Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-06
House Committee COmmendS Gov,
Steuuenberg's Action.
APPROVES THE PRESIDENT.
suppression Of the C@ur d'Aiene Riot
ers Was Very Proper
Action.
[Early Dlspatchesl

lEarly Dispatches
Washington, June 6-The report OF
the committee on military AFFAIRS which
conducted an exhaustive investigation
Of the Occur d'Alene labor agitation
and rs exciting incidents. was submit
ted today. having been first approved
by a majority vote OF the committee
the minority fayorlng a substitute re-
port, which has already appeared, The
report says:
"First-The governor OF Idaho, In his
efforts TO establish order and enforce
the laws OF the State. Is to be commend
ed for his fearlessness. The blind hatred
excited by the mob, the consequent
disturbance Of public business and the
reign OF lawlessuess ~ in q fair way
10 be adjusted The citizens OF Idaho
are TO be congratulated on the removal
Of a dangerous cancer that had long
threatened the peace Of the State, The
better ideas prevail as TO the rights and
duties Of men in relation TO the
preservation OF society. and this i'm
proved condition Of affairs is IN a great
measure due to the conduct OF the gov
ernor Of that State
"Second-The conduct Of the military
in the territory from the hours from
May End to the present amid the dis
turbing elements OF the Occur d'Alene,
when fierce passions famed unchecked.
when no hand was raised 10 stay the
dynamlter and the murderer. where the
mob had been supreme. IL a matter OF
earnest congratulation 10 the country %
The report takes up In detail the yarl-
Gus meetings Of the miners unions the
day before and on the day the Bunker
Hin mill was blown up by dynamite,
the distribution Of firearms and masks
and the march on the mill.
This 1t says, was accomplished
with military precision under direct
command Of leaders and without delay.
from which fact and from the evidence
adduced al the Corcoran trial it ia
| found that there existed In the mining
district OF the Occur d'Alene a wide
spread, deep-seated and thoroughly
| organized conspiracy"
tA' NNlNA z NAfANNN NNAA NAhN AAHNl AN Z
| had been In "a state of instruction since
1892 and the condition IN 1899 culmn-
ated In the violent state Of insurrection
and riot. The legislature could not
have been convened 20 meet the emer-
gency. and the committee holds that.
under the circumstances the governor
was warranted I'm calling on the Presi-
dent for troops"
As TO the Presidents course. the re-
port says: 1T h conceded on all sides
/ that the President Of the United States
was justified I'm sending troops 10 Sho-
shone county. Idaho, IN respVnse 10 the
application OF the governor. The Unit
cd States troops have now gone into
garrison eight miles from the scene Of
the trouble. and they are retained at
the request OF the governor. supported
by q petition OF 500 citizens None Of
the charges pending against the United
states army and its officers In Idaho,
as set forth In the various paragraphs
Of the resolution. have been sustained
by the testimony
"The military force In shoshone coun-
ty. under command 81 Gen Merriam
was used In aid OF the civil authorities
The sheriff and other county officials
We're In collision with the rioters asd
therefore civil authority could not be
enforced. Some OF the county officials
were afterward duly removed from Of
fee by judicial process because Of said
collision and malfeasance In office The
United States army and IT'S officers act
ed strictly within their instructions and
the law.
President Mckinley and the war de-
partment exercised every precaution
with the military. acting solely within
the Constitution. and did not encroach
IN the distinct sphere OF the civil au-
fhorittee