The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-08
HEARING is RESUMED
SENATE COMMITTEE ON PHILIP
PINES MAKES LITTLE
HEADWAY
CIVIL GOVERNORS REPORTS
Senator CuIbersOn Objects to Their
Omission From Gov. Taft's Tes-
timOny, and Would Have
Them Procured.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April THE
hearings by the senate committee on the
philippines on the situation in the Philip
| pine archipelago were resumed today,
with Gen. Arthur Macarthur on the
stand but before he had begun his testi-
mony Senator Culberson, one of the Dem
ocrat1c members Of the committee, took
/ occasion to call attention to the omission
OF the report Of the civil governor Of one
OF the Philippine provinces from the rec
ord of Gov. Tafts testimony. This is the
report referred to in the correspondence
between Gen. Miles and Secretary Root
Of which the SECRETARY said:
The reference in the memorandum to
the letter of Gov Taft to the secretary
OF war, dated Feb. 7, 1902, is a letter
transmitting for the purpose Of an in
Vestigat ton by the military authorities a
report by the civil governor of Tayabas.
containing in general terms and without
specifications or names serious charges
against the military administration in
that province and against the conduct
OF the army general in it's relation to the
civil government
Senator Culberson quoted this para
graph, saying that Gov. Taft had prom
! 1sed to supply these reports of the civil
governor to the committee as they should
be received.
Senator Culberson said that the report
~ 4oSSCAtIA ldu DG6n received by Gov.
Iaft While he was before the committee.
1t was evident that this report had re-
Hected upon the military administration
OF the philippines and he moved that the
chairman of the committee be requested
TO procure and present this report
lie TOOK occasion to object to what he
I characterized as the efforts of the secre-
dary OF war to direct and control the pro-
ceeulASS or committee Of the senate
Senator Lodge replied that he had
known nothing of the report withheld
until he read the statement quoted. and
ne had theh learned that it had been re-
Ieffed to Gen. Chaffee in order to secure
ms comments upon it. Undoubtedly, he
said, the secretary had thought that the
charges against army officers should not
be sent out without an exnIanafion of
them
Senator Allison suggested that Gov
Ieit mad been i'll since his appearance
before the committee, and that he
should be written to upon the subject
senators RaWlins and Patterson sndors-
ed the position of Senator Culberson
MI RaWlins stated that the civil GOV
efnor or Tayabas had been major in
that the press dispatches indicated that
he and other civil officers of the prov
lrce had been placed under arrest last
Friday doubtless" he added, because
of the character of the report
Mr. Carmack expressed the opinion
that the secretary of war had come
into possession of information that dill
not suit his views, and is trying to sup
press it until he can cock up something
to break the force of it
Senator Culberson changed his resoIu-
tlCn so as to call directly upon the sec
rotary with a request to furnish any in
formation he might have from Gen.
Chaffee. and in this form the motion
was ado2ted
Gen. Macarthur then began his state
ment; which he said would be a review Of
his observations in the islands, and opin-
ions he had formed He said that after
a complete study Of the situation he had
concluded that I rTnanent American oc-
cupation of the islands was advisable
The general had not concluded his
statement when the committee adjourned
until 1890 o'clock tomorrow morning.