| Show HE STARTS RIGHT tim THE new governor of idaho has started started in well if he continues to be the same kind of bunn as at present he will gain the approval of all law abid ing citizens A strong effort was made on his arrival at the capital of the territory to obtain from him a cpin mutation mn tation of the death sentence oll oil on a convicted murder the following follo win g communication shows what m manner anner of af man the new governor appears to bo be I 1 EXECUTIVE OFFICE boise city idaho I 1 july iss 1884 ti t dear sir sin the petition and other othor papers filed in this office praying the death penalty imposed upon geora george Pl pierson erson convicted of killing john T hall alias allas johnny behind the rocks ba commuted to imprisonment for life have all been carefully read and ad thoroughly considered I 1 I 1 deeply regret that I 1 have been unable to nind find lit in them sufficient reason to warrant executive interference with the sentence pronounced upon the ill fated man by the court and most devoutly hope he may find tind mercy lu in heaven while the I 1 disregard of the laws existing among amon 9 certain classes of this commonwealth 49 has not weighed anything with me in my co consideration of caso cas yet I 1 desire to say now at the outset 0 of it my administration and it should be understood by all particularly those who carry cyr 6 guns ns 11 that I 1 shall rigidly enforce anfor c e tie the fu a aws so far as I 1 am able andun and under derall derail all ali circumstances be vee very slow to set aside the judgment of the courts if the happy haply and much to be desired condition of of our empty jails and unused scaffolds dawns upon this territory during my occupancy of the gubernatorial ernat orial chair it must come through the behavior of the people and not by the pardoning ardo ning power vested in your most obedient servant JOHN joun BUNN governor hox ho SMITH atty for defendant boise city the law providing the death penalty for murderers Is in accord with the divine injunction the common man berlof indic inflicting ting it is objectionable but capital punishment is proper for capital crime A governor of a state or territory is expected to see that the laws are faithfully executed it is only when mitigating circumstances or exculpatory evidences are arc found to exis exist tatter atter sentence has been passed that the executive is justified in preventing the full fuli effects of conviction the protection of life and property requires strict enforcement of legal penalties and the backbone of governor bunn appears to be endowed with the requisite rigidity to effect this we hope that his future career will be as much to be commended as his initiatory official performance A new york doctor steps forward and declares thal that beer instead of bein ingless harmful than strong alcoholic be beverages cera verd as han ha been 11 generally believed is more so two bark peelers feelers at work on beach mountain near Forest burgh N ya Y a day or two ago killed fiat fafty one rattlesnakes ranging from eighteen eighteen inches inched to four feet in lii length |
