Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsM1xaroN, Feb. end, Q.

service when he objected to state
ments Of Senator Pettigrew alleging
that Admiral Dewey recognized the
Philippine republic. saluted the flag,
and promised AguInalco indepen-
dence, on the ground that 1t was
treason In his own words, II oh .ect
to the statement, because 1t Is trea-
sor. 1t is lending aid and comfort
to the enemies of the u. S., and the
Senator has been doing that for
months" Senator Lodge character
lied the statements which Senator
Pettigrew was trying to make from a
pamphlet written by Aguinaldo as
"a mass of ralsehood-a tissue OF lies, /"
and read the following letter from
Admiral Dewey, written this week:
"Dear Senator Lodge: The statement
ef Emilio Agulnaldo. as recently pub
lished In the Springfield Republican,
so far as 1t relates to me is tissue
Of falsehoods. / never promised, d.
rectly or indirectly, independence for
the Filipinos. never treated him
as an ally, except to make use OF him
and his soldiers to assist me In, my
operations against the Spaniards.
He never alluded to the word indie
pendeDce In any conversation with
me or my officers. The statement
that I received him with military
honors or saluted the so-called Fill
pino flag Is absolutely false" The
American people will agree with Sen
ator Lodge, who said after he read
the letter: @That Is the statement of
Admiral Dewey. AS between the
statements in that pamphlet and the
word OF George Dewey will take the
word Of George Dewey" Senator
Spooner paid his respects to the ele-
mcnt in this country which Is try
ing to sacrifice as many American
soldiers as possible in the Philippines
and quoted this sentence from one
OF the last letters written by the la
mented Gen. Lawton: II / am shot
down by Filipino bullet it might
as well come from one of my own
men, because know the continuance
OF lighting Is due to reports sent out
here from America" These remarks
made a memorable episode in the
Senate.
Representative BabcC elk, of Wis,
who as chairman Of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee
has conducted three successive vic
torious campaigns, has consented to
once more assume the exacting and
laborious duties of chairman Of the
new committee, which was named at
a joint caucus OF the Senate and
House republicans, held this week.
The honor OF being chairman OF this
important committee in four success
sive campaigns has never been be-
slowed on any other man. This is a
high compliment to Mr.. Babcock, but
one that is fully deserved. The COM
mittee will organize for business in.
side OF two weeks, and will at once
begin the preliminary work of this
years campaign. Several of the
state delegations have not yet select
ed memb ers OF the committee. Fol
lowing are the members who have
been chosen: California, Rep. Met
calf; DEL, Rep. Hotfecker; Idaho,
Senator Shoup; ILL.,, Rep. Cannon;
Ind, Rep. Hull; KY, Rep. Pugh;
Me-, Rep. Boutelle; Md, Rep. Mudd;
Mass, Rep. Lowering; Mich, Rep.
Corliss. Mimi, Rep. Eddy; Mo-, Rep.
pearce; Neb., Rep. Mercer; N. H..
Senator Gallinger; Nj, Rep. Loud
enslager; N. Y, Rep. Sherman; N.
c., Rep. Linney; N. OAK. Rep. Spal-
ding; Ohio, Rep. Van Voorhis; Ore.
Senator Mcbride; Pa, Rep. Connell;
X. l., Rep. BIZ /; S. OAK, Rep. Gam
BILE; Texas, Rep. Hawley; Vermont,
Senator Proctor; w. Va, Rep. Dow.
ener; Wis, Rep. Babcock, and Wyo.
Rep. Mondell.
Representative Fordney, of Mich.
member of the House committee
on Merchant Marine and Shipping,
used some strong language in com
menting upon letter sent out by
the New York Reform Club, oppos
ing the Shipping bill, now before
that committee, and alleging that
Senators and Representatives were
being improperly influenced to favor
the bill. The letter was read to the
committee by its chairman, Gen
Grosvcnor, OF Ohio, in order to show
the methods the opponents of the
bill were using against it. Mr.. Ford
ney said, emphasizing every word
"My opinion is that no man will make
a statement that a Congressman car