The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-24
DENVER STORY
WAS COOKED Up
Governor Gooding of Idaho Did Not
Issue a Proclamation to
the Labor Unions.

Boise, Ida, March -23.--THes anthem
ITCHY of what purported to be a proc
lamation addressed by Governor Frank
r. GOoding, ITO the LABOR unions of the
United States" in relation to the pros
ecutiOn of Meyer. Haywood and PETIT
bone, was denied today by Governor
GOOding. In an interview today Gov
ernor Gooding said:
In an interview with a newspaper
writer yesterday l suggested that if the
labor organize tiOns, in place of passing
inflammatOry resolutions iii which the
prosecution is denounced and a vote of
confidence in the innocence of the men
is adopted, would endeavOr to investi-
gate the charges against these men and
suspend action until that time better
understanding would prevail and bet
ter feeling exist. / said that if proper
committees were appointed to make
these Investigations, and the men were
acting in good faith, I should favor
their being given every opportunity to
satisfy themselves as 10 whether or not
the state was justified in holding these
men accountable for the crime commit
ted, even TO the extent of letting them
meet Orchard"
J. H. Hawley. chief counsel for the
prosecution, states that under no con-
sideratiOn will any one be shown the
confession or any other testimony
Gooding's Statement.
Governor GoOding has made the fol-
lowing statement respecting the aifega-
ton he had offered to permit a deIega-
ton to see Harry Orchard and hear him
tell his story:
My attention has been called to a.
dispatch in a Denver paper, sent out by
a reporter of a newspaper syndicate.
stating that / had issued d proclama-
ton addressed to the labor unions of
the United States, requesting them to
send delegations TO this city, and that |
would be pleased to allow those dele
cations to meet Harry Orchard person
ally and have him tell his story as he
told it TO Detective MCFARLAND. I am
quoted as saying: You can remember
that I shall have the power as governor
to hear your grievances. and to prevent
any miscarriage of justice.
Said No Such Thing.
q have issued no proclamation and
no such statement was ever made by
me. What I did say was that I regret
ted very much that some of the labor
unions had decided to pass such radical
resolutions. copies of which have been
sent me. ] stated to the correspondent.
as / have to many others, that i'm my
opinion the labor organizations of the
country were vitality interested in this
matter-that Idaho guaranteed to the
accused men. as we'll as to all others
charged with crime. a fair trial, and
that if they would appoint a committee
to come here and investigate they
would find as high standard of citi-
Zenship here as in any other place in
the United States-that an attempt on
the part of any one to prevent fair
trial would be met by indignant and
effective opposition on the part of the
state government and of the people at
large
Il stated that If a committee of la
boring men was sent here to meet the
state authorities, and they came in a
spirit of fairness and of honesty. seek
ing only the truth. that | would go so
far as to arrange for them to meet
Orchard and Adams in my presence.
and in the presence of their attorneys.
and let them hear from Orchard and
Adams own lips that they had made a
confession duplicating Meyer. Hay
wood. Pettibone. Simpkins and St John
i'm a number of murders. and that no
promise of reward or of clemency had
been made them by any one.
II wish to state now, very positively.
that the story of these confessions will
never be told until it is repeated by
Orchard and Adams in the trial of these
cases
(Signed) ''F. r. COOLING"