Show STOP MARTIAL MT TAW LAW LW Resolutions Introduced in i the House Bouse ous and ad Senate Sat Washington March Mach 23 Senator Al Allen Alle AlIan len Ian le in the senate and Representative Lents Lentz in the house today toay introduced a II joint join resolution forth fo the th con continued c tinned maintenance of martial law in inthe inthe inthe the Coeur dAlene dAene mining country and closing with wih the following Be uBe it resolved That the further furher use us of the te troops of the United States in aiding aidIn or assisting in the maintenance of martial mata law law within thin the said county count of Shoshone is improper unnecessary and a unlawful and an that the president predent of the United Unie States be b requested forth forthwith forthwith with wih to to withdraw said sd troops now nw in Shoshone county unless the said sad permit perit system be b forthwith immediately re revoked yoked Yoke the writ Ti of habeas hae corpus cus re restored restored stored stor to the citizens of o said sid county anti and martial mata law declared to be at an end Be Bo it further resolved That Tat the te sense se and ad purpose of this resolution is in no nowise nowise wise wi to t influence the president of the United States in maintaining and keep lag ing said troops within the limits of the said sad county conty of to to aid ad the th proper officers in the th execution of the civil ciU law therein therein The resolution Is i preceded by a long recital reia of the alleged Improper condi coadi conditions Cons tion existing in part pat as a follows Whereas Were At all al times tm since sn the te third day of May the county count of Sho Shoshone Shoshone shone has been bee in a state ste of peace pece and ad adnot not of war var nor invasion ivason nor insurrection insurrection tion ton nor nr rebellion Whereas It I is not tt within the te power pwe or authority of the governor of Idaho or the president of the te United States Stae in a time of peace to continue martial matal law on account of any fictitious necessity neCe necessity sity and Whereas In violation of the four fourteenth fourteenth amendment of the constitution citizens have hae been een arrested areste without due d ue process proe of law and ad held for indefinite nite n periods at the will wl of o the authorities claiming laiming c c ng to exercise martial law in said aid sd s sc county without any ay judicial pro process pr cess ans ce c of legal war warrant t and andera eg Whereas era The form for of commitment and nd ad a warrant of arrest arest ia is if a revival of ofte te the Infamous system se cf of c letters lete de each cach cachet et e t by which Innocent citizens were ar as arbitrarily 1 b arrested and held during the reign eign reIg r of Louis Luis XIV X of France and his hi despotic d tyranny and the same is i but buta i a repetition of the unlawful arrests aret i made under the warrant of the early erly 1 kings ings k of England Englad abolished by the bill bl of o f rights and the Magna aa Charta Charts and such uch s warrants are illegal unconstitutional ional tonal t and unprecedented in the United UnIte I States and abhorrent to all al classes clas of citizens c etc |