Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-11-03
WOuLDBEBLOT ON
OUR GOOD STATE
Continued from page one.

sue in the civilized country, ana IL Is
what fixed the attention OF Mr.. Roose-
Welt. the citizen, the lover OF the Tar +
west. upon this contest. Not oniy
I will the defeat of Governor Good'hs
for the causes l have discovered m
lure against the cause of law ana ofu-
i :, p in this state and country, put py
fsiving the appearance that ORGANIZED
| labor has made a successrur attempt
m nenalize at the polls the bringing OF
men charged with crime to trial be-
cause they were members OF the or
/ asnization, it will strengthen the |
/ hands of that element in labor unions i
rome to lawlessness now fortunately
lin rhe minor.ty and will paralyze the !
4 efforts of the conservative ana law
i abiding who are doing so much 10
1 strengthen the unions as the most
i useful and conserving force in our
4 body polite and society,"
Frowns Upon Colorado.
\ Continuing his discussion of Idaho
affairs the secretary said: Mr.. Roose-
Welt has watched with closest inter-
est the controversies between labor
and capital in your neighboring state
of Colorado and has been utterly OUT
Of sympathy with both sides in that
controversy because each side resort
ed to lawlessness to accomplish 1t pur-
pose and he feels as a lover of law
and order must feel. that state Of
ficers and heads of corporations by
their violations of law have brought
the fair name of Colorado as law
abiding state into disgrace. He Is
hoping and praying that no such re-
suit will be reached in Idaho. AS
| citizen, as patriot, he believes that
the issue presented 70 the voters in
| this campaign upon the selection or
governor is one frauSht with danger.
This prosecution is no prosecution
. by corporations; 1t Is prosecution
/, by the state of Idaho ana initiated by
> its lawfully elected governor and reg
ularly elected prosecuting attorneys
!! This is not an incident In a battle be-
tween defiant corporate greed and
labor enraged to lawless violence.
This prosecution is nothing more than
the mere association by the state in
, | the interest of its cilizens of 1t pur-
{ pose to punish men charged with
( crime that has greatly disturbed the
public order. OF course no one can
: say that these men are guilty-we
, cannot know their guilt or innocence.
Wholly beside this issue. 1t is su6ici7
ent to say that there has been evil
y dence adduced to the prosecuting Of
ficers of the state, to the gOvernor
and to the lawfully lmpaneled grand
jury tending to show that they COM
mitted the crime and that they ought
therefore to be brought to trial be-
! fort court and a pstit jury.
e Shall Premium BE Put on Murder?
at is said that injustice was done
these men in their extradition but
: the evidence was submitted to the
:, governor Of Colorado and he had the
3 right under the constitution and law
OF the United States to determine
whether the evidence would justify
: their extradition. I do not intend to
: discuss a question of law but leave
1t to the people of IDAHO to say and
: to the people generally OF the United
: States whether an executive Officer
may not properly assume, until 1T Is
decided otherwise, that man who
: plans on one side of a state line the
e murder of his fellow man on the
If other side of the state line by an
q agent may not escape punishment as
!, a principal; else the law is to put a
= premium on murder across state lines
!" and it is to give a refuge to dynamit-
: ers because the state line happens tc
intervene between the planning ant
the execution and allow these who are
s, chiefly responsible. who it Is charg
" ed planned the murder, to escape be
- cause they mad a geographical 1in'
between them and TIE actual explos
ion. May the principal not properl,
be regarded as actually fugitiv,
from justice of the state in which h,
committed and completed the crm'
:, though he was never physically pres
G. ent in the state?
Tine question of the rightfulnes
e OF the holding of the men by the stat
! authorities is, as I say, now before tn
supreme court of the United States
e' If they are released well and good
If they are held, well and good, bu
in the mean time shall the gOverno
be punished by the PEOPLE of Idaho
in whose interest he has been actin
to bring the men charged with tn
ur crime to justice?