Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-24

ll6. The motion to non-concur then pre-
vailed without division. Messrs. Cannon,
Moody and McRae were then appointed
conferees on the part of the house
The remainder of the day was devoted
to District of Columbia business.
The Occur d'Alene investigation was
resumed Monday by the house committee
on military affairs with j. H. Forney, spc-
cial prosecuting attorney at the scene Of
tho disorder, on the stand. Mr. Hay Of
Virginia directed the examination with
view to disclosing how far the United
States troops were under the direction OF
Governor Steunenberg and his executive
official in Shoshone county, Auditor Sin
clair Mr. Hay asked if General Merriam
was the responsible commander not only
of the troops, but also of the affairs of the
district in general. The witness said that
General Merriam was not the responsible
commander, as the governor and Mr.
Sinclair directed the affairs. To certain
extent they controlled the United States
forces. Mr. Forney said the troops we're
sent there to aid in suppressing the in
surrection and they did this by co-operat-
ing with and by assisting the state Off
cials. Mr.. Hay stated that while he did
not question the right of the governor to
call for troops or the right of the presi-
dent to send them he maintained that
the president had no authority to place
the United States troops in the control of
the state authorities. Questions by Mr..
Lentz brought out that Sinclair was a
civil officer under the law, but that he
exercised certain military authority in
order to make effective his civil authority.
In the house Tuesday Mr. Hull, chair
man of the committee on military affairs,
reported back from that committee the
following resolution introduced by MIR.
Sulzer:
Resolved, That the secretary of war IS
hereby requested to inform the house as
nearly as possible what Notifications
Great Britain is erecting constructing and
completing along the northern frontier of
the United States, especially at Puget
Sound and other places on the Pacific
ocean contiguous to the state of Washing
ton and the district of Alaska"
The committee recommended that it lie
on the table
The motion to lay the resolution on the
table was carried by vote of "a to 49,
On demand of Sulzer the yeas and nays
were ordered. The resolution was laid on
the table, 10 to 81.
Mr.. Dalzell Wednesday presented a re-
port from the committee on rules for the
appointment of a special committee of nine
to consider all proposed legislation rela-
tive to the celebration of the one-hun-
dredth anniversary of the purchase of the
Louisiana territory at st. Louis in 1903
The speaker appointed the following com
mittee: Messrs. Tawney, Steele, Sher-
man, JOY, Corliss, Burke republicans;
Messrs. Williams, Bartlett and Otey, DEM
| ocratS.
The house committee on foreign affairs
has decided to investigate the allegation
made by Charles f.. Macrum, ex-consul to
Pretoria, relative to the opening of his
official mail by the British authorities.
Macrum has been wired to come to Wash
ington as soon as possible to appear be-
fore the committee.
The bill restricting national banks
from making loans to their officers was
favorably acted on by the house commit
tee on banking and currency. The meas
ure has been urged by the comptroller of
the currency on the ground that many
bank officials were caused by ill advised
loans to officials Of the bank.
The examination of Mr.. Gill was con-
tinued before the Occur d'Alene investi-
cation committee. In response to a ques-
ton the witness told of visit to the
''bull pen" At that time a prisoner
CHANGED to put his fingers through hole
inside of the prison whereupon, the wit
ness said, colored soldier on guard on the
outside showed his bayonet in the pro-
truding fingers, inhicting a bloody wound.