The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-27

attention of the headquarters of the
NonPartisan league in Boise state
ment was Issued to the effect that the
league had repudiated him.
Mann's Confession.
The confession of Mann and the
action of the Gooding county council
of defense are set forth in the fol-
lowing dispatch:
Gooding, Idaho, Sept. 24.-At
meeting of the Gooding county cOun-
Gil of defense last night Horace Mann
the organizer for the Non-partisan
league, was brought before the
council to investigate his activities
in this county. He was sworn and
testified, in substance, as follows:
That he was resident of Cali
fornia; That he was a Socialist; that
he came to Idaho by direction of
the national secretary of the Non
partisan league and that he was the
official representative in Goeding
county of the state organization.
He admitted that he had told a
number of people here that Bill
Haywood was no more of criminal
than Ex-Governor Gooding, and that
Gooding had kidnapped Haywood
and brought him out of Colorado to
Idaho to trial; that he had watched
the case very closely and was in
sympathy with Haywood.
He also admitted that he had told
a number of people that the draft
law was unconstitutional; that he
was against this war and every 9TH
er war; that he had also told num-
Der of people that the Bolsheviki
government was the highest type of
democracy that the world had yet
produced, and that he hoped to see
a similar democracy in this country.
He admitted that he was the auth
or of a Socialist book published in
1916, in which he made the state
ment that the political machine at
Washington was cancer that must
be cut out, and that he was still of
the same opinion.
At the end of his testimony res
olution was adopted by the council
that the sheriff of Gooding county
take Mann in charge and that they
request the department of justice to
proceed against him.
This resolution was adopted una
nimouSly.
Mann was arrested by the sheriff
and placed in jail last night and is
still there.
AT the hearing were filed affidav-
its of the persons to whom he had
made these statements, but inasmuch
as he had admitted having made all
the statements, they were not put
on the stand. t#
Letters found on Mann were as
follows: Letter dated July 30, on
Non-partisan league stationery, and
sighed by O. R. Fleming; letter of
the same date signed by Ray McKaig
letter dated August 8, signed by r. E.
Kahl; letter dated August 1, also
signed by R. E. Kahl; letter dated
Aug. rs, also signed by Ray McKaig;
letter dated Sept. 10, signed by Ray
McKaig. Also the official receipt
book used by Horace Mann was dis
covered, and copy of the following
Socialist pamphlets: "A Peoples
Peace, or Labors' Demand; Secrets
of Diplomacy, or Profiteering; War,
Who Gets the Profits and What Are
you Going to Do About it? The Mes
sage of New Russia; Democracy and
Peace. ALL of these letters are of the
most radical type of Socialist liter
AZURE. A telegram, dated August IL,
signed Non-partisan league, and di-
rected to Horace Mann, sent from
Boise, was also found.
Copies of Letters.
'NOn-partiSan League of Idaho, State
Headquarters, August &c, 1918.
Mr.. Horace Mann, Gooding, Idaho,
Ny dear friend Mann:
Evidently you did good work,
Judging by the Gooding and
Hagerman meetings. We had fine
report of what was done there. The
meeting at Gooding was splendid
from what the governor (Samuels)
told us. l guess that county is sol
id. The meeting at Shoshone was
just put in there to call the preach
er of KaiseriSm in that little town.
The Kaisers in Boise here are all on
their knees. We are pulling a deal |
off tonight that will make them put
their head on the ground. The gang
in Boise are measely, rotten bunch |
and guess we have them on the
run. Scholtz did good work in this
stragetic battle.
Very sincerely yours,