Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-21


that less Of. the Objectionable practice OF
hazing existed there than at any college
Of it's size in the United States Stih ne
favored this amendment.
Were you shown the court-martiai rec,
ords In the cases of Goodrich ana Jeiiriesi
asked Mr.. Sherman.
Mr.. Dayton-'I was not.
. Mr. Sherman-"Those cadets were hned
100 dement's and imprisoned for month I
Cured last year.
Mr. Grosvenor tOhio) said he was as
anxious as any other member to a1oiisn
the practice of hazing, but he did not think
a young man who might have been guilty
of the practice of hazing should be forever
debarred from aspiring to the dignity or
being soldier Of the United States. Inc
highest crime in the calendar was treason
Yet men who had fought four years against
the flag of the United States were today on
the rolls of the army as brtgad1er ana ma /
jor generals-as loyal men as ever lived
No cadet should be forever branded. He
favored the Sherman proposition as 1t was
proposed 10 amend 1t.
Mr.. Wheeler Ry) did not believe the
measure to repress hazing should be too
harsh. Every college-bred man, he said,
had experienced hazing in some form. Wnile
he believed public sentiment should have
weight in legislation. he did not peheve
a passing agitation should govern In leg1sla-
ton. He referred to the crusade against
Roberts OF Utah and to the events that
were occurring in Kansas under the lead.
ership of a misguided. historical woman
as evidences Of public sentiment run Wild
Mr.. Hepburn Creates a Sensation.
Mr. Hepburn Qowa). who followed. Gre
ated q sensation. He recalled the fact that
when the Booz case first attracted the at
tention of the country the superintendent OF
the Military Academy rushed into print to
declare that hazing had ceased at West
Point. Yet the committee of the House had
found forty-one cases where under-ctaSs
men had been called out to engage In
brutal prize fights. When he declared that
he favored certain fixed, severe punish
ment'' for the cowtng and browbeating OF
the younger class at the academies his
statement received round of applause
Why, Mr.. Hepburn asked was the navy de-
Why had there been 1000 assertions from
the army? Because the men were Amerl-
can citizens compelled to serve under men
"schooled in tyranny and oppression
These officers, Mr.. Hepburn said, stood by
each other" II have in my pocket list
of twenty-five vessels Of the United States
cast away upon the rocks or shoals by In
competent officers since the close OF the
totally destroyed. but. with a solitary ex-
ception. their brother officers let the COM
manders of with a slight punishment"
1.-The severest punishment inflicted was
suspension of rank. Even in China, which
we look upon as an antiouated civilization.
public opinion compels commander who
loses his ship to commit suicide. Here,
when a ship is cast away and becomes
total loss, nothing Is done. I want to see
a fixed and certain punishment for hazing.
Men Injured to the custom of hazing are
unfit to command troops or sailors OF the
United States, and our boys will not serve
under men reared In the unwholesorne. per-
nicious and damnable atmosphere OF ty--
ranny." Great applause)
HaxinE Not a Childish Prank.
While Mr.. Hepburn was speaking Mr..
Dayton and Mr.. Wheeler were striving to
interrupt him. At last, he paused MIR.
Wheeler asked him II he favored abolishing
the naval and military academies.
II favor abolshing hazng In every form,
replied Mr.. Hepburn. emphatlcally.
do you favor expulsion for childish
pranks?"
1T is not childish prank If you or
have a son at the academy for an upper,
class man to compel him to perform meriai
service for an upper-class man. 1t is not
a childish prank for upper-class men 10
pick out an athlete to beat a new boy.
(ApplauseD 1t Is not a Childish prank to
indulge in brutality that is a felony
Are not the lessons of obedience the
hardest to inculcate?" asked Mr.. Wheeler.
."rhey are. know 1t Is the hardest
thing in the world for an American citizen
with his ideas of liberty to be nodded INTO
the cog which we call a private soldier.
For that reason we need men who can per
Suade ana teaCN men illtO optuicIitc' 1'oe
tyrants begotten at the academy. The So
called upstairs in the army have their IN
ception in this thing we call haZing-that
is where the boy gets the idea Of his sa-
periorty."
do you not think II the superintendent
of the academies did their duty there would
be less hazing?" asked Mr.. Burke (Tex)-
The Kentucky Standard.
Probably Unfortunately they are up
held by too many gentlemen Of the martial
spirit of my friend from Kentucky, who
| indorse this sort Of thing even at the risk
of incendiarism and murder. They want
the boys brought up to the magnincence
| of the Kentucky standard"
THE martial spirit Of my state. replied
| Mr.. Wheeler, recognizes that war Is ter
| rible, and 1t is not in favor Of sending
somebody else's son to be shot down In Tor
| eign lands"
| burn He recalled the heroic service OF
Lieut. Lucian Young Of the navy on Hat
| teras going from ship to shore. back ana
| FORTH at the peril of his life In the work OF
won the admiration OF every American. Mr..
| Cannon also pictured the tidal wave which
swept over Samoa, wrecking the Trenton
and beaching the Yantic; and paid glow
| ing tribute to the American sailors, whose
| heroism had rarely been equaled. The
| Charleston, he said, had been lost in new
seas. and through the use OF imperfect
|
| cases referred to, II they, In fact, existed.
had been caused by negligence.
Record Americana Glory In.
| II believe the record of our officers. in
peace and war, is one which the American
| people glory in, and do not condemn said
| Mr.. Cannon in conclusion.
| Mr.. Hepburn returned to his arraignment
and gave a detailed list of naval casualties
covering a lengthy period.
"To show how unjust, nay. how brutal,
! that list and its differences are" exclaimed
| Mr.. Dayton CIV. Va, II will place in the
Record the proceedings in each case. show
| ing the circumstances"
| II challenge the gentleman to bring in all
! the court-martial proceedings" responded
| Mr.. Hepburn, warmly; no one will dare
to do that
1.-The gentleman's own statement shows
| fits animus,'' Mr.. Dayton replied, las he Is
ready to impeach the courts-martial which
| passed upon these cases"
| After further sparring the point OF order
| against the Sherman amendment was sus-
| tanned.
Proposed Entertainment of Kruger.
Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass) offered an amend
ment to appropriate 5000 for the enter