The Nome nugget., 1901-10-25
HT TIE. GUllN BE PUNISHED.


 !t4s0A1n, convicted of robbng a man recently in Nome 1daaace halt was sentenced to three years pAral seryitude. A strenuous e1egt was made to secure new trial for the prisoner, bat the motion 1es. denied and in all hunan probability she will snehd tLS:. batter portion of the time at McNelrs island,
 There IS generality considerable. syNpatiy-mis. Aiken sympathy, we deem t-expressed when d woman becomes entangled in the meslfcs of the law it seerns to us, should not be breuglA for wsfd to. shield the guilty. bad woman is bad nsA; ene naurau yexpects better things sfpas than of the sterneg Tkey ara supposed to be built upon different pan- They are but the plan sometimes is than that which is,used to mould the coarser stuff.
 We confess to have little sympathy for the man who will permit himself to- become stupefied with liquor in aplaes pf,evil resost and if upon awaken ing fQm lis drnaken stapsdeatios he, finds that he as Deess, robkeds we incline to the opinion that it served him. gft. But these wo indulge in the rob- bary drunken men, men. wlIe4 not drunk, should be made to suffer the seyerest penalty that the AH allows. Society, that is the aggregation of hNxaanit1 which makes up community, must be proteeted from the predatory ncursons of the law l>ss, no matter, vhethec they men The SAtetyCL the people liesin just and wholesome ad :pinistxation. of huraanc laws. When these are openly violated disregarded invitation is sent out to redhanded anarchy to step in and revel in all kinds efevil The fault. with intutions, social and dssppomic. does not lie in the want of adequate l4rs to- control then but in the lax andyicous man. ner oi- administering thA1da
 Qasthe "confnes of civilization" there is belief that laws are not to be seriously considered This is a mistake which is daily becoming appaxent. Ne have known lawlessness to,be invited simply be- cause of the neeieney the weakness and corruption 0E constituted, authority. We have seen men. reputable citizens, engage in. what strict inter- nretation of the law would class them law breakers and Jek we know that the administration of the law !p tnahapd ofincompetent weak and venal officials was to- blame and not the men themselves The honest and effective administration of law sometimes fall short but in the main the thus made are on the side of justice and mercy. Laws should be eauable pr they become expressive.
 14~Alas1s we have many kinds of law, so called, and its administration has been little short of vicious. But we want to say that in Alaska may be found as great percentage of lawabdng citizens esn, be nd.esewhere in the domains of the United States All sts people have asked for far as we know, is-an> honest and just administration of the law, Given. that they .ewi!ling, even anxious to abidsbssit-, But when justice blinks on her lofty pelestait isnot to he wondered breaches of the law are numerous
 Wc are glad to note the. wholesome improvement i3,Ahs administration of law in this section. The ch&n6e is most apparent, and resnk there is a feeling of security among tho people such had not hpretofore existed since the establishment of federal cpuxt in this judicial division.