Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-13
ROOSEVELT TO WITHDRAW
SOLDIERS FROM NEVADA


| WASHINGTON, Jan. 12,-President
| Roosevelt mas determined 10 wlLndraw
the teueral troops nom GolGneIo, New
snortly after the legislature begins It's
special session TUESDAY. 1his intention
was made known at the White House TO-
DAY wnen the report of the special lnVes
| ugating committee was mace public, to-
getner with a letter from The president
to Governor SPARKS, daled January l..
The president says ne snail be governed
| by the recommendations in the report
| unless the governor can show that the
statements of the reports are not ia &C
oordance with the facts.
The report says:
1.-The conditions did not support the
general allegations in' the governors re-
quest for troops, nor were his specih,
statements established to any such extent
as to justify has use of these statements
for the purpose of getting federal troops
1t concluded with this recommendation:
But we must firmly believe that upon
the assembling of the Legislature or with
In a few days thereafter, the troops
should be removed, regardless of any re-
quest for their retention that may be
made by either the legislature or the gov
ernor of Nevada, it being the essential
that the state of Nevada shall understand
this situation completely; shall recognize
/ the fact that there will, at that date,
be thrown upon it, and it alone, the pri-
mary responsibility of keeping order, and
that, recognizing this responsibility, IT
may take such action as is the duty of
the state, and as will be sufficient In the
premises"
Writes to Sparks
Il have just received the report of
these three gentlemen, Murray, Smith
and Neil, which sets forth in the most
emphatic language their belief, after a
careful investigation on the ground that
/ there was no warrant whatever for call
| ing on the president for troops, and that
the troops should not be kept indefinitely
| in Goldield.
1.-The report 1urther states that there
was no insurrection against the power
of the state at the time the troops were
called for; that nobody supposed that
there was such an instruction. and that
none of the conditions described in sec
tons 5297-S-9 of the revised statutes
as warranting interference by the federal
government existed, and that the effort
was and is plainly an effort by the state
of Nevada to secure the performance by
the United States Of the ordinary police
duties, which should. as a matter, of
course, be performed by Nevada her
self" The report further says:
| If the state of Nevada and the county
of Esmeralda exercise the powers at
their disposal they can maintain salts
factory order at Goldfield; that SO far
these authorities have done nothing but
rely on federal aid, and their attitude
now is expressed by that of refusing to
do anything and desiring to throw their
own burdens on the federal government
for the maintenance of those elementary
conditions of order for which they and
they only are responsible.
Should Withdraw Troops
1.-THE signers of the report express their
conviction that the troops should remain
in Nevada until tne assembling of the
legislature, SO as to preserve the status
quo in order that the legislature may
deal with the 81 -uation as 1t exists, but
that shortly thereafter the troops should
be removed.
az agree with the recommendations Of
this report, of which l inelose copy
and sha act accordingly. Unless 1t car
be shown that the statements of the re-
ports are not in accordance with the
facts, it win be incumbent upon the
legislature of Nevada when it convenes
! itself to provide for enforcement of tn,
avs OF the state. The state of Nevada
! must itself make a resolute effort II
} good faith to perform the police dutiei
) incident to the existence of a state"
AS the operators association had in
! stigated the call for federal aid the com
mission reaching Goldheld allowed IT.
council to present the operators side o
the case fully, This occupied FIVE days
J At the end OF these hearings the repor
says;
"Inasmuch as we were by this tint
satisfied that the mine operators had no
in any particular established a case Justi
Tying either the bringing or the reten
ton of the troops, we did not deem |
necessary to take any extensive evidenc
on the other side, and the hearing wa
substantial closed with brief forma
interview with the committee from tn
miners union"
Reviewing the conditions leading up L
the present strike and since the strik
, began, November q last, the repor
draws this conclusion:
Sees Mine Owners. Plot
: 'Thc action of the mine operators war
, rants the belief that they had determine
J upon reduction In wages and the re
fusal Of employment to members of tn
Western Federation Of Miners. but tina
| they feared to take this course of actio
= unless they had the protection OF fed
erai troops and that they accordingl