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Show GOVERNOR HAWLBY RAMPANT. Governor Ilawloy of fdaho explodes in righteous indignation over the par don of Cl.'.reuce W, Bobnetl, former bookkeeper and clerk in the Lowiston National Bank, who "was convicted of embezzling the bank's funds, and son-1 tenced to ten. years' im prison menr. Of-course, Of-course, the Governor has no case directly direct-ly against President Taft, since- the judicial officers in the ease made the recommendation for the pMdon and presented the pnpers in such form as to justify from them the ' President's action in granting' the pardon. This is evident from tho reading1 of Governor Gov-ernor Ilawloy 's protest, for bis quarrel plainly and emphatically is with tho special prosecuting officers who have been sent to Idaho, and who have acted without any regard to .the interests of the Siatc. or the. real merits of the I cases involved. Ho justly points to the prosecution of Seuator Borah and former Attorney Gcueral J-'rank Martin Mar-tin as offensive results of tho presence of these special prosecutors, who havo kept tho State iu a turmoil for years to no purpose. His idea, plainly stated, is that these prosecutors have not conducted their operations with a view to the prosecution of criminals, but largely for political effect and for personal antagonisms aud revenge. Convinced as ho is of the unworthi-ness unworthi-ness of the prosecutions and the unfit character of the prosecutors who have brought them, Governor Ilawloy is cloarly justified iu making his protest. Tho prosecutions of Senator Borah and 'of the liarbor Lumber Company 'were clearly for political effect; they were indeed a part, of the malignant Uoose-vell Uoose-vell policy of punishing his enemies in Idaho as ho did in Oregon. It was as offensivo a use of the public courts-us courts-us Kooscvelt made of the secret service when lie put the secret service men to spying upon members of Congress, so that he could get some hold on them to bend them to his wishes for legislation legisla-tion and for political support. Governor Hawlcy. wo consider, is completely justified in complaining of these special prosecutors, just as the people of Oregon were justified in making the same complaint on tho same ground?. Those special prosecutors were vindictive persecutors sent from Washington to convict certain persons on a prejudgment of their guilt. The whole programme was as obnoxious a piece of political malignity as any" of the other arbitrary acts of the Boose-velt Boose-velt administration. It would have been well, indeed, for President Taft if Attorney General Wickcrshain had withdrawn all theso special prosecutors prosecu-tors iu place of continuing,, them in their activities to tho. indignation and wrath of fair-minded , people everywhere every-where who knew of what' was going on. Their persenco 'unjustly superseded the jurisdiction 'of -the regular- appointed ap-pointed U. S. District iVhorney nud his local assistants. t Jt will not 'do to mpcf this issue by saying that Governor Hawlcy is a Democrat. Jt is true that he is a Democrat, but it is also t.ruo that he has the facts with hint; amd he prcsouls them vigorously and in a way that cannot fairly be disputed. To bo sure, tho tooscvclt regime had a technical justification in tho luwiu sending these special prosecutors: but the work that these special prosecutors 'did was vindictive vin-dictive and often subversive of justice. Their work was complained of so vigorously vig-orously in Oregon-that they were withdrawn; with-drawn; and 110'w Governor Hawlcy has exploded a bombsholj that, will probably prob-ably driV them out of Idaho,-just as it ought to do. The further President Taft cmi steer away from tho Boose-vclt Boose-vclt policies 111 all these matters, tho better and stronger ho will-be before the people. |