Show INQUIRY IS BEGUN Representatlva Lentz Appears Before the House Committee Washington Jan 6he House Commltlcc on Poaloffices and Post roads took up the resolution of inquiry recently referred to it concerning charges that certain Federal apt ap-t polnlees in Utah were polygamists Representative Lentz of Ohio who Introduced the resolution was present and considerable excitement was caused by some of the statements made by him His remark that the resolu tloiiH were likely l to be pigeonholed plSeonhole < by the committee brought out a protest from Chairman Loud who said that the rommlttce would not pigeonhole any business submitted to It Mr Lentz proceeding stated that he could produce affidavits that papers had been placed on file alleging that c tall Federal appointees were polyg rmisls There papers were receipted for by Mr 1 Porter the Presidents prl vate gecretary Mr Lentz said but tho pancrs could not now be found Mr vnfzjrsald l Rupresentallve Grosvenor Df Ohio had said to him that we have lot let the grass grow under our feet Ltd that as soon as the charges were made the matter had been looked into llcprescntntlvii Grosvenor was sent for but could not be reached The committee adjourned the hearing hear-Ing until next Friday when Secretary Porter the PoHtmaBterGonoral and Gen Grosvenor will be Invited to appear ap-pear ORSON SMITHS CASE The PostmaalorGeneral has sent the ollovlng letter to Chairman Loud of he committee On looking Into the papers as to the I postmnstorahlp al Logan Utah I find 4 tho facts to be as following Orson tmlth was appointed poHlmnfter No 1 vmlMM 19 1897 upon the recommendation recommenda-tion of Uu > roforeoB In the usual way If There was nothing In the papers to Indicate In-dicate that lu was a polygamist or that any such allegation had been made reAl re-Al Hpectlng him not a word to ialBC that question In connection with his appointment ap-pointment He wan confirmed by the Senate January 20 1803 After his appointment there was3 letter I from the Rev Mr ClemeiiHon bearing date of November 22 187 and nddrtHBed to the President which was sent to the Poatotllce department and th re received November 10lh There in nothing to Indicate that any attention atten-tion was attracted to It Tln > appoint nuiit was made and as thousands of JUP lS tome In It was filed away appa rently without examination There Is no other paper In the case Indicating any such allegation until December 21st some weeks after the nomination was made In the Senate GRAHAMS CASE lAs to the Provo City case the facts are that there Is no paper in the department de-partment of any date making an allegation I alle-gation of polygamy against the incumbent I Incum-bent but that when It became 0 matter mat-ter of public report some time ago I I wrote to the Marshal of the State ask I lug him for any Information In his possession and he replied that a charge had been made In the State court and the postmaster had been held over for trial which was soon to take place Wo decided that we ought not to convict In advance of trial and I reserved action until the judicial determination de-termination I terminaton |