The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-04

ligious sentiment was as strongly devei-
oped In them as In the senator from New
Hampshire.
Mr.. Hawley referred to the letters as
blasphemous and gave notice OF his inten-
ton to move to have stricken out OF the
permanent record letter from Mr. Petit
grew to the President, which the former
mao read yesterday
Mr.. Tflman and Mr.. Pettigrew had dis
cussion as TO affairs in the Philippines. Mr.
Pettigrew contended that no mere rag
States in the Philippines, but that the en-
tire population was antagonistic only
small circle of the country around Ma
nila had been conquered by our forces Snd
he asserted that a standing army OF 10000
men would be necessary to maintain or
der in the islands
Mr.. Teller advocated the amendment OF
travel pay, saying that we could maintain
army in the Philippines only by pursu-
ing liberal policy. suppose IL ana cost
100000, that was a mere bagatelle COM
pared with the entire cost of the war MT
Teller said he had been assured by an army
officer who had but recently returned from
the Philippines that we did not actuahy
hold district in the Island of Luzon big
ger than the District of Columbia. This
was no more territory than was held a
year ago. He did not, he said. mention this
fact as elimination against the govern
ment on this account, but on the 0tner
hand il was puerile to say that the money
due the troops should be withheld Tor mere
motives of economy.
r. Proctor
port of the adjutant general, explaining the
circumstances under which travel pay nad
been allowed to some OF the troops ana
withheld from others. He said that no mill
tary organization, as such. had received
travel pay from Manila. but that such al
lowance had been made i'm many individual
cases. The Astor Battery was composed
largely. Mr.. Proctor said, OF men In the
regular army. and. on the whole. they had
not Jared so well as some of the purely vol
unteer organizations.
Mr.. Gallinger said some OF the South
Dakota soldiers were not disposed to OBJ
iect TO the governments treatment or
them, and in support of this statement
he read from an address by the lieutenant
colonel of the South Dakota regiment. In
which he said that he had yet to find a
soldier who did not regard ii as personal
insult to say that the United States was
responsible for the Philippine war.
Mr.. Pettigrew said he had no informa-
ton whether Lieutenant Colonel Slower
had ever made the speech attributed to
him. but whether he made 1t or not that
gentleman could not have known who be-
gan the fighting. being several miles away.
He had, he said, no controversy with Mr..
Slower.
Mr. Turner referred to the fact that a
resolution had been adopted by the Sen
ate two months ago asking for list OF
soldiers who had received travel pay and
that the paymaster general had replied
| that his force was insufficient 10 supply
| the data during the present session of Con-
hardly consistent to say, Mr.. Proctor
| had said, that there were only scattering
| instances in which the extra pay had been
allowed.
| Mr. Tillman criticised the War Depart
ment for not supplying the information
asked for by the Senate.
| Replying to Mr.. Pettigrew's charge as TO
| the prevalence of insanity and suicides
among the soldiers in the Philippines, Mr..
| Hawley read a statement from the sur
geon general saying that insanity had not
been above the average.
| Mr.. Hansbrough said there had been no
| complaint from the North Dakota troops
| similar to that represented to have come
| from the South Dakotans.
| Mr.. Hawley's point of order against the
Turner amendment for allowance of travel
pay, made yesterday, was sustained.
| The bill passed as amended without divi-
/ sion.
/ The Senate then passed 1877 private PEN
/ sion bills. Bills were also passed authoriz-
| ing the construction of a bridge across
| Jack bay at Biloxi, Miss. to indemnify the
| State of Pennsylvania for money expended
| in the war of the rebellion, and restoring
| Captain Henry d. Hale to the revenue
| cutter service.
| A resolution requesting the Civil-serv-
| ice Commission to supply the Senate in
4 formation confirming violations of the civil
| service law in 1898 was adopted. The Sen
| ate then at SIS adjourned.