Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-09

Inc report points out that the invast;.
ton shows that when the federal tre
arrived on the scene, quiet had bear
stored and no resistance was holm, =,
to the state authorities, who were arnoN
ing suspected persons as rapidly as nos
sible. POs'
continuing, the minority report STATE.
that the president has kept and is st;I,
keeping soldiers in that communitv ana
by doing SO is upholding the tyrannioa,
course OF conduct pursued by the govern
nor of Idaho.
The report then points out what If con
slders fagrant instances of abuse of nown.
and violation of law by General Merriam
In summing up, the minority say thai
they are satisfied from the evidence A
duced before the committee that Merr;o,,
was wholly mistaken as to his power.
and duties, and that his conduct resnItod
IN the gravest injustice to the liberty of
individuals. Innocent men have been kont
IN prison for months without trial ana
nave finally been discharged without any
charges beng preferred against them
In conclusion, the minority holds mat
the president is not justified in keepno
federal soldiers indefinitely in Shoshone
county at the mere will of one man Soon
the Legislature, the representative of the
people, could and ought to have been con.
Vened and their wishes ascertained
The conferees of the two houses Of con.
gress have agreed upon about two-thirds
OF the lS5 items of disagreement ON tbs
sundry civil appropriation bill and have
decided to report "a disagreement on =
hundred items. The items of DISAGREE.
ment include those making an appropra.
ton for the st. Louis exposition and all
those relating to rivers and harbors and
lighthouses and public buildings.
The house entered the throes of dis.
solution Tuesday and all day and all
evening the galleries we're crowded
Inc picturesque incidents were few
Partison passion, running high in the
lace OF the impending presidential cam.
palgn, broke out several times during
the afternoon, and hot words were ban
dled across the political aisle. Mr.. HuD
o. Iowa and Mr.. Lentz of Ohio crossed
swords, and later Mr.. Grosyenor of
Ohio and Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee had
a lively encounter. Throughout the
day, at every opportunity for a play for
political advantage, taunt and challenge
were banded back and forth. But all
this was merely incidental to the work
OF crowding through the big supply OF
b1lls which had the right of way. Dur.
ing the interim between the considera.
ton of conference reports members
ciamored like madmen in the wheat pit
on panic day for recognition for pri.
vate bills upon which their political SAL
walton might depend.
At the night session the galleries
were thronged with gayly arrayed wo-
men and the floor was a vertable bed.
lam. Hour after hour the conferees
struggled on with their reports. the
speaker firm and resolute, steering the
house through the turmoil and confu-
slon Toward midnight the galleries
thlnned out but the tired Legislators,
with the prospects of an all-night ses-
sion ahead, remained in their places,
getting what comfort they could from
the knowledge that tomorrow the session
will end.
The report of the committee on military
affairs which conducted the exhaustive in
vestigation of the Occur d'Alene labor az.
ltat1on and its exciting incidents was sub
mltted Tuesday, having been first approved
by majority vote of the committee, the
minority favoring the sub-report which has
already appeared.
But handful of members were on
hand when the house reassembled at
o'clock. The conference report on the
general deficiency bill, showing complete
agreement, was presented and agreed to.
A joint resolution expressing qualification
over the unwilling 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 to 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
citic coast for branch soldiers home IN
Idaho, legation buildings in Korea ana
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-
largement 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 Snanish Mar claims arls-