Graham guardian., 1906-03-30
THAT LAYTON MASS MEETING

lists held meeting in Layton a
which a paid lecturerer, j. W
Slayton, lectured and afterwarC
presented prepared set of resolu
tions which were adopted by tht
socialists present. Last week, thu
Journal, the socilists organ, pub
lished an account of the meeting
accompanied by the resolutions
designating the meeting as OF the
people of the town. II is for the
purpose of correcting this mis-
statement that the GUARDIAN no.
tices the incident at all.
AS stated above it was not o
citizens meeting but political
meeting of the socialists, and we
doubt if any voted for or against
the resolution except socialists.
After about a column of where
ases, the resolution reads:
"Resolved; That we the citI-
zens of this city in mass meeting
assembled, do hereby charge that
to the best of our information and
belief this infamous kidnapping con.
spiracy Of these two Mine Owners
Aass ociation's governors, is but a
desperate attempt 10 shield their
employers from being found guilty
of the numerous crimes they have
committed; further be it
"Resolvcd; That we in this pro-
test meeting declare to and hereby
warn the powers that be-that if
they continue in the way they
have siarted-ifthey convict these
our fearless brothers and comrades,
by means of a packed jury or
bought witnesses or purchased
confessions" and sentence them to
further irdignities of imprison-
ment, they will SOW to the wind
and in the 'wbirlwind' that follows
they will reap the logical results
Of their own anarchy.
Further be it resolved; That
while we at all times welcome and
court the fullest inquiry we desire
il TO be conducted by men having
81 least scme rndin rnttry corccp
ticus c jusncc, rather lhrr by crn
spring lilriais wbu are corpora
tiun t"ciS.
I've dcrlair jhat the Tine is here
Nhcn ,he awakened class conscious
split iht working class viii nnt
allow Il, 10 ii; quietly by aud he
sutisht0 With mere resolutions or
demands; but if they go TO the
lengths now seemingly indicated
taking their past acts as criterion
we will so act as to meet them on
any field Of battle they choose.
"Let them look we'll to what
they do next.
"Patience has ceased to be vir.
tue. They will but tastcn the day
when the ''workers of the world"
will unite to gain the world and
lose only. their chains "
Now here is resolution threat
en,ng revolution if three men who
have been arrested and charged
with murder are convicted, and an
attempt made to lead the world to
believe that it was done by the
citizens Of this town. when in fact
not over two per cent of the citi-
zens would ever think of such
thing. Who ever heard before of
citizens thousands Of miles away
attempting 10 intimidate the courts
through such methods? The men
arrested, Cbas. Meyer, W. d. Hey
wood and G. A. Pettibone, are all
officers Of the organization known
as the Western Federation of
Miners, and have been arrested,
charged with having placed the
bomb at the gate of ex Governor
Stunenberg, Of Idaho, which killed
him instantly. They are not
charged with completely in this
crime because they are leaders in
the organization of miners, but
with direct murder. They stand
as innocent men until convicted
and this burden lies upon the state.
We do not believe the citizens OF
Idaho will stand quietly by and
see innocent men punished, but we
do believe they will go their full
length to punish the guilty.
If these men are innocent where
is the necessity of such revolution
AIRY resolutions; il will do the men
more injury than good
----eSs-
The case as to whether cash