Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-02-23
AUTHORITY GIVEN.

Last week it was ascertained by tel
egrams and letters that Delegate Aims,
lie and Gov. Neil, of idaho, were max
ing desperate attempts to defeat that
portion of Brentz' bill for the admis-
sion Of Washington as State, which
included North Idaho within the boun.
dsries Of the new State. To some Of
our people the violent opposition of
these men was surprise, while to
others 1T was no more than expected
Certain statistics at the request of
Brentz had before been telegraphed to
him for use. Brentz not being person.
ally acquainted with North Idaho to
any great extent and there being no one
at Washington City, so far as known
who was, our citizens deemed it import
ant that We shouli have man there
who knew our situation and wants
infinitely to counsel Brentz and TO re-
fute any statements that either Ainslie
or Neil (neither of whom know the
people of North Idaho to any great
extent, the latter of whom never was
upon the soil of these Northern coun-
ties) might make inimical to our inter-
ests. 1t being known that l.. P. Brown
of Idaho county, twenty years resi-
dent of these northern counties, q
shrewd observing as well as repyesen-
tativo man of integrity, was in Michi-
gan on visit, he was telcgraphed to
know if his business would permit his
going to Washington forthwith. To
which he answered as follows:
"Will 60 to Washington on the goth
anything wanted, telegraph"
Meantime it was arranged for q
meeting of such citizens of these north
ern counties as were in reach of no.
tice, to be called in this city. This
meeting convened in this city pursuant
to call, on Monday evening last at The
court house, and on motion Henry w.
Stanton, president of the Nez Perez
county Democratic convention at its
las. sitting, was chosen chairman, and
John II. Evans, the present Republi-
can Auditor of said county. was chosen
secretary. kilograms from Brentz and
Brown were read, with letter from
Washington showing the state of
Brentz' bill before the committee and
the character of the opposition being
made. After these readings A. Leland
Esq. offered the following as telegram
to be forwarded to Mr.. Brown at
Wash, n. ton City:
At called meeting of Ncz Perez,
Idaho, Shoshone and Kootenai counties
embracing North Idaho, held at Lew
iston, Feb. 20, 1882. 1t was unani-
mously
RESOLVED That Loyal P. Brown,
of Idaho county, is hereby authorized
to represent the views and wishes of
the people of North Idaho before the
committees in Congress and elsewhere
on the question of annexation to Wash
ington Territory to form the State of
Washington.
H. w. STANTON,
JOHN IL. EVANS, Chairman.
Secretary.
On motion the meeting ordered the
sending of this telegram by q vote,
without one dissenting voice. Tuesday
morning early this telegram was sent
over the wires as directed by A. Le-
land, Esq, and probably is now in the
hands of Mr.. Brown. If tho only
objection to Brentz' bill is that of Aims
lie and Neil, to North Idaho's becom-
ing part Of the new State, we think
Mr.. Brown, being given hearing up
on the question before the committee,
will be able to disabuse US Of any mis-
representation of facts that Ainslie and
Neil may have made and we shall earn
estly hope for the committee to report
favorably with the boundaries as fixed
in Brentz' bill. At any rate we will