Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-12
AND HE SWORE
Tillman, He fPitchfork Fame
Roasts the United States
Senate.
AROSE OVER PENSIONS
The South Carolinan Gets Very
Much Excited.
WANTS 10 KNOW IF WAR is OVER
Special Congressional Committees Re.
port on Hazing Case Is Singing
Arrangement of the Practice-says
It Is Shocking in Character.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The passage
at the beginning Of today's session of
the senate of a bill granting a pension
of $50 per month to Stacy H. Cogswel,
of Company F,Thirteenth Indiana Vol
unteer Infantry, induced Tillman, of
South Carolina, to make some forceful
comments upon the house in not tax
ing action upon the bill providing for
the pensioning of a Mexican war vet
eran who had resided in South Caro-
lima during the civil war, and natur,
ally had been in sympathy with the
|Confederacy. The bill had been pass.
ed by the senate but the house invalid
pension committee delaying final ac-
Ition upon it, which Tillman urged. He
Isaid there was such sectional animos-
ity in the house committee that the
members refused to permit action up
on the bill for the benefit of this old
Mexican veteran. is the war over
or is it not?" demanded Tillman with
Ivehemence. Let us find out whether
lit is or not" 81 swear by Almighty
God / will not let another pension bill
pass me senate unit. this old man gets
Justice"
A resolution was offered by Berry
calling upon the president for informa-
ton as to whether the American min
lister to China joined with the repre-
sentatives of the other powers in de-
manding the execution of Prince Tuan
and other Chinese otncials. The res
olution was adopted.
Hazing is Brutal. 81
The report of the special congress
| sional committee which investigated
the hazing Of Cadet Booz and the gen
| eral subject of hazing at West Point,
4 was today submitted to the house by
4 Chairman Dick together with bill
| making stringent regulations against
| hazing, fighting and all brutal prac-
| tees. The report is an exhaustive re-
view of the practice of hazing in all
it's forms, and while moderate in tone,
| is nevertheless singing arraign-
4 ment of the many alleged brutal
1 practices enumerated 1t specifies
more than one hundred distinct meth
DDS of annoying and harassing fourth
class men and describes them in de-
tail.
System is Shocking
The report says a system of fight.
ing has grown up which is shocking
in character. The West Point code is
more vicious than the Queensbury
code, and the time has come when
congress must decide whether fights
which are high crimes elsewhere, shall
| continue at West Point. The commit
tee finds that Cadets Macarthur, Breth
and Burton were hazed into convul
sions and others hazed until they
tainted, while others were hazed unit
they were sick. The hazing of Cadets
Booz and Breth are deliberately treat
ed, but the committee does not at
tribute their deaths directly to hazing
but there is possibility that it has
tened them.
Bill Against It.
4 The bill as submitted contains elev
en- sections against hazing, and pro
vices means for its detection and pun
4 ishment. Dismissal is provided fol
directly or indirectly, or for any form
1of annoying, harassing, or bracing ca
ldets. The cadets dismissed will be in
|eligible to appointmentsin army, navy
Tor marine corps
Take Up Naval Appropriations.
! At the conclusion of routine bust
ness the senate took up the naval ap
preparation bill.