| Show IDAHO EDITOR ON SLANDER T STATE ST ATE II lE IlK following Wt pre prepared T 1 pared for delivery by b Avery C I I Moore Moor editor i f the Welter World before the National Edi Editorial l JI tonal which I is In at a Indianapolis work week The Th subject l The Te Slander of or a State SIt l II ic a I timely Hid and an Interesting one The fhe letter Iler of baking me nit to speak ak before Core he th Na National S SUo a I for to the Ind time gave ve me wide Idt latitude In Inthe Inthe Inthe the choosing rh 11 of ot a subject Censure the Indulgent pilot of I the th Louisiana Plant Ilent Planter er em therefore If It In you OU to make maka makaa mal I a concrete application of the virtue of nf I give 1111 offence offe either eIte to 10 your OUI opinion opinions or to your intelligence My I friends friend I am m glad to be b provid provided ed ad e with the th opportunity to 10 talk with lh you OU once onee or more IDor This 11 great brought Into Int my m life a rare degree elt of that la is only equalled by b the gratitude that till fill ni my may a heart hert To Do be belh with eith lh you alin and nd to revive the time asen J 1011 of oil r day lla I is to me tte a plea p pur ur deep de and nd satisfying I journeyed Joul td muse to enjoy U and MM 11 from Idaho Ic is I a far tar geater distance than Ihan 10 mIles mile front from any T other state t th tt 1 I know kno anything about at If Ir you bu bui lived In Idaho yea yoa t would quits quite agree with 11 me mc mI People leopie Il le who Aho are a In I erch Irh of or the thi Ih most mt favored spot of or which liach earth can bl experience the Mm amt degree of or If when nhen they thy discover Idaho that you U and I used to tofe an ul fe fei feI l hen hll we 1 reached uhN the tb mine mince pta plo course lr In mother mothers I dinner pe Fellow Plo olN I 1 hid had thought to 10 claim your attention tot for to a little while hlf along ion other lines line In bet bat bt the conviction cOIl on h hu hia forced Itself upon me ice lt that I would be unworthy of o the th citizenship with All which th Idaho Icho hit ban endowed me If Ir I did dl not take advantage aall of ot the opportunity this thie occasion affords afford tom to 10 n R mat mal matter ter tr that I III of grave concern Orr to my peo po TK PC It I should never neve be b necessary for forny forin in any ny one on t to declare the Integrity of any cf tf r the Mate In this and In M 1 0 far ta as a you ou are re concerned It I I II Ic not do Rut Hut have hn havethe havethe to 10 so 1 now nn you OU the ears ear r of or millions of or our eur fellow coun torren who have hae been deceived It 11 Is within waln your our power to 10 rca h the hearts hil tend and correct the Judgment of or these pro peo people pt pit pie and al It Is because bUtt I Am nm persuaded you ou will do da fo so 0 In a spirit If r t tint I declare delre to you ou today toe the t th h Main Maln lisa lf I honor of the state Ite of ot Idaho 1110 There I II Ic a man mn living Ing down here In Indiana who has hae bl been and nd Is II asserting 11 to to the He lie Is I declaring d to the country every r week that thaI Idaho has hie bl de determined el to commit murder In the t name of ur No 0 charge P co o Infamous as l that waa 1 ever ter before Ifor conceived by I the theet et hit tue of or evil and at an In Amen Amerl can rn state stAI With jie faith of or a I great an ani nl jut JuM people me mo I 1 declare Ih dt lart iare to you 0 my m brother editors editor Clou on this bite hal hl hallowed lowed 10 Id roll coil 11 that he hI dishonor In die dis dishonoring tl honoring taint mine min that Eugene Rugene ugene Deb Debe Db ha h hIlo has lud Ilo He lie le lied when he proclaimed th existence of a R conspiracy b between tw n Ida Idaho Id ho anti and an the l mine miliA owner omo of ot Colorado to d 4 etrOy tr labor unionism In the mineral Industry He lie II lied le when Ahen he h said fil that tbt the courts of Idaho could b b be houghl and at told sold like m and nd he hI lied li a tea or i n I mn man deranged or debased d le can n lie liP when he ht heralded to 10 the workers of or the United Stale tH that tha Idaho Ibo haul had de dc dern d dI I treed rn rM d In li advance of ot trial th the death deth of or innocent men amen in the th state Mate of Idaho wilt I soon III begin hein In one of ruf the th moet m t remarkable Ir criminal caw cN In the Ih sneak annals nal ef el I the law Three l men mell ira are r to be b tried tr for murder The Th fiend who M by b hit his I own on hand Mod destroyed the life Ift Ht of one on of o o Ida 14 hos ho former governors governor ha h confessed that thee the tb three men employed him to 10 commit that tet crime They happen to be beIke b bethe the Ike tl leaders leader IweN of ot a l Jo bor br union embracing the til of ot the th brave br ammo aim ld tru hearted a 1 rate race r of o men awn mn a I as can cn be b found anywhere on ole I this earth Hut nut Idaho I ii not nt trying leader of or labor laboi Ibl but bt men men charged ch with w a II crime p the 1 commonwealth at f Idaho a I crime rm against human mn society and amid ald If It they IbI are Ire r In Innocent InnO nO tnt they th will he be b Mi eat M tree free fr If I guilty lull tit the mutt must pay r p the th penalty oat that Idaho of ot those Uto who ho oa offend against t ther he her law lawA A nfl J RI n say eya M that the them themen m men n on trial are arc ar guilty I believe bl they Ihy aM are r Innocent InnOt the Ih people ppl of ot Idaho be b 1 I they th the are art the Ihl U laI lac a of or I It ho place liace tile the of if Inno I nn lII a Ph h th suId Hi the our putt urt ot 01 lii lio will wi with lh the th trial upon assumption 1 11 4 at I jury Jur of or Art Amerl cnn cl citizens will not find And them guilty cullY without it I out the presentation of or legitimate C lute es The b courts court of or Idaho were re always al ac accounted accounted counted just jut until the 11 Prophet of ot Dis ml Disorder Di order orde arose and nd declared them corrupt corrupt Hut But I make mke no unreasonable un request when I 1 ask uk you ou to lo believe bleu that the th ad administration administration d ministration of or justice In my tate state Is tl I Ipure pure until you are ae given evidence of or it II corruption It le is II a serious Ilo thing thin to charge cur a state tate established upon U l a free t with wit h conspiracy M the th fundamental tal guarantees guarantee of or liberty Eugene EUln Deb Dehe I doubt doubtless lest knows know how ho such Ich an n unsupported the th ported Indictment can Cl advance cause of o the cooperative common commonwealth Immon commonwealth wealth hi his method metho of ot reasoning is hard to follow 1010 In hum Malm we se e cannot see ie t how the ti murder murd trial to 10 which I have hn re me referred r or r any nr other murder trial la concern any n more mol than It ItI I I tl ii the Ih concern of ot Methodism or of o Ma X onry Nor can an cm Idaho determine how ho hoI the ht I conviction or o acquittal of O e the ac 1 men nn can nn In I any ny wise vIes wI sWeet affect fet the ther graL r l movement of ot labor toward Indus trie emancipation that Is I tn peculiar and exclusive plon of Eugene EIlf Debs D Ded It I Is I evident however that lint he hi h hai less iss filth faith In the th dignity and nd I of f that th movement than have havethe hI havethe the Ih American people generally and the people of or Idaho In particular Out Ot In the tolerant atmosphere nf of Idaho we e are r speeding the 11 day da of ul La Labors l hors bors br triumph not retarding It I We Vms Wea Werf a rf e not engaged In conspiracy to 1 die dis disrupt d dru rupt ru l or ur discredit nap the tM mutilation instItution In of or ta tabor I I bor boi br unionism On the contrary It U is I isnor our nor proud boast bl that ht we have Ie hat established a staff If where labor J I is secure r secure lur crimes of o the be mine mID own owners ers or or of Colorado and ad secure against arlt Debs Debit and the ef at r force re Gentlemen I am a a I rl Iun of Idaho Ido amid il have haie spoken ken u as the I 1111 of or Ida Idaho 14 ho hi h feet feel fe I ask aek aI your Tour confidence la in II the t high hl h motives that control I deliver dUr In I 1 you yU e sealed bond of prom promise fr promIs ise I Is that they ht will 1 never hever contribute a chapter of or dishonor to The ibe TI history mil or of the th Ih American N |
