The Elbert County tribune., 1900-06-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM WASHINGTON.

beyond the adoption OF the customary
resolution Of thanks 10 the chair. Mr..
FRYE. was accomplished In acknowl-
edgment Of the compliment, Mr. Frye
delivered n brief and graceful speech,
which was received with cordial ap-
plause throughout the chamber.
Few Women In official life have been
more widely known and more general
ly admired than Mrs. John Sherman.
although her retiring disposition made
her ayerse to ostentatfon of any kind.
She was essentially a home woman
with the simplest tastes and much
more devoted 10 affairs about her own
hearthstone than to any phase of pub
lie life The simplicity with which her
early married life was surrounded was
continued as far as possible in later
years. She disliked exaggeration IN
any form. especially where 1t related
to the every day details of her home.
In intercourse she was unaffected,
amIable and painstaking in her efforts
to help others, and these traits of
character were just as conspicuous In
her social career, which covered many
years in this city. Those who knew
her In her modest home, the first resi-
dence of Mr. Sherman here. found thu
same gentle charms of manner whef
she received them In the splendid white
mansion in X street No entertain
mentf, ever given at official homes Were
more complete and elegant in every
way than those presided over by Mrs.
Sherman. Her wide acquaintance
among the oldest Washington families
always made the assemblnges under
the Sherman roof gatherings of unu
sual pleasure from a local standpoint.
The report of the House committee on
military affairs, which conducted an
exhaustive investigation of the Coeur
d'Alene labor agitation and its excit-
ing incidents. was submitted Tuesday,
having been first approved by 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 blind hatred excited by
the mob. the consequent disturbance
of public business and the reign of law
lessness is in fair way to be adjusted.
The citizens of Idaho are TO be con
graduated upon the removal of n dan
gerous cancer that has long threatened
the peace and order of the state. Bet
ter ideas prevail as to the rights and
duties of men In relation to the pres
ervation of society, and this improved
condition of affairs is In great meas
ure due to the conduct of the COVER
nor Of that state. Second, the conduct
of the military in the trying hours from
May 2nd to the present. amid the dis
turbing elements OF the Coeur d'Alenes,
when fierce passions famed un-
checked, when no hand was raised to
stay the dynamlter and the murderer,
to
matter of earnest congratulation 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 Hlll 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 Corcoran
trial 1t was found that there existed
in the mining district of the Occur
dAlene n 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 1890 culmi-
mated in the violent state of insurrec-
ton and 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: ut is
conceded ON all sides that the President
of the United States was justified In
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
ernor, supported by petition of 1,5O0
citizens. None of the charges pending
again the United States army and Its
officers in Idaho as 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"