Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
DENOUNCEDIN SAVAGE TERMS
EsziDg at West Point Furnishes Senators
with Theme for Bitter 0ratory.
ALLEN NOT cHARy IN HIS CONF ENNArIoN
Even 10 Ne Had 10 wait One Hun
dred Years for His Opportunity
senator Money Declares He
would Kin His AssaiIant.

wASHINGTON. Jan. 1s-A hnal vote
upon the pending army reorganization bill
will be taken by the senate at o'clock
Friday, under the terms Of an agreement
reached late today. Speeches in opposition
10 the bill were delivered today by Mr.. Al
len OF Nebraska. Teller Of Colorado and
Butler OF North Carolina. MIR McCumber
Of North Dakota made an argument in sup
pert of the measure. The feature Of the
debate was the denunciation of the practice
OF hazlng at West Point military academy.
MIR. Allen. Mr.. Money of Mississippi and
Mr. McCumber declared It 10 be an evil
dence Of brutality and cowardice, the Mis-
sissIppi senator maintaining that cadet
whom others attempted to haze would be
Justified in killing his assailants lie de-
clared that If he we're cadet upon whom
such cowardly brutality we're attempted
he would kill those who assaulted him II
he had to wait hundred years for the
opportunity.
a Joint resolution relative to leaves OF
absence granted TO officers OF the army.
providing that the time consumed in travel
by officers between the Philippines, Cuba.
Porto Rico and the United states shall
not be included in the leave granted was
passed. Consideration OF the army re-
organization bill was then resumed
Mr. Teller moved to strike out that
paragraph OF the bill which empowered the
president to place on the retired list any
officer who has been suspended from duty
by sentence OF court martial or by execu-
tive order in mitigation OF such sentence.
II was agreed to.
Mr.. Teller said that the paragraph might
apply to Major Joseph II. Wham, whose rec
ord he dwet upon as a splendid one, filled
with acts OF gallantry at Nashville, Frank
lin and other battlehelds He read a num-
Der of recommendations from influential
people urging Major Wham's appointment
as pay master general and said this recon-
mendation seemed to have brought on
Major Wham an infamous persecution.
MIR. Carter asked for Anal vote upon the
bill at o'clock tomorrow.
senator Allen Enter. Protest.
Mr.. Allen said that for the time being
he would object. although subsequently he
might withdraw his objection.
Mr.. Allen then entered upon an ex-
tended discussion OF the pending measure
declaring his opposition to 1t in
any form in which Il might be
presented He declared II was wrong
in it's purpose and radically wrong
constitutionally. Adverting to the Philip
Blh' pu'SNiVht Which nt ohlu ut ndu nv
purpose to discuss. he maintained: "The
Filipinos never owed allegiance to the
United States and do not today. They
owe allegiance only to their island govern
ment. however weak and puny It might
be. They are not rebels, though they may
be insurgents. | am opposed to this bill
because It's avowed purpose Is to provide
soldiers to be sent to the Philippines"
Discussing the presentation a few days
ago of a petition of zoos Filipinos to the
senate, Mr.. Allen urged that the sgners
OF the appeal simply were exercising their
right, TO appeal TO congress, yet he said
the petition was announced by Mr.. Hawley
as treason.
THE Hippancy with which the term trail
tor and treason are being used these days"
said Mr.. Allen, "'is getting to be a stencil
in the nostrils of some OF US.
AdVerts to HsxinE at West Point.
In the course OF his remarks Mr. Allen
discussed vigorously the situation at West
Point as brought out by the pending in
vestigation, He declared that brutality had
developed at West Point which ought not
TO be expected to exist among barbarians.
This thing called hazing is worse than
prizehghting!" exclaimed Mr. Allen. why,
the prize fighter is a gentleman compared
with some of those young ruffans at West
Point. Indeed, life has been lost recently"
After breif review OF the Booz case Mr..
Allen declared that the FIRST thing a
foGrth-class man meets at West Point is
brutal assault and humiliating indignity.'
And these things, Shouted Mr. Allen
take place within the knowledge OF the
officers of the institution. These new ca
dets are compelled to cat soap: they are
compelled to get down on their knees and
Jump like a frog and are compelled to en-
dure other indignities which | would not
dare in this presence to mention. Some OF
the regular army officers say hazing can.
DOT be helped-that It cannot be prevented
You place one OF the old volunteer officers
OF the head OF that institution and in 81,
weeks he will put stop to IL or ther,
will be some dead cadets there. This
brutal outrage ought to be suppressed ant
It can be suppressed Boy or man. he whC
uses his superior strength in humliatins
or brutally treating weaker person is
coward And yet this bill encourages anC
supports West Point as at present 1t /,
conducted.
with authority | would stop that bru
tality at West Point" declared Mr.. Allen
"or | would dismantle the schools an,
turn over to the various states the educa
tion Of the youth OF the country for mill
tary pursuits.
II have information which leads me [,
believe that hazing at West Point Is re
sorted to for the purpose OF forcing out o
the institution cadets appointed from civ'
life In order to make room for the sons o