Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-11-10
JAMES T. GREEN

TSMEI
THERE is an Indian known a "Buckaroo Jack" now resting in the
State penitentiary under sentence of death.
Unless the State Board of Pardons commutes his sentence to life
Imprisonment he will hang o. the 18th OF this month
1t would certainly eem that this is a case where the exercise OIL
cemency would receive thu general endorsement of the public.
The defendant a charged with the killing of his wife who had
transferred her affections to another of her tibe.
The aggrieved Indian, who is represented as a an Of good habits
and well liked and respected by all white mn who know him, brooded
over the affair untlnter TIL La OF his tribe. killed his wife.
In this case the unwrnt en- law Of the white ma is thu written
law of the red IA and he did just as husbands often do the world yer
under the circumstances.
Jack did ct consider that he "a committing any Grim and he
asted under the odtsabnshed tribal la of his race
The Board Of Pardons met this week and the Appeal believes that
very good citizen in he State would say Amen to a Communication OF
the condemned "a sentence.
THE psmocratc press vas well organized during the past cam
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1t as well supplied with ammunition at Ill times and whenever a
newspaper desired anything due it from the State Central Commute a
check was forthcoming on demand from Mr.. Lewis. who managed the
publicity department Of the committee The old plan of treatng the
press like a lot Of rafters and telling them they must do heir work
first and get what they could out of the committee a month Or nor at
tel the campaign was rel vas discarded this time and the character
of the seruce rendered sufficiently emonstrates that the plan of set
ting up as fast as a newspaper wants its money Is ne a. TO secure
the best service.
To the Democratic pres is due much of the glory of the fight just
won and 1t will behove the party, now that it las both branches of the
Legislature o SEE that the press is lot kicked off the earth by the
Democratic Party this session.
THE County Of Esmeralda is normally Democratic but it allowed
the notorious Court House bunch to secure control of the Democratic
Convention and put up a ticket that every Democrat had to hold his
me - - Ae ,os"4 srnm ~ Go,ase nv te resnt was
that the county went Republican. This should teach a party in power
that 1t should be just a careful in its selection of its candidates as it
would be when 1t had a hard fight and required its best timber to win
THE NEXT BIG BATTLE in this State will be the n between the
State and the gang of Emeyvlle racing men who will be here this
winter asking for a twentyyear franchise to maintain sixty days racing
here every fall.
THE selecting of a Z. s Senator by popular vote works ali right in
Nevada and a candidate who refuses to allow the people to select him
directly car never hope to elect a Legislature that will name him. The
election of a Senator by popular vote has o to stay.
HOW hob" skAoes must be kicking himself when he thinks of
the way the Police Bill stood up under the referendum. a.
TALBOT AND DEADY we're we're very nearly ut of breath when
they struck the tape at the finish. But they got there on time.