The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-18
OGDEN NEWS.
OFFICE. 1894 Washington Ay.nu.
Ogden, Monday, Feb. 10.
Vice. 24s4 Washington Avenue.

part OF great gathering called in the
name Of the working class throughout
the United States and Canada to protest
s.s@ihst the corrupt and unjust prosecu-
tlon OF our brothers. Mover. Haywood
ara Pettibone- officials of the Western
recreation of Miners; and,
w hereas, One year ago today a foul
conspiracy of the mine owners and the
governors OF two states bore fruit at the
oead OF night, in the kidnapping of these
men IN Colorado. and their unwarranted
imprisonment in Idaho. charged with the
murder of Ex-Governor Steunenberg
whereas. These three men were ]. 600
miles away from the scene of their al
legged crime the charge disproves itself,
and the accusers should he dealt with
and.
Whereas LabOr's experience in the
states of Idaho and Colorado has deVel-
oped the fact that courts and public Of
ficials are the servants Of the mine own
ers. and are ever ready to trample on the
constitution and to dishonor the flag. az
their masters bidding. therefore the su-
preine court of the United States was
called upon for its decision And the sU-
preme court of the, United States i'm the
dawn Of The twentieth century has vir-
tudlly declared that possession is nine
points of the law in the following extract
from its decision: A circuit court of the
United States. when asked upon an ha-
beas corpus to discharge person held in
actual custody by q state for trial i'm one
OF its courts under an indictment charg-
ing a crime against it's laws cannot prop
erly take into account the methods
whereby the state obtained such Gus
tOdy.
Justice McKenna in his dissenting
opinion declares that: In the case at bar
rhe state through their officers are the
offenders. No individual individuals
could have accomplished what the power
of the two states accomplished. No indi-
vidual or individuals could have COM
manded the means and success: could
have made two arrests of prominent cit
liens by invading their homes: could
have commanded the resources of jails.
armed guards and special trains: could
have successfully timed all acts to pre-
vent inquiry and judicial interference
The accused as soon as he could have
done so. submitted his rights to the con-
sideration of the courts He could not
have done so in Colorado. He could not
have done so away from Colorado. At
the first instant that the state of Idaho
relaxed its restraining power he invoked
the aid of habeas corpus successfully of
the supreme court of the state and of the
circuit court of the United States. He
should not have been dismissed from
court and the action of the circuit court
IN so doing should be reversed
Arguing from these facts il is the
sense of this mass meeting that Meyer.
Haywood and Pettibone have not had a
square deal.
THE mine owners having overthrow
all law and order thus challenge the mi
ncrs to do the very thing of which they
have been falsely accused. namely. to re
dress their wrongs with force Physical
force is the first resort of bTutes. but the
last resort of man: therefore, be il
Resolved, That we. the men and wo-
men in this mass meeting assembled. as
We value life, liberty and happiness, do
pledge our moral and financial aid in the
longed delayed, but fast approaching
trial of Meyer Haywood and Pettibone;
and be ii further
Resolved. That we as American lib
erty loving people and law-abiding citi-
zens of the county of Weber and state
of Utah. raise our voices in cOndemna-
ton of the infamous action of the Off
Gals of Idaho and Colorado.