The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-10-26

, winter. under the leadership Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Republican congress
gave to our country a law which be-
lieve will go far toward the adjustment
or right prices in all lines Of business
| growing out OF interstate commerce.
| This law may not be perfect. 1t does
not represent the wish of any one man
in either branch of congress. It does
not represent exactly the wish of the
executive of the nation. Personally
believe it is better because it does not
represent the exact wish of any one
man. because whatever it may be, it rep
resents the combined Judgment Of the
two houses of congress and President
Roosevelt. If it is imperfect IL will be
corrected and. sirs, the Republican par
tip stands before you committed to the
idea, not of government ownership, but
of government control Of all monopolies
that have outgrown the bounds Of COM
lpetition. M
| government control, not government
| ownership, is the proper solution Of
| these problems, that the masses Of thee
people and not the few, may receive the
benefits of the inventive genius of man
Kind that combined wealth is giving To
the great American people at the dawn
of the twentieth century.
steunenberg Case.
There is another question to which
l would allude. Not because 1t ought
10 be discussed, for it ought not to. But
a subject that 1t Is necessary to refer
TO because few--not many--but a few.
OF the opponents of the present state
administration have circulated false
statements and these false statements
should be answered. 1t Is for this rea-
son that l wish to refer to what is
known as the Steunenberg matter.
A man whom you twice elected to be
governor of the state Of Idaho was MUIR 4
dered as he returned at eventide to the
bosom or his family. I do not need to
tell you 1t was an atrocious crime, for
you have said so in your hearts time
and time again. / do not need to say w
that the person or persons who eommK
ted the crime should be punished to the \
full extent of the law, for you have
1t has been said by certain men that the
ones accused of this crime were kid
mapped from another state and brought
INTO Idaho for trial. 1t has also been
said that the trial of these mem has
been delayed for political purposes by
The present state administration. May
say that IL this is true 1t would be IL
so grave charge that 1t should send
he administration, Or any party that
would support such an administration.
o such oblivion from which they could
lever more arise. But these statements
IRE false and the people know they are
alse 4
When your sheriff or your police ar
est q man 1t does not mean tys~~----~
nan Is guilty. He may be as Va
i wrongdoing as are you. II
means that the evidence at
oints to the man arrested.
he evidence so points to q ri
ONES the duty Of the man %.ae~N4sled 4
nth the enforcement of the law to cause
he arrest of the one to whom the evil
ence seems to point, that he may be az
ED for trial. rs IL
The evidence in the Steunenberg case
olnted to certain men as probably *
1ilty and 1t was the duty OF those In
listed with the enforcement OF the law
apprehcnd these men, Their arrest
pes not mean that they are guilty; ii
IMPLY means that they should answer
jury Of their peers the evidence which
fused them to be detained These men \
'uld be brought from the state In which
icy were either by being Kidnapped or
7 due process of law BY the latter
'ocess 1t would be necessary for the
'vernor Of Idaho to ASK that they be
'livered over to the state from the
,vernor of Colorado. The governor OF II
aho realized full well the Responsible
Y that such request entaffca He
udied well the evidence and then M
gned the request upon the governor Of
dorado asking that the men, Meyer,
atwood and Pettibone, be extradited.
he governor of Colorado likewise was
lpressed with the responsibility that
'uld follow his signing the requisition
pers. In so doing he did mot act
Silly; for nearly two days he studied
er the evidence which seemed to point
these men, and at the expiration Of
at time he signed the extradition pa
answer as to their guilt.
And, sirs, the trial OF these men has
t been delayed for political purposes,
has been charged. In fact, the state
s not delayed their trial at all. 1t f
the duty of the attorneys for the de-
nse to try by every honorable means
acquit their clients II you were ac-
sed Of crime, whether you were inno-
Mt or guilty, that is what you would
mand of your attorneys. In the de-
use then. of these men, their attorneys
ked that they be released under that
writ, which is guaranteed by state
d federal constitution, the writ Of
beas corpus. Their release under thfs
it was denied by the Supreme courtSol
lho and an appeal was taken to thu
preme court of the United States
eire release upon this writ was ais
Med by the Federal court for Idah
,t,, All ~.