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Show STEUNENBERO KltLINO y: " : 5 - ' ... - ... . . , , BOISE. Ida., Jan. 5. At a meeting of the Boise Federated Trades and Labor council, the central organisation of the : labor unions of this city and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, .- on Monday evening, the untimely death of Hon. Frank Steunenberg of Caldwell was deplored, and a committee -. was appointed to draft and have pub-llshed pub-llshed and presented to the relatives of .'"1 the deceaseed appropriate resolutions relative to the awful tragedy. The following fol-lowing were prepared by the committee: Whereas. A crual-hsarUd. brutish. . un-American un-American subject, and venomous scoundrel. ' who la nothing less than -a deep-dyed an-5. an-5. archist, saw fit to conspire to taks the life f an of . Idaho's beloved and foremost citizens, citi-zens, whose name wss a household word and synonymous with integrity and honesty. Hon. Prank Steunenberg of Caldwell, who perhaps did more than any other one person in Idaho - to give our fair Commonwealth the honored place that it today occupies In the sisterhood of States, and Whereas, That In the death of this patriotic ' dtlsen and manly man, who dared to do his .. duty to his 6tat when Its honor snd Integrity and the well-being of Idaho's cltlsenshlp were in peril during his last terra as Chief Executive, Ex-ecutive, the 8tat loses one of Its great and . aobla men and the Nation a loyal, patriot to devotee who helped to make true American cltlsenshlp more glorious and the Jewel Idaho In the National federation brighter by his splendid service In his stand I for good government; therefore, be It ' Resolved, That we profoundly deplore ' the untimely taking oil by the hand of an anarchist an-archist of so great, good and valuable a man, who was In the full vigor of manhood, with fond hopes and worthy ambitions and with a broad field of usefulness before him. at an hour when It seemed bis State and his country coun-try needed blra most, and be It further. Resolved. -That we hereby express oar most emphatic condemnation of the rile wretch and cowardly assassin" whose fiendish and brutal heart prompted him to remove from our midst the beloved citizen whose death all Idaho mourns today, and we earnestly and sincerely pray that the one responsible for the tragic and lamented death of Hon. Frank Steunenberg be speedily brought to the bar of justice, truly hoping and trusting that the cltisens of Idaho will not cease In their starch for the guilty one till this shall hare been accomplished, and be It Resolved. That this Council denounces In all that the term Inplles the seeming Intent of a few apparently ignorant persons to. In a measure, fix the responsibility for this awful crime upon organised labor, without reserve, and we desire to emphasise the fact that no principle of true unionism, which Is the principle of brotherhood, ever Inspired or brought Into execution such a dastardly deed, while maybe the fiend who committed this act parade In the gacb of unionism and retains re-tains In his vile heart a spirit of revenge on account of the plain duty so nobly performed by our -dead friend during the Coeur d'Alene trouble, and be It Resolved, That the a I nearest sympathy of the members of this Council Is hereby extended extend-ed to the bereaved relatives and friends In their hour of profound sorrow, and be it further ... Resolved. That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this Council, published In the newspapers of Idaho and copies sent to the family and other relative of the deceased de-ceased . |