The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-08-06


wood Jury has swept away his
and left him a polltlcal
derelict.
But it is Governor Gooding,
more than anybody else, VIII o has
been crucifed politically by the
Haywood trial, although it has
put crimp in the political car
eer of Senator Borah. But the
prosecution was a GoodiHg pros
ecution from the beginning. The
night Steunenberg was assassin
ated Gooding, who was then fac
ing political destruction, saw a
chance to make great political
coup. He took personal charge
of the Investigations of the
crime, hired detectives and spent
the peoples money like water to
run down the alleged murderers.
Everything was done in the lime
light, with a full quota Of press
agents, photographers and tom
tom beaters. Sensation followed
sensation. Everything was done
to the accompaniment of brass
band. Orchard confessed, and
his confession was heralded to
the world. The arrest of the
three alleged conspirators was
accomplished with all the vel
low" features possible.
With the three m IN safe in
Jail, the announcement was sent
out to insure law and order in
Idaho Gooding must be rejected.
Taft was sent out to preach law
and order, and Roosevelt said
the men under arrest, and before
their trial, were undesirable
citizens" Then, with unblush-
ing shamelessness, Gooding
dragged Frank Steunenberg 5
corpse into the campaign, and
proclaimed throught Idaho last
fall in his campaign speeches
that ais defeat would be tri-
umph for lawlessness and dis
order and dynamite. Cooling
"A however, was elected by the five
'N Mormon counties, but by small
- majority. The result cut him to
the quick, but he had some hope
Of the future if Haywood were
convicted.
A change Of venue was grant
ed in the Haywood case to Ada
county, the center of wealth. the
culture and the conservatism OF
Idaho The people of Ada coun.
ty, true, had shown what they
thought of Gooling's law an
order issue by giving majority
to Stockslager; but ii tn .rA is Il
county in Idaho where there is
little or no sympathy with labor
unions, where conviction OF
Haywood could have been secur,
u ,ndIbelt is Ada county, where the
Measure onQf the State is located
uw the ouc,a1far removed from the
I'M. for Instance the mining regions
RENE ruler :, ~, -if there was any
tNHN ditf Vi N-s'
,aters undar tha n the case-it was
0. Alaska patay, defendants. A jury
iediate points additionally hostile
heir photogranh. ions, tried the case.
he recent k,nr circumstance, therefore
aoalaeres.d to conspire to render
c&Uding's humiliation and defeat
more complete and lasting. He
virtually tried Haywood in ;
court OF his own choosing; the
ury was one predisposed TOWARD
conviction. And yet this court
and jury has acquitted Haywood
and, in its verdict, said that
Gooding's campaign issue of las
fall was false and bogus one
The overthrow of Cooling i.
complete.
Gooding has hitherto cherish
ed-an ambition either to be giyeI
q third term as Governor or I,
succeed w. b. Hepburn in tn,
United States Senate, or both
That he could be elected iustic,
OF the peace of his little hom
town OF Shoshone, which voted
against him for Governor las
fall, is to be doubted. He stake
everything on a single card, an
that card came out of the DO
against him. Salt Lake Tribune