Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-06-02
SHOULD GIVE
HIM CREDIT

The Reno Gazette, now edited by
Mr.. T.. l.. Bingham, who formerly
edited the Journal, is again to the
fore criticising the Publicity Commits
sion and the chairman. Sam p. Davis.
Again We have to remind the pubic
that Messrs. Bingham and Morgan
were the authors of the Publicity Bill
which they have since spent their
time in criticising at regular and ir-
regular intervals.
They went in with IA man whose
real name was ~Kopplevich, who had
such an unsavory record that he
found it convenient to call himself
Whitson in Nevada. II was kOpple-
vich, alias Whitson, who was put
forth as a figurehead to run the com
mission for the benefit OF Bingham
and Morgan. The citizens OF Reno
put the Governor wise to tle unsav-
cry combination and he repudiated it.
Mr.. Davis was appointed by the
Governor and declined the appoint
ment and and after he received his
commission he rendered his resigna
ton which was also declined by the
Governor. Since then he has attend
to the duties of his Office and paid all
the expenses out OF his own pocket.
Governor Dickerson commissioned
him to make an exhibit in New York
in June last and he was obliged to
collect money from private sources
to enable the State to be represented.
His sworn statement and vouchers
showed tina he expended something
in the neighborhood of $4,000 more
than he collected. The legislature,
however, neither gave him anything
in the shape of reimbursement for
money expended, or money to meet
the expenses of the coming two
years.
While clerkships and deputyships
and extra stenographers and t%ypewrit-
ers were being pitched at every office
promiscuously in the State and scat
cred with a lavish hand the public
ity commission got nothing, possibly
because il did To- ask for ii.
The chairman of the commission is
at his office during office hours as
regularly as m other State officer
and he performs the duties of his OF
flee without any clerk or stenog-
Tapher. He is constantly answering
Nevada, and is sending out literature
daily to all parts OF the United States
In answer to inquiries which are con-
stantly being made relative to this
state.
Some of this literature he has been
obliged TO furnish at his own eX-
pense. At times he has been Obliged
TO hire an extra clerk and pay for IL
out OF his own pocket. He regrets
that there are many calls for iitera-
ture watch he Is Unable to furnish as
the State has neglected to make IN
expense appropriation for this work.
lnlS Is not the lduIl vi lDe CoIlIlES-
sion but Is due to the fact that dur
ing I he session the members OF the
Legislature We're misled by the sense
less clamor of the Gazette against the
commission which it helped to create.
The senate yielded to this talk with
gu investigation and passed a bill
abolishinG the commission. The
house after a full investigation con-
signed tae bill to the waste basket
by an unanimous vote.
Regarding the Mackay statue and
the other generous donations to the
University. Mr.. Davis took a trip to
New York and secured the statue oil
John Mackay Clarence Mackay even
placing in his hands the task OF sell
Getting the sculptor to do the work.
This paved the way for the subse-
Quent donations which came to tae