The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-28
THE COEUR D ALENE INQUIRY.
THE CRoss-ENAMIS4T ALTON OF GOV.
sTEUNENBERG CONTINUES.
Democratic Members of the Com
mittee Rouse the Democratic Tow
ernor'. Indignation by Questions
which He Declines to Answer.

WASHINGTON. March 27.-Cov. Steun-
enoerg continued his testimony in the
Occur a. Alene investigation today. Repre-
sentatives Cox. Ray and Lentz directing
the decentralization.
The governor stated he knew nothing Of
the selection Of an alleged convict as chief
of the state deputies or alleged depreda-
lions by this deputy forcing doors In dwell
ings. breaking OF windows. etc, He would
not have allowed such conduct, he said II
he had known OF II. The governor said
he had no consultations with the president
as 10 continuing troops in the Occur
d Alenes. The last inquiry came from the
war department last October as TO wheth-
er the Instruction had been quelled. There
had been communications between the
governor and federal authorities since
then.
Lentz' cross-examination brought out
that the governor was IS years old and
had been elected twice as governor. He
had visited the Occur d'Alenes during his
political canvass and held public meet
ings Subsequently he recognized men IN
the bull pen as among those ne had met
In his campaign.
In 1895 he received the bulk Of the vote
OF ShoshOne county. and in lS9S he lost this
vote. l4entz asked II the governor chang
cd his mind as TO the character Of the
men in this district after the loss Of this
vote. The governor reptted that his i'm
preston Of these men began to change
about January. 1897. soon after he had re-
Ceived their vote
He denied he had agreed with Represen-
tatiVe Flanagan. Of the legislature to dis
band the militia II Flanagan would vote
Tor bill relating 10 mines. A delegation
had waited upon him to learn his policy as
10 Shoshone county. The delegation want
ed the militia disbanded and complaint
was made that men in the Bunker nm
mine were enrolled as mlt.amen, thus
avoiding payment Of the road tax
He examined the adjutant generals rolls
ara found two hundred men enrolled from
Wardner and Kellogg. and he directed the
adJutant general to furnish these names
10 the assessor at Shoshonc county when
ever he called for it. He did not know.
he said. that these men were employed in
the Bunker I'm mine.
Gov. Steunenberg interposed 4 protest
when Mr.. Lentz asked him II he hal not
exercised absolute and arbitrary power
in making one Of the arrests. He mad used
no such power he said
but you do believe In breaking tuto cit
izens houses through your soldiers? ?" quer-
led Mr. Lentz
u decline to answer such a question"
said Gov. Steunenberg 1T is an insult"
This procipitated lively controversy
among the members Some wanted the
question stricken clt: others wanted It to
stand. To criticisms on the question Mr.
Lentz replied that he needed no guar
dian" and Mr. Capron responded that he
would dislike TO become Mr. Lentz' guar
dian
The controversy was closed by direct ex~
animation into other channels
At noon the Investigation went over tin
tomorrow Gov. Steunenherg requested
that his examination be closed as early
az possible, az ne wished 70 return 10 his
duties in Idaho.