Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-01
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Nov" said Mr.. PettiGrew, admiral
Dewey. after the publication of the
document, sends here a letter repudi-
ating the statements he is quoted as
having made and denouncing them as
a tissue of falsehoods. Admiral Dewey
did recognize the Filipino republic,
shouted Pettigrew, and"
How" inquired Lodge and Spooner. In
unison.
by saluting the Filipino flag, declared
Pettigrew. his voice keyed up to high
pitch by proceeding to SubiE hay win
Aguinaldo's forces and their receiving
the surrender of the Spanish garrison; by
his conferences with and statements to
Aguinaldo.'
Galinger, n H.. objected to the CON
tinuance of the discussion
HawIev. Conn object to the state
ment because it is treason. 1t is lending
aid and comfort to an enemy OF the
United States. and the senator has been
doing that for months.
Pettigrew replied that what he wanted
was to have the facts of the matter
placed before the country. lie charged
the state department with holding back
information of value to senators and |"
partment was afraid to publish them To
the world.
'"The threat of treason" he declared,
will not deter us from disclosing the
facts as they come into our possession,
Lodge. speaking forcefully, but in q
comparatively low tone, said: My obJec-
ton to this pamphlet is that it is a mass
of falsehoods-a tissue of lies | want all
against the publication by this govern
ment of matter that has been branded
by the admiral Of the navy as false.
..I did not intend to read all Of the let
ter which | have here from Admiral
Dewey. I hoped that a sentence would
suffice, but now that facts are wanted,
let us circulate all the facts but not mere
statements that are branded lies under
the imprint of the United States govern
ment."
He then read the letter from Admiral
Dewey, as follows:
Washington, Jan. ~, 1900.
Dear Senator Lodge:
The statement Of Emilio Aguinaldo. as
recently published in the Springfield Rt-
publican. so far as it relates to me. is a
directly or indirectly, Independence Tor
the Filipinos. ! never treated him as an
ally except to make use of him and the
soldiers to assist me in my operAtl0hS
against the Spaniards. He never alluded
to the word Independence in any con
versation with me or my oihcerS. lne
statement that | received him with mli!-
tary hOnors or Saluted the So-ciil"d tlu-
Pine flag is absolutely false.
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE DEWEY.
That" continued Lodge, is the state
ment of Admiral Dewey. ~ between the
statements in that pamphlet ana tne
word Of George Dewey, | will take the
word Of George Dewey
Spooner argued that there should DC
line drawn upon the character OF matter
to be printed BY the Senate. The people
of the United States were united IN IN"
desire to 90 nothing to sacrifice even one
American soldier in the Philippines. rms
sacrifice, unfortunately, would be the r.
suit of any encourage cement given the Fiji
pinos here.
Spooner read an expression from the
late Gen. LaWton in which the general
said: If | am shot down by Fill
pino bullet it might as well come from
one of my men, because / know IN"
continuance of lighting is due to re-
ports sent out here from America
Rawlins. Utah, criticised the censor
threshold of political campaign
He also objected to the use of letter
from IA patriot like Gen. LaWton in
support of political propaganda.
Gallinger. y. H., complained of tho
pain he suffered in listening to the dis
cusson of any proposition to give com
fort to the country's enemy. ~" was
not going to use the word treason, but
n
kind of presentation should cease in
the Senate. He complained of what
he called PcttiGrews sneers at the
American soldiers and his charges
against the President. To him the
question was simple and it was whether
we should believe a man who was in
open rebellion or the hero Of Manila
bay.
Jones, Ark. said the most unfortu
nate circumstances that had happened
in connection with the discussion Of
the Philippine subject was the dispo-
sition to cut off debate and suppress
facts. He would have the censorship
removed not only in Manila, but in the
departments in Washington.
Lodge said he had objected only T.
the circulation by the government Of
the words attributed to Admiral Dewey
which the admiral had never uttered.
IF they are to be distributed" he said.
let it he done at the expense Of peo-
pl who like that sort of thing"
Scwell, n. j.. said that he had OPP
posed the acquisition Of the Philippines,
but 50 soon as the Paris treaty was
ratified. he had acquiesced in the re
suit.
81 saw the flag attacked he said, and
after that with me it was the country
and the flag, right or wrong.
He referred to the fact that he had a
son on Lawton's staff.
II deprecate beyond measure" he said,
the action of the senator from South
Dakota
lie declared that under the Circum-
stances he considered Pettigrew a traitor
10 MS country and his conduct as mon
Srous 1t was beyond comprehension
ana outrageous in the extreme that
man clothed with the dignity OF 4 sena-
'or should attempt to furnish here a
forum TO such an arbitrator as Agui-
naldo.
He stated that Gen. Lawton himself
told him IsewelD that he held that the