The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-21
CASE AGAINST HAYWOOD
WILL Be CLOSED TODAY
Continued from Page 1.

Another article read from the magazine
IVRvs al,a g Iesolntien sasdopied Py ,I Ing
by Haywood and others, announcing Gov
ernor Steunenberg for requiring all per
sons seeking work in the Occur d Alenes
10 renounce affiliation with any union.
we condemn such action the resolu-
ton read, 'as action worthy OF tyrdntS
in the middle ages
The resolution also condemned the ''un-
Just and inhuman administration OF
Steunenberg"
From the issue of June. 1900. Senator
Borah read a comment upon a speech by
Mr.. Sovereign at the convention of the
Western Federation of Miners. The arti-
Gle declared that Mr. Sovereign spoke OF
the 'periured Steunenberg-the lnhum1n
prosecutor of workingmen."
From time to time Senator Borah OF
Tered in evidence the list of Officers OF
the federation as published in the maya
zine. In the first issues quoted, the Oil
GERS included Ed Boyce, president; James
Maher. secretary and treasurer, and Will
liam D, Haywood and Charles II. Meyer
as members of the executive board.
Debs for President.
In the July issue of 1900 was an arti-
Gle signed by Ed BOyCe urging all work
ingmen TO support Eugene Y. Debs and
Joseph Hartman for president and vice
president respectively, and denouncing
Mckinley and Roosevelt and Bryan and
stevenson as representatives. OF the cap
italistic classes. The Democratic party
the two old parties in that 1t claimed TO
be emancipated from the wealthy classes,
but was not. The articles cited the case
of Governor Steunenberg, who sold him
self to the Standard Oil company to plum
der, rob and murder the men who elected
him to office"
In an editorial in the Miners Maya
zine for January, 1901, entitled, Tine
Passing of Steunenberg," epithets are APP
piled without stint to Steunenberg, who
IS charged with getting rich on the
doll of no ala,d m
pany,' and of the mine owners, whose
servant he always has BEEN"
Condemnlng Steunenberg as vile thing
deserving only contempt, hatred ana pO-
litical death, the article bids farewell to
Steunenberg as a creature over whose
political tombstone should be inscribed the
words, Here lies a hireling and a trail
tor The article also referred to Steun-
enberg as "a Hessian a~yillain and mine
owners lackey, whose name should be
uttered with lOathing by every honest
man."
All Objections OVerruIed.
The reading of the magazines continued,
Judge Wood naming each exhibit and
announcing at the same time that an OBJ
lection by the defense to its admission
would be overruled and an exception no
ted.
Senator Borah read each article as the
exhibit was called. He made no attempt
at defamation and in fact called out a
protest from Clarence Darow, who at
the close of one piece of graphic writing
said jokingly:
If you have any more like that, l wish
you'd let US read them
The matter introduced today covered a
wide range from political comment to eX-
IRENE denunciatiOn of Steunenberg, Pea
body and Goddard coming in for the
greater share of the more violent ian
guage. The dates ran from 1850 to the
end of 1905 but Judge Wood ruled out
ali the matter offered from the magazines
and appearing in the numbers issued af-
ter the death OF SteunenbeTg-
Ed BOyce, the former president of the
Western Federation of Miners now a
wealthy mine owner of this state, was
constructive witness during the reading,
although he was net actually on the
stand. He had been introduced by the
state to testify that the Miners Magazine
was the official organ Of the Western
Federation of Miners. At the conclusion
of the reading. the defense announced
that there would be no cross-examination
of Mr.. Boyce.
Colorado Court Decisions.
Judge Wood here allowed the state to
introduce a decision by the supreme
court of Colorado declaring unconstitu-
tionai the eight-hOur law. Judge God
dard participated in the decision.
The defense insisted that the decision be
read In its entirety, Senator BOrah being
at the task for nearly an hour Lunch.
con adjournment then was taken until
o'clock.
Senator Borah announced that the state
would undoubtedly close tomorrow.
After recess this afternoon Senator BO-
rah offered in evidence decision of the
supreme court of Colorado in case of
Charles H. Meyer. denying a writ of ha-
beas corpus TO the president of the West
ern Federation of Miners. The opinion
was written by Chief Justice Gabbert and
was identified for the purpose Of showing
alleged animus of the federation against
the iurist whose life was attempted by
Harry Orchard.
KirWan on the Stand.
The reading of the decision of the court
was dispensed with for the time being to
enable the state to call to the stand
The next exhibit was a long extract
from speech by Ed BOyCe, president Of
the federation at the time, delivered on
Miners day at Butte, Mont. in 1900
BOyce devoted himself mainly to a de-
nunciatiOn of the Standard Oil company
in connection with its invasion in the
copper field. Boyce referred to Governor
Steunenberg as the hiTcling of the oil
trust
Under the heading Eight Hour Law"
Senator Borah read an editorial calling
upon the miners of Colorado to defeat
Judge Goddard at the polls. holding that
he was instrumental in upsetting the
short day for wOTkingmen.