Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

his features that he was very proud of
them. They were Wild flowers OF the
western mountains Just such as grow
IN the waste places where he learned
Tho work of miner. "They gave me
these IN POcatello," he said mot the
federation men--just engineers and
Northumberland then he turned them
over to his sister.
AS the train pulled out for Salt Lake
the women folk took possession of the
state room, while Mr. Haywood
Joined the newspaper men who were
gathered In berth No. g. and said he
was ready for their running fire of
questions only he hoped they would
make them brief because he had al
ready told the story of his life many
times over, and had seen enough YER
sions OF IL to convince him that all
blue pencilng city editors were "
tribe who can't let a bit of truth go
past
JOHN H. MURPHY
In the berth opposite the group OF in
terVieWers lay an interesting figure. 1t
Was the guant, worn form Of John H.
Murphy who seemed TO be as near TO
deaths door as a man may be without
passing through. He lay IN % made
down bed, with q dressing gown over
him. and Il physician sitting nearby.
He Is the man who first took up the
legal battle in behalf of the Western
Federation aud followed its fortunes
through all the conflict of lockouts, dr-
portations, bull pens, strikes, explo-
sionS and martial law In Idaho and
Colorado. Too feeble and III when the
trial began at Boise 10 actively partici-
pate in the final battle of the long
series he had participated In, he went
to the court room, sat there day after
day growing worse all the time until
he came away with Haywood mere
~
Mr. Murphy could take but little in
terest In what was going on In the car
last night. He heard Haywood tell the
reporters how difficult has been his night
against an adverse public opinion and
lorces bent on creating public opinion
10 destroy him and the cause for which
ne had been working. AT Salt Lake
Murphy was carried to n carriage alone
and unnoticed while all eyes wer fixed
on Haywood and all voices cheered
him as he carried his wife from the
car.
WAS NOT BITTER.
Throughout his talk Haywood was
never bitter, never vindictive, and cher
shed no grudges, apparently. Asked
about Prest. Roosevelt, he said he hoped
he never would be guilty of criticizing
the nations chief executive, and said
he felt no resentment on account of
the letter designating him an ''unde-
sirabe citizen" although he expressed
the wish that IL might have come at
some time other than when he was on
trial and so many fol ces We're at work
10 color opinion against him. we are
willing to be misjudged and to have
oui motives mlsstated for that Is all
we can expect, but / want TO tell you
this--that In all the writings done
against me, there never was sentence
Of it from anyone with whom talk
In friendly manner and let frankly
Into the desires of our organization and
into my own life and plans The re-
porters whom ! have met and know
have all been friendly, but 1t IL the
city editor In a remote office, who knows
but little and thinks he has 20 cater to
preJudiced clientage that does the
damage with his blue pencil, and
throws the false color over our work
and our ideas"
DISTINCTLY HAPPY.
Asked about the trial he said he
knew of no one who was disappointed
over the outcome SO far as Its fairness
and impartiality were concerned. Judge
Wood was fair, he said, and so were
all others connected with 1t. but he
added that he would not like to discuss
the merits OF the case while other de-
PENDANTS were still to be tried. Il
am mighty happy tonight he declared,
but / wish Meyer and Pettibone were
as free as l am. We still have to
see them through their trials, and they
will be given every bit of support that
was given to me"
HOW HE KEPT HEALTHY.
What did | do to keep myself so
heathful in jail? Well boys / worked
Time never dragged on my hands | can
tell you. Many of the days were too
short. l studied and read most of the |
time. Four courses In law constitute
the main part of my study. No. l am |
not yet ready to be admitted to the |
bar, but one of these days you will |
hear of my applying to take the ex-
aminations. After the trial started ! |
gave my whole time to it. and before |
that gave my whole time to study" J