The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-20

these reasons again postponed until the special conn
sci sent by the department to conduct this prose-
cution before the grand jury should have discharged
their duty. Upon their return and report the whole
subject again laid before the president, and verv
carefully and deliberately considered With his ap-
prevail | write to say that, in the view of this
department. the public interest demands change in
the office of United States attorney for the district of
Idaho, and | therefore request your resignation to
take effect Immediately and to be placed in the hands
of Assistant Attorney General Cooley, who is in
structed to notify the department Immediately and bv
wire of its receipt and has further appropriate in
structions I remain, sir
Yours respectfully
Charles J. Bonapartc
Attorney-General
A Washington special to the Portland Oregonian
of Sunday last relates in detail the alleged causes
behind the dismissal of both Ruck and Rounds
According to this authority President Roosevelt has
been bamboozed into the belief that the indictment
of Senator Borah the result of conspiracy and
when the particulars of the atrocity laid before
him he became real mad and by the great
horn spoon that the offenders should walk the plank.
1t will be better, however, to let the Oregonan
respondent tell the story in his words explain
ing that he is the same Brown who sends exciting
stuff to the Boise Statesman. This is his contribu
ton to the cause of Borah
Mr.. Rounds very active in assisting District
Attorney Ruick in working up the case against Sen
jury that would be hostile to the senator 1t was
demonstrated beyond doubt that Mr.. Rounds and
Mr.. Ru1ck were IN a conspiracy to defame Mr.. Bor-
ah and the president determined to make clean
sweep taking out of office all who party to what
he regarded dasard1y scheme to backen the in
nocent.
While MIR. Ruick regarded as the principal
offender and prime mover in bringing about the
Borah Indictment, Mr. Rounds is blamed for becom-
ing accessory and his offense is regarded as hard
less serious than that of the district attorney. In
the eyes Of the administration, the unustihable in
dctment of Mr.. Borah returned just prior to the
Haywood trial. was the atrocous as it was evil
IDENTIFY arranged to weaken Mr. Borah in his prosecr-
ton OF the men charged with the murder of Steune-
berg
The president was intensely DESTROYS that the
prosecution of that should have all possible
force he having publicly denounced the defendants
IN that case as undesirable citizens and he was
personally highly incensed at the manner in which
Mr.. Ruick manipulated the charges against Mr.
Borah
The Idahoan who has kept track of the comingand
going of events will be apt to experience large
sized disgust after perung this remarkable contrbu
ton to the literature of the Munchausen class.
He will wonder that political intrigue can go so
far and be sustained. For he will know that the
department OF Justice started out in good faith to
run down vloators of the land laws of the country
ana that 1t had at least reasonable cases against the
men indicted in the federal court at Boise
The department of justice had assured its Idaho
prosecuting officers that they should be protected
galnSt the revenges that politics sometimes infcts
The conclusion to be arrived at after reading the
)regonan story is that the department of Justice has
zen overcome by the superior authority of the pres
ent and is not able to do what it said it would do
Denial has been made of any trouble between the
resident and the attorney general over the removal
I Ruck and Rounds-made by Washington news
aper writer before any charge of the sort had been
rinted