Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-08-24
coSvIcTIoS or POWERS.

80 rAAfAEA4ya N@F<V E"-tEE -
an accessory 20 the cold-tlooied
murder o! Governor Goeb~l viii 90 a
loag =sye 70 convince the country
tina: the people o: Kentucky believe
II The endorsement OF the criminal
Las Powers had every opportunity
20 present hs defense and prove his
Innocence. He vas defended by able
counsel aud ever bit OF evidence
Tia: could be produced in his favor
rs presented 20 the jury. In addi-
ton 70 this the political machine that
made the murder o. Governor Goebel
possible ~s worked to its fullest
capacity Bat notwithstanding all
that vs Gous for him a Ke1tu:Ey
iur. found hin guilty Of the crime
Of which b. ~as charged. The elo-
quence O. able attorneys could rot
wipe out tie damming facts proved
against him.
The verdict Of the iIry proTe= con-
! cll=iyei! that men cau be fOuqd xLo
NIL lay aside their PARTISAN pfejuiices
and deal out justice IN men charged
Sith crime growing On, o. a bitter
| political c~aupzizn- II this there Is
hope FOR the stability 81 Our insiitu.
tIoas. That the murder % Governor
Go=b=i Eas the re=ul: 81 a politica!
conspiracy. gotten Up by the Repub.
Eran leaders % Kentucky . prevent
him from taking the Office 10 shich
hs Ess elected, there car be M qus-
'!OD. The bullet %! tie a=-aziu did
f. work aud the Governor % 4 proud
commonwealth Iay wei;ering in his
blood.
For being al accessory 20 this crime
Calsb POTeH. ex-SEcretasy O, the
State Of K=a:ucky. has 5e p found
guilty. Aad tE=:, too. 10y a jay COM
posed 81 eight meu who wee pol.i.
cal friends Of the wur,iereG Govern
or, thtec ~hO belonged 10 the Eau.e
party. but werc Lis political enemies.
and II Republican. wLo evidently
does mo- believe tLnt assassination Is
the proper way FOR political parties to
Ill the Offices u d State.
! great deaf has been in R-puhli
can papers since :he assassination Of
Go"eTnor Gosbei about the impoasi,
bIliiy 81 any OF the men charged with
the crime receiving a fai- trial
Partisan bias and the vast rewards
offered for the detection and punish.
ment Of the conspirators wOuld. they
nave elaine !. send the men charged
- The gaIlOwE or to the peniteD.inry
whether guilty or innocent.
10 regard to lie :oEme. claim il is
only necessary to point TO the com,
pofIti"D Of the jury that convicted
powers 10 shOU its utter grOnndlefa
reas. j. it not reasonable 10 sup
pose that tie eight GOcJcI men weT,
as honest and sincere in tier verdict
- the four jurors were whO wereG0e
heIs political enemies: Can any reas
enable mar doubt that these foul
jurors would hav voted loot guilty
u their had been any doubt in theil
minds o' Powers guilt? They Ger
tainly would have voted that way i
they had allowed their partisan bia,
20 have controlled their votes instead
Of the evidence. So far ia the latte
claim Is concerned, tits only ncceesarJ
to remember that the commissioners
having IN charge the a]pDrOpriatiuI
made by the Kentucky legislature /,
he used in hunting down the con,
%spIratOrs, tcBtiii.d during the trial uI
Powers that only $4,000 had been used
and that none Of IT had been paid tor
the confessions Of the c0Dspirators
this proves the "Reminiscences of the
claim.
The composition OF the jury. aid
the small amount Of money used IN
the trial Of Powers should convince
every fair minded man, no matter
what his politics ma! be. that Powers
had a fair trial aud that tie jury rem
dered II just verdict. Every good
citizen will hope that the work "a
happily begun will continue until
every man concerned in the murder
of Governor Gocbcl Is either hung OF
sent to the ~penitcntinry.