Show DEFENDANT L T WORE AND POLITICS the article in the sevier sun under the date of october alth regarding the defendant I 1 T moore whom it neemi was pro prop trl convicted of a in the district court of sevier se county is IB being very much discussed on the street corners it beems to be a sweet morsel to the bull moore booie to rehearse arid and critic antii lse ise t the he public officers in b findling hind ling this case in short mr moore received his final sentence Een tence tu to be committie commit tid to the state penitentiary for lb ib months on the day of september 1912 thre thore seems to be no dispute that the goer governor nor telephoned the cheriff that a great pressure pr esaure ws wis being brought to bear by mr moores friends asking for clemency in his behalf and that it was his intention to 0 o grant him a reprieve until the bbate board of pardons should meet in october the duty of which board it is in to consider and pass on all petitions for clemency or pardon it ap appeared Feared during the trial of the case that mr air moore came from a good family many of whom are prominent citizens in the community in which hl hi resides now ur mr democrat and mr bull moose these unfortunate between the sexes occur in many of f our best regulated families as it has done in mr air moores family they have occurred family mr demo crac and in your family mr air bull moose at least among some of you to your sorrow borrow and regret and to t the he ethenal shame of mr air moore and others it could be expected that the governor would know all of the merits and demerits of a petition for cle clem m eney and of just jast the nature of the case whether it was aggravated or otherwise lut the republican party I 1 A h lh I 1 1 tre tle actions of tle the states public officers the incident calla to our mind tle tl e little scene enacted before the great milter and teacher of man kind when the woman of was wag brought before him for sentence and as he cast about him and observed those who were pressing the execution of the sentence sen tenca he said baid to tn her accusers he among you bolf who is without sin ein let him cast the fiorit store but suddenly the accusers conscience smitten fled fied way while the moore cove cape la is not exactly like this one the eime underlying principles are involved in all cases where our sons eona and daughters stop step aside from the path of rei and richt the accusers and public officials can afford to extend unto them oil all reasonable charity and it beems that governor spry hse has been imbued with that principle of charity and forgiveness but remember mr lit r accuser that governor spry does hot cot pass upon this matter finally and that should beald the board of pardons feel that ur mr cuore should suffer boffer his penalty to the farthing it will wd be a all 00 harder tor for the defendant as part of hie hi enro would woold have been lived oat had he be none gone airet to the penitentiary now mr bull moose are you really in earnest about being so BO indignant indiE nant that this man moore go CO direct brorn the district court of sevier e county to the prison cello cella of the state P penitentiary I 1 of course we all alike stand for morality aid virtue and this includes governor spry but r aad over the lineup line up of your ticket and detect if you can some of 0 your own number whom you unanimously BOB talked in your convention for public ic offices ard recommended most moat heartily to the people of this county for their support and see it if your spirit of indignation diR dig nation la is as keen against the immoralities m as it is when you are criticizing criticising critic ising the actions of governor spry |