I. J. T.. wrote as here to follow:

* October 27th, 1885.
past ene a conteiuee bes We have waited patiently to hear from the Governor,
but have not. And he advised me not to get up more petitions till I heard
from him; and in him alone lays our hope of your release, so I deem it
presumptuous to go contrary to his advice in the matter, but I will write
to him again and lay the case in all its bearings before him. bode TE,”

And afterwards wrote: ‘‘I had several letters from the Governor, but
he just put me off, and I do not think that our efforts were of any use.
Bd,

“ November 20th.—No Governor here yet.

“A cunning man is never a firm man; but an honest man
is; a double-minded man is always unstable ; a man of truth is
firm as a rock. Be true. Don’t be a sneak. Never undertake
anything you are ashamed of, or ought to be ashamed of.
When your cause is good, advocate it openly and manfully.
Never burrow in the dark. If you do, rest assured your deeds
will come to light and to your own confusion. Don't talk one
way and act another. That is deception ; and a deceiver when

Se rer mr ENS ean NANO DA et I pe cmfeemtRdens iN AttiNn She Lm temn me

400 Extracts From Diary Kept In Prison.

he is found out is always despised, as he should be. There is
nothing more worthy of approval and esteem than a sincere,
frank, honest and true mai, whose words are the real repre-
sentatives of his feelings, and who despises in his heart low,
selfish cunning. Be atrueman. Be frank, honest and sincere,
Don’t become a low, cunning trickster. Don't. It never pays
in the outcome.
Epwarp Irvine.”

“ November 29th. —See the following item in several
papers:

‘‘Pelition for a pardon.—A petition is being circulated in Columbia
County, W. T., asking Gov. [Mason] to pardon George W. France, who,
it will be remembered, killed [Links Jumper] a number of years ago near
Peola over some land dispute. France has already served six years and is
in very poor health.”

One of the lawyer traitors, who done me uy, had a close
friend in the gang who published a pap.. that continually
puffed the little shyster ‘nto notice, so that immigrants might
fall within his grasp. Indeed, sometimes he edited the sheet
himself ; and this to follow, is what it said:

‘* Another effort is being made in Columbia County to secure a pardon

for George W. France, the slayer of [Links Jumper]. He has been in the
penitentiary six years and ought to remain there six years longer.”

[He evidently expected that I “w-uald be troublesome” to
him when I got out, as he had been to me in getting me in.
And he left that section, going to one that was just filling with
immigrants, to waylay them. }

Such gentry are the power behind the throne; against the
people, against truth and good faith, against all that is equal,
just and fair and humane. Could anarchy be a worse con-
dition ?

“The Walla Walla Journal in full recognition of all legal
consequences, says that [the editor of the aforesaid sheet] is a
perjured scoundrel,” etc., ete,

December 7th, 1885.—‘‘ Legislature convened, and no Governor here
since September 19th, or any information from him.”

In his message to the Legislature, the Governor says he
“has granted no pardons, except as rebate for good conduct.”

e. There is
in a sincere,
> real repre-
is heart low,
+ and sincere.
{ never pays

Trvinc.”
1 in several

1d in Columbia