The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-01
ARMY BILL IS
UP TO NJ KINLEY
Senate Passes Measure After
Hot Debate.
FILTPINOS SAID
TO BE TORTURED
Rawlins Talks Against the
Subsidy Steal.

Washington, Jan. 3i-After an eventful
legislative experience beginning with the
present session of congress and covering
about two months the bill for the reOr-
sanizatiOn of the United States army to-
day passed its last stage in congress, and
now goes to the president for his sigma
ture. The final step was taken ia the
senate, where, by vote OF 80 TO % the
conference report of the bill was agreed
to. The house Of representatives had al
ready agreed to the report.
The conference report was kept before
the senate constantly today even the
the Oil continued to be vigorously eX-
pressed, Mr.. Teller making an extended
speech in criticism of the war department
and the measure in general.
An opposition to the report. including
Hale. HOar and Chandler, developed on
the Republican side, based on the alleged
freedom which the conference had taken
IN introducing new provisions. On the
final vote several Republican senators
voted with the Democrats against the
Dill The shipping bill was discussed
during the latter part of the day. and
some progress was made on amendments
n speech by Mr. Rawiins of Utah
AGAINST the biI was IN IFogress at ,--e
N,s. Rawlins set forth the enormous
sums involved and made general attack
on the OH as steal.
Mr. Chandler gave notice that he would
ask for a night session tomorrow night 10
advance the consideration Of the pending
measure.
How Filipinos Are Tortured.
In discussing the army bill Mr.. Petit
grew charged that General Macarthur
report had been suppressed for partisan
purposes and that the reports of the TAFT
commission were colOred under orders
from Washington to fit the emergency.
Mr.. Pettigrew introduced and had read
long letter from. Tomas Mascardo. a
military governor ozone of the Philippine
provinces III which IT was charged that
severer torments had been indicted upon
the Filipinos by the American troops than
the Spa1iards had ever been guilty of.
Robbery. piilage, violation and muir
de, the letter said. ARE the first proofs
OF pTOt6ctiOD we receive when the
American soldiers enter Filipino COM
Mr.. Pettigrew said he would not cite
this letter If the charges made in il were
not confirmed BY letters from American
Mr.. Teller of Colorado rose to state that
two United states officers were disciplined
tives. The senator also had received a
call recently from a man who came upon
a party just after they had inflicted this
deplorable torture and who saw the vic
tim covered with blood and mangled
about the mouth
The senator condemned the statement
attributed to General MaCAi thur in which
he is said to have told a returning req
ment that one of its chief services was
IN engendering a WarliEe spirit, without
which no nation could endure
Hale Criticises Macarthur.
Senator Hale said he felt a sense OF
surprise and outrage that the commander
OF the main portion Of the United States
army while engaged in war. should he SO
possessed with the CID world spirit of
military. conquest and military ambitions
as to use the language attributed to him.
And If il proved true that this language
hsd been used, mr. Hale said he feared
he ffavzF-f fafa Ton fvrrv~
such sentiments.
Mr.. Bacon suggested that General Mac
Arthur had been only little more frank
Jndn others, and that the general was
stating IN existing condition which sure
Is would have q terrible reaction.
Mr.. Teller characterized the Philippine
friars as the vilest of the vile. whose
conduct could not with PropTicty be re-
ferred to openly in the seTate chamber.
And yet the Philippine commission had
put this obnoxious class in charge of all
the schools of the Islands
Inc senator commented on General
Macarthur 8 extreme course N deDorting
a newspaper editor from Manila. and Mr..
HOar inter5ected the remark that one of
the charges. of American colonists against
yOnd the seas
The conference report was agreed to,
30 to p, as follows.
Yeas-Aldrich Allison. Bard. Clamp.
CullOm, DebOe. Depew, Dillingham;. Dol
liver. EllCins, Fairbanks. Foraker. Foster.
Frye, Hanna, Hawley, Kean, Kyle. Lind
say. Lodge. McEnery. Morgan. Nelson,
Perkins, Plat Comm. Proctor. Quarles.
Sewell ShoUp, Simon, Stewart, Thurston,
WetmOre. Total 80.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate. Berry. But
Ter. Chandler. Chiffon. Clay. COckreil.
CulbersOn, Gallinger. Hale. HOar. Jones
1Ark), Kenny, MCComaS, McCum0er,
Mallory, Martin, Penrose, PettigTeW.
Pettus, Rawlins, Teller, Vest Total. ..
On motion Of Mr.. Frye the senate re-
sUmed consideration Of the shipping bill
and voting was begun on amendments.
The amendments inserting fifteen years
for twenty years as the utmost limit that
compensation shall be paid pursuant TO
the act was agreed to.
Another amendment proposed by Mr..
Aldrich changed the rate section by omit
ting the clauses on -, 20 and T-knot
ships. and changing the provision on IS
knot ships to read. Eighteen knots and
over, 1 clio per gross tons.
The amendment was not acted on.