The Nome nugget., 1902-03-05
lNQuRSlTORS VERSUS CONS?aR4TORS.

II was not to ue Expected that the \ olne Neve would taks kindly the contempt prure4d ugs lusi rlted against Judge Moves and others in San Fran cscu. lts infringement and the late judgt Of tn. Second judicial divlsiou had too many interests in common, and rehuEe of the methods adopted hr Judge Moves in his brief but tor,uous care, n Nome cnpv he cons dered rthuEe fo, all those h9 ut tv thai freehootng F rusevo ortny and thai m jutfi- clert, weak and racil.atiug uuc.pry s sAferuur rd to -nerics institutions
 Knowing the errutie nature Of our coater porarv and the volatility o Its eato"s o' sone uF hem al least l; is not surprising thai t der- vpr treu C. dlsQulsitou in jts issue of February 2b wherein the circuit cOurt of peas i,r tbe Ninth cireu # deFcrited as ! tuecie- oi >l'auish iuquriion, and 4ndcns Cprne Illsbury, he irend of he rour dur ing the contempt prou+ed.rg tne chief inquisto 2 second Iorqueulada, who wrecked t!s Vengeance uFon such lnnocent angels Rs Judge Moves, Jostpt <. Wood and Ale3s nder Mckenzie
 The cry o the News as 1ht cry ot Rachael weeping for her children. l. is pIuiutive and pa- -hetic Ii IS wal, in tact nctuatpd by disappointed hopes and crushed nbtorfs l. is not ou, purpose n find fault wlth conterupurary beca ust ii vaeEe over the loss of Judge NoyeF The News was hs friend f0; few brei veeke last summer; he wa. its gulae philosopher and tutor Therefore let the tears fall upace and le resp4c, itt aorrow owe, its lsl sonal loss, which lppare,uv, il deems greui and lrrepHrIb
 Az to the strictures wnict the News places upar the circuit court of appeals been qi the ulitudt allowed ln the introduction of evidence during lhe trlal of the contempt GRses submit that the only excuse that car he urged n defense 0f our conten- Eorurys pos eu ls been of the rleuntlolia with which II + afflicted coupled win rprk lessre4s born sf grim de pair No iarnlt ded, uuprtj udiued per son who followed the evidence adduced during th- trlal can successuly deny ha: ii was the object ct the inquiry 10 get at tb facts the case that usc. nght bt done. There distinct and spec fc evi- denoe that conspiracy of wide rnuifcati0ns existed whose head and front was Alexander McKeuzi4 and among whose Buhservent tools were so,nt of be men who were cited 10 show cause why they should not bs punished as well as the chief couspirHtor Does our contemporary the iure of the evidence of | score of witnesses deny that a conspiracy to rob men of valuable mining claims .did not exist II Will scarcely have either lhs reck or the te,eritv to do 50, Is the News an advocate Of the spoljatof oi hard working. honest miner. Does it believe in E corrupt or Inefficient administration cf tbt iIdi- clary? Its renornous atnck upon the circuit court seems to ELswer tle question.
 We do noi care to thresh old straw, but we do ERy that the action taken by the circuit court of ppeas IL allowing the widest latitude in the conduct of tl contempt proceedings augurs well for fhs pre-erra- ron of nn honest judiciary and in firmly estutEh- ing fhe faith of the people in its integrity Had fbat court done lsss would scarcely deserve to be Ca lied court of ronpstant inrisdctior. Mi1h courts con Etiued az IS 1hls w1h upon the bench who are ancorruptbe md here the rich and powerful are no more, III judicial senses than lhe poor ani helpless the country Is safe.