The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-01
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this city and submitted to Admlral
Dewey, with a view Of ascertainlng
whether il was accurate or not. The
admiral. Mr.. Pettigrew said. declined.
through his secretary. to say anvthin-
in regard to the document. feeling that
he must adhere to his intention not 70
discuss the Philippine question IN any
form in advance of the Philippine COM
missions report
Now" said Mr.. Pettigrew, Admir- 4
Dewey, after the publication Of the doc
umeIft, sends here a letter reDudiating
the statements he is quoted as having
made, and denOuncing them as a TISSUE
Of falsehoods.
Admiral Dewey did recognize the
Filipino republic" shouted Mr.. Petit
grew. "And'-
How" inquired Messrs. Lodge and
SDo0ner in unison.
BY saluting the Filipino hag," de-
clared Mr.. PettigreW, his voice keyed
to a high pitch. by proceeding to
Subis bay with Aguinaldo's forces and
there receiving the surrender Of a
Spanish garrison, by his conferences
and statements to AguihaldO"
Declared to Be Treason.
Mr.. GaIIinger N. h, and Mr.. Haw-
ley Comm objected to the coEtinu-
ance Of the discussion, the latter say:
ing: 1T is treason. IT is lending aid
and comfort to an enemy of the United
States and the senator has been doing
that for months
Mr.. Pettigrew replied that what he
wanted was to have the facts Of the
matter placed before the country He
charged the state department with
holding back information of value to
senators and to the people and init
mated that the department was afraid
to publish it to the world.
THE threat OF treason he declared,
will not deter US from disclosing the
facts as they come into our posses
sion"
Mr.. Lodge regained the floor and
said My objection to this pamphlet
is that it is a mass of falsehOOds-a
tissue of lies. / want all of the facts
in this matter. But I do protest
against the publication by this govern
ment CT matter that had been branded
by the admiral of the navy as false.
AS between the statements in that
pamphlet and the word Of George
Dewey 1 will take the word Of George
Dewey"
Rawlins Objects to Censorship.
Mr.. Rawlins Otah) said the SEN
atOTs who we're making such strenuous
objection to having AguinaldO's utter
ances published were inconsistent.
/ We're they not aware that the admin
istration had itself made public, docu-
ments emanating from the same
source? Did any greater obligation
rest upon the senate? Mr.. Rawlins
criticised the censorship of the admin
issratiOn, ION the threshold Of a pOliti-
cal campaign" He also objected to the
use of u letter from a patriot ike Cen
eral LawtOn in support Of political
propaganda
Mr. Jones (Ark.), Joined with Mr
Rawlins in his objection to the rigid
censorship. You can only fear the
truth" he said. you need not fear
falsehoOds. for you have in the officers
on the ground full means Of ascertain
ing what is true and what is false"
He would have the censorship re-
moved not only in Manila but in the
/ departments Of the government in
Washington.
Mr.. Sawell IN. j., referred to the
fact that he had opposed the acquisi-
ton Of the Philippines but he said that
asssOon as the Paris treaty was ratified
he had sunk his private views and ac-
pulsed in the result.
4 saw the flag attacked" he said,
"and after that with me it was the
country and the flag, right or wrong
Calls Pettigrew a Traitor
He then declared that under the cir
cumstances he considered Mr.. Petit
grew a traitor to his country and his
conduct as mOnstrOus. 1t was beyond
comprehension and outrageous in the
extreme thatsa man clothed with the
dignity of a senator of the United
States representing a sovereign state Of
the union, should attempt to furnish
b !, 30-fr- TOR
aa was Agunaldo.
In conclusion he said that General
Lawton himself told him (SewelD that
he held that the continuance of the war
was due to those who had not accepted
the result of the peace treaty as he had
done. naming notably Mr. PettigreW.
He believed LawtOn's death was due
to Mr.. Pettigrew as directly as TO the
bullet of the Filipino who shot him
down.
Mr. Teller made a paciicatory
soeech. He agreed with Mr.. Jones that
there had been too much suppression Of
facts. Every senator had a right to
express his views in this chamber
whether for or against the government.
But he was opposed to printing Aguin-
aldO's statement here as it raised a
question of veracity, unless Admiral
DeWey'S denial was to go with it. He
saw now reason for the elimination and
recrimination that had been heard here
and he saw no occasion for the char
| acterizati0n of a senator sitting on this
floor as a traitor Still the fact must
| be recognized that the country was in
a war and the hands OF the administra-
I ton must be upheld. Possibly there
had been mistakes but he did not be-
lieve anything wicked or bad had been
done
Pettigrew Makes Reply.
Mr.. Pettigrew spoke briefly in reply
to the accusations against him. I
won't attempt to make reply~to the per-
sonaI attacks upon myself" he said.
or to the charges made against me Of