The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-03-31

Pea Picture Of the Leading Gsa On the
Investigating commIttsa

Investigating conmlttsA
WAsHINoroS, d. c., Mar. q, 1900
EniroR Pass From present appear
ances the house committee on military,
investigating the Ceur d'Alene riots,
will run through The remainder of this
ses':ion OF congsess and maybe into the
next. The committee meets, or is sup
posed to meet at 10 =. M, but quorum
Is not present until half an hour later.
Promptly at II the committee takes .
recess until 2 p. M, which means 9 80
p. M; at Up. m. it adiourns until 10 a.
m. the following day, and so on from
day to day. The fathers of the resoiu.
lions, I-entz Of Ohio, and Sulxer OF New
York, Il mean the resolutions to enquire
into the conduct of the military regard.
ing the imprisonment and i'll treatment
OF men in the Bull Pen," characterized
by the New York Journal and Kootenai
county democrats as Ball Pen Horrors
are sadly in the minority. Not ques.
ton has been raised but has been voted
down-"tilts" and many hard words
which do not get into the press are in
dulged in. Sulzer, upon first impression,
would be taken for keen, shrewd man.
but the more one sees him or listens to
his examination of q witness, either in
chief or on cross examination, the more
one becomes impressed with the idea
that the first diagnosis of his intellect
was wrong. In appearance he looks like
great big overgrown Swede boy-no
beard. no mustsche, hair long, and don't
look As if it had ever been comb.d:
neither coat nor pants fits him. He sits
in his seat in the committee room. and
when he is not asking questions, or OBJ
lecting to questions which have been
asked, he pinehes his nose and pinehes
his lips together as though he wanted
someone to kiss him. His colleague.
Lentz, OF Ohio. is a keen, shrewd man.
and while he is bull dozer, is willing
to concede right to the opposite party.
Smooth shaven, short OF stature. rather
corpulent, about like Jimmy Graham Of
your city, and a good talker. Unfortun.
ately for both he and Sulzer, they are
on the wrong track. They care nothing
Tor the suffering. or alleged suffering, OF
men confined in the "bull pen" They are
only working for the labor vote in their
respective districts. The shrewdest
member OF the committee is the chair.
man, Mr.. Hull, OF Iowa, a close, shrewd
observer, gentlemanly and polite TO all.
He is also the hardest worked one of the
The writer hiss been in the
the committee room daily ahead of
the meeting hours, and in front OF the
chairman have seen at least hundred
letters to which he had to reply. With
his stenoprapher by him he opens letters
and dictates answers, and no matter
who opens the door OF the committee
room and enters, Mr.. Hull has for him
a smile and kind nod OF recognition.
When the associated press dispatches
OF the shooting in Ceur d'Alene City, of
two colored soldiers, reached here, L
happened to be in the committee room. /
when the paper containing the account
was handed to the chairman, Mr.. Hull. /
The committee was not in session and
he turned to Inc and ask if I had seen
The account. l told him | had. He
then asked me where Cceur d'Alene was |
situated, and how far from the section
where the riots occurred. l gave him a .
description oil the respec. .
tive localities, and assured him that the |
trouble in C9ur d'Alene City had no
bearing on the troubles in the section
around Wardner, Wallace, Gem anu .
Burke. Somehow or other all parties
here think that any mention OF Cpur
PAlene means the terrorized, anarch- /
site, lawless section which has been /
dominated by the Molly Maguires or
Canyon creek murderers. and it is pretty
hard to disabuse their minds OF that,
went to Mount Vernon on yesterday.
he home and tomb OF Washington, and /
IN my next will endeavor to describe to
FOUR readers what saw in this, the
greatest spot on earth. Invent to Airing
on, the silent white city of the dead -
and Will also, in my next, write of IL.
Board and lodging is 80 high thought I /
would go to light house keeping. More
mon. Yours
WM. NJ. PIPEIx.