Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-03


pursuit Of happiness in every county,
in every community in this state. to
every citizen in this state, is wholly and
totally unfit for the high office which he
holds.
Il want to say TO you with all the
emphasis l can command. with all the
resolution. with all the energy. with all
thc ability with which God Almighty
has endowed me. l am going to do my
very best to see that law and order is
upheld i'll every county, in every com
munity. In a rapidly growing state
such AS 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 l say, that
in these disputes 1 am going to hold an
absolutely neutral position insisting
shall observe and obey the letter and
the spirit of the law.
1t would o only he unwis5 but
prcsumptuous on my part to attempt ut
this time to outline what should be
done i'll the way of reform of the laws
us they exist today OH our statute
books. There are some. however. to
which / have given Il great deal of
thought, and which feel that ut this
time / should say to you | believe should
be changed. Our banking laws should
be amended both in the interests of the
banker. of the honest banker so rs to
throw around the depoSitor every safe
guard within the compass of the law.
So long rs the officers of a bank have
the power. through the laxity of our
laws. TO wreck III institution, just 50
long will the depOSitors hoard their
money and refuse to place it in the
channels of trade and the honest banker
must suffer equally with the dishonest
banker. To the honest banker laws
passed for the protection of the de
positor can only I've for the benefit of
the banker. and these laws can never
DE TO stringent.
Our prison laws should he reformed.
Today we have in the state penitcntiary
tN SsLNlV "Ntl W HltU WIlDSt tIlltI
occupation is trying To escape. They
are employed but Il very small portion
of the time. In the interests OF human
ty we should find employment for the
hands and minds of these men. The
state is maintaining that institution mt
an enormous cost, when it should he
made sclf.SuStaining.
We have OH our statute hooks what
is known rs the Nevada State Police
was adopted mt the extraordinary SEES
sion of the Legislature last winter. This
law. us must necessarily bc the case
with all laws passed under similar
circumstance THAT is To say.
laws is more or less faulty. / favor
that law as Il whole. With Il few
amendments it can he made Il most
Statutory rs well us an effective law. 1t
is defective 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 IL sparsely
settled state such rs ours, 275 men Sc
lected for their political activity rather
than their efficiency rs officers, can be
made to constitute II political machine
which would he almost impossible to
overcome ut the election.
Il favor an amendment to this law
making it mandatory upon the chief ex-
~ccutive to suminarily dismiss from the
force any member who participates
| nTtiyalp. mn ri irtTratnS in YN1ltfirn1 fiji.
, / also favor an amendment preventing
the state police releasing prisoners who
are arrested by them. without being
given Il hearing before II court. Under
the present law | believe it possible for
the state police virtually to drive any
man out Of the state of Nevada they
choose, by repeatedly arrcSting him and
releasing him without Il trial by Il court
of competent jurisdiction, which would
investigate the facts surrounding the
case and showing the bcligcrcncy of the
the arrcsting officer, if there I've any.
| do not believe in deportation under
the guisc Of law. or under any other
form.
Nevada is rapidly forging ahead rs
the great mineral state of our nation.
and in the development of our
Goldfield has played II ~signally impor.
tant part, and | take it for granted that
in the development of GOldfcld, the
GOldficld Chamber Of Commerce has
PLAYED Il very important part, Such Il
body as this is II dynamo, as it were. to
the community, which drives the ma
chine of progress OH and on to greater
and better things. / wish we had more
bodies such as this. They are tho most
potent factors in the development of our
state. They not only stimulate trade,
mt bring different interests of the ON
munity into closer and better touch with
each other. Should discordant strife
arise between c%ontcnding factions, it is
then your services are most greatly
needed and the results Of your labor
most greatly shown. believe that Do
per cent Of the differences and disagree.
mcnts between %c0ntcnding factions
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