Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-18
NlRNnEN ADOPT
RESOLUTIONS
0,,tsst Against Methods Adopted
i. me prosecution of Meyer
HAYWOOD and Pettibone.
MORAL. AND FINANCIAL AID
,,,.,,,,, to the Defense of the Men Ae-
euscd OF the Assassination Oh
GOV. stcunenberg.

~ ia largely attended
Vsu''' ,ho united worlSingmen OF
l nssen was held Yesterday ai.er'ioo ,yn .,
osoe" ,, 49," court house when Rev. VIM
70 1oa nn brown delivered an address
imam ,be methods persued in the ex.raa, ,
~ ". ~ Mover. Pettibone and Heywoou'
u ~, slleeed leaders of the eonspirucs'
'ne ., So, rss,Ited in the killing OF Gov
WIN stounonberg OF Idaho. Mr.. Brown
,,1Y ~, in any way attempt 10 prove prove '' ~,
Gl1 rys of the three men, u. ,,saa
ll'l o"s terms deplored the met,lous Isl
4" ne executives of Colpruuoii asso-
',a men lived and were ac'i St,nors
.a,sd Niih the Federation y,
s@5 Of Idaho. where GOV. slS'', Nc de-
was hyi'e a. the men in prison In ldahp
.ai,'S such strict surveillance
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
~. ,,,,owinr resolutions were adopt
"a by the meeting: ,,+.-sI
co . ~ This netting is an integral
-, great gathering called IN the
pa,a W ~ tbe working class throughout
hal'i T,nitad states and Canada TO pro-
wv asainst the corrupt ana unjust
l . Of our brothers, Moyer'
tiI''sa.snd and Pettibone, officials OF the
tvastsrn Federation Of Miners; anu,
Whereas one year ago today a toul
,,,s,,iracv Of the mine owners and the
y,,aro,s NJ two states bore fruit at the
ga oaS os night. in the kidnapping on
u .I"so men in Colorado, and their un-
liesr imprisonment In Idaho,
charged with the murder or ex-GoVer-
nv Whereas Whereas These three men We're
oO0 miles away from the scene OF their
alleged crime, the charge dlsproVes "
self and the accusers should be dealt
with according TO the laws ihey nave
violated; and. l.. 49,.
HWhereas. Labor's experience In the
states Of Idaho and Colorado has Dc
veloped the fact that courts ana punllc
officials are the servants OF me NINE
owners, and are ever ready TO traillpie
nm the constitution and to dishonor the
DAG at their masters bidding; there
fore the supreme court Of the United
States was called upon for its decision.
Il And the supreme court of the United
az States In the dawn OF the twentieth
81 century has virtually declared that 'po-
"a session IS nine points Of the law in the
~ following extracts from It's decisior
Il "A circuit court Of the United States,
when asked upon a habeas corpus to
discharge a 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 or
individuals could have accomplished
what the power of the two states ac-
cOmplshed No individual or indi-
yiduals 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 jails,
armed guards and special trains; could
nave successfully timed all acts to
prevent inquiry and judicial interfer-