The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Senator Money Says Cowardly Students Should be Killed.
WEST POINT OFFICERS SCORED
Charged That Appointees From Civil Life Are Brutaly Treated to Force Them Out of the Academy-He
 Created Sensation.

Washington, January 16-A final vote upon the pending army organization bill will be taken by the Senate at o'clock Friday under the terms of an agreement reached late today. Speeches in opposition to the bill was delivered today by MT. AL len (Pop., Neb), MT. Teller (Silver Rep.), col), and MT. Butler (Pop), North Caro- lima. MT. McCumber (Rep., North Dako- ta), made an argument in support of the measure. The feature of the debate was the denunciation of the practice of hazing at the West Point Military Academy. Messrs. Allen, Money and McCumber de- clared 1t to be an evidence of brutality and oowardice. The Mississippi Senator maintained that cadet whom others att tempted to haze would be justified in kill dng his assailants He declared that if he were a. cadet upon whom such cowardly brutality were attempted he would kill those who assaulted him if he had to wait a hundred years for the opportunity.
 During the denunciation of the West Point nazers MT. Allen said:
 A Brutal Outrage.
 'This brutal outrage ought to be sup pressed. It can be suppressed. Boy or man, he who will use his superior strength in humiliating or brutally treating a weaker person is a coward. And yet this bill encourages and supports West Point as at present it is conducted.
 With authority, would stop that brutal ity at West Point, declared MT. Allen, or I would dismantle the school and turn over to the various states the education of the youth of the military department.
 T have informant ton which leads me to be- lieve that hazing at West Point is resorted to for the purpose of forcing out of the institution cadets appointed from civil life in order to make room for the sons of army officers. And if they cannot force out the cadet by humiliation and intimidation, they prescribe course of examination which is in their own hands and which they could. not pass themselves, and thus force the prescribed cadet from the school"
 Mr. Money declared that the hazing never was warranted and that he knew of some cadets who had been hazed to the point of danger
 They were hazed to degree" said MT. Money, with feeling, that would have war ranted the hazed in killing the hazers."
 Ought to Be Killed.
 "They ought to have been killed" inter- jected MT. Allen.
 And want to say" continued MT. Money, that if I were a cadet at West Point and was hazed in so cowardly and brutal manner, I would kill the hazers. if the opportunity did not come for hun dred years afterwards"
 Continuing his discussion of he action of the cadets at West Point, MT. Allen said:
 'These cadets carry hazing almost to the extent of taking life, and in one instance recently they have taken life, and tho Senator from Mississippi (Money says they have taken life in several instances.
 MT. McCumber of North Dakota argued in support of the pending bill. Incidentally he vigorously handled the practice of haz- ing at West Point. That practice" said he .creates the worst character of brutal ity and the worst character of cowardice. Any bully who is guilty of attempting to punish one who is physically unable to meet him is such a coward that he should be discharged from the seryice.'