The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
LATEST MOVE Of
bORAH FOLLOWERS
Report Is Current That They
Are Now After the Scalp of
Attorney Ruick.
PROBABLY TO "GET EVEN"
FOR FRAUD INVESTIGATION
Government Prosecutor Has
Done Only His Duty, With
out Showing FayOrs.

Special to Tho Tribune
BOISE, Idaho, April o0.--It is report.
ed that q petition asking President
Roosevelt to remove United States Dis
trict Attorney Ruick from office was
drawn up here and is being circulated
among the attorneys of Idaho for their
signatures. 1t is common talk THAI
some Of the Borahites are back OF this
move, and it is understood to have
been inaugurated as q matter Of "get
event for tho recent timber investigo
tions and disclosures by the Federal
grand jury and to counteract 1T possible,
any charges that may have been lodged
against certain prominent individuals.
1t is generally believed that Attorney
Ruick has been doing his plain duty
without fear or favor. and the fellows
who are now clamoring for his removal
are evidently being hard pressed.
And it Is talked here that friends or
Senator Borsh have been doing other
things that appear to be questionable.
Rumor has il that some OF them went
to guards at the county Jail where
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone are held
awaiting trial for completely in the mur-
der of Ex-Governor Steunenberg and Sc
cured affidavits relative TO a converse
tion alleged To have taken place between
Attorney Fred Miller and Meyer, one
OF his clients, concerning the reported
Indictment Of Mr.. Borah and sent them
to Washington to be used in his behalf
in his case understood TO be before the
Department OF Justice. IL Is understood
that the afidavits say that one day
when Miller met Meyer at the all
among other things he said TO him:
"Charlie we We got Borsh indicted. -
Denial by Defense.
The attorney for the defense emphat'
icslly denies having made this state
ment, vet it is being used by those
fellows, who are evidently IN mighty
tight place, and their friends in an en-
deavor to lead The people 10 believe that
the Western Federation of Miners is
responsible for the recent timber fraud
Investigations, particularly brought
about TO "weaken Borah g hand, - be
cause he is one Of the attorneys for the
prosecution IN the murder case. and
that they "got'P In their work through
Senator Dubois Attorney Miller says
he might have said that he had heard
that Borah had been indicted, and moth
ing more, If this rumor has no fouuds'
ton, surely the Borahites must be IN
desperate straits
Ex- Federal Judge James H. Beatty,
who recently retired from the bench OF
Idaho, and Mrs. Beatty will leave to-
morrow night for trip around the
world. They will visit few days en-
route to New York and Will sail from
that place May on the Baltic steam
ship OF the White Star line, going 70
Liverpool, England, where they will
spend some time. They will then pro-
ceed around the world and return 10
Boise in about two years TO again take
UP their residence. They start on their
tourney with the well wishes of
legion of friends here.
The officials Of the Federal court left
for Pocatello this afternoon, where
regular adjourned April term OF court
for that place will open Monday. There
is a large criminal calendar to be gone
over this term.
Macbeth for Governor.
In a cartoon today the Capital New;
suggests Senator Raveual MacBe Of
Custer county as the DEMOCRATIC candr
date for Governor in 1908. Mac Beth is
a close personal friend of Senator Du-
bois. and was one of the most tlreless
workers in the last session OF the Leg
isIaturo. He did splendid work 10 Sc
cure anti Mormon legislation during
that session and was always founo
working for the people 8 interests;
Boise is TO properly, observe Mem9'
rial day this year, aud Hon. Avery -
Moore is to deliver the address