Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-17
VICIOUS AND
UNPRINCEPLED
Journalistic Prostitute and
Contemplate Creature on
Morning Journal
ACCORDING TO a. sTROMQuBr


Governor sleunenhefs 81 ldaho. of enc
vicious and unrflncipicd individual
who pffF.des over ihe editorial sepo.
ium oi ihc Morning iturual
Following tho lead Of the Denver
Republican and other lah0fhnting
sheets ol iis 80. wao aubsist mainly
on corporation hushmoney ard whose
motto e that mado Sd famous ~ ihat
so-caiied general sherman ncil yiz
ITO Hell with fhe Constitution the
Morning Journal hes constituted Itself
puhiic prosecutor judge and iurg roll.
ga into oup ana having already con.
dcmncd the accused without according
them the "useless fofmelliyH oi q
hcarlnE 30 their own behalf ia now
husy bowling FOR their blood Less
any denihi BE i0rihc'mlns from she
Journai would refer io NJ big scaro
headings. such a. "pevl'sh ihslieat
nn Of Crime. ~Muriernus hnnrth.
ists.1 "Dynamliefa." "lnner Circle. ?"
'Fionds, etc, that this IS q deliberate
attempt % influence nablic opinion
against the accused men ana thus en'
compass their destruction with or
without ihe formaliiy ~ law 10 PLATA.
~ evidenced by,iho faci that neitharl
che Journal nor ans 81 lts ieil0W
gougrfs and hlrellnFg 81 che Standard
Oh ana o,her unlawful agKfonailons
81 capital have been able 90 present
a title 81 proof Of iheii ASSERTIONS end
must therefore bo publicly branded aaI
liars and conapIrqiora against ihel
lives 0i mra WAC are ana must bel
held % be innocent uaff proved oiher
wise beyond a shadow 90 doubt rhelfI
whole ius lncatlOn rests anon Jhe ul-l
lcEcd confession ol one Orchard. 81
confession which ls already being
discfeditcd and me word OF one Mc.
farlnnd q plRkefiOn detective and
member OF q fraternity which can boil
bought with money % 90 any deed
however dastardly. General Buckley
Wells. who u himself a ehandy man
Of the sinner circle of the mine own.
ing capitalists 81 me woat. backed by
the pious Rockoieilef's standard on
Co, and who cOnGprcd with Govern.
OTIS Mcdonald o. Colorado and Good
ing Uf Idaho Ia kidnapping Meyer. Hay
wood and Fcilihnnc and removing
them ilpsp fhe gtate IN the dead OF
night and toally regardless 0i law.
mas this 90 SAY az % tha probable
guilt u these men n don't think any
sodg can know as D. their su.H. !.
believe that there have been as many
as City Offers made io me ~ ini0rma
tion concerning the KILLING of Arthur
CoNline have Investigated most of
them myself and soon learned their
worihlcssuess. am naturally skopl
ical Of confessions
~ is almost suDernu0us 10 edo that
this 81 not the hrst time that attempts
have been made 10 railroad the ncfive
members Of the Western Federation
81 Miners i0 ihe galioWs bat that Dc
spite OF c0rnora,ion.0wnCd judges
c0grup on ieworlged jurles. neriured
Pinkorinn detectives confessions
obtained ai iho ratio az 5000 per, and
lastly the valuable ala of acurrlluus
yellow rags Of ihc Journal brand. the
accused have rome out every time
without az mncn al a stain ON their
characters when al the time OF the
Crlpple Creek strike lt was sought
"a lay at the door Of che Western
Federation OF Miners the crimes com.
mitted By the Flaw and order" loving
mine owners. their deputy sherIns and
hired men. one Robert ROMANS a
Kansas convict was. by means OF
throals and consideration of 5000,
induced % make a confession" i'm.
piloailug members 81 the Western
Federation. Being crogg.oxaminod ne.
however, gave the whole thing away
and Of the men who had been lmpli
Gated some were liberated without be.
inE asked single question other
''cunfessions' ~ similar value were
made by one Bean, ex.prcsldont Of the
a
ono Mckinney, who was subsequently,
proven 20 bt a private detective 81 the
mineownersa President Meyers OF the
Western Federation uf Miners az that
time was confined ID the "bullpcn"
Tor 1906 days without any charges hay.
ing been preferred against him only
20 be released at tho End of that time
as no charges. either irue. or tmmped
up, could hc found against him.
HAVING bunelod their former iobs 90
badly 81 Is small wonder that the cap.
itallaie an8 corpora IONS oi Colorado
and their allies ln other states are de
termned not to be holked of their
revenge ths Time and q desperate ai
tempi is BOW being made 90 murder
she objects of their haired legally or
otherwise. al witness she following
statement hg pinRoFion Mcfarland,
published iu ihe Rocky Mountain
News ol February 20, 1906 "rhe on
GERS OF the Western Fcderm3cn ol
Miners and those of tho executive
board implicated in ihe designs OF the
leaders viii never leave idaho alive
And this before anything at an aI
known as 90 The merits 0f the case
NOT even she alleged confession" %