Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
THE cOEUR D'ALEN CASE.
MAJORITY REPORT OF THE IN
VESTIGATION Is SUBMITTED.
Governor Steunenberg Commended For
His Fearlessness and Courage
Endorses Mckinley.

Washington, June 6.-The report Of the
committee on military affairs. which
conducted an exhaustive investigation
into the Occur d'Alene labor agitations
and it's exciting incidents, was submitted
today, having been first approved by a
majority vote of the committee, the min
GRITTY favoring a substitute report, which
has already appeared. The report says:
First-Theg governor of Idaho, in his eff
forts to establish order and enforce the
laws of the state, is to be commended for
his courage and fearlessness. The citi-
zenS of Idaho are to be congratulated or
the removal of a dangerous cancer that
had long threatened the peace and order
of the state. Better ideas prevail as to
the rights and duties of men in relation
to the preservation of society, and THIS
improved condition of affairs is in great
measure due to the conduct of the COVER
nor of the state.
~Second-The conduct of the military in
the territory from May 2 to the present
time, amid the disturbing elements of the
Occur d'Alenes, when fierce passions
famed unchecked, when no hand was
raised to stay the dynamiter and MUIR
derer where the mob had been supreme.
is a matter of earnest .ongratulation to
the country. =
The report takes up in detail the vari-
Gus meetings of the miners unions the
day before and on the day the Bunker
Hill mill was blown up by dynamite, the
distribution of fire arms and masks and
the march on the hill. :
.This," it says, twas accomplished
with military precision under the direct
command of leaders and without delay.
from which fact and from the evidence
adduced at the Corcoran trial, it is found
that there existed in the mining, district
of the Occur d'Alene a widespread, deep
seated and thoroughly organized con-
spiracy."
The report states hat the district had
been in a state of insurrection since 1892
= and the condition in 1899 eliminated in a
violent state of insurrection and riot. The
Z legislature could not have been convened
to meet the emergency n the
!. holds that under the circumstances tht
! governor was warranted in Calm" ON tht
president for troops"
AS to the presidents course. the repor
: says:
$ ut is conceded on all sides that TIL
president was justified in sending troop
to Shoshone county, Idaho, in response t.
e the application of the governor. IN
a troops have now gone into garrison elgn
miles from the scene of the trouble, ant
q they are retained at the request OF IN
governor, supported by a petition OF l,5o
q against the United States army and 1t
officers in Idaho as set forth in the vari
GUS paragraphs of the resolution hay
u been sustained by the testimony.
If 1.-THE military force in Shoshone county
under command of General Merriam, wa
" used strictly in aid of the civil authorl
+ ties. The sheriff and otner county official
were in collision with the rioters an
therefore civil authority could not be. er
IS forced. Some of the county officials WEI
ID afterWard duly removed from off1ce D
judicial process because of said collusio
n and malfeasance in office. The Unite
Estates army and its officers acted strict