Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-10-18
H. F. SAMUELS QUIT
IN FACE OF DUTY
IN HIS OWN COUNTY

NN lilo UWN UUUVIt
As Prosecuting Attorney Dur
ing the Occur d'Alene Riots
He Refused to Attempt to
Uphold Law and Order.
TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF
IDAHO:
Read this telegram from
Bartlett Sinclair with care. In
the greatest crisis that ever
came to Idaho this man Samu-
els, who now asks you to honor
him as your governor, failed to
do his sworn duty.
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Oct.
z, 1918. Frank r. Gooding.
Boise, Idaho. 1t is source Of
great satisfaction to the law
abiding citizens of north Idaho
to learn that you have accepted
the challenge of the Nonparti-
san league and that you are
fighting against the scheme to
substitute a condition in our
state bordering on anarchy for
one of government.
In this contest now going on
in Idaho you have record
which gives your assertions
great value. From personal
knowledge ! know you gave the
late lamented Steunenberg per-
sonal and official aid in his war
against anarchy! He lost his
life as the result of that warbut
[ pray that no such end awaits
your defense of established So
ciety in Idaho.
When the unspeakable riots
of the Occur d'Alene of 1899
occurred / happened to be state
auditor The extent of these
bloody outbreaks necessitated
the declaration by Governor
Steunenberg of martial law.
He saw fit to appoint me I'M
der our state law his represent
alive in the disturbed district
in order to re-establish normal
conditions.
At that time Fl. F. samuels,
the Nonpartisan candidate for
governor, was prosecuting at
torney of ShOshone county, the
scene of the instruction. HI
had personal knowledge tina,
murders had been committed
and that the great mills of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan compa-
ny had been destroyed by the
rioters and that hundreds of
workmen thereby had been
!, thrown out of employment, and
he took no action to punish
the offenders.
! As administrator of martial
flaw ] appealed to him to do
something to vindicate the
state and the law. He refused.
Samuels was then forced to
go before the courts and dis
qualify himself in all trials
growing out of the Occur d.
Alene riots.
il To perform the duty he had
sworn to perform other attor-
neys, at great expense. had to
be retained by the state. Sen
ator Borah. James FL. Hawley
and J. H. Forney were three of
the attorneys SO retained.
In the prosecution Samuels
took absolutely no part.
To again entrust him and his
allied N0npartisans with the
highest powers of government
at this time of our cOuntry's
trials is dangerous in the ex-
IRENE.
Be assured that your champ
lonship of decent and sane gov
eminent will receive the sun-
port, not only of the Republi-
, cans of the north. but the Dem
oerats as well. Tn this campaign
the only issue in Idaho, as we
view the CAMPAIGN, is between
the forces Of law, patriotism
: and established society on the
one hand and the forces of an
archy and discomfort on the
other.
Before resorting to these ex-
IRENE methods with Samuels I
had wired Governor Steunen-
berg that Samuels was coward
~ and incomDetent and an oh
sfrucflon 10 the restoration Of
ORDERLY and constitutional gov
eminent in the Occur d'Alenes.
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