Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13

HE Wallace Press publishes
very significant article on the
ssassination OF Gov. Steunen-
berg, bringing out the fact, some
,,,matlons OF which have recently
..ached this part Of the state. that the
"A element Is making an effort TO re-
~, control Of the Occur d'Alenes. 1t
says:
When any crime against the law of
.,o land is committed the first work
If the police officials is to search for
a motive which might have led up to
q with that point satisfactorily set
,,sd the foundation Is laid for gather
,t0 evidence against the criminals.
No first Impression In the murder of
,y.Gov. Frank Steunenberg could be
more natural than that the damnable
crime was committed through the
agencies OF those whom, as chief ex-
scutlve OF Idaho, he made TO feel the
rover Of tile law. No man In all the
land was more intensely hated by those
whose criminal power he destroyed
than was GOV. Steunenberg, The
method of the murder. which literally
Blew the victim to pieces. I'm his home
and almost in the presence of his wife
and little children. was most horrible.
II was the beginning of chain of
evidence which reveals motive. and
which Is fast being forged around one
Of the guilty parties. We repeat that
from the moment the murder PC
cured II was a perfectly natural con-
cuson OF those who are familiar with
the history OF the Western Federation
Of Miners, that the perpetrators were
IN touch with the above organization.
It ia a time for plain words. The
record Of the Western Federation of
Miners Is against 1t, Iii the Occur
GAlenes We know It's history from
PERSONAL and bitter experience. The
controlling forces within 1t have been
hw-defying and criminal. and I'm this
they have been aided and abetted by
The controlling powers of the general
organization.
For eight years This organization was
blight upon this mining district. The
great crime Of 1899, by which thousands
Of dollars worth Of property was de-
sroyed by dynamite and two men were
deliberately murdered, was the out
growth of hundreds OF lesser unpunish-
Cd crimes extending over "A long period
OF years. The Press believes that for
enforcing the law and ending such a
state OF AFFAIRS Gov. Steunenberg's lie
was taken. The evidence that this il
ccreot Is fast accommodating.
Inc plain truth as to this country
Today must be stated The Press has
repeatedly given warming during the
past few months that the same aeen-
ces which brought go great trouble i'm
former days are actively at work I'm
our midst. II has cited the fact that
some OF the worst men from the trout
Dled districts Of Colorado haze been
sent here. II has told, too, that the
mead OF the strongest local organiza-
uon IN the district IL an outlaw from
colorado and Is known here under an
assumed name. II is a fact also that
expressions of satisfaction and pleas
ure mat Gov. Steunenberg met such
death can be heard In certain quar-
Nrs. To one familiar with the history
Oh the western Federation such ex-
Wessons from such a source are NOT
surprising. But It must not be UNDER
$1,000 mat since Gov, Steunenberg es-
moIshed good government In the Occur
gG,Aienes 1t has not been maintained.
II nas been maintained by the Local
suthoTities But 1t is well to sound the
aiatm Wherever influences destructive
ol me rights OF American citizenship
are known TO be at work, and this the
rress viii continue to do.
Not The least among the agencies
when inclte crime are the teachings
Oi me Anarchlstic press from the
Miners Magazine, the official organ of
tGe federation to its local organ I'm
tAls city, Their reasonable utter