Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-06-08

out Monday by Representatives Lentx Of
Ohio and Hay Of ' lrginia, who drafted it.
The report points out that the investiga.
tion shows that when the federal troops
arrived ON the scene, quiet had been re-
stored and NO resistance waA being made
to the state authorities, who were arrest.
ing suspected persons ~ rapidly ~ pos-
sible
Continuing. the minority report states
that the president has kept and is still
keeping soldiers in that community and
BY doing 80 10 upholdiny the tyrAnncal
course Of conduct pursued BY the govern
nor Of Idaho.
The report then points out what il con-
eiders fragrant instances Of abuse Of power
and violation of law by General Merriam.
In summing up. the minority cay that
they are satisfied from the evidence nd.
duced before the committee that Merriam
was wholly mistaken ~ to his powers
and duties. and that his conduct resulted
in the gravest injustice 10 the liberty Of
indiy iduals. Innocent men have been kept
ia prison for months without trial and
have finally been discharged without any
charges being preferred against them.
In conclusion, the minorIty holds tnAt :
the president is not justified in keeping
federal soldiers indefinitely in ShoAiaons
county at the mere will Of one man, wnen
the legislature, the representative of The
people, could and ought TO have been cou-
vened and their wishes ascertained.
The conferecs Of the two houses Of con-
gress have agreed upon about twothirds
Of the ls5 items OF disagreement on the
sundry civil appropriation bill and have
decided to report disagreement on
hundred items. The items OF diaagres-
nient include those making an appropsix.
tion for the St. Louis exposition ana all
those relating TO rivera and harbon and
lighthouses and public buildings.
The house entered the throes Of dis
solution Tuesday and al day and all
evening the galleries were crowded.
Tho picturesque incidents were few.
Partison passion. running high in the
face OF the impending presidential cam
paign. broke out several times during
the afternoon, and hot words were ban
died across the political aisle Mr.. Hull
o. Iowa and Mr.. Ientx Of Ohio crossed
swords. and later Mr.. Grosvenor OF
Ohio and Mr.. Gaines Of Tennessee had
a lively encounter. Throughout the
day. at every opportunity for play for
were banded back and forth. But all
this was merely incidental to the work
OF crowding through the big supply of
bills which had the right OF way. Dur
Ing the interim between the considera-
tion OF conference reports members
clamored like madmen In the wheat pit
on a panic day for recognition for pri-
vate bills upon which their political sal
walton might depend.
At tho night session tho galleries
were thronged with gayly arrayed wo.
men and the floor was q vertable bed.
lam. Hour after hour the confereea
struggled on with their reports. the
speaker. nrm and resolute. steering tho
house through tho turmoil and confu.
sion. Toward midnight the galleries
thinned out. but the tired Legislators.
sion ahead. remained In their places.
getting what comfort they could from
the knowledge that tomorrow the sesion
will end
The report Of the committee on military
affairs which conducted the exhaustive in
vestigation Of the Occur d'Alene labor ag.
itation and its exciting Incidents was sub
mit,ed Tuesday, having been first approved
by q majority vote Of the committee. the
minority favoring the sub report which has
already appeared.
But handful Of memoers were on
hand when the house relssembled at 3
o'clock. The conference report on the
general deficiency bill, showing complete
agreement, was presented and agreed to.
4 joint resolution expressing qualification
over the unveiling Of the Lafayette statue
at Paris was agreed TO.
| Mr.. Cannon submitted the conference re-
port on the sundry civil bill. showing the
item covering the claims Of Nevada 10 be
the only one in dispute. Among the i'm
portant items struck out were those for
the memorial bridge across the Potomac
river and the lighthouse vessel for the Pa.
ciic coast; for a branch soldiers home in
Idaho, legation buildings in Korea and
Siam and the statue OF Rochambeau.
Among the important items retained were
those placing under the supervision Of the
secretary Of the treasury the execution
OF the Chinese exclusion and immigration
laws, gauging the water supply Of GER
tain streams. providing plans for the en-
largenent Of the White House and the
development Of the surrounding grounds,
appropriating $4,000 for the south pass
Of the Mississippi river. providing for the
settlement Of the Spanish war claims aris-
ing from military use and occupation;
the Mississippi. Missouri and Columbia
river items were retained. the Mississippi
item for the lower river being reduced to
s2,250,OO0. The provision for state claims
was compromised By an amendment that
certain federal claims against these states
would not be prosecuted. The forest re-