| Show II I AND THE MOYER CASE I Makes Formal Reply to Union Committee That Called on Him in Relation to It MUST HAVE EXACT JUSTICE II H I I There lIH rc I Is II 11 of Will tt to U do All AllIn 11 In Jil 11 His Ills Power U It Jt It Now ew York May MRY G GIn In n t letter read read today before the Central Fed Fede Federated rated union President Hoo tate that thaI If It evidence IH is submitted I to him Showing holn that there has hns ha been a 1 mis of for tor or n I and awaiting n trial nl tt Boise lila Ida with the Ih murder of rf former COW Cov GO he will wll brine such sUi evidence to tho the ot of the attorney general for far Co I such action If it J any IIII us It may be uc in the hl t h power vor of at atthe the authorities to tuk tak Tho ho communication wa the tl forum roily reply of ot the tho president to Lo the tho th union committee which recently called on tho the president and requested r him to set zet forth In 11 general his attitude toward tho tha ed men und specifically why wh lie he had 11 referred to joyer 1001 and an us nil a undesirable citizens In III making his hili hl report n the chal Inri II Henry said the commit l t tc o hud more un hour with th lIh the president at tt It which time the tho mutter In hand was WM thoroughly dla dis The president d his hili In lii Intention of formally replying In the loiter letter which the chairman then read Following r the lie rending reading there was wm ai nil an animated lon which the huh man another mom mem member ber of time tile committee stoutly cham championed Iho tim attitude oC ot the ther chief ex eu tIc live It was waa Dually voted olot to tu send a 11 copy of or It tho the letter to counsel for Haywood wood woodIn In his reply reIJI the president quoted from a letter etter written by hy him miu more morn than a year U ago ngo to 10 the attorney general la lit 11 which ho says n that our l lit im It It houll ever happen happell that we wc had any power In III the matter to see that exact justice IH 18 II clone these the men PRESIDENTS The presidents letter follows follow The White House Washington D C Cla May la 2 1907 My Iy Dear D lIr Mr MI Henry When you In 11 company with Coakley and unO Drown called colled upon mo ama this morning 1 read you a letter latter I had written to tho the attorney general of March 25 5 1900 1906 At t your OUI request I gladly send fend you OU tho fol following lowing extract from Crom that t letter Our duty Is If it It Ii should ever hap hup happen ha pen Ion that we ve had any uny i ower In 10 tho lie mat matter matter ter tel to seo see that exact justice IB Is I done clone these men mon Thero must bo be no condonation ond ma thom lion o ot of s on our part even it IC time the lawlessness takes the tho form of ot an nn effort to avenge the tho wrongs wron s committed by tho the lawlessness of others Tho The solo sola question as us regards Haywood and May tO tOor er or must bo IJo tho the question whether or not Jot they can bo be shown to 10 o guilty of ot this particular act and their legal at rights must bo be as Us a carefully ed d I as n those of or any an other othel men It lit 11 alleged that they thoy were extradited front from Colorado In lii a mm manner that amounted to a betrayal of their th 11 legal leral rights I t should like Ilka to have hao the tho district t attorney ney of Colorado and It Ir necessary the tho district attorney ot or Idaho give me mo such Information as an they can cnn on this thin I should like to ret got from tho the district attorney ot or Idaho nay any inter Information mation that 1 he can call obtain as IS to er or or not nol there thoro has ha been the slightest disposition shown by tho the authorities In Idaho to act toward men In Inan Inan inan an unfair or Improper manner ov or to deny them their legal rights rightsOn On the tho other hand I should 1 like to know whether thoro hero Is nay any symptom oC of n Li miscarriage of ot Justice Ju In their thell Savor favor The fhe intemperate violence with which the tho socialistic 1 nr or labor Jabol papers like litO that of Dobs Debs and I am sorry sorl to say MY some somo labor organs have havo Insisted without any of ot tho the facts upon treating these men as martyrs to tho the case cas of labor has hall unquestionably ro re suited In tremendous pressure being brought to beat bear upon tho the authorities of Idaho to discharge or acquit them whether w ether guilty or Innocent So far tar OB aa the tho are art anxious only to mice Ilea that justice Is done dona thee theao 80 men that they aro are given their full Suhl legal rights right and not condemned unless proved 1 guilty of this specific act net they atc are en entitled entitled entitled titled to tho the cordial cooperation of ot nit nil Just list and citizens Ho So far faras faras as nil by bJ any action netlon or by murderous and treasonable language such ns IS that quoted Noted from Dobs Dabs and others they the tend to 10 bring pressure to io bear benl Upon tho the Mate authorities and tho the courts to III obstruct Lie tha course COUlSO Ut of Jus Justice justice tice and to tu render It 11 to 0 con coli convict slot vict the thu men It If guilty guilt they thoy tho are aro equally without to be bO condemned atu that the thu federal authorities nuth can cnn 00 o 0 In either to tut liter the tho cause of at Justice Is to be done lont In i 11 r ponso J o to tn your question IU sUn It 1 Is IR 1 t I tuat noodles 1 for far mo mao to ll say An that It If ut U t any you OU or pr nil OliO onu else can eln submit to mo inc nay any evidence showing that hut there has ban been a II ot at justice for tOl CI at Mayor 1001 or which you ou believe It IB II In Sn my power to remedy 1 will ut lit one once bring such evidence to tho the attention ll o othe oC at atthe the attorney general to have havo him gIve RIVo It the fullest Cullet consideration and amid to take talco thereon th such action If it any nl ns nl It 11 may maybo maybe bo be In III the thc power of the thu federal author authorities to take tako Sincerely yours ThEODORE Mr MI John 8 a Henry New I c York In lii tho that followed a n 1 mo mu ion 1101 to accept accent the committees report n It delegate charged that tho the Ires I had hind evaded the tse Issue This called l forth a L i from Delegate Coakley Conkley Time The latter said that lint the commit lee considered tho the Interview and that It was not up 1111 to tho the prest dent cleat to prove provo that there thero had been a miscarriage of cit Justice but to those do de rending fending Moyer 1011 und and Haywood After Atter several delegate had been bee 11 heard hearil It was vaa decided to 10 forward R a cop copy eoy of tIme tho letter tc to counsel for or 01 the time Indicted Idaho labor leaders and aid let them sub submit mil mit to 10 President Roosevelt nOI any opy evl cI deuce they might have that there thEIo Imi ben been t 1 a of Justice In Sn the tha extradition ext of Moyer Haywood am Pettibone from fromn Colorado to Idaho DELEGATE COMMENT Nl In the course of ut his hi Mr Coakley said If ve e ask n a man luau to 0 us a 11 square deal lIcal let bet us IsKIe is give him a U square dual deal loo This IIII letter Is II not an III eva eVl Ion It 11 Is tight right to Lo tho the point am that the tho president more C than thai 12 months ego ngo KO Intended to see pee ce that tha Moyer loyer und mind got goL a u equate deal dealno dealno no matter what he thought about thorn thom personally persona II Seine Somo of o the delegates to 10 this thin body thought It was tho time duty duly of ot the tho commit committee toO tee to attack the president Consequent Consequently ly Iy they thoy still believe wo we did not do oui our full duty Thero ale men here who ore not lIot sincere In their sympathy for Cor or Moyer and ond IId Haywood They are uro simply trying to 10 uw ume this case cuse to advertise their propaganda It Is high time into tha labor began to Hull nud ou out where It belongs It has ban been pulled along ulong by hy tho tim nose by Socialists S long lom enough nough The president Is entitled to our re me respect He lIe has done his full Cull duty dut He wants to give glo us and Moyer and lilLy Hay Haywood wood n a square deal mind we ought u lit ut least to do as all much for him If U proof can CUll b be that Moyer and Hay Haywood Haywood haywood wood are tiro victims of a miscarriage of ot justice then wo we must Insist that thal the tho presIdent carry out the promise made In that letter leU und end I 1 am mini certain he Ime will Only one other delegate attacked tho time und LOLl ho hio wa wac arrested quickly by Samuel Debus of the tho Newspaper De Dc Delivery DelIer livery lIer union und a 11 member of ot th time tho Ac Actors Actors tors tars Protective ant and delegates delegate who are known ns as opponents Ot Qt Mr MI political policies Modest u a 1 delegate from a U Socialist union of oC de tie declared elure the time presidents lr attitude altitude was ho 60 clear that the UI question whether there had been a L miscarriage of justice III Hi tho time extradition of Moyer Moer and was no longer longcr one for discussion by bythe bythe bythe the labor bodies bod lOR It II w tva s for tor the law lawyers lawyers of th tint accused men muon to prove to the tho president that hint t there had liven h b ell en an 1111 Illegal extradition und and If they the could do Io that It would then be Incumbent upon thy th president preBl to 10 fulfill his prom promise pro Iso ise to see seo that they thoy received Justice Ju |
