The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-26
WHAT IS ITS MOTIVE?

What IS ITS MOTIVE?
49,, 1.-THE Cost to the State of Idaho OF
the Haywood Trial" ~ the title of a
pamphlet mailed few days ago from
an unnamed source broadcast over
the state. As announced In pre-
fatory note 1t contains the itemized
statement of the claims paid by the
state in the Haywood trial up to
August Is, while the additional in.
formation is given that since that
time other bills aggregating some
A, 600 have been allowed. and that
Canyon county has paid something
over $50, 200 as witness fees. Its
object clearly 10 to brighten taxpayers
OF Canyon county and of the state
generally into demand that the
prosecution of the Western Fedora
zion officials shall cease. The
pamphlet bears the imprint Of the
Capital News Job Rooms, Boise, and
was evidently printed from the same
linotype matter az was used by the
Capital News for its eight page sup
plement some weeks ago. which
aroused so much comment at the
time. Naturally the question again
arises:
What was the News motive In pub
fishing the supplement- That paper
stands at the bar of public opinion,
Its good faith is questioned, and
point by point the evidence piles up
against 1t.
Immediately after the News pub.
lished Its supplement it will be re.
membered, the Boise Statesman
broadly insinuated that its neigh Dor
had been paid dollar line for the
service by those interested In preju-
dicing the taxpayers against the pro.
secution; 10 which the News entered
q vigorous denial, claiming that it
had done 30 soleiy as stroke Of
journalistic enterprise; that the
people were enfield to know just
what the trail had cost them, and
that. 1t % a conscientious newspaper,
had done no more than its plain duty
In giving them the aforesaid facts.
All of this was plausible ON the face
Of 1t, the statement that the taxpayers
had a right to know the facts was un.
deniably the truth, and no fair.
minded person could have taken ser
ious exception to the News' action
had there been no doabts as to it's
real motive. These doubts moreover
might now be set at rest were IL not
Tor the subsequent tone Of the News
in handling all matters connected
with the Federation cases and the
circulation of the pamphlet mention
ed printed from the same type AZ was
the supplement which IL published Ia
an entirely disinterested spirit as 1t
claimed. For in this latter connect
Ion one thing stands out clearly the
defense did consider the publication
OF that expense account TO be to It's
Interest or II would not now consider
Ii to be to its interest to have those
pamphlets placed In the hands Of the
taxpayers-for no one of course
doubts that the defense mailed the
pamphlets az even the News could
mot claim that its office turned out
the job at its own epxense all for
love of the down trodden taxpayer.
IL then the defense was willing to
pay for having the pamphlets printed
Is 1t not reasonable to suppose 1t
would have been willing to pay for
having the eight-paga supplement
printedf Certainly it would seem 90
and the only connecting link needed
to have a clear case against the
News 10 proof that 1t was willing to
do such work for hire.
But what evidence to this effect
have VET the charitkbly minded read.
or will naturally ask. "No EVIL
dence" We might answer like "Old
Lady Rucker" at the "wolfviiie"
lynching shut We have what is
mighty sight better we have our firm
For 1t must be con-
isssed that It 10 one of those GASES
where the evidence 10 not 10 tang
ibie form but exists only in those
lite things that can scarcely be de-
ined but that nevertheless present a
most convincing aspect when consid-
bred In the aggregate.
Take for instance the cost of get |
Ing out the supplement. It was no
mail item as any one connected with
he newspaper business can we'll un-
ierstand and il the News printed the |
purely as q stroke of |
journalistic enterprise az it claims,