Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-05-07
LABOR BEGINS
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President Reply to Chicago organisa- tion Convinces It that Executive Will Do the Right Thing in the Moyor-Haywood- Pettibone Case.

NEW YORK, May 6.-In a letter read yesterday before the Central Fed erated Union, President Roosevelt states
 that if evidence is submitted to him showing that there has been misear-
 riage of justice for or against Mover and Haywood, awaiting trial at Boise, Idaho, charged with the murder of for mer Governor Steunenberg, he will bring such evidence to the attorney general for such action, if any, as may be in the power of the federal authori- ties to take.
 The communication was the formal reply of the president to the union com mittee, which recently called on the
 president and requested him to set forth in general his attitude toward the accused men and specifically why he had referred to Mover and Haywood as undesirable citizens"
 In making his report today, the chair man, John Henry, said the committee had spent more than half an hour with the president, at which time the matter in hand was thoroughly discussed. The president signifed his intention of for mally replying in the letter which the chairman then read. Following the read ing there was animated discussion dur ing which the chairman and Coakley, another member of the committee, stoutly ehampioned the attitude of the chief executive. It was finally voted to send copy of the letter to counsel for Mover and Haywood.
 In his reply the president quoted from letter written by him more than year ago to the attorney general in which he says that, "Our duty is (if it should ever happen that we had any power in the matter) to see that exact justice is done those men.".
 The presidents s letter follows:
 "The White House, Washington, D. C.,
 May 2.
 "My Dear MT. Henry:
 'When you, in company with Messrs. Coakley and Brown, called up on me this morning I read to you the letter I had written to the attorney general of March 8, 1906. At your request I gladly send you the following extract from that letter:
 v Our duty is (ff it should ever hap. pen that we have any power in the mater) to see that exact justice is done these men. There must be no. condo nation of lawlessness on our part, even if the lawlessness takes the form of an effort to avenge the wrongs committed by the lawlessness of others. The sole question as regards Mover and Haywood must be the question whether or not they can be shown to be guilty of this particular act and their legal rights must be as carefully safeguarded asi those of any other men. It is alleged that they were extradited from Coloe rado in a manner that amounted to al betrayal of their legal rights. I should like to have the district attorney of and if necessary the district attorney of Idaho, give me such ihfor~ nation as they can on this point. I should like to get from the district at- torney of Idaho any information that he can obtain as to, whether or not there has been the slightest disposition shown by the authorities in Idaho to act to- ward these men in an unfair or inn proper manner, or to deny them their legal rights. On the other hand, I should like to know whether there is any symptom of miscarriage of jus tice in their favor. The incorporate violence with which the socialistic or labor papers, like those of Debs, and I am sorry to say some labor organiza- tions, have insisted, without any know ledge of the facts, upon treating these men as martyrs to the cause of labor, has unquestionably resulted in tremen- dous pressure being brought to bear upon the authorities of Idaho to dis charge or acquit them whether guilty