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RESUME OF rHR
WEEE's PROCEEDINGS.
In the Sennte.

Washington, May Elm vindica! ION
of the administrations policy in the
Philippines Mr.. Lodge Of Massachu-
sets, chairman of the Philippine COM
mittee, addressed the senate yester-
day. Long before he began to speak
the galleries were thronged with peo-
pie and the attendance Oil the floor Of
the senate was. unusually large. His
review of the situation in thu islands
and of the utterances of the minority in
criticism Of the conditions there was
notably interesting, forceful and eff
fective. He spoke with deep earnest
ness. and at times became eloquent.
Mr.. Lodge warmly resented the impu-
tations cast on the president, the secre-
tary Of war and the army for the al
legged cruelties and atrocities said to
have been practiced in the Philippines.
H" said every effort had been employed
by the officials in authority to prevent
such cruelties as had been referred to,
and measures had been taaken to pun
ish those guilty of them. Such things,
however, were incidents of every war
and could not be prevented absolutely
He had no defense to make of the cases
of torture which had been cited. but the
men Of the Am arican army had been
provoked almost
beyond Human Endurance.
He recited scores of instances of cruel
ties and tortures rracticed by the Fill
ipino Insurgents cn American prisoners.
Men had had their ears cut off, had
been disemboweled; had been driven
into streams, and while drowning, shot
TO death had Deen tied to trees ana
stoned to death by women and children,
and buried alive. Others had been shot
and bclced treacherously while succor-
ing the wounded. In the face of these
horrible atrocities, some of the Amer-
can troops had been guilty Of admins
tering the water. cure" but the in
stances CT this kind were isolated and
no part of the general policy of the
Philippines. He warmly defended Gen.
Chaffee for his conduct of military af-
fairs in the islands and paid brilliant
tribute to his heroism and patriotism
AS he concluded his defense OF the
American army and the American ad-
ministration he drew cordial applause
from the galleries.
In brief reply Mr.. Rawlins Of Utah
declared that the charges which had
been made were not made against Gen.
Chaffee or the american army but
against the senator from Massachusetts
(Mr. Lodge) AMI others who were re-
sporsible for the present Philippine pol :
icy.
Both the sundry civil appropriation
bill and the bill for the purchase of the
Rosebud Indian reservation We're
passed.
In the House.
Two desks were draped in black and
covered with flowers when the house
met yesterday. One was the old IA
milan place occupied by Representative
Amos ]. Cummings, whose public
funeral was held in the house Sunday,
and the other was that OF Representa-
tive Peter J. Otey of Virginia. whose
death occurred at Lynchburg Sunday.
DR.. CoCden, the chaplain, in his invo-
cation, dwelt upon the double atlliction
that had CONC uEon the house, and
prayed for the family and friends Of
Mr.. Otey.
The house adjourned out of RESPECT
to the memory of Mr. Otey.
Washington, May For almost four
hours yesterday q fierce discussion Of
the Philippine situation rage1 in the
senate. 1t was started by Mr.. Ecv-
cridge of Indiana. who made some
sharp structures on the members of the
opposition, because, as ne said, they
persisted in telling in their speeches
only one side of the story While he
admitted that some outragcs had been
committed by American soldiers in the
1hilipl ines it was true too. that M
n Isl l,,,
the American troops to Filipino pris-
oners and Filipino wounded. Fond and
medicine. he said, had been shared with
them. and they had been succore'i Oh
the battlefield and cared for tenderly
in the hospitals. While saving that the
omission to tell this side Of the story by
the Democrats was unintantiomnl, he
suggested that it WAS unfair to make
an arraignnent Of the American soldier
and not tell both sides.
Mr.. Carmack and Mr.. Rawiins warm
~ resented any ilnputation Of unfair
ness. Mr.. Rawlins declared that no
partisan spirit ever had actuated the
opponents of the present Philippine pol
icy. but that hey Were moved only by
patriotism and love of country.
Mr.. Turner of Washington delivered a
scathing criticism of the methods prac-
ticed by the military authorit' IS in the
Philippines. dwelling particularly upon
the alleged order Of Gen. Smith, whom
he denounced as a monster in human
form.
In the House.
The house yesterday adjourned i'm
after The reading of the
journal, cut of respect to the memory
Of Representative J. D. Salmon of New
Jersey. who yesterday died suddenly Of
apoplexy at his home in Boonton. This
Is thG third consecutive legislative day
on which the house has paid q. similar
tribute of respect to one of its deceased
members.
In the Senate.
Washington, May s. - Discussion of
the Philippine bill in the Senate took u
sensational turn again yesterday. Mr..
McComas of Maryland, referring to the
alleged cruelties Of American soldiers