Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-01-19
DENOUNCE HAz|NC
Senator Say; 7hr, is Evidence
Of Brutality and CoWardic9,
During the Debtte on the Army Bill
In the Senate the Booz Case Was In.
troduced and Senator Allen Roundly
Condemned the Situation at West
Pcint--The Bill Will Go to Final
Vote Tomorrow-House Passes the
Rivers and Harbors Bill, Which Car.
ries Slightly Less Then $60,oo0,0oo.

Washington, Jan. lI.-M the open
ng Of yesterdays session Of the senate
two immense floral pieces Il large bnS'
kct of roses and ferns and an urn OF
roses occupied places ON The desk or
Senator Hoar, who was reelected to the
senate by the Massachusetts legisla-
turr.
\ final vote upon the pending army
reorganization bill will br taken by the
senate at 1 o'clock tomorrow. under the
terms of au agreement reached late
Yesterday. The feature Of the debate
on The bill was the drnunciation Of til"
practice of lG,Hlng at the West Point
military academy. Mr. Allen, Mr..
Money and Mr. McCumbcr declared it
to be an evidence ol brutality and cow
ardic".
In the course of his rcrlarkS. Mr.. Al
len described vigorously the sluh'ion
at West Point, rs brought ont by the
pending investigation. He declared
that brutality had been developed at
West Point which ought not to he rN
pcctrd to exist AMONG barbaranS.
"rhis thing called haZing," exclaimed
Mr.. Allen, "why. The prize fighter is Il
gentleman compared with some Of
those young ruitians nt West Point. In
deed, life has Lccn los; recently"
As Il brief rr,;rw of the Booz ease.
Mr.. ALEU- declared that I'll" first thin.
a fourth class nan met at West pu'.
WAS brutal ;lssN, Il and ln;milinlng i'll
dignity. and these things. shouted
Mr.. Allen. take Iti;.cc wit hin III" knowl-
edge of the officers of the institution.
These nrw cadets are completed to
CT soap: they are compelled To get
dowI! on their knees and jump like frogs
and they are compelled to rndur" other
in,i,.nitirs which | world not dare in
this presence to mention.
"Somc of he regular army officers say
that liuzing cannot be helped HAT ii
cannot be prevented. You place ono
OF the old volunteer officers at the head
of that institution. and in six weeks he
will put n stop to il. or there will be
some dead cadets llcrc.
81 have Information which leads me
to believe that haZin. at West Point is
rc>ortcd to for the purpose of forc.as
out of the institute 4 cadets appointed
from civil life. in olGcr TO make room
for the sOns of army officers And il
| they cannot force oUt III" cadet by hu-
| initiation and Intimidation they pre-
| scribe Il course Of examination which
| is in their own hands. and which they
| could not pass then. selves. and thus
force the prescribed cadet from the
school"
| Continuing his d!ScCsSicn of the ;l,',
tion of the cadvts At West Point. Mr..
| Allen said: "Thusc cadets carry haH-
| ing almost To the extent of taking life
| nh'' in ore instance recently they Lave
taken life. and The senate" from Mis-
sissippi Nlon2!D says th"y have taken
life in several Instances"
Mr.. Money declared than the hnZing
never had been warranted. and that
he knew Of Son!c cadets who had been
hazed TO the Point of danger "'rllcy
were hH2cI 10 Il hcrrt;c," said Mr..
Money, with deep feeling. that woJlld
have warranted The hazoc in killing the
hazcrs.'
"'rhcy ought to have been killed." in
terjectcd Mr.. Allen.
".Anl | want 10 say" continued Mr..
Money. 'tlal if were Il ci,l, at West
Point and WAS hAZ"d in 50 cowar,ily
ana brutal Il MANNER. would kill the
lazcrs If the opportunity did not come
| Ia, n a..
Mr.. McCuHbcr N. ID argued in sup
port of the prndIg bill. Incidentally
lie vigorously handled the practice of
hazing ni West Point That practice"
said Er. ''rrcatcS the worS! character of
brutality and the worst character OF
cowardcc. .Auv bull, who is guilty
of attempting TO punish one who is
physically uunblc to meet him is such
n coward that lie should be DISCHARGED
from the service"
Mr.. IIawiry asked for unanimous
consent that Il iinal vote be taken on
the Till and amendments ut o'clock
today. Tlon objection being offered.
Mr.. Hawlcy modified his rruucS. to fix
the time for final voting at ! o'clock on
| Friday. TO this no Objection was cn.
tered, and the agreement was an.
nounrrd formally.
| Another effort was made in the OK.
ecutivc session Of ,!l' senate to secure
the confirmation of James =. Harlan
| to be attorney general Of Porto Rico.
| and. as on Tuesday. the effort failed
because of the absence OF Il quorum.
The river and harhor appropriation
| bill was passed by the horSc. The
| bill has been under cOnSiticratiu for
over II week. and has becn asSailrd
| from many quarters. The bill PASSED
| practically as il cam" from The crlnl!it-
tee. II carries slightly less than S6O.-
| 600, ,Wo of which N23.OOO.OOO is in dir, ct
| appropriations. Th" section empower.
| ing the president to negotiate with
| Great Britain for the maintenance of
| suitable levels Oh IKE Great Lakes was
hroadenCd 50 rs to provide for a Joint
| commission to conduct tho neyotia ions
lrvestie alton Nearly Ended.
West Point, \. u. Jan. II. The con