Evening star., 1900-01-31

military honors or saluted the so-calIed
Fiiiplno nag Is absolutely false. Sincerely
yours, GEORGE DEWEY
That" continued Mr. Lodge, .!s the
statement of Admiral Dewey. AS between
tne statements in that pamphlet and the
word of George Dewey 1 will take the word
of George Dewey.
Mr.. SpOOncr Reads Lavvton'. Words.
Mr. Spooner argued that there should be
a line drawn upon the character Of mat
ter to be printed by the Senate. When be-
fore, he asked, had it been proposed to
place before the Senate justification of
men in arms against the country? When
the senator from South Dakota asserted
that Admiral Dewey saluted the Filipino
flag and Admiral Dewey says he did not
Mr. Spooner continued, there would be no
longer any question as to the facts. What
ever the people may say when the war is
over, the people may divide as to policy
but there could be no doubt that the peo-
pie of the United States were united in the
desire to do nothing to sacrifice even on,
American soldier in the Philippines. This
Sscrffice unfortunately would be the result
here.
In this connection Mr. Spooner read an
expression from the late Gen. Lawton in
which the general said: IF / am shot
down by a Filipino bulle; it might rs well
come from one of my men, because ] know
the continuance of fighting Is due TO report !.
sent out here from America
The genera had at the same time ex-
claimed: Il would to God the whole truth
OF this whole situation We're known as /
know It"
Censorship Criticised.
Mr.. Rawlins Utah thought that senators
who were making such strenuous objection
to having Aguinaldo's utteraDces published
were inconsistent. Were they not aware
that the administration had itself made
public documents emanating from the same
source? Did any greater obligation rest
upon the Senate?
Mr.. Rawlins criticised the censorship OF
the administration ION the threshold If Il
political campaign He also objected 10
the use of a letter from a patriot like Gen.
Lawton in support of political propa ganda.
Mr.. GaIlinger Resents Sneers at the
Troops.
Mr.. Gallinger IN. HI complained of the
pain he suffered in listening to the dis
cussion of any proposition to civ" com
fort to the countrys enemy. He was not
going to use the word treason in connec-
tion, but 1t was in his opinion time thai
this kind of presentation should cease in
the Senate. He complained of what he
called Mr.. Pettigrew's sneers at the Amer
lean soldiers and his charges against the
PRESIDENT. To him the question was simple
and 1t was whether we should believe a
man who was in open rebellion or the here
Of Manila bay.
He had no doubt that the loyalty of the
American people would come to the rescue
and that Admiral Dewey's word would be
accepted rather than that of man who
was engaged in shooting down American
rsoldiers.
He was opposed to the proposed publ;ca.
ton and he hoped that some way would be
found of suppressing such reproach upon
the American troops and upon the Presi.
dent Of the United States and his policy.
Mr.. Jones After the Facts.
Mr.. Jones tArk.) wanted all the facts
known. In that respect he agreed with
Gen. Lawton. In his opinion, the most un-
fortunate circumstance that had happened
III connection with the discussion of the
Philippine subject was the refusal at the
beginning to allow any resolution of in
quiry to go through by moving to lay it
on the table, thus manifesting disposf-
ton to cut off debate and suppress facts.
He had sufficient confidence in the Ameri-
can people to believe that they would in
the end arrive at a just conclusion, but in
order that they might be enabled to do
so they should not be cut of from any of
The facts.
~ Mr.. Berry on the Currency.
When Mr.. Pettigrew concluded Mr.. Berry
(Ark) spoke against the financial bill.