The Nome nugget., 1903-09-02

letter 10 the governor of Indiana. takes the same view of the seriousness, of the situation, and suggests the same rem edy.
 Moreover, every effort should be made under the law to expedite the proceeding, of justice in jh, case Of such au awful crime. But it cannot be necessary in order To accomplish thi, to deprive any citizen of those fuuda- mental rights to be heard in hi, own defense which are so dear to u, aIl and which lie at the rect of our iibar,g l.. certainly ought To be possible bE the proper administration of the law, to secure swift vcogaucc upon the crimi- nal, and the best and immediate efforts of all legislators, iudgc- and ciljz.rS should be addressed to securing such reform, in our legal procedure as to leave no yeatige of excuse for those misguided men who undertake to 9cap ycDgance through violent methods.
 Men who have been guilty of crime like criminal assault or murder should be visited with swift and dccrtain punishment and the just effort made ly the courts to protect them in their right, should uuder mo circumstance, be perverted into permitting any mere tcchnicaiity to avert or delay their punishment"
 Ia contrast with these suggestions is the fact that "ia the Empire state of the east d judge of the highest criminal court iS reversed in one out cf six capi- tai eases tried before him, and AlolNeuX makes the corutry ,hulder at his r months iii condemned mard,rcr Y. cell before a second jury prulouuro- him mot ealty.'
 "To judges chosen by party bosses or by the Whims and caprice- and person. al feelings of the man in the street. ! the country will be loath To entru-, the life of an accused man without ap- | peal.
 "A second and better remedy for the . laws delays suggests itself Let ap- 1. pnlla'e court. di,bar every lawyer :. whom the judges unanimously find . guilty of having appealed ,r sued ou' any writ without merit and clearly fer the purpose ol delay"
 The p"e-id u, goes on to -low hcw he regards the matter:
 "Sorcly. no patriot can tl'l io,ea the !. fearful brull,Mtin aud c.batmcut ! which iudul2cnccs of such a spirit and such practice inevitably vorjcnd. Surely, all public men, all writers fer the daily pres, all cloraymcn, all teachers, all who in any way have a right to addres, the public should, with . every energy, uRlle to dcnounco such ! trmc~. and to support those interested . in putting them down. As a people we claim tGc right to speak with peculiar for freedom and for fairtrcat- ment for all men, without regard to difference of race, fortune. creed or color. We forfeit the right. so to speak, when we commit or cou@one such crimes as those of which speak.
 The nation, like the individual, can not commit d crime with impunity. If we are guilty of lawlcs1nes> and brutal whether our guilt consists in active participation therein or in mere i, connivance and encouragcment, We shall assuredly suffer later on because of what we have done. The corner stone of this republic, as of all free gov ernmen,s, is respected for the obedi- ence to the law. Where we permit the ! law to be Geticd or evaded. whether by ! rich men or poor, by white or black, : we are, by just so much, weakening the ! bonds of our civilization and increasing . the chances of it's overthrow. and of 1 the substitution therefor of system in . which there shall be violent alterna- tions of anarchy and tyranny.