Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-21
|REBUKES GOVERNOR,
Roosevelt Plays Nevada Execu-
 tive and Recalls Troops.
PRESIDENT IMPOSED UPON.
Declares There Was No Need of Fed eraI Soldiers at GoldfieId and That State Forces Are Adequate to Cope With Situation There.

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 Washington, Dec. 21.-Reports from his special representatives at Goidfield have convinced President Roosevelt that he was imposed upon by Governor Sparks of Nevada, who asked. under the provisions of the constitution, that federal troops be sent to suppress in- surrection and domestic violence alleg- ed to be threatened by the Western Federation of Miners.
 Finding that the presence of the reg ulars is unnecessary and offended that the governor of Nevada is so discour- teous that he does not answer his tele- grams, the president ordered the troops to leave Goldfield on Monday, Dec. 30, and return to San Francisco.
 Justifying the sending of the troops into Nevada, the president asserts that he only complied with the requests of the two United States senators and the one congressman from that state, Senators Francis G. Newlands and George S. Nixon and Representative Bartlett Nixon is mine owner.
 The president was largely governed by their representations that bloodshed and riot were imminent and that the state officials were unable to preserve peace and order when the troops were hurriedly dispatched from San Fran cisco.
 | President Rebukes Governor.
 Labor Commissioner Neill, Commits sioner of Corporations Smith and As sistant Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor Murray have been Investigating conditions at Gold field for several days, and their re- ports indicate to the president that the troops are not required. These reports emphasize previous information re- ceived from General Funston.
 The president severely rebukes Gov | ernOr John Sparks in the following telegraphic correspondence. The first, uUQpE udtS Ol DeC. lt IcduS
 II sent the troops at your request because from the tenor of your tele- gram and from the representations made me by the two senators from Ne vada and the member of the lower house of congress from Nevada it ap- peared that an insurrection was immi- nent. against which the state authori- ties would be powerless.
 ''The troops have now been in Gold field ten days, and no insurrection has occurred, and seemingly no circum- stances exist to justify your now call ing on me for action by the troops un- der 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 a substitute for the exercise by the state of its police func- tions.
 No Disturbance Threatened.
 Il 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 main taining public order in the state of Nevada which rest on the state gov ernment.
 AS the legislature of Nevada has not been convened, am bound to as- sume 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 justify, keeping the troops at Gold field, I shall direct that they shall re- turn to their former stations
 The second telegram sent reads:
 "I have received no answer from you to my telegram of Dec. IT, in which said that unless there was forthwith further cause shown to justify keeping the troops at Goldfield I should direct their return to their former stations.
 II am informed by the three repre- sentatives of the department of com merce and labor who are in GOldfield by my order that you have stated to them in writing that you will not con vene 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 is no disturbance threatened which the government of Nevada ought not 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 govern ment of Nevada to take the steps nec- essary in the matter.
 State Must Not Shift Duty.
 ''I stand ready to see that the na- tional government does it's full consti- tutional duty in the matter of preserv- ing order. hut this readiness on the part of the national government does not excuse the state government for l failure to perform it's full duty fin the l first place.
 Federal aid should not be sought | for by the state as method of reliev- l ing itself from the performance of this 1 duty. and the state should not be per mitted to substitute the government of | 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 have accordingly di- ! rected the troops to return to their for |. mer stations on Monday. Dec. 30.-
 A dispatch from Goldfeld says the I Mine Owners association refused to - recognize the Western Federation of .