Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-13
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II the legislature repeals the publ
city bill it will have done the state
good turn. The present body has
been most lavish with its passage OF
bills creating new offices. raising sal
aries and the like, and the taxpayer
would like to see something done in
| the way of retrenchment. The publ
city bill offers most excellent field
| lnasmuch as for the past two years
| it has simply afforded a certain in
| dlvidual the chance of being on the
states payroll for doing nothing. The
it has been shown that it can be
made sinecure, which it has during
| the last two years. The state will
welcome its repeal, and by taking
such action the taxpayers will feel
that they are not being altogether
neglected by the legislature Let it
| be repealed at once "-Gazette
The above is from the pen OF one
OF the men who framed the Publicity
bill. 1t was incubatd in the Journal
and Gazette offices and the schemers
took into their confidence a refugee
from justice who posed in Reno at
"Whitson" but whose name was
kOpplevich in New York and Kopple
in Los Angeles.
The greed Of the trinity OF bunglng
schemers was what really defeated
its own purpose. They supposed in
their innocence or ignorance that by
putting no limit on the appropriation
for expenses they could clean out the
entire State Treasury. They over
looked the fact that all appropria-
they are illegal, null and void
This was what was the matter with
the bill drawn by the editors of the
Gazette and Journal and the man OF
so many aliases, who left Reno be
tween ,Wo days w,ien The Appeal 'ex-
posed him.
Governor Sparks was posted on the
work of this precious trinity of job
bers and refused to appoint Whitson
alias kOpplevich. alias kopple, to the
craftsmanship of the committee. He
was put wise to the entire job and
asked the incumbent to take the
position OF chairman.
Mr. Davis called the governors at
tentiOn to the fact that thewe is
no legal appropriation for expenses
and resigned. Governor Sparks re-
used to accept his resignation and
asked him to 90 ahead. perform the
duties of the office and said he would
use his personal influence to see that
the defects of the bill were remeded
and that the chairman was reim-
bursed for any outlay he might make
to carry on the work.
The chairman of the committee af-
ter he was appointed, was called
upon by Whitson, alias kopplevch.
and informed that unless he resigned
the Journal and Gazette would make
it hot for him and show him up as
a grating official. kopplevich alias
WhI,sOn was told to convey the in
formation to the editors Of the two
papers that they could go to the
devil and begin their threatened eX-
p0Surn as soon as they liked.
These papers began a systematic
campaign OF abuse which did not in
the least effect anyone and since
then the chairman Of the Publicity
Commission has gone down in hi+
pocket and carried out the work of
the commission. He is in the hole
now TO the extent of about twenty
five hundred dollars and since his
incumbency Reno mas benefited from
his personal work IN the way Of pub
icity about $150,OOO from the add
tions that Clarence Mackay has Civ
en- the University at the personal
solicitation of the Chairman OF the
Publicity Committee.
The city that has received the
most benefits from the Publicity
commission contains newspaper
which is yelling for the abolition OF
the commission.
The publicity bill was mostly the
work of the Gazette editor but the
! late Governor Sparks knew him too
well to permit him to carry the act
into operation. Hence his tears