Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-06-29

totally unfit for the high Office which he
holds
II want to say to you with all the
emphasis can command, with all the
resolution, with all the energy, with all
the ability with which God Almighty
has endowed me, am going to do my
very best to see that law and order is
upheld in every county, in every com
munity. In rapidly growing state
such rs ours, disputes and differences
will constantly occur between the
employing and the employed class 1
want to say to you, and I want you to
understand every word that say, that
in these disputes am going to hold an
absolutely neutral position insisting
only that both sides to the controversy
shall observe and obey the letter and
the spirit of the law.
ct would not only be unwis9 but
preSumptuOuS on my part to attempt at
this time to outline what should be
done in the way of reform of the laws
as they exist today on our statute
books. There are some, however, to
which | have given Il great deal of
thought and which feel that at this
time I should say to you believe should
he changed. Our banking laws should
he amended both in the interests of the
banker, of the honest banker 50 as to
throw around the depositor every safe
guard within the compass of the law.
So long as the officers of bank have
the power, through the laxity of our
laws, to wreck an institution, Just SO
long will the depositOrs hoard their
money and refuse to place it in the
must suffer equally with the dishonest
banker. To the honest banker laws
passed for the protection of the de-
positor can only be for the benefit of
the banker, and these laws can never
he to stringent.
Our prison laws should be reformed.
Today we have in the state pcnitentiary
ut CasrOn over 200 men whose chief
occupation is trying to escape. They
are employed but a very small portion
OF the time. In the interests OF human
ity we should find employment for the
hands and minds of these men. The
state is maintaining that institution at
an enormous cost, when it should be
made self-sustaining.
1--WE have on our statute books what
is known as the Nevada State Police
law, adopted at the extraordinary ses-
sion of the Legislature last winter. This
law, as must necessarily he the case
with all laws passed under similar
circumstance (that is to say, emergency
laws) is more or less faulty l favor
that law us Il whole. With few
amendments it can be made a most
statutory us well as an effective law. 1t
is detective in this: 1t gives the chief
executive of the state the power to per-
petuate in Office himself and the men of
his political belief. In sparsely
settled state such as ours, 275 men Sc
lccted for their political activity rather
than their efficiency as officers, can be
made to constitute political machine
overcome at the election.
II favor an amendment to this law
making it mandatory upon the chief ex-
2Iutive to summarily dismiss from the
force any member who participates
actively participates-inp political affairs.
! also favor an amendment preventing
the state police releasing prisoners who
are arrested by them. without being
given hearing before court. Under
the present law ] believe it possible for
tho state police virtually to drive any
IN IN out of the state of Nevada they
C. 'oosc, by repeatedly arresting him and
releasing him without IL trial by a court
"S competent jurisdiction, which would
lvestigate the facts surrounding the
clse and showing the beligerency of the
Tie arresting officer. if there he any.
! do not believe in deportation under
tNe guise of law. or under any other
ijrm.