Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-10-26
LANGUAGE USED
At CULOESAC
INCORRECT REPORT RESPECTING
ADDRESS MADE BY GOVERNOR
COOLING THERE.
Affidavit by cuIdesac People Who
Heard the Address, Showing r. :
Made No Such Statements as Those
Attributed to Him-Was Entirely
Misrepresented.

ferred to the Steunenberg murder
case. narrating the various steps TAX
en- by the state. He gave plain mar
rative of the case, beginning with the
murder. 1t was entirely dispassionate
and intended solely to show what had
been done by the state He did not
pass Judgment, even by implication,
on the men accused. In the course OF
the narrative he mentioned some OF
the statements made by Orchard, but
without comment.
Someone. reporting the meeting for
the Spokesman Review, made the gov
ernor say things he did not, repre-
senting that he declared the accused
men were unquestionably guilty of
this and other crimes.
That dispatch reached the States
man late that very night, through the
usual channels, and was published.
In view Of the fact that the report
was entirely incorrect, the county re-
publican committee of Nez Perez has
secured an affidavit signed by some Of
the leading men Of Culdesac. In this
it is stated positively that the COVER
nor did not use the language attrib-
uted to him. Those subscribing to
the affidavit are as follows: John
Green, attorney, ]. o. Harmon, edi-
tor Culdesac Register, Dr. L. B. Cole,
dentist, Charles Carlisle, merchant.
and mayor of the town. The affi-
davit follows:
State of Idaho. County Of Nez
Perez IS.
On the Goth day of October, 1906,
before me, James T. Mitchell, mo-
tary public in and for said county,
personally appeared the persons whose
names are hereto subscribed, being
severally duly sworn, each for him.
self says: That he is citizen of the
state Of Idaho, residing at ,Culdesac,
Nez Perez county: that he was pres
ent at Odd Fellows hall on the night
Of October 8, 1906, and heard the en-
tire speech Of Governor Frank r.
Gooding delivered at tat time and
place: that he has seen a especial
sent from Culdesac. in which 1t Is al
legged that Governor Gooding used the
following language. concerning the
parties accused of the murder of ex-
Governor Steunenberg, and the or
ganization to which they belong:
THAT the evidence showed the men
to be guilty; that the evidence show
ed that the inner circle were guilty
of 26 cold blooded murders" that "the
world would be appalled, when the
evidence was disclosed" and other
like expressions that no such Ian
guage was used by Governor Gooding
in his speech at this place; that the
sender of the said special dispatch Is
a falsifier of the facts. That Cover
nor Gooding did not speak of the
capture and Imprisonment OF the off,
WIS VI we western Fe1erat1On OF
Miners; that the had been brought
to this state and imprisoned under
due process Of law, that his actions
In the matter had been upheld by the
supreme court Of the state, and by
the federal court, presided oyer by
Judge Beattie; that the delay in the
trial of the cases was being caused
by an appeal being taken to the SUI
preme court of the United States by
the attor\vs for the DEFENDANTS; that
the defendants We're entitled to. and
should have a fair and impartial
trial. and If found guilty would be
punished to the fullest extent of the
law; If not guilty should go free; that
In this matter he had done what he
believed to be his duty, and would
continue to do so unto the end"
That the said special dispatch re-
ferred to is false from beginning to end
and that the language therein at
tributed to Governor Gooding is un-
true and without foundation.
JOHN GREEN,
JNO. o. HARMON,
b. L. COLE,
CHAS. CARLISLE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this. the goth day of October, 1906
(Seal)
j. THOMPSON MITCHELL.
Notary Public in and for Nez Peree
County, Idaho.
Boise Statesman.
Of the Best.
Only the hest quality Of the r,os,
rennfahle MAMMA nturer's goods are
found at the little iewalry store opno
site the Temr'e Theatre. You will m,