The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-04-17
AS TO THE new INDICTMENTS

The two daily papers last companions misery Despite
all their efforts and the efforts OF the entire Boah push the Federal
Grand Jury returned indictment against Barber Lumber
officials and Of Bosses The push was strong enough
keep District Attorney Ruic entirely out the jury room thus
nsrng that he exercised improper influence yet the Grand
,y returns indictments that fully vndicate Rucks past ac
tons We weep with Cobb and would weep with the responsible
head Of the Capital News if it had responsible which would
into the lmeght The should come home to the
people that these indictments like the former indictments for timber
oong returned simply because the Grand Jurors who under
OATH heard the testimony OF witnesses thought was sufficient
grounds to hold the accused for trial There mystery about the
matter and Interior political ends serve as the pull was all
against Indictment The Statesman had begged beeaced caoed
threatened and its head had appealed President Of the United
States prevent these indictments being returned against this
formidable showing the Grand Jurors plain and honest men abd
g by Their oat felt called upon that the land in
e BOISE BASIN secured by the Barber Lumber Company
honestly secured In this opinion they upheld by Senator Borab
Tor what else could the Senator when tesyng in his own be
bali he said he had advised his personal friends Ton Mcmillan for
one not to take up any of these If the transactions were
legitimate why this advice by the Senator and nvew of the fact
mat more than 800 deeds Lumber Copanv of these
lands passed through the Senator's what becomes of the pa
that he was unsopscad dreamed of fraud when
e was so keen and alert that he advised his friends keep out of
the game OF course in the wtewashng proceedings which Bor
an friends call his trial further questions were asked the Senator
as 70 why he advised his friends Such question might have
embarrassing and was the object the perfnry proceedings
20 m any way embarrass the Senator
and as the people assured by the Statesman that the Barber
c company has right to feel offended treatment and has
been honest and aboveboard transactions BY which mil
on dollars worth Of Government became transferred 70 them
We must regard II as mere pleasantly of the manager Mr. Chap
man that he peferred so Jail rather than produce the
rocks a would ndcate the and conond its enemies and
"e ne made oath that he should be to produce the books
u would tend to ncrimnate himself people regard this as r.
ono OF e heons that the law requires Thus see that there 70
reason Tor tears Three haaheaded Juries have placed m
sea- OF Their condemnation upon the perfectly honest and legitimate
manner IN which the Barber Lumber Company took unto itself the
m heritage OF all the people II great corporations are thus TO be m
called to account for what has half century of Republican m
control OF the government in the of the predatory class -
hnt uee should be fear The Barber Lumber Conpanv viii
not suffer There still compaisan courts that know their ~
~ not tan 10 perform IT. and the punishment of great corpora col
ION IS matter which the law administered never cone, 49,
hated m these piping times of public plumber private graft