The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-31
their propensities to covet and
secretly acqAire cattle-male and
female-belonging to their neigh
bors.

bors.
The Silver State editor regrets,
most sincerely, that Mr.. Boggio and
his friends have labored under the
conviction that The Silver State
has grievously wronged him, inten-
tlonally, unintentionally or other
wise. Mr.. Boggio, as it happens, is
an entire stranger to the editor of
The Silver State and neither, the
editor is quite sure, has any cause
to malign, or wish trouble upon the
other. At any rate, this happens
to be the disposition of The Silver
State editor; and at the same time
he candidly admits that whether Mr..
Boggio does, or does not, have
troubles of his own, is not a matter
of grave concern to the editor, who
has sufficient of his own to take
care of without devoting any time
whatever to the vexatious problems
of life that hedge about others.
The Silver State editors language
has been found fault with, time and
time again, and it is no particular
surprise to him to learn that the
Paradise Cattle Growers Associa-
ton expresses its disapproval. F"
That doesn't worry the editor in
the least, nor will it cause him to
sit up O. nights hating himself
AS matter of fact, the Para
disc Cattle Growers Association
has no grounds for "disapproval of
the language used" The Silver
State editor did not make use of
any profane language; he did not
tell any untruths, nor did he dis
tort or magnify any truths. More,
he did not assume the privilege,
that he might have exercised, of
passing upon the guilt or innocence
of Mr.. Boggio.
The editor has always taken the
position that after man is ar
rested, charged with crime of any
nature, he is innocent until proven
guilty in a court of lawful purisdic-
tion; and if his disposition were
contrary to this, it would be a
mental imposibility for him to ar
anent Mr.. Boggio's guilt for he has
never heard anything pertaining to
the merits of the case from either
side and he only knows, as a matter
of court records, that Mr.. Boggio
is to be tried on charges stated.
The editor has no quarrel either
with the Paradise Cattle Growers
Association or Mr.. Boggio. In truth,
the editor appreciates the courtesy
manifested by the association. 1t
pursued the course that the editor
approves. When a man or men feel
that an injustice has been done
him, or them, the gentlemanly way,
and the decent way, is to take up
the matter, direct, with the person
that appears to have offended.
When this policy isspursued ofttimes
mountains made Of mole-hills cease
to be phantasys that plague, worry,
and breed trouble.
A dispassionate review of the
lines will persuade the intelligent
members of the Cattle Growers As
sociation that the editor made use
of no language that can, by any
stretch of the Imagination, be inter-
preted as an indictment of, condem-
nation of, or expression of belief
of guilt of Mr.. Boggio.
1t is not within the province of
the editor of The Silver State to
pass sentence upon any man and
until he is elevated to a position
that entities him to wear the ermine
District Attorney Wilson relates a
story in which a one-time Judge
referred to it as ''vermin") he shall
have no thought of usurping the
functions of court.
Really, it pleases the editor to
learn, through the receival of the
above epistles, that Mr.. Boggio
bears good reputation among his
neighbors; and the, editor earnestly
hopes that he may have no difficulty
in proving, beyond the shadow of
a doubt, that he has been wrong
fully accused and is the victim of
circumstance.
To you, gentlemen of the Para
disc Cattle Growers Association,
we sincerely say, thank you!