The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-11-03

| dCq udlnCeQ WIN local COHulJlUnS ana
| the character and credI y lily OF the
| atlantis, against our people. The re-
suit Is likely to be change of venue
| to some other, and possibly distant,
county. And it is here that the pock-
ct book suffers.
A change of venue of these cases
would cost this county directly, and
| the people of this county indirectly,
sum of money which cannot be
| exactly calculated, but which would
| certainly run into many thousands of
| dollars. The expenses OF the trials
| in the other county must all be borne
| by this county, and the indirect cost
| of such foreign trials to the people
of this county, would practically
| equal the cost of the trials them
selves. That this is true will be
readily seen by considering that
should the trials be held here, great
as the expense will be to the county,
yet the money paid out by the county
| in sheriffs, clerks, witness and jur
ors' fees will, part of it, go back to
the county, and the remainder will
be received by citizens of the county
and spent by them here among the
merchants of the county Should the
| trials on the other hand, be held in
Washington County for example, this
county would have to pay to Wash
ington County directly the Sheriff's
selves, will probably run into the
hundreds of dollars and which would
otherwise be returned by those Off
Gals directly into our own treasury,
and will also have to pay the jury
| fees, easily amounting to thousands
| of dollars to citizens of Washington
| County to be spent there. In addi-
| ton to this, every witness who travels
from Caldwell to Weiser to testify,
| will receive from the state not only
his three dollars per diem to be spent
in the Washington County seat in
stead of at home, but will also be
paid about $40 mileage, which other
| wise this county would not have to
pay at all.
Time and space forbid my ampli-
flying this matter, and have no such
definite knowledge of the number of
| witnesses which each side intends to
use, and the miles that they must
| travel, nor such a bent for mathe
mates, as to enable me to forecast
directly what the removal of these
cases would cost Canyon County. But
to show that they will not be cheap,
| | will refer briefly to one item, the
| jury fee Jurors are entitled to SO
per day and Is cents mileage, going
| and coming. 1t would be surprising,
in view of the notoriety of these
cases, II the jury panel could be
| filled on any one OF them with less
| than $50 unexpectedly 500 will be
needed in all. Every juror will be
entitled to at least one days pay, and
mileage that will average at least
So. There will be $4,000. Suppose
they are drawn in panels of 100.
| Every day that the full panel Is kept
waiting for the trial panel to be
| drawn, will cost this county $500.
And at least IL jurors will be kept
| waiting after the trial panels have
| been filed for, at the very least, 80
days-$1000 more. But why con-
| tinue speculation as to how much
| this will cost. 1t rather appalls us
when we remember that the trial of
Molineaux alone cost the State of
New York over 100000. And his
| trial was a small affair in comparison
cure voting residence in the pre-
| with that of these three defendants.
l must again state, in closing, that
| am basing my appeal solely on dol
lars and cents--not because | feel for
moment that cash considerations
are the strongest or even one of the
strongest motives for the election of
Judge Smith-but to emphasize a
point which many of our people have
probably overlooked. Again let me
say that this appeal is not directed
to those who believe or fear that the
people of Canyon County are too mar
row and prejudiced to do justice to
Haywood and Pettibone. nor do l
purport to predict the action of Judge
Smith on any motion which the de-
Tense in those cases may make. /
only assert that it is necessary to
have upon the bench judge capable,
by residence among us, to weigh af-
fidavits made by citizens of this coun-
ty, and to disregard those made by
persons of known incredibility, or
false on their face. The election of
Mr.. Bryan will necessitate the trial
of these cases by stranger who can
not do this. And should a change
of venue in these cases be granted,