Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-02
THE SCION OF THE
 HOUSE OF PATTERSON.

The disposition Of the case Of the son of former Governor Patterson of Tennessee will be followed, almost certainly; by a renewal of the cry, frequently uttered with good cause, that there is one kind of justice for the rich and influential and another, fer the poor and helpless. And those Of us who believe in the integrity of the courts and general prevalence of justice, cannot deny that hereby, there is furnished additional ground for the complaint Of the inequality Of justice. It is certain that no poor young man and unknown. would have escaped. at least the penitentiary, in similar circumstances.
 The son Of Patterson, who appears to have been an inebriate, (and there are many inebriates in this broad land serving terms in calabooses, in the state prisons and some of them serving brief terms on the scanold and in the electric chair), shot a man at Seattle. Wash, with plain intent to kill For days it was believed that that intent would be carried out
 The shooter though he has now been conceded by Washington author tiles to have been entirely irrespon- sible, was quickly restored to sanity by that bloody incident and his subse- quent arrest, and he lost no time for the saving of his skin to remember his identity and proclaim himself the son of Governor Patterson.
 His father arrived in due time and an arrangement has been agreed upon whereby young Patterson will wholly escape the consequences Of his crime except for such luxurious detention as he has suffered in the jail at Seat tie. This arrangement was arrived al. with apparently great difficulty, but when we come to look at it the difficulty, was cnly appafent. It was agreed finally. that the young man should be turned over to the custody of his iIlasrious father. who should furnish a bond Of s5.oOo That, Of course. sounds like something of sum, but the condition attached great Iy reduces the size of it. The elder Patterson is bound to do nothing ex- cept to keep his son out Of the state of Washington.
 He win be returned 10 the happy family circle at Nashville. perhaps by tomorrow. while his victim is still wandering along the border land be tween life and death. No doubt, the Washington authorities properly re eretted that all these negotiations could rot have been brought about in time So that Joy might have reigned supreme in the Patterson family on Christmas Day, the really appropriate time for family reunions.
 There are two facts. wholly irreie- want and entirely dissooiated from the other which we wish to add. The first ls that Governor Patterson is the man who pardoned Robin Cooper. the slay- CT of former United States senato- Carmack. and whose crime was as foul cowardly and deliberate as was ever committed.
 The other fact which we would ad- duce is that in the state Of Washing ion all the new fangled ideas of pop uiar government are in full force and effect: where they prevail in much greater intensity than even in the state Of oregon; where courts and of- feers constantly menaced by the re- call and having in the first instance, been chosen by a virtuous and intel Hrant electorate arc necessarily just and lncorruptible.
 Secretary George U. Young threat ened ruurnage sac at The capitol hufia;ne is giving some Of our Phoenix ,ris,9s great perturbation let them