Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-17
ALLEN DENOUNCING nAZING.
Nebraska Senator Pays Respects to
West Point (.adets

. west l-O1nv OQQetS.
Washington. Jan. H.. Senator Allen ii,
his speech on the army bill yesterday
took occasion TO severely denounce the
practice of hazing at West Point
Mr.. Allen entered upon an extended
discussion of the pending measure. de-
tlaring his opposition to ii in any form
ii might be presented He declared il
as wrong in its purposes and radically
wrong constitutionally Adyerting to the
Philippine question, which he said he
had no purpose to discuss, he main
tanned that the Filipinos never owed
allegiance to the United States and do
not today. They owed allegiance only
to their own island government, how
ever weak and puny 1t may be- They
are not rebels, tho they may be insur-
gents. am opposed to this, because
..ts avowed purpose is to provide soldiers
to be sent to the Philippines. Discus
sing the presentation a few days ago
of a petition of 2 COG Filipinos to the SEN
ate, Mr.. Allen urged that the signels of
the appeal simply We're exercising their
right to appeal to congress, yet he said,
ley as treason THE fiippancy with
ENlllCIl tut lcIIi lIaltOisE auN tLSdSOll dle
Icing used these days" said Mr.. Allen,
lis getting to be a stencil in the nos
Etrils of some ofsus. In the course of his
remarks MIR. Allen discussed vigorously
the situation at West Point as brought
cut by the pending investigation. He
declared that brutality had been devel-
soped at West Point which ought not to
tie expected to exist among barbarians.
This thing called hazing- prize fight
Ing" exclaimed Mr.. Allen, why. the
Prize fighter is gentleman compared
With some of those young ruffians a;
West Point. Indeed, life has been lost
recently" After brief review of the
Booz case, Mr.. Allen declared that the
first thing fourth class man meets al
West Point is brutal assault and hu.
initiating indignity. And these things
shouted Mr.. Allen. take place within
the knowledge of the officers of the in
stitution. These new cadets are COM
PEELED to eat soap, they are compelled
to get down on their knees and jump
like a frog and they are compelled tc
endure other indignities which / woulG
not dare in this presence to mention
Some of the regular army officers say
iazing can not be helped-that 1t cor
not be prevented. You place one OF tht
old volunteer officers at the head of tina,
institution and in six weeks he will pu,
stop to it or there will be some deae
cadets there This brutal outrage ough
TO be suppressed, and 1t can be sup
pressed Boy or man, he who will us;
his superior strength in humiliating o.
trutally treating weaker person is {
coward And yet this bill encourage,
End supports West Point as at presen
|it is conducted With authority woulc
stop that brutality at West Point. de
CARED Mr.. Allen. "or l would dismanl,
the school and turn over to the various
states the education OF the youth OF tn,
country for military purposes. hav,
information which leads me to believ,
that hazing at West Point is resorted /,
for the purpose of forcing out OF the in
stitution cadets appointed from civil liz,
lin order to make room for the sons o
army ofiicers And II they can not fore,
out the cadet by humiliation and in
limitation. they prescribe course o
examination. which 10 IN their owl