The Holly chieftain., 1900-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


ator comes here with proposition that
we should appropriate SIM If monr@
for the relief of these people l shoik4 =.
like to ask the senator what England
has done for the people of India. She
has spent tens and hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars in striking down and
crushing republics 1t is the most bril-
tai manifestation of strength against
liberty and weakness that the worlsts
has ever seen"
President Mckinley. in his appoint.
ment of Puerto Rican officials Just
made. has left little ground for his
critics to accuse him of instituting q
carpet-bag government. In making M
the Supreme Court he has selected only
one American, all the others being ma.
tive Puerto Ricans. Judge Louis Sulz
bacher OF Missouri, who has heen ap-
pointed one of the associate justices.
practiced law In New Mexico for scy.
eral Years. He is well acquainted with
the civil law which is the basis of tl,s
Puerto Rican law and knows Spanish
thoroughly. The appointment of Judge
William Holt of Kentucky. TO be init
ed States district judge, has been ali.
ucipated. In selecting the commission.
to compile and revise the laws ofS
Puerto Rico. the President has an
pointed a majority OF Americans. with
the idea of having the revision bring
the laws into harmony with the law1
of the United States as far MS possihl,.SS
No official statement has been pre-
pared of the cost of the Spanish war
but w. i. MacLennan, chief of the III.
vision OF bookkeeping and warrants of
the Treasury Department. has a mem1
orandum based on the money advance,lA
to various disbursing officers, which
shows that S3SS, 100000 has been witty
drawn from the public treasury to de. r,
fray expenses growing ont of the
Spanish and Philippine wars. as we'll
as the expenses incident to prepara-.
tion for hostilities. This covers the n;-s
tional defense fund the expenses oi
the Paris peace commission and the
S2O.OO0.OU paid to Spain for the Phil
ippines. In this connection II may be
Interesting to note the expenditures or
the fighting DEF drtments Of the govern
ment during recent years. In 1896 TN,
expenditures of the War Department,
were S5O, ,S30. 800; in 1897. SiS.GJO. 2,;,
in 1898. $91 100000. and during the
fiscal year ending June So 1899. the&
were $229.S41,254. During the eleven
months of the present fiscal year tbs.
The report of the House committee on
military affairs, which conducted an .
exhaustive investigation of the COplIpl.
d'Alene labor agitation and It's exclt
ing Incidents. was submitted Tuesday.
having been first approved by majorss
ity vote of the committee. The repor,
says: First the governor of Idaho. in
his efforts to establish order and en-
force the laws Of the state, is to he
commended for his courage and fear
lessness. The blind hatred excited by
the mob. the consequent disturbance
OF public business and the reign Of lave
lessness is in a fair way to be adjusted.
The citizens of Idaho are to be con
graduated upon the removal OF dam
gerous cancer that has long threatencO
the peace and order of the state. Ret
ter ideas prevail us to the rights and
duties of men In relation to the pres
ervhtion of society, and this improveH
condition of affairs is in II 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 Occur d. 'Alenes.
when fierce passions famed I'M
checked, when no hand was raised IL
Sthy thS oy anu tne IuuTutTtT,
where the mob had been supreme. is a
matter of earnest congratulation to the
country" The report takes up In de.
tail the various meetings of the Miners
Union the day lefore and on the day
the Bunker HUI mill was blown un
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 Coeur
d'Alene widespread, deep-seateS
and thoroughly organized conspiracy.
The report states that the district had
been in state OF insnrrectlon since
1892, and the condition in 1859 culmi-
mated In the violent state of insurrec-
tion 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 tn.
President for troops" As to the Pres
idents course the report says: III is
conceded ON all sides that the President
OF the United States was justified in
sending troops TO Shoshone county.
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 1.5OQ
citizens. None of the charges pending
again the United States army and in
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