Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-09

obtained by James Mcfarland, the de-
tectiye who exposed and broke up the
Molly Maguircs. Il has been corohor-
ated By Adams. who. fearing that Meyer
Haywood and the other Leaders OF the
Federation had deserted him. sent for the
authorities and made full statement
Of his part in numerous crimes. The
Orchard and Adams confessions, accord
ing to the prosecuting authorities, have
been coroborated by numerous reputable
witnesses. who will appear at the trial.
The arrest OF Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone created the most intense ex-
oitement among members Of the Western
Federation Of Miners, and also among
the Socialists of the western section of
the country The latter are taking the
most extraordinary interest in the affair,
and are making the most extravagant
charges. They insist that the arrest Of
these three men is due TO conspiracy
among the mine owners, which has for its
object the breaking up Of the miners
organization through the coviction and
execution of these three leaders by per-
jured testimony and subomation Of all
the machinery OF the courts. According
to the claims of the Socialists, who are
more agitated over the cases than are the
members Of the miners organization,
justice is TO be taken by the throat and
throttled; the accused are to be denied
fair trial. the jury panel is TO be packed
with their enemies; witnesses are TO give
peuured testimony; judges are to be
bought, and the accused arc to be muir
dered under the forms of law in order to
break up a strong labor organization at
the behest OF the "capitalistic class"
To read the impassioned denunciations
Of these Socialists, as printed in their
organs, It might be supposed that the
entire administration of the law in Idaho
had been bought by the mine owners and
rendered subject to their will; that all the
officers of the law had been induced,
through the use of money, to forswear
their duty and do the bidding Of the capi-
talists; that even the judges of the court
were under contract TO commit a triple
murder under the form of law That
such a condition could exist in this coun-
try is an impossibility on the face Of it,
As usual in such cases, the accusers
convict themselves by the very prodi-
gality of their accusations In the wild
appeals they make may be found express
sions in absolute contradiction of what
they charge. One Socialist leader, Henry
o. Morris of Pueblo Col, in letter to
the Springfield Republican, offers as an
argument" in support of the charge that
the prosecutions are but a bloodthirsty
scheme Of murder, the fact that within
two years over one hundred members of
the miners union have been arrested and
jailed by the mine owners, charged with
dynamiting and that "of this number
but one man was brought 10 trial and he
was acquitted; the other prisoners we're
turned loose without hearings"
How illogical does the charge Of MUIR
derous conspiracy to convict, regardless
of evidence, sound in the face of this adj
mission by Socialist who joins in tho
making of IT, When more than one
hundred arrests Of miners are made, with
out a single conviction following, how
fiat falls the charge that the courts which
did this cannot be depended upon TO do
Justice TO these men who are charged with
a conspiracy that resulted in assassination.
Docs not tho uniform record of acquttals
in the cases of miners arrested on charges
in connection with the dreadful outragos
that have attended the labor troubles in
Colorado and Idaho during the past few
years indicate that If any undue influence
affects the procedure of justice it is ex-
erted in behalf Of the miners rather than
of those who employ them
II is not conceivable that the trials of
these men on the charge Of conspiring
TO murder Governor Steunenberg will
prove such a bloody farce as these ram
pant Socialists assert. On the contrary,
there is every reason TO believe that they
will be conducted along the strict lines of
the law, with every opportunity afforded
the accused men TO establish their inno-
cence. The great fact remains that
horrible crime was committed and that
justice demands the punishment of the
guilty ones. If the crime was the result
Of conspiracy, then those who were
concerned in the conspiracy are as guilty
as those who committed the deed. The
trials will be public and there can be no
arbitrary denial of justice and fairness to
the accused without the whole country
being apprised of the fact There will be
no Judicial murder What the verdict
may be no one can foretell, but that the
trials viii not be absolutely fair and lawful
is not conceivable.
The Levy Court has fixed the compen-
sation Of John Levy, the road Inspector.
at $3.50 per day when actually employed.
The taxpayers are TO be congratulated