Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-18
N1RNNEN ADOPT
RESOLUTIONS
,,otsst Against Methods Adopted
N the prosecution Of Meyer
HAYWOOD and PettIbone'
MORAL AND FINANCIAL AID
-, 70 tl,c percnse of the Men Ac-
cused of the Assassination Oh
GOV, steunenberg'

-. IA largely attended
vs ,',r of the united workinsine' .,
, n.Jen was held yesterday at,elnoo w.,
Vs'Vn ,,, , court house when Rev. VIM
lne -, nrown delivered an address
Inu. ~ ,,,o,bods persued in the exiraol-
',n a. Mover, Pettibone ana HeS woou'
u w, allsped leaders of the eonsplrucs'
u0 81 n.snlted In the killing oil Gov
VIM c,ornenberg of Idaho. Mr.. Brown
,s not in any way attempt to Prov We
, lIat w. Of the three men, pu' aa
l luz. terms deplored the inetnouS 49,
~, tho executives OF Colplpu s,o.
me me. III, lie Federation of Miners
cateu T yHahn where Gov. Steunenpers
guy vi ,.,,iod He also censured the ue-
way 49,, NM ~ the men in prison IN luaho
'ai.lrs such strict surveillance
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
n ,,,,ow,np resolutions were adopt
al hv the meeting: ,.,.o,,..,i
20 .. " s This netting is an integral
900, ~ great gathering called IN the
paie os ne working class throughout
naN Irnited States and Canada to pro
Wy against The corrupt and UNJUST
te9. Of our brothers, Meyer
P,Is,.,,.ooa and Pettihone, officials OF the
T W. Federation OF Miners; ana, a.,
,Ivhereas. One year ago today loul
,",irocv nf the mine owners ana the
o,.arnors of two states bore fruit at the
sso,d Of night. In the kidnapping OF
Nc mem In Colorado, and their I'M
u ,',,r Imprisonment In ldaho,
charged with the murder OF ex-GoVer-
NO .,Xhereas These three men were
oOO miles away from the scene OF their
alleged crime, the charge dlsproNes IT.
sole and the aocusers should be dealt
with according 10 the laws they nave
A violated; and,
rWhereas. Labor's experience in the
states OF idaho and Colorado mas DE-
Neloped the fact that courts ana pupIic
officials are the servants Of the mine
owners, and are ever ready 10 tralhpie
on the constitution and to dishonor the
nag. at their masters bidding, there
fore the supreme court of the United
. states was called upon for its decision.
n And the supreme court Of the United
IA states In the dawn of the twentieth
III century has virtually declared that 'po-
~ session Is nine points OF the law in the
NJ following extracts from Its decision:
A circuit court of the United States.
when asked upon habeas corpus to
discharge person held in actual GUS
tody by state for trial In one of it's
courts under an Indictment charging a
crime against its laws cannot properly
take into account the methods whereby
the state obtained such custody
Justice McKenna in his dissenting
opinion declares that: In the case at
bar the state through their officers
are the offenders. No individual OF
individuals could have accomplished
what the power Of the two states ac-
compished No individual or indi-
Nduals could have commanded the
means and success; could have made
TWO arrests of prominent citizens by
invading their homes; could have
commanded the resources of jaiis.
armed guards and special trains; could
have successfully timed all acts to
prevent inquiry and judicial interfer-