The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-11
TELECRAPHIC TALES TERSELY TOLD

executive 1t was finally voted to
send a copy of the letter to counsel
for Meyer and Haywood.
In his reply the president quoted
from a letter written by him more
than a year ago to the attorney gem
eral In which he says that Our duty
is (if 1t should ever happen that We
had any power In the natter to
see that exact justice is done these
men"
/ The presidents letter follows:
The White House, Washington,
May Any Dear Henry: When you,
In company with Messrs. Coakley and
Brown, called on me this morning !
read you the letter I had written to
the attorney general of March 25,
1906 AT your request | gladly send
you the following extract from that
letter;
Our duty is iii it should ever
the matter) to see that exact justice
is done these men. There must he
no conformation of lawlessness on our
part. even il the lawlcssness takes
the form of an effort 10 asenge the
wrongs committed by the Law lessness
of others The sole question as re-
cards Haywood and Moyer must he
the question whether or not they can
be shown to be guilty of this particu-
lar act, and their legal rights must
he as carefully safeguarded as those
of amy other men. 1t is alleged that
thev were eXtradited from Colorado
in Il manner that amounted TO Il he
travail of their legal rights. should
like to have the district attorney of
Colorado, and if necessary the dis
irict attorney of Idaho, give me such
information as they can on this POINT.
| shonld like to get from the distritc
attorney of Idaho any Information
that he can obtain as to whether or
not there has been the slightest dis
position shown by the authdktties in
Idaho TO act toward these men in an
unfAir or improEer manner, or to
! DENY them their legal rights. On the
other hand. should like to know
wheiher there is any symptom OF
miscarriage of justice in their favor.
, The Incorporate violence with which
!. the socialistic or labor paper6 ike
that of Debs, and am sorry to say,
some labor organs, have insisted,
without any knowledge OF the facts,
apon treating these men ~ martyra
to the cause OF labor, has unquestion-
ably resulted In tremendous pressure
being brought to bear upon the au-
thorities of Idaho to discharge or
acauit them whether guilty or inno-
cent. So far as the unions are anx-
ions only to see that exact Justice 10
done these men: that they are given
their full legal rights, and'snot con-
demned unless proved guilty of this
specific act. they are entitled to the
hearty cooperation OF all Just ana
fair.mtnded cittzsns So far as By
any action or by murderous and
reasonable language such as that
Quoted above FROM Debs (and others)
they tend to bring pressure to bear
upon the state authorities and the
courts, to obstTuct the course of JUS
tee, and to render 1t din1cult to con-
yict the men II guilty. they are equal
IL without stint to be condemned;
and anything that the fedsgal author
tiles can DO. in either e%f1t. to fur
ther the cause Of juatioe : is to be
done
I'm response to yo1r snestion it IL.
/ trust, needless for me to say that II
at any time you OF any one else can
submit to me any evidence showing
that there has been miscarriage OF
Justice for or against Messrs Meyer
or Haywood, which you believe 1t 10
in my power to remedy. | will at
once bring such evidence to the at
teHIlOH III tnt dttoiuSJ
have him give 1t the fiUleat conside-
ration and to take thereon auch &C
ton, IL any, as 1t may be IN the pow
ar of the federal authorities to take
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
MI. Jbhh 8, Henry, New York
In the discussion that followed q
melton to accept the committees re-
pOrs. q delegate charged thai the
nrsANsnt had evaded the issue. This
caileA forth Q response from Delegate
CoaKley. The latter said that the
committee considered that ii vas
not M TO the president TO prove that
there had been miscarriage OF JUS
lice. but to those defending Meyer
and Haywood.
Alter several delegates had been
heard il was decided TO forward
copy Of the letter to counsel Tor the
indicted Idaho labor leaders aid lei
them submit to President Roosevelt
auy evidence they might have that
there had been miscarriage OF JUS
! ,tc. in the eXtradittOn OF Meyer, Hay
wood and PettIbonc from Colorado
I to Idaho.