Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-10-18
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1907
TWO KINDS OF JUSTICE
EROM WASHINGTON

Under the headline Two KINDS OF
Justice from Washington the Chicago
Inter OCEAN (rep.) prints the following
editorial:
The public must infer from Attorney
General Bonaparte'e statement at Lemon,
Mass, on Wednesday that the depart
ment Of justice has practically decided
the Alton railway ehRu not be pros
cuted for giving the rebates which the
Standard Oil company was feed s29,-
000, 900 for accepting.
District Attorney Sims was instructed,
1t appears, to communicate the depart
ment's decision to the grand jury when
it met last Tuesday, but did not, and
asked for a reconsideration on the
gruund OF new and material facts
While the department has consented
to the delay, 1t is apparent that Mr..
Bonaparte does not expect hat Mr..
Sims new and material iacts- will re-
quire him 20 change his decision.
The decision to grant immunity Ia
based ostensibIy upon come alleged
promises made by Mr.. Morrison, MIR.
Sims predecessor in Office, with the
approval OF Mr.. Moody, Mr.. BoDaparte's
predecessor in Office.
II is not said IN whom the sc promises
were made, nor did reputable Witnesses
or any other witnesses testify in court H.
the making OF them, as in the packers
case.
And it seems strange that Mr.. Sims
should have been left in ignorance Of
them, and hat he found the Alton wit
Gesses hostile and so characterized
them TO the jury, in view OF the sagree-
inent' said to have been made by Mr..
Mormon with the approval Of Mr..
Moody.
The mention Of Mr.. Moody n this
connection naturally suggests certain
memories and reflections. All will re-
member tue C!:ennoue objections made
~ MIR. Moody to any suggestion Of
Immunity in the packers case, though
1t was shown by reputable witnesses in
open court that the bulk OF the evidence
Upon which he prosecution relied had
been obtained by the commissioner u
corporations, Mr.. Garfield, upon hs
voluntary and explicit assurances that
was sought simply rs information and
Tas net TO be used in any legal pro-
c. eding.
Again, all will remember the siren
uous and circuitous efforts OF Mr.. Moody
TO obtain immunity for Mr.. Roosevelt's
secretary OF the navy, Paul Morton, in
tho Santa Fe case, although Mr..
M'rton's guilt was not only plain but
br' zeDly confessed.
Nor have many forgotten, probably,
no" in order to cave Mr.. Morton, Mr..
Moody was Obliged by a higher power TO
r~epndiate the eminent counsel whom he
In called in ostensibly to tell him how
to prosecute Mr.. Morton; or how Mr..
Nj ody thus officially stultifed himself
anil exhibited to the world the scan.
da spectacle OF tho chief law officer
OF lie government respecting persons in
judgment. For which no was rewarded
by promotion TO the supreme court Of
the land.
And In this connection again n recent
inc' lent in railway history will DO re-.
cal! .d-the purchase OF the Alton rail.
way by the Solver Leaf" a railway 10
viii ID MIR. Morton himself ia no stranger
n in which Morton's inerd, Mr. Theo-
doTb i. Shonte, il the most conspicuous
figure.
Some weeks ago, for some reason =,
notl my was heard by the public to the
effect that any promiscs had been made
by Mr.. Morrison, with tho sanction OF
Mr.. Moody, 70 give the Alton the benefit
OF the status Of ~@stato's evidencc.- But
now Mr.. Mort0n's friend, Mr.. Shonts,
has become an Interested party in the
affair, OF the Alton, there In u lightning
change in this respect.
Those circumstances are not cited be-
cause the Inter Ocean desiroe 10 cit in
judge mont either on the effort 10 punish
the Standard Oil company TO tho limit
or OF tho effort TO spare TO tho Init Mr..
Moriun's friends for the Alton railway'e
equal responsibility in tho very samc case.
gbcy nro cited because OF the questions
they ruggest to all thoughtiul minds:
Why and how 10 IL chat zeal for the
Of offenders seems 10 cool
IN Washington whenever and wherever
Paul Morton aud his iriends seem likely |
10 gel hnrtr
Why and how in IL that the attorney
seems under pressure 10 keep
kinds Of justice on tap-one tho
Kind meted out TO Paul Morton md bic
ronds and the other tho kind poured
mt upon tho rect Of usf