The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-21

rose OF a I've man. have tn proof here
II you desire TO open up the subject"
Angered by Mr. hentzs refusal 10 allow
hlm to be heard. Mr. Grosvenor. with
fushed face and upIifted arm. declared
that the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.. Lentz,
hao been guilty OF malicious falsehood
And he knows Il, +" added Mr.; Grosvenor.
- few minutes afterward Mr.. Lentz pro-
yCsed that Mr. GrcsvenOr be given fifteen
minutes and he Q>entzl ten minutes
-.Oh, / object called out Ar- Cannon
Tx the gentlemen desire TO wash their
dirty linen they should hire hall
4 very sensational episode occurred when
TIE paragraph providing that not over so
snculd be paid for the apprehension OF =
Csserter frcm the army was reached. TINS
paragraph was seized upon by Mr. Lentz
Ter base from which 10 attack what nc
Eaid was going on In the philippines ana
which so disguised our soldiers there that
trey deserted He declared that reports
were coming back from the philippines 10
the effect that our soldiers were kIlnS
prisoners and said that he knew of a let
.er received by the father OF soldier III
the Philippines telling OF how native nau
been buried alive by his captOTs and then
De headed. Mr.. Lentz declared sha- II that
was the sort OF civilization heinz carried
into the Philippines II would take so.yD 10
prevent oCr soldiers from deserving. Again
and again, he shouted, that they were
justified in deserving.
Mr. Lentz's remarks aroused the House
10 fever pitch. Mr.. Graham tRep:, raj
challenged Mr. Lentz 10 produces the let
ter he had referred to. He said he thought
10 existed only in the imagination or the
gentleman from Ohio.
Mr.. ientz declared that the letter coulu
not be produced without getting the boy
iGto trouble.
DESERVES TO BE SHOT.
Mr. Cannon. In impressive tones, declared
that a gentleman who would rise In his
place in the American Congress and advise
rlen who had enlisted under tile American
flag TO desert might be safe here, but II
he should say the same things in the Phil
irpines he would be tried by drumhead
court martial and shot. This statement
brought round OF applause nom the Re-
Publican side
But Mr.. Lentz returned to the assault.
He read a newspaper account of a letter
alleged TO have been received h the father
OF a soldier saying that the soldiers wer'.
ordered TO shoot every man and beast they
found. Mr. Lentz declared that he could
nCt be 'brow-beaten.' liz such orders mad
lectively, should be ashamed TO face the
world RE charged that orr soldiers were
guilty OF murder and said that the time
Lad come when TIE country was entitled 20
know the facts and not TO rely upon CEN
sCred press.
Mr.. Cannon said the gentleman was LASH
he slandered We're busy in the performance
nj their duty. Mr.. Cannon said that in his
lite he had heard more eloquent men than
the gentleman from Ohio ,, esncour,,
The Nation was at stake, said ne,
men all over the North stood behind the
firing line and encouraged desertion !
leave the gentleman to the contempt OF an
Indignant people," concluded Mr.. Cannon
anid q whirlwind of applause as he took
his seat.
1T matters not where I was" retorted
Mr.. Cannon. jumping to his feet. Il was
rot disioyal then, ard what Is more Inn,
pcrtant 1 am not disloyal now IReneweo
Republican applause.l
Mr.. Mahon challenged Mr.. Lentz to bring
IL resolution to ask the secretary of wal
whether such orders he hal referred &c
ever had oeen issued. The result OF such an
inquiry. he said. would show that the re-
Pert OF them was a falsehood Il have
heard such speeches as the gentleman de-
livered before he continued. They are
but revane OF the copperhead speeches
from 1861 to 1866. The copperhead charged
every crime in the calendar to the Union
soldiers The boys In the Philippines are
dtserting because you encourage them tc
Desert and the man who encourages them l.
worse than the deserter; Daring the re-
cfIperheads had been shot we would not
have been troubled with deseftion. Some OF
these men still live-thank God, very few
C.
Neither the people nor the press OF my
State could be paid to make such charges
Us the gentleman has made. am not sur
prised that the good people OF Ohio left
you at home not because you charged thai
tho administration paid 100000 to defeat
you: you are not worth it-bus because OF
your everlasting demagogy." LOUD Repub'
hcan applause-l
REPUBLICANS JEERED.
This brought Mr.. Lentz again to his feet
When he declared himself a Jefferson
Lincoln Democrat the Republicans jeered
Proceeding. he charged that his defeat had
been comprised by bribery right and left
II was defeated he continued You are
welcome to the glory and satisfaction OF it.
TITS a great satisfaction" laconically OBJ
served Mr.. Mahon amid laughter
Mr.. Grosvenor also paid his respects Il
Mr.. Lentz for terming himself a follower
OF Jefferson and Lincoln. and Mr.. Moody
almost brought his side OF the House tC
its feet by reading an utterarce OF Lincoln
condemning the willy agitator'' who in
duced the soldiers to desert more than Il
condemned the soldier himself.
Has Massachusetts, shot Senator Hoar?'
shouted Mr.. Lentz while the applause wa.
reverberating through the hall.
''Oh, get out, called Mr.. Dalzell (Rep.
Pal
The excitement then subsidized and con
sideration OF the bill was renewed. Mr.
Sherman offered the following amendment