Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-08
REVIEWS MoyER Ell AL CASE.
Coos no Reason Why Test Oath
Should Not be Re-enacted and
Applied to Everybody.
=, would pisrranchisc An Voters who
Do Not Lead Clean
Lives,

,t.. idaho Jan S.-GoN' ie'i'"
,,nc ,r the message which ne
~ sont 10 the state legislature
'..ros radical legislation for inc con
,rn, Of the railroads operating IN
,daho Fe recommends the creation
a,.to railroad commission OF three
u ,,,hrs. 10 he appointed by the gov
'pe" .,o,hed with full power TO es-
,ohl,sb maximum rates, enforce y"
t,ro 1nbIicity in relation to railroau
conservation within the state anu
sarroc, railway abuses of which Tue
oaria have complained. He states
,,st deplorabe condition mas cor 70
4 ,ronted the people OF idano ,,anf TO
lack of proper railroaQ ,.,te This
Esndle the traffic of the state, r,,,tne
H enI' has become so alarming,
.oa,.s thet II threatens TO seriously
w ,io me growth of Idaho. Onuel
ulPPt conditions, he says, the sta'e
az tSS entire mercy of the rallfuau
ieray,tas whose sole aim Is 10 pay
eUi,,p@ diyidends." He exprcSses
,ha nninion that railroad rates IN lua-
No are most exorbitant In many oaeS -.
Ne urges that reciprocal aeli ,,'ea,
uroyision be included IN the aoe 1'e'
Ing the commission. .,,,,ron+ anti
GOV. Gooding urges stringeilt . n.
mass legislation not onS 80, re.
oe,ying free transportation from the
roiiroads hut prohibiting all cltiIens
~ the state, unless actual ehlplpyes
from accepting any passes or trhnNs
tton railroad, telegraph or telepAohe
t ,g This legislation, he urges;
spo,,id follow the lines of the federai
law.
"A MOVER CASE REVIEWED,
Gov. Gooding reviews at length the
proceedings following the arrest Oh
$1iarry Orchard, Steve Adams, Cnhlies'
6I Mover William D. Haywood ara
e ;eores 4. Pettibone, charged with the
IN ssqssinatlen Of former Gov Frank stu-
<5lenberg. He urges that Canyon eoun-
Liz be relieved OF the payment OF any
4 bart OF tn expense of the prosecution,
nasmuch as the case Is one in which
All The people Of Idaho are equally in
terested He deplores. the fact that
many labor organizations have. criti-
4 clsed the action of the state officers
In taking up the prosecution and says:
This Is a murder case and as such
Il should be tried, regardless of the po-
sItlon the accused men have occupied,
or may now occupy, in labor organi-
zations. They are entitled to fair
trial, The character of our courts and
cur citizenship ensure II to them"
Gov. Gooding asserts that there is no
desire on the part of the state to put
labor organizations or the principles I'M
derlyng the mon trial, or to make war
on the labor union idea. The state is
sndeayoring to punish q crime of parti-
.,.l-. -, al.g
be adds. THE confession of Harry
Orchard. which is corroborated in large
part by the later confession of Steve
Adams tells a tale so full of horror as
70 be almost unbelievable"
OFFICERS COURSE APPROVED.
The governor states that the course
81 the prosecuting officers has been ap-
- proved by the state courts, the federal
District court and the supreme court of
'he United States, and says
The proceedings had, together with
~ matters OF interest in the case. were
Inc subject Of strict inquiry by the
PRESIDENT OF the United States, Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt. who, acting
through his personal representative, the
nist assistant attorney general of the
United states, visited Idaho and made a
careful and painstaking investigation
VI me Whole matter He reported to
lne President, and Mr.. Roosevelt has
sllee that time by word and action ex-
Nsssa himself as heartily In accord
WIN lne state In prosecuting this case"
GOV; Gooding urges the Republican
MAJORITY or the legislature TO live up
70 me partys campaign promises and
enact q direct primary law FOR the
nsS,hnation OF All state and county
.nlcers by direct vote an nnti-trust