The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-11-02
1.-THE Republican party comes before the
people of Idaho with every promise made two
years ago enacted into Laws

oiauo' WdiidHtS loI Tie arrest Oh these
men were placed in the hands Of the
sheriff at Denver. Mr.. Meyer was ar
rested on the train at o'clock in the
evening of February 18th, just as he
was stepping on the train to depart for
Dakota. Haywood and Pettibone were
arrested at about the same time in diff
ferent parts of the city They were
taken to the county Jail where they
were held until o'clock the following
morning, when they were placed on
special train and brought to Idaho. No
men we're ever extradited with more
care as to legality than were these same
men. This is the true story of the
kidnapping you have heard so much
about On February Goth, Steve Adams
was arrested at Haines, Oregon, and
brought to the penitentiary. On Febru-
ary 27th, Steve Adams made confess
sion corroborating Orchard, and telling
the story of.many murders he had COM
mitted with Orchard associated under
the direction Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. On March 18th grand
jury of Canyon county found true bills
against Meyer, Haywood, Pettibone, Or
chard and Simpkins for the murder of
Ex-Governor Steunenberg. In the
meantime James H. Hawley and w. f.
Borah had been employed by the state
to assist O. M. Van Duyn in the pros
ecution. Then followed a legal bat
tie, which carried this case through
all the state courts and the federal court
for the state of Idaho. In every case
the states action in the matter was held
valid. On April ard, the attorneys for
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone took an
appeal from the decision of the federal
court and the decision of the state SUI
preme court, to the supreme court of
the United States. Here the case now
rests. These appeals have been set for
hearing in the United States supreme
court on October 3rd, yet the state has
been charged with delaying the trial of
these men. It is we'll known that when
an appeal is taken to the supreme court
of the United States from federal
court, that no state court has any jur-
isdiction over case until the appeal
is disposed of by the higher court. And
yet by many I am condemned for de-
laying the trial Of the accused men.
tits charged that have publicly stat .
ed that the accused men were guilty.
This | deny. These men will have a
fair trial. They will be tried in a
county that is far removed from the
bitter strife that has been going on
between the Mine Owners and the West
ern Federation of Miners They will be
tried in a county where the standard Of
citizenship is as high as any place in the
world. That they will be given fair
trial there is no doubt in the minds of
any good citizen of Idaho. 1t has been
charged that the Mine Owners of Idaho
and Colorado are furnishing the money
for the prosecution of this case. This,
too, | deny. No individual, company or
corporation will be permitted to furnish
one dollar toward the prosecution of
those men. The great state of Idaho
will see that justice is done in this mat
ter If they are guilty they will be
made to pay the full penalty for their
crime. If not found guilty, they will be
set free. In this matter ! have only done
my duty, and no good citizen Of Idaho
would have me do less, and my whole
duty to the state of Idaho / shall do
to the end.
AN IMPORTANT ELECTION.
The election in Idaho this year is of
national Importance. A congressman Y
and a senator are to be elected. For
the high Office of senator the Republic
can party has endorsed that splendid
young statesman, Hon. w. E. Borah,
who stands as champion of the peo-
pies rights In the United States sem
ate he will take high rank among the
great men of the nation, and with his
colleague, Hon. Weldon B. Hepburn,
Idaho will have representation in the
United States senate that in my judg-
ment will be unequalled by any state in
the Northwest.
The Republican party has renominat-
ed for a third term, Idaho's favorite
son, Hon. Burton L. French. His work
in the house of representatives for
Idaho is appreciated by every citizen Of
The state who has watched his career.
No man in Washington has more
friends in the different departments
through which Idaho's interests must be
looked after than he. Four years of
service has made Of Con-
gresham French one of the most valu-
able public servants from the North
west Idaho should keep him at his
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