Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-10-02
JOURNALISTIC KNDECENCIEs.

not merely local but general in it
character. Several Of our exchanges
not retained for public opinion-manu
featuring by either party to the dis
graceful affair, have commented in tn
severest terms on the lawless proceed
ing. The APPEAL has refrained from
giving any opinion concerning the fact
of the case, as nearly all the dispatche:
in relation to the matter have been col
ored to justify lawlessness and We pre-
fer to await the result of the Judicial
examination. 1t is not the legitimate
province of newspaper to undertake to
forestall public opinion when the ques-
tons of law-breaking, might and right,
and perhaps the taking Of human life,
are to come up for judicial investiga-
ton. The outside public are not par
ticularly interested as to whether the
Moore crowd or the Wheeler crowd are
in possession of the n. & q. r. R., but
every clean-minded man has an inter-
est in the maintenance of the dignity
of the law and the suppression of ruff
fianism. This is good enough plat
form for any independent, decent man
to stand upon.
In the San Francisco Chronicle of
Thursday last appeared an article on
the Rene Moore Wheeler riot, which,
all things considered, is as mean
thing as we have seen in any metro
politan paper for years. The article
purports to give history of the trouble
between the Wheeler and Moore fac
tons from its commencement up to the
time of the shooting, which may be
true in every particular, but which will
not be strengthened in impartial minds
by the CHASTITY efforts of the writer or
reporter to be facetious over subject
which has no humorous phase. The |
humOr is of the hyena kind. Here's a |
specimen: "Balch declares that it was
Z. ID. Wheeler who let day
light through the formers lungs" etc.
This press scavenger mentions the
shooting of Scoville and Balch, adding,
the wound of each is believed to be
almost necessarily mortal" Further on
we have the suhjoined bit of ghoulish
Scoville has selected the dismally
Coffin as the one who perforated
the Scoville stomach.
Taken as a whole the Chronicle article
is as brutal as anything that can be inn
agined, and it could have been dictated
Or written only by a born blackguard,
whose only bar to assassination would
se the fear of detection and subsequent
The Mussel Slough settlers who were
Imprisoned at San Jose were released
rom the Jail at II o'clock last Friday
light, and were Immediately received
nd warmly congratulated by large
lumber of friends in waiting outside
he walls. A dispatch from Hanford c
tates that on receipt of the news of
heir restoration to liberty every flag in
ne town was enthusiastically flung to
ne breeze and National salute fired,
nth a special gun for each released
risOner. Speeches were made, and the
'wn went wild with joyful demonstra-
ons. Great preparations are being !
lade for demonstrations in their honor a,
4 the fifth of next month, large dele ''
atoms being ready to meet them on n
leir return next Saturday, to escort
lem to Grangeville.
The liquor dealers of Illinois have q
zen holding convention at Blooming
N, in this state, there being as many
400 delegates present Their obie ct &
as to devise measures to protect their a,
terests, and one of these measures =
as to elevate the character of the
attic. Before they adjourned they
lopted resolution declaring that "the \
lief object of the association is to ele- III
tie the calling of the liquor dealer NJ
I'd manufacturer, and that the associ. my
ion pledges its support to the author
les everywhere in suppressing low