The Meeker herald., 1900-06-16

more complete and elegant In every
way than those predded over by Mrs.
Sherman. Her vide acquaintance
! among the oldest Washington families
| always made the Assemblages under
the Sherman roof gatherings of unu.
sual pleasure from q local standpoint
The report Of theHouse committee on
military affairs, which conducted an
exhaustive investigation of the Occur
d'Alene labor agitation and its excit
| ing incidents. was submitted Tuesday.
having been first approved by a major
ity vote of the committee. The report
says: First. the governor of Idaho, in
his efforts to establish order and en-
force the laws Of the state, is to be
commended for his courage and fear
lessness. The bind hatred excited by
the mob, the Consequent disturbance
Of public business and the reign OF law
lessness is In a fair way to be adjusted.
The citizens Of Idaho are to be con-
graduated upon the removal of dan
| gerous cancer that has long threatened
the peace and order of the state. Bet
ter ideas prevail as to the rights nnd
duties of men In relation to the pres
ervation of society, and this improved
condition of affairs Is in great meas
nor of that state. Second. the conduct
Of the military In the trying hours from
May End to the present, amid the dis
turbIng elements Of the Occur dGienes.
when fierce passions famed un-
checked, when no hand was rai4ed to
stay the dynamiter and the murderer,
, where the mob had been supreme, is a
matter of earnest cOngrntulntlon TO the
. country" The report takes up in de
| tail the various meetings of the Miners
Union the day before and on the day
the Bunker Hill mill was blown up
with dynamite the distribution Of fire
arms and masks and the march on the
mill. This" 1t says, was accom-
plished with military precision under
direct command of leaders and with
out delay, from which fact and from
the evidence adduced at the CorcornL
trial 1t wns found that there existed
in the mining district of the Occur
d'Alene q widespread, deep-seated
and thoroughly organized conspiracy.
The report states that the district had
been In state of insurrection since
1892, and the condition In 1899 culmi-
mated In the violent state of insurrec-
tion md riot. The Legislature could
not have been convened to meet the
emergency and the committee holds
that under the circumstances the gov
ernOr was warranted in calling on the
President for troops" As to the Pres
idents course the report says: 1T ia
conceded on all sides that the President
of the United States was justified III
sending troops to shoshone county,
Idaho, in response to the application
Of the governor. The United States
troops have now gone into garrison
eight miles from the scene and they
are retained at the request OF the gov
erncr, supported by a petition Of 1.60O
| citizens. None Of the charges pending
aknin the United States AHmy and Its
olacers In 1daho n set forth in the va
rious paragraphs Of the resolution have
been sustained by the testimony. Pres
ident Mckinley and the War Depart
ment exercised every precaution that
the military act solely within the con-
stitution and not encroach In the dis
tinct sphere Of the civil authorities"
Congressional Appropriations.
A carefully prepared statement on
the appropriations of the session has
been made by Senator Allison, chair
man of the Senate committee on ap-
preparations, and Chairman Cannon of
the House committee on appropria-
lions. In accordance with custom. The
statement says:
"The appropriations made by the
| first session Of the Fifty first Congress
amount to $7O9, 100, 476. This sum In
cludes $131,247, 155, estimated to be
on account of or incident to the late
war with Spain, and deducting II, the
remaining amount $57S, 4SS,321, rep
resents the ordinary appropriations
made for the support Of the govern
ment during the season.
at will be observed that after de-
| Quoting the amounts estimated to
have been appropriated on account of
or incident to the war with Spain for
the ensuing, the current and the last
fiscal years (which cover the period
since the beginning of the Sapnish
war the appropriations for the five
| fiscal years-lncluding the two imme
diately preceding the WARFARE as fol-
lows:
1897 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $515, S45. 1875
| 1898 52S, ia. O19
| 1880 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $50, 731 1888
| 1900 5,A.2TS. SG6
1901 Observation-Disclosures. 5IS, 4S2. 321
"This shows an apparent excess In
the ordinary appropriations ut this
session for the fiscal year 1901 of
&49,T47 ,242 over the appropriations
for the fiscal year 1898, which imme-
diately preceded the Spanish war The
chief increases In ordinary expenses
for 1901 over those for 1893 are:
increase of the navy. S7,OS1 DIG:
PENSIONS 1881 $50; postal service. cx-
elusive of newly acquired territory.
4 81, T82 900; twelfth census. $9.OO0.0O0;
permanent appropriations tincluding
100000 for requirements of
sinking fund and $4,OOO.OOO for re-
demption OF national bank notes.. 3d.
G34, 900. The total Of these increases
is $50, 90, 500.
1.-THE approximate amounts, as near
" as they can he arrived at. appro-
priated on account of or incident to
the war with Spain during each of
the three sessions of Congress held