The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-13
A HOT SHOT
 FOR SPARKS To Withdraw Troops from Goldfield. STATEMENT FROM ROOSEVELT Says Nevada Has Bone Nothing Ito
 Preserve Order. But Has Relied Solely on Federal Ala snd Has Thrown Their own
 Burdens on the Gov-
 ernment.
STATEMENT FROM ROOSEVELT

Washington, Jan. i2.-President Roosevelt has determined to withdraw the Federal troops from Goldfeld, New, shortly after the Legislature begins its special session Tuesday.
 This intention was made known at the White House today when the re- port of the special investigating com mission was made public. together with a letter from the President to Gov ernor Sparks. dated January |. The President says he shall be governed by the recommendations in the case un- less the Governor can show that the statements are not in accordance with the facts. The report says:
 "The conditions did not support the general allegations in the Governors request for troops, nor were his spe- cific statements established to any such extent as to justify his use of these statements for the purpose of getting Federal troops"
 It concludes with this reeommenda- ton:
 To Remove Troops.
 But we also most firmly believe that upon the assembling of the Leg isIature. or within few days there after, the troops should be removed, regardless of any request for their re- tention that may be made by either the Legislature or the Governor of Nevada. 1t being essential that the State of Me- yada shall understand this situation completely, shall recognize the fact that there wkll, at that date. be thrown upon the Government the responsibility of keeping order. and that recognizing fhIe possibility, 1t may take such ac- tion as in the duty of the State and as will be sufficient In the premises.
 Tn ifis letter to Governor Sparks. af- ter reviewing the steps so far taken in the GoIdfeld mining trouble. the President continues:
 aI have just received the report Of these three gentlemen (Murray, smith and Neili) which sets forth in the most emphatic language their belief, after a careful investigation on the greund, that there vas no warrant whatever for caffinw upon the esident eoT troops. and that the troops should not be kept indefinitely At Goldneld. The report further 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 insurrection. and that none of the conditions described in Sections 5297-8-9 of the revised statutes as warranting interference by the Federal government existed and that the effort was and is plainly an effort of the State of Nevada to se- cure the performance by the United States of the ordinary police duties which should. as a matter of course, be performed by Nevada herself. The report further says:
 Burdens Upon Others.
 There is absolutely no question that if the State of Nevada and the County of Esmeralda exercised the powers at their disposal, they can maintain sat- isfactory order in Goldheld: that so far, these authorities have done noth- ing but relying on Federal aid and their attitude now is expressly that of refusing to do anything and desiring to throw their own burdens upon the Fed erai government for the maintenance of those elementary conditions or order for which they and they only are re- sponsible.
 "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 1t exists but that shortly hereafter the troops should be removed.
 T agree with the recommendations of this report. of which I enclose a copy. and shall act accordingly. Un- less it can be shown that the state ments of the report are not in accord ance with these facts, 1t will be in- cumbent upon the Legislature of Ne vada when 1t conyenes. itself to pro- vide for enforcing the laws of the State. The State of Nevada must it. self make a resolute effort in good faith to perform the police duties in- cident to the existence of a State.
 (Sjgned.) Theodore Roosevelt"
 Reviewing the conditions leading up to the present strike and since the strike began November 27 last, the re- port draws this conclusion
 A COncOcted Scheme.
 The action of the mine operators warrants the belief that they had de- termined upon a reduction in wages and the refusal of employment to mem bers of the Western Federation of Min CTS, but that they feared to take this course of action unless they had the protection of Federal troops, and that they accordingly laid plan to secure such troops and then put their pro gram into effect" ~
 SAN LUIS BRIDGE BURNS.