Show editorials E D IT I T 0 R ik L S OUR OUK neighboring g state nevada seems to tabe be badly afflicted just now with a mania for the formation of vigilance committees A short time since an association of this thia kind was formed at virginia and gold hill annwillis an and willis dWillis the culprit in the incendiary fire at the oera opera house and perkins hemf Heff heffean nan the murderer were among the first who suffered under their administrations since then similar organizations have been formed at hamilton and winnemucca and at carson the capital of the state a citizens protective asso clatt elanon lon ion is now bein talked of the vigilante a disease is spreading and ahr threatens eadens to become epidemic in nevada and is indicative of a terribly unhealthy condition of the moral and civil atmosphere vigilance committees under almost any circumstance are an unmitigated nuisance there may be some slight palliation or excuse for their existence and for the summary execution of justice at thein their hands under some extreme circumstances such for instance as in california in la the earliest days daya of the gold excitement while society there was in a state of chaos and before civil and judicial officers and tribunals were created and established nut but in old settled communities like those of the cities named above in nevada their formation can scarcely be attended with other than evil and chevious mis results in communities where such irresponsible organizations are tolerated no person lasabe is saoe safe for however honorable and just in intent may be some of those who compose them there will invariably be found amongst them many men who are of a reckless and desperate turn and have but slight regard for human life or the principles of justice and the moment a community tolerates such an organization in its midst it lays the sure foundation for the overthrow of all legitimate government and admits the entering wedge to its own ruin and the introduction and spread of bf anarchy the action of tha the people of nevada in permitting vigilance ance committees in several of their lea iea leading d ing cities where all the officers and app appliances I 1 lances of legitimate and stable local gove government rn ment exist cannot prove otherwise othera so t than ban prejudicial to their own best interests it 16 has long been known from the enormous debt with which the state is encumbered and the heavy taxes imposed upon its people that the adminis of the state government was not near as good as it might be and the anxiety manifested recently mohave utah which has given such abundant demonstration of ability in this respect annexed to nevada we regarded as a very strong though tacit admission of the same fact but the formation and toleration of vigilance committees seems to put the capstone to the confession of inability and administration mai mal and we think j judging from present indications that the only way to restore order ensure the administration of justl justice ee establish reestablish re security and to perpetuate the autonomy of the state of nevada is for her to reform the administration of other her state and municipal affairs by copying after utah or failing in that for utah or some other state or territory to take hold of and rescue it from the vortex into which it Is now plunged in this view of the case the press and the great majority of the reflecting portion of the citizens of nevada will no doubt coincide with us A new HEW fashion is being introduced in the east we notice I 1 of corre conre corroding cAng misstatements made 1 in a obituary notices ex senator howard of michigan died of apoplexy a few weeks since the golden age in alluding to his death said on what it thought was excellent authority that mr howard was disappointed in nonbeing not being elected reelected re to the senate a statement which we from our recollection of the man were quite prepared to believe but it seems that the departed senator while living was a spiritualist Spiritual ibe ise and since his death his friends have been calling him up the secretary of the michigan republican state central committee is one of these friends and he writes to the got Gol denAge that since the body and spirit of mr Howard parted he has given repeated evidence to his friends that he still lives and is able to manifest himself to them with the most satisfactory testa tests of his identity he himself he writes within a week after mr howards death had a communication from liim him in the spirit world and that in this communication he desir edthe golden denAge Gol agg age to bay say to its readers that he was not disappointed in hinnon his hib nonh noni election it might inight be thought that this a was a trifling t thing n nor for r a spirit id to be troubled about and if no further explanation had been made the conclusion would probably hava been that politicians were as sensitive about public opinion in the spirit world as they are while in the flesh but whoever it was that personated persona ted mr howard gives another reason for the anxiety mani wanly tested upon this point and that is that the spirits long before bis his death had bad prophesied cled to him that not be he but another candidate would be chosen SQ two points are made by this communication the reputation of the spirita Bp irita as prophets is preserved and mr howard is saved from the reputation of being a disappointed politician after this editors will have to be careful about writing the obituaries of departed politicians especially if they have been spiritualists or have alist friends they may say as many good things about them as they please and misrepresent mis represent them to any length in that direction but they may f ind find it necessary as in the case of the golden age with ex senator howard to correct whatever they say of an character the golden age has made ample amends for its misstatement and we should imagine that when these friends of mr howard meet again they will receive a communication muni cation expressive of the satisfaction which its correction has given THE pa pacific oll oil ic bural bunal press discusses the the question whether Cali fornias mechanics can or cannot successfully compete with the mechanics of the eastern states in contrasting the soule improved farm wagon manufactured in california with the studebaker farm wagon candor and truth compels the press to bay say that in general style finish and adaptation to the purposes for which they are made the california is the better wagon it proceeds to state the points ajon upon which h the california wagon makers base their claim to the superiority of the california made wagon over the imported that the timber used in the cail cali fornia made wagons being almost wholly obtained from fiani the atlantic seaboard states and a very large proportion of it of second growth is mu much oh better than that used in the I 1 imported ported wagons which is obtained f from am the western forests where the wagons are made and which is well known to be from large trees ot of the first growth of timber ad that even if the timber used in the wagons was of equal quality which they deny the california wagons being put up ina lna in a drier climate and of tim timber ber ben that has for a long along time been subject to the action of that dry climate must necessarily be and are much more serviceable and more valuable than wagons put together in the comparatively ively damp climate of the atlantic states especially so if the wagons are to be used in the dry atmosphere and dry and hot soils of california nevada utah montana arizona and mexico ad that the experience of the california mechanics on the ground and having come from and having brought with them the skill and tact of all parts of the world has given them a better understanding of the special wants and peculiar necessities of the farmers and others who use wagons on this coast and has the better prepared them to meet those wants and necessities in all that relates to the strength proportion adaptability and durability of wagons to be used here or in a similar bli eli climate mate 11 all these points apply with nearly equal force to wagons manufactured in this territory the day will come we doubt not when wagons and carriages will be manufactured here that will be better adapted in every respect for the wants of t this h is region than imported wagons al already ready the firm of naylor bros in th this I 1 3 city is gaining a reputation in this b ranch branch that we hope they will continue to enhance and maintain they are prudent energetic business meni men and have nave laid a good foundation when their means is taken into consideration era tion for a fine thrifty business in the future but to compete successfully with eastern manufacturers and stop the importation of wagons into this territory more capital is needed and to obtain this operation cooperation co might be advantageously brought to bear thesis this is the principle though not called by that name which the press urges upon the attention of wagon makers in iq califor oia qia it says speaking of the tha eastern wagon gagon manufacturer ers their capital skill and energy eli ell ergy is 18 united ours la Is divided we cannot if we would and we would not if we could reducer reduce them to our unenviable position the only chance to get even with them and to become their successful rivals in suD supplying plying this great future trade of the pacific coast is to do as they bave have done break up our little one obe enan man shops by the wayside wa yelde unite our skill obtain labor savin saving ru machines achini s classify and eco economise econom lse ise our labor ishon a nr command aud obtain as we theu thru cn unlimited capital and first class bus bub business inges capacity to manage it being in such a position po and in possession of equal facilities in these respects united with the advantages of the points claimed above by our mechanics would there be any need of fear as to imported wagons A plan of this kind adopted aad sad carried out in utah would enable her mechanics to successfully compete with those who reside in the esst east and to comma command nd the market here |