The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-09-03
JOURNAL CALLS !. c.
SWEENEY'S BLUFF
Judge James G. Sweeney On June 9th Sent Letter to the Journal Threatening
Geo. Klbmn if the Journal Continued to Oppose Sweeney-Latter Secure
in His Power as judge He Dares the Journal to Publish the Letter
journal calls" the Bluff of Man Who Would Use His High
Office to Silence the Press Throughout the Whole of the State

be kept sacred, and to warn you that / will stand no triaing in this
respect whatever. am not responsible for any scurriious or mon
grel reporters, who may unknowingly come in your employ, and
through your paper malign my character unjustly and falsely i'm
pugn my integrity. The matter of the employment of your employees
is your own business, and in the future Il will necessarily have to
hold you responsible for whatever may appear in the Journal along
the lines suggested"
These imputahons referred to in the article of June 4h, / will al
low to pass on this occasion with the indignant contempt l entertain
for the eur who wrote them, for the reason l do not want to take adj
vantage of you because Il believe you to be an honorable man. and
probably not aware of the articles appearing until after they were
written. However, IN the future should a citation for contempt is
sue, if my integrity is again malciouSy and falsely impugned, you
will not be able to say that l have not treated you honorably and call
ed your attention to this character of Misrepresentation, which has
been in your paper of late.
A paper of the standing of the Journal could, if it would, with
persistent Misrepresentation and malicious attacks made by design
ing and INSCRIPTIONS reporters, who may get in your employ for the
spheful purpose of maligning any character OF otherwise, materially
injure the reputation Of any man to strangers no matter how innocent
he may be. My integrity and honor are all | possess and to me are
priceless, and l intend to protect myself against any slanderous,
lbelous or lying imputations which are hurled at me in my official
capacity as supreme judge of this state, by the law provided for such
purpose, and politically or otherwise than in my judicial capacity, /
will personally protect myself as l see fit.
The newspaper business, as in every other profession and voca-
ton in life, has it's dirt; y and we find therein that there are irrespon-
she and a low breed OF mongrel reporters and editors, = without
any character of their own who care not what they publish of others
SO long IS it may attract attention. You have evidently been I'M
fortunate in getting one of this breed in your employ unknowingly, l
believe, or else some one of this breed is able to slip articles of this
kind referred to, through the ignorance. connivance or consent of the
acting manager of your paper. 1t is to the interest Of proprietors OF
newspapers and newspaper men of standing, or of any newspaper,
which hope, to maintain the standard that an honorable paper should,
that when one of these mongrel reporters are discovered they be dis
charged forthwith, or cautioned at least to beware.
Anyway, Mr. Klborn, it is not my intention to lecture nor to pre-
sumo to tell you anything you do not know about the newspaper bust
ness, but as before stated, this letter is written to you in the friend
lest of spirit, . with the idea of warning you in advance in order
to protect you from future humiliation or punishment, - in the event,
as heretofore stated, your paper, through one of these designing and
INSCRIPTIONS reporters again oversteps the legal bounds provided in
preserving the honor and integrity of the judges of the supreme bench
of this state, from false and malicious attacks designed to bring the
court into public scorn, disrespect or ridicule.
have been exceedingly busy during the last few weeks and have
overlooked the political articles referred to until today my time gave
me a few moments to spare.
This letter is personal and you need not feel in any way obliged
to publish it. as have no desire to embarrass either you, your paper
or its management. / do desire, however, a retraction concerning the
statement that | am in any political conspiracy to betray the Demo
cratic party, as the above misrepresentation referred to indicates, and
want it published point blank that / brand it as al infamous misrepre-
sentation and a cold and unadulterated lit.
with kindest personal regards, and hoping that you will take
this letter in the spirit in which til written, = and with my personal
assurance of high esteem at the present time entertained and which
| hope l will have no reason for changing, / am as ever
Yours very sincerely,
MI n lin