Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-03-30
free silver amendment being a.,
vote Of Is to 80. Ne'eatsd n
In the hon..

"a the Aous~.
The LAG pension bill. favor.,
upon by the house in commi,.s asa
whole last Friday were put thro".t % !, u
hnai stages at the opening sessions :. ,asR
house Monday, and the armv s"a' " u
ton bill was then taken up p''rns
Governor Steunenbere's c,o,.
tion was continued in the Coeur T~
investigation before the house co,,. A.as
on military affairs. Kepresentati-. y
Ger directed the cross-examinst,0a = ~
ing how the governor justified n. .aas
uation Of martial law. "asss
In the house Tuesday Mr. p;.-..
stirred up something Of q hornet, -
last Saturday by bringing to the 49,, =
OF the house an interview in a loo., As
with an alleged republican reprss.,t.. es
charging that the Puerto Rican taIw "
the result Of bargain for campaign t,' "
read that newspapers atfirmation :.
accuracy Of the interview. He .l.o ~,
Hanna's denunciation Of the stow =
the Puerto Rican tariff bill wa. f,.s..
for the purpose Of raising a rem,hI..
camapign fund aud challenged an ;...s.
CATION Of the charges. Mr.. Steel. 49,
Mr.. Pierce and there was a sbs,s
change. Mr.. Steel said he would :. .
lieve the anonymous republican Co..
man who is alleged to have told IN ~.
on oath. Without preliminary bu.;,..!
the house then resumed the consid.r,,;,,
OF the army appropriation bill. NJ r,
bert, the first speaker, eomplainsd = i.
vast extravaganza involved in the In
The fifth day Of Governor S,eu,..
bergs testimony in the Occur d'Alen. j.
vestigation began Wednesday.
If the permit system had resulted 4,
loss to the mines of half million doI.,.
as Mr.. Lentz stated, the governor sa;d !.
did not care for that, as it was a pss,.
sary recourse of the state.
Like Louis XIV, you are the st.t.~
remarked Lentz.
Lentz's allusion to Louis XIV. c.p..,
a prolonged discussion.
A sensational episode occurred at thin
point.
MIR. Lentz asserted that some Of ii.
state deputies We're living with d.
reputable women.
Cheney, the attorney appearing in b.
half Of the state of Idaho, interposed
protest and said: 81 hurl back at Won
that statement. The deputies are remit
able men,"
MIR. Lentz Indignantly resented the ia.
reference of private counsel and addres.
ing the attorney said: "You ought to b
kicked out of the window, and you would
be if you had not a majority Of this com
mittee behind you
Whereupon Lentz attempted to read
from the previous testimony concerning
the improper conduct of the deputies but
Chairman Hull overruled this course
This further nettled Lentz and address
ing Hull he exclaimed: II want to ay
in your teeth that if you are party to
protecting this attorney in a lie you are
a party to it."
Amid much confusion Chairman Hull
declared that Lentz had insulted the
committee and it would have to stop.
Hay arose to say that the attorney had
better not give the lie to him, and Cox
added: eff any man insults me III bit
him."
Lentz asked the chairman why he did
not call the attorney to order.
He was out of order; entirely out d
ORDER" ruled Hull emphatically.
Cox said that wnen the attorney accus
ed a member of the committee OF false
hood he forfeited his right to be present.
"If he says that of me- said Cox
"either he or l will go out Of the VIZ
dow"
Representative Jett said as means o.
protecting the committee he would move
that the attorney be expelled from ''s
committee room.
Many members were on their feet ny
ing to secure recognition when Jet maa'
this motion. Before taking action .ne
committee gave Cheney an opportunl.!
to be heard. He explained that ne au
not intend to say that Lentz had 'o'a
falsehood, but simply to deny >, >.
ment that Idaho deputies lived WIN wv
reputable women. He apologized TOT ~!
misapprehension. Cox remarked tna'
man must either fight or apologize .
such case" and the apology ses''e' ~
Peace Temporarily Restores
Jett withdrew his motion for expuss'
and the outbreak was brought to CIV
Governor Steunenberg then Proc
with his testimony. =.
While the members were seps'..
after adjournment Chairman Hull ~
Lentz that the latter's personal 'u =.
on him had gone as far as they eou.u :.
if they were renewed 1.-THE room W." :.
be big enough to hold us both
Lentz replied that he could take e. =.
himself. The intense feeling arouseN -.
manifest long after the proF
closed.