Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-31
A GRAND OPPORTUNITY.

liens OF the whole State by his able
and indefatieible work in pressing the
mint suits on behalf of the United
States Government.
When be began the task of crimi-
nally prosecuting the Mint thefts
many predicted that he would fail.
There were indeed nan reasons for
assuming that he might fail. He was
obliged to pit his youth, and to some
extent his inexperience, against a
banded combine the like OF which no
official in the discharge Of his duties
ever bad TO face before.
He knew that he would have to fight
the lavish use Of money. allied with
men OF long experience in jury brib-
ing and past masters in the arts of
witness fixing and the thousand and
one methods Of chicanerv that for
years has nullifed the actions Of
courts in this State and rendered legel
proceedings Of any magnitude a
stencil and a byword in Nevada.
When he entered upon this task it
was - ott'It "iiSh any '1u q IL
of grit and determination might we'll
have paused. But he buckled on his
legal armor, called to his aid General
Clarke, a man whose ability and hon
esty would he a tower and strength in
all emergencies and threw down the
gna"e Ct battle to the ring.
For a long time his efforts were met
with dcrisive laughter. The ring was
so firmly intrenched that it only
laughed and chuckled at what they
regarded as so much time thrown
away on the part Of the Government.
But the coils Of the law were woven
about the combine and presently the
derisive laughter ard the merriment
that greeted Jones' efforts died away
and then the ring began to resort TO
profanity and v~ituperation. mex the
coils began to tighten day by day and
they never relaxed a hair.
Then the defense began to realize
that the situation was serious. 1t
called for funds and MONEY flowed in
like water from parties behind the
scenes who didn't want any further
Government investigation. This
none was a corruption fund to hire
periurers, corrupt jurors and bride
witnesses
The ring sent out its whips and
compelled men to go on the stand and
swear to things they did not believe to
be true, until they became a laughing
stock with their neighbors. 1t was
pitiful to see men who ought to have
had sufficient manhood to have de-
fled the ring, allowing themselves t.
be made the tools of thieves because
the political. social and business lash
was cracked over their heads.
Some however hasten to place them
selves at the disposal of their masters
and hasten to get the opportunity OF
%grovelling in the dust, in order te
earn the favor Of those whom they
had been assured would eventually be
the winning side. But the defense
found some difference between a jury
roaming ell over the western end O.
the State on Sunday and n locked
up in an upper DON Of the Govern
ment building.
Already two birds are in the cage
They NO longer laugh at the efforts OF
the public prosecutor and predict that
he is too young to grapple with a cast
Of such magnitude. He has Uncle
Sam at his back and neither threat
O caiolery have effected him in tn
Conscientious discharge of his duties
The case for the people hinges on hi
ability and his honesty. and in neithe
has be been found wanting. When h
gets through his work we are Of tn
opinion that the use OF slimey corrup
ton money in the courts OF this Stat
will be a thing CT the past.
The acts of men. whose character
are blacker than the defendants name
in the Indictment, have poisoned tn
fountains of justice and made tn
terms Of law and equity almost obsc
lete in this State. A law case has be
com the question Of the largest sac
and the lawyer who could handle tn
corruption money the most recklessl
has been the one who could ccmman
the most lucrative practice.
Jones has the grandeet opportunit
OF any man in this State to make
monumental reputation and he ca
rest assured that now he hast the Who'll
law abiding, decancy-loving elemer
IN tbia State at his back and Wishin
him God speed in his work.