The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-09-11
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THE Journal OF the Knights Of Labor, wash
ingfon, d. C., August, lso5.l
The conventions have been
held and the fight is now on. If
the workingmen and liberty loY-
ing citizens of Idaho re-elect
Gooding, or his associates, in the
coming election, they will de-
serve all the harsh and brutal
treatment he will deal out TO
them.
! The seventh plank of the plat
form of the Knights of Labor
has in it, among other things,
THE removal of unjust technical
lities, delays and determinations
in the administration of justice"
The importance of such a section
is well illustrated in the jaiIing
of Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone by Gooding and his Attor-
ney General, and held without
bail, after being kidnapped from
another State, through the con-
nivance of corporation tool now
holding the Office of Governor OF
colorado. These capitalistic an
archists of Idaho know, if they
were to permit these men to have
bail, thus giving them freedom
during the present campaign,
there would be little chance for
Gooding-that apology for man
Ito again disgrace the Office OF
Governor, by securing a re-elec-
ton, or the election of legisla-
ture that would uphold such un-
lawful procedure as he has in
augurated.
Has he not importuned the Ma
tional banks of the State to con-
tribute g, 600 each for a convic-
ton fund to hang Meyer and his
associates Has he not conspir-
ed with Mcdonald, of Colorado,
to kidnap these men, contrary to
law and place them In foreign
prison, away from hom and
friends ? Is he not now holding
: them in Jail without trial and de
5 ny ing the right to furnish bail ?
Are not all these violations OF
the law ?
If the workingmen of Idaho
q again vote this man into Office,
n they will regret it during his en-
L tire term; and we fear for many
e years thereafter. He, along with
8 his Attorney General. are wholly
and entirely responsible for the
p delay occasioned in giving Moy-
Y er, Haywood and Pettibone q
S speedy and a fair trial. They
: are also responsible for deprir-
ing these men of bail, on trump
ed up charges, manufactured for
the purpose of keeping them in
carcerated in q foreign prison
until after election. They are
responsible for the feeling OF
T. hatred that now exists and hGs
a existed between capital and lab
10 or, throughout that State since
lie their Inauguration into Office
/. What can we expect in the futur,
i with such a man as Gooding in
5. the Governors chair ? Nc
lie workingman who has any regarc
lie for himself or his family vii
m vote for him. Don't throw yonl
n vote away on the Socialist, Pop
lie ulist, Labor Reform, or any 9th
K, er ism this time. Vote for Stock
it slayer, the Democratic candidate
le He is a thousand times better
in man than Gooding. 1t is impos
i'd sible for him 10 be worse. Witt
n, his Attorney General we car
IL look forward to an early and
ne fair trial of our brothers non
O4 held in prison. If there was
shadow of chance for reform
e. candidate to win on reform
vo ticket, we would advise support
H. ing it. There is not, and th'
m main object of the workmen o
ey Idaho should be to defeat Good
GO ing. His name bellies his ever,
nd act. He is good for nothing bu
ut helping corporations out of din
re cult positions by using his higl