American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-10-15
H. F. SAMUELS QUIT
in FACE OF DUTY
In HIS own COUNTY
AS Prosecuting Attorney
During the Occur d'Alene
Riots He Refused to At
tempt to Uphold Law and
Order.
TO THE GOOD PEOPLE
OF IDAHO:

OF IDAHO:
Read this telegram from
Bartlett Sinclair with care.
In the greatest crisis that
ever came to Idaho this man
Samuels, who now asks YOU
to honor him as your cover
nor, failed to do his sworn
duty.
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Oct.
2, 1918. Frank R. Gooding.
Boise, Idaho. 1t is a source
OF great satisfaction to the
law-abiding citizens of
north Idaho to learn that
you have accepted the chal-
lenge of the Non-partisan
league and that you are
lighting against the scheme
to substitute a condition in
our state bordering on an
archy for one of govern
ment.
In this contest now going
on in Idaho you have a rec
ord whiel g.ves your asser-
tons great value. From per-
sonal knowledge I know you
gave the late lamented
Steunenberg personal and
official aid in his war
against anarchy. He lost
his life as the result of that
war but | pray that no such
end awaits your defense of
established society in Idaho.
When the unspeakable
riots of the Occur d'Alene
of 1899 occurred l happen
ed to be state auditor. The
extent of these bloody out
breaks necessitated the dec
laration by Governor Steun-
enberg of martial law.
He saw fit to appoint me
under our state law his rep
resentative in the disturb
ed district in order to re-es-
tabllsh normal conditions.
At that time II. F. SamueIs, the Nom
partisan candidate for governor. was
prosecuting attorney of ShOshOne
county, the scene of the insurrectiOn.
he mad personal knowledge that MUIR
ders had been committed and that the
great mills of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van company had been DESTROYED by
me rioters and that hundreds of work
men thereby had been thrown our OF
employment. and yet he took no ac-
uon to pnish the offenders.
AS administrator of martial law I
appealed to him to do something TO
vindicate the state and the law He
refused.
Samuels was then forced to go be-
iOre the courts and disquaIify himself
IN all trials growing out of the COuer
d'Alene riots.
10 perform the duty he had sworn
TO perform other attorneys. at great
expense, had to be retained by the
state. Senator Borah. James H. Haw-
ley n ]. H.. Forney were three Of
the attorneys so retained.
In the prosecution Samuels took al.
solutely no part.
To again entruSt him and his allied
NOn-partisans with the highest DOW
ers OF government at this time of our
country's trials is dangerous In the
extreme.
be assured that your championship
OF decent and SANE state governmen
VIII receive the support, not only Of
Republicans of the north, but the
democrats as well. In this campaign
tne only issue in Idaho, as we view
the campaign, is between the forces of
patriotism and established soci-
ely on the n hand and the forces of
anarchy and discomfort on the other.
Before resOrting to these extreme
methods with Samuels l had wired
Governor Steunenberg that Samuels
was .cOwardly and incompetent and
an obstruction to the restoration of
orderly and constitutional govern
ment In the Occur d'Alenes... Copy of
these kilograms are part of the state
records.
(Signedl PAPTT Urn CrNrcr am