Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-13
And This Regardless Of Any Re-
quest by the Legislature or
Governor of Nevada.
COMMITTEES REPORT SEVERE
Charges Mine Owners With Concoct-
Ing II Plan 10 Establish Their
independence OF the Union

The federal troops from GoldGold. Nev.
shortly after the Legislature begins II
special session Tuesday. This lnten
tion was made knoHn at the White
House today when the report of the
special investigating commission wa'
mnde nubnc together with leiiel
from the president TO Gov. SPARKS aa''
ed Jan. 4. yrhe president says ne
shall be governed by the reeommen'
dations In the report unless the gov
ernor can show that the statements IL
the report are not in accordance with
the facts
The report says:
"The conditions did not support the
general allegations IN the governor
request for troops. nor were his specifc
statements established to any such ex,
tent as TO Justify his use Of these state
mems for the purpose of getting fed
eial troops
ton:
BUT we most firmly believe that
upon the assembling OF the Legislature.
or within few days thereafterl me
troops should be removed, regardless
Of anv REQUEST for their retention that
may be made BIZ either the legislature
or the governor of Nevaoa, 1t being as
sential that the state OF Nevada snail
understand this situation completely
shall recognize the fact that there VIII,
at that date. be thrown upon IL ana ~
alone. the primary responsibility OF
keeping order, and that, recognizing
this responsibility. IL may take suci.
action as is the duty of the state, and
as will be, sufficient in the premises.
PRESIDENTS LETTER.
In his letter to Gov Sparks. after
reviewing the steps SO far taken IN
the tfoldfield mining trouble, the presi-
dent continues:
II have Just received the report OK
these three gentlemen MURRAY, smith
and NeiID which sets forth In the
most emphatic language their belet,
after a careful investigation on me
ground that there Was no warrah,
whatever for calling on the president
for troops, and that the troops should
not be kept indefinitely in Goldheld.
The report further states that there
was no insurrection against the power
OF the state at the time the troops We're
called for; that nobody supposed that
there was such an insurrecuon, and
that none of the conditions described
in sections 5297-S9 of the revised
statutes as warranting interference by
the federal govtrnment existed, and
that the effort was and is plainly at
NJ
the performance by the United State!
OF the ordinary police duties whic'
should as a matter OF course, be- per
formed by Nevada herself. The re
port further says
CAN MAINTAIN ORDER.
...There is absolutely no question
that il the state of Nevada and the
county of Esineralda exercise the
mowers at their disposal they can main
tt..f, ~, ltOldflplN
that 40 far these authorities have done
nothing but rely on fedtral aid, and
their attitude now Is expressed by tha'
of refusing to do anything ana desir'
ing to throw their own burdens on
the federal government for the main
tenance of those elementary conditions
of order for which they, and they on
Is. axe responsible
1.-THE signers of the report express
their conviction that the troops SHOULD
remain in Nevada until the assembling
of the Legislature. so as to preserve
the status quo In order that the legis-
Iature may deal with the situation as
IL exists but that shortly thereafter
the troops should be removed.
Il agree with the recommendation
OF this report, of which ] enclose q
copy. and shall act accordingly. un-
less II can be shown that the state
men,s of the report are not In accord
ance with the ia cts, IL will be encuni-
when IL convenes, itself TO provide for
enforcement of the laws of the state.
The state of Nevada must itself make
resolute effort i'm good faith to per-
form the police duties incident To the
existence of n state
OPERATORS ASSOCIATION.
As the operators essociatlon had in
stigated the call for federal aid. the
commission ON reaching Goldheld all
lowed It's counsel to present the operat-
ors' side of the case fully. This occu-
pied five days. At the end of these
hearings the report says.
''Inasmuch as we were by this time
satisfied that the mine operators had
not In amy particular established case
justlfying either the bringing or the re-
tention of the troops, We did not deem
II necessary 10 take any extensive evil
dence on the other side. and the hearing
was substantially closed with brief
formal interview with the committee
from the miners union
Reviewing the conditions leading w
to the present strike and since the
strike began, Nov q last, the report
draws this cOncluslon
"The action Of the mine operators
warrants the belief that they had de-
termincd upon a reduction In wages and
the refusal az employment 10 members
OF the Western Federation OF Miners,
but that they feared 10 take this course
OF action unless they had the protection
OF federal troops, and that they ac-
cordngly laid a plan to secure such
troops and then put their program in-
10 effect
When the troops arrived the mine
operators issued a statement IN which
they indicated reduction In miners
wages from So 20 81 day, also their in
tention not TO employ minors who be-
longed to the union.
The report adds