Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-09-08
ANOTHER IGNORANT INVESTIGATOR ,

The Oregonian OF Portland is moved to eX-
press its pain and dlSpleaSure caused by the artl-
ces written by perpatetic Investigator for Nc
Clure s Magazine, who has been reviewing po-
litcal conditions and the progress of the 'uplift
in Oregon. Our northern contemporary finds that
the magazine Investigator Mr. Burton j. Hen
drck, aspres to be only "ladylike muckraker. :"
He is extremely tender of the sensibilities Of
some men who might take offense, but he salts
fies his instinct for sensation by making general
charge of rottenness and complete moral aban
donment against the entire people of Oregon"
1t is very natural and proper that the Ore
gonian should resent the impertinences of Mr..
Hendricks. The habit and methods of these gen
try are certainly irritating They presume ability
to weigh and measure the character record and
nclinations of community on the briefeSt ac-
quaintance and on the most superficial and
generally partisan, investigation. Mr.. Hendrick
may have spent ii few days or weeks in invetsi-
eating Oregon S system and its moral fiber
Thereafter he is accepted as an authority on Ore
gon and dispenseS his eX cathcdra judgments
for the ediicaton of the readers of magazine
He inclines his to every living advocate of
political nostrums and misses no opportunity to
fling mud at the memory of the man who did
more than any other individual for the upbuild-
ING and security of the state Of Oregon-IIarvey
W. Scott, the late editor Of the Oregonian 1t
is an easy but an ugly game to fatter the liv-
ING and decry the dead, The people of Oregon
know themselves their strength and their
weakness far better than any irresponsible in
truder from the east, but such stuff as Mr.
llendrick diSpcnses is injurious in that it is
calculated to give entire wrong and mfounded
impressions concerning Oregon to the rest of the
country. How asks the Oregonian could any
one having the slightest respect for the people
OF Oregon. or the smallest regard for the truth
write such nane and untrue stuff as the follow
ing?' (from Mr. IIendricl' s pcn)
\ spirit has swept over the state in the
last six years that can be compared only
to the revival" spirit in religion Every
body has been getting political decency,'
just the unregenerate when the scales
fall from the eyes. gets religion And.
like the reformed drunkard or the re
deemed sinner he has no scruples about
using himself 'horribe example,
he boldly stands up before the congrega-
ton. confesscs his sins and makes himself
an illustration Of the wonder that regen-
Grating influence i'll politics can accom-
plish 81 am only three years old - 81
am only five years old; these phrases
are on everybody's lips; they refer to
the speakers political rebirth just as
the religious convert refers to his spiritual
rebirth
Nevada and especially the southern section
has been the victim of similar vistations from
eastern Investigators. In the cause of truth
it is well to expose the worthlessness of such
patronizing rot and such misinformation as Mr.
lendrick and many others of his tribe write
Eventually, magazine readers will get on to
the methods and morals of these phari,ai ana
ignorant "uplfters' and there will be 10 Geld
for their worthless wares