| Show THERE WERE NO RIOTS IN IDAHO Minority of s Finding for 29 1899 IS NE NESA j Sn SA lie Ito II I II a Tyrannical Course or Criticised Wa WashIngton June 4 The JIb report on tile Bestir dAlen I lYe lion wa fall given out to today a by I Lents 0 of OhIo and net Vir who It Jh iii following II a of Its Ita film main features fN Ure UreThe The minority point out that the evi eI lithe taken during the Investigation bow that there was Wa absolutely no riot riotIng Ing In oo Idaho after st 23 mI 1100 that tUt then hen tb the United Stal troops arrived upon the scene had been IMn and no 0 RIKIe wan as being anade to tn the Stats Stat au an who ho were wre as rapIdly as possible those whit ho were ete of oC beIng In the crIme or of April 9 35 1809 t UIL It Is 18 by the minority that tb the troops sent Bent tu to lOaM Idaho bY the 1 ol of the United States Slates nod to be under the Of f the PresIdent and that the military corn oom mander In charge could only tire u e the s In aId hl of the oMI of oft t e to peace and and to prevent rul being made b by persona to the o of the Courts and Luid the proper civil authorities or at the Stat The or of the Hie StatH u isis ke kept t is still lUll keeping soldiers In that community and by so doing I Is up h a tyrannIcal course o of I lIy by the governor of Idaho rh The minority points out flagrant In IltA o of ot of Power and violation of law by General Merriam the corn com mender or of the troops troup cent nt on May liar 3 about moDe to 0 the town of litO arrested without warrant the entire male mal population of the town consisting ot of about 0 n It waa 8 an out rage OR on the liberty of oe the whIch has no parallel In the of thiS coun country un try iOn IGn Merriam sent a detachment ot of mopS into the State of Montana for tor forthe the purpose of arresting Ung from the Stat of Idaho art an In Inexcusable u ox of oC arbitrary power er by Gen Oen Met Mer Lyon Acting under the or tier dar of hi his superior omen by throats of violence forced certain citizens to mine mineI work In the th I agaInst their will wili No flagrant gront In vulon ot of the right or of the CIUllo can be cited In the history of oC this country Smith SuPpreSSed Hd the Mul Mullen len Mirror a ne nt at Mullen thus thul tree and tree free This was n it nO groes ll viola violation tion ot at la law wholly permit lIsten In tact fact a blacklist systeM approved p roved by Gen Oen and nd kept In operation to thIs lay day by br th the presence or of the militarY of the U S 8 is ft B violation 0 of Ill law which cannot be defended In lip up the th minority ea eathey say they ther are satIsfIed the evidence ad beto before the committee committe that Un Merriam was wag whollY mistaken as al to Ibl bl powers and dull dittie that lilt his On eon due luet to ha resulted In th the t toe Lice to 10 the liberty of the individual In recent men lIae been kept In prIson Ifor toe for montha withoUt trIAl and aNI have han been lushly dl discharged without any charges being preferred against them At one time or another there were ere over ver 1100 men ira In the lit at known tin the bull pen They were kept there many IMn l months The They wre ret not nrc tiled ted fry wore not charged with any arsy crime they were wre held and anel hy United States Stat It was wa the duty hll ot of Con Oen Merriam of the he Pre President of the United States StatH to Inquire Into the causes caUte and reason for tor fork k I I nv w n elt I I I I I I I I t U a ov a 1 sins lien No 00 such Inquiry wa f ever m made de Such Is hard to understand anti and to that lIen Oen Merriam was vas cot lag Ing at the request reque t of bf the or of Idaho and bl his State Slate Sinclair I is not good I either the governor nor Sinclair had the tle right to the laW MW And Gen Oen MerrIam knew It have known It it Although the governor of Idaho has for IL a year or more boon bOtn governing county by mArtial law he has hili never called the the la laws n of Idaho provide that a Ion fit of lh the ca con Iw be called on tw twenty ty ct 1511 motile The minority hold that the II Ia not net In keeping soldiers lrI tn hi county at the mere mert wilt will of one man when the st pe P ought to be 1111 and their |
