed to accepting the Mack;
ia statue.
II But something good comes out
nat things in curious ways. Mr.. Mack
ltn, knew that a majority Of the sta
try board were trying to belittle the a
SO of the writer in rendering him t
right to erect a statue of his faith
an in state building and he solved
the question in a very decided and prs
are tical way by donating building
go with it and this building is t