Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-06

any injustice done when the case is
concluded he will place the matter
before the Attorney General.
NEW YORK. May Elm a letter read
yesterday before the Central Federated
Union President Roosevelt states that If
evidence is submitted to him showing that
there has been a miscarriage of justice for
or against Meyer and Haywood, awaiting
trial at Boise. Idaho. charged with COM
plicity in the murder of former Gov
Steunenberg, he will bring such evidence
to the attention of the Attorney General
for such action. If any. as it may be in the
power of the federal authorities to take.
The communication was the formal reply
of the President to the committee of the
union which recently called upon the Presi-
dent in Washington and requested him to
set forth in general his attitude toward the
accused men, and specifically why he had
referred to Meyer and Haywood as "unde-
sirable citizens"
In making his report today the chairman,
John S. Henry, said The committee had
spent more than an hour with the Presi-
dent. at which time the matter in hand was
thoroughly discussed The President sig
nified his intention of formally replying in
the letter which the chairman then read.
Following the reading there was an ami
mated discussion, during which the chair
man and William Coakley. another men,
Der of the committee, stoutly champoned
the attitude of the chief executive Ii was
finally voted to send copy of the letter
to counsel for Meyer and Haywood.
In his reply the President quotes at
length from a letter written by him more
than year ago to the Attorney General,
in which he said that "our duty is Of 1t
SbOnl1 hammer that had
in the matter) to see that exact justice is
done these men,"
The Presidents letter follows:
1.-The White House,
Washington, May ., 1907 p
MY Dear Mr.. Henry: When you, in
company with Messrs. Coakley and Brown,
called upon this morning 1 read you
the letter l had written to the Attorney
General On March % 1896. AT your re-
quest l gladly send you the following ex-
tract from that letter:
mo Combination of Lawlessness.
Our duty is Of it should ever happen
that we had any power in the NATTER to
see that exact justice is done those men.
There must be no condition of lawess-
ness our part. even if the lawessness
takes the form of an effort to avenge the
wrongs committed by the lawlessness of
others. The sole question as regards Hey
wood and Meyer must be the question
whether or not they can be shown to be
guilty of this particular act and their legal
rights must be as carefully safeguarded as
those of any other men. 1t is alleged that
they were extradted from Colorado in
manner that amounted to a betrayal of
their legal rights. / should like to have the
district attorney of Colorado-if necessary.
the district attorney of 4daho-give me
such information as they can on this point.
| should like to get from the district at
torney of Idaho any information that he
can obtain as, to whether or not there has
been the slightest disposition shown by the
authorities in Idaho to act toward these
men in an unfair or improper manner or
to deny them their legal rights. On the
other hand. l should like to know whether