The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-11-03

winter under the leadership OF rb.o-
oore Roosevelt, q Republican congress
gave to our country a law wbicr he
heVe Will go far toward the adjustment
| OF right prices in all lines Of bus;,e.,
growing out Of interstate commerce
! ms law may not be perfect 1t does
not represent the wish of any one man
'her oranch OF congress. 1t does
not represent exactly the wish OF tbs
| executive of the nation parsono,,,
oelleVe II is better because II does NOT
| iepFesent the exact wish of any one
| man. because whatever it NAV be n rom
resents the combined Judgment ne ~
| TWO houses Of congress and President
| Roosevelt. If 1t is imnerfect q, v,r,,1 -.
corrected and. sirs, the Republican mar
tip stands before you committee 70 a.
idea' not of government ownership hnt
eo'ofhihent control of all monopolies
mat nave outgrown the bounds of com
petition. - VIM
government control, not sovernmen,
Is the proper solution of
piooieins, that the masses Of the
opIe ana not the few. may receive the
n.s OF the inventive genius of man
u ina. combined wealth is giving to
ne great american people at the dawn
OF the twentieth century.
steunenbers Case.
mere Is another question to which
would allude. Not because II ongh,
70 De discussed, for 1t ought not 10 hui
SUBJECT that it is necessary In raf.r
20 because few--not many-but n rau,
OF the opponents OF the present .tata
administration have circulated false
statements and these false statement.
should be answered. 1t is for this raa-
son that l wish to refer to what 10
known as the steunenberg matter
n man Whom you twice elected to be
soVernor of the state of Idaho was mr.
uereu as he returned at eyentide IN tho
BOSOM OF his family. / do not need ~
tell you 1t was an atrocious crime tor
you nave said so in your hearts tins
anu time again. / do not need IN so,,
'hat the person or persons who commit
.ed the crime should be punished to tba
iuii extent OF the law, for won bava
Lnousht the same thought MANY times
II mas been said by certain men that tba
mes accused OF this crime were lila
iapped from another state and broughr
mo Idaho for trial. 1t has also bean
SAID that the trial of these men has
been delayed for political purposes hy
ne present state administration. Nav
say that If this is true 1t would he
70 grave charge that 1t should send
ne administration. or any party that
would support such an administrator
0 such oblivion from which thew could
ever more arise. But these statements
re false and the people know thew are
alse.
When your sheriff or your police ar
est man it does not mean that the
IAN Is guilty. He may be as innocent
"rongoolng as are you. 1t simply
ieans that the evidence at the time
oints TO the man arrested. And when
le evidence so points to a man IT be-
omes the duty OF the man entrusted
lth the enforcement of the law to cause
lie arrest of the one to whom the evil
ence seems to point, that he NAV he
ED for trial.
Inc evidence in the Steunenberg case
'lnted to certain men as probably
iii'y ana IL was the duty of those in
usted with the enforcement of the law
dpprehend these men. Their arrest
'es not mean that they are guilty: 1t
imply means that they should answer
jury or their peers the evidence which
USED them to be detained. These men
uld De brought from the state in which
ey were either by being kidnapped or
uue process of law. BY the latter
ocess 1t would be necessary for the
vernon OF Idaho to ask that they be
liVered over TO the state from the
vernon or Colorado. The governor of
aho realized full well the responsible
that such request entailed He
uoled well the evidence and then he
sned the request upon the governor OF
dorado asking that the men, Mover
atwood and Pettibone, be extradited,
lie governor of Colorado likewise was
pressed with the responsibility that
'uld FOLLOW his signing the requisition
pers. In so doing he did not act
stily; Tor 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
RS and the men were brought to Idaho
answer as to their guilt.
And, sirs, the trial of these men has
been delayed for political purposes,
has been charged In fact, the state
s not delayed their trial at all. 1t
the duty of the attorneys for the de-
use to try by every honorable means
acquit their clients. If you were ac-
sed of crime, whether you were inno-
ut or guilty, that Is what you would
nand of your attorneys. In the de-
Use then, of these men. their attorneys
Ied that they be released under that
writ. which is guaranteed by state
d federal constitution, the writ of
oeas corpus Their release under this
1t was denied by the Supreme court of
Tho and an appeal was taken to the
preme court of the United States
elre release upon this writ was also
lied by the Federal court for Idaho
again an appeal was taken to the
preme court of the United States.
is second appeal has not yet been
lrd, nor can IL be heard until the SUI
me court of the United States shall
lin assemble. 1t will assemble upon
It Monday and 1 hope not many DAYS
y pass by until that supreme tribunal
y pass upon the merits of the case
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