The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-28
WHEATON STIRS
UP SENATORS
RaWlins Resents the Alleged In
putatiOn Against Minority.
THEY WANT HIM CENSURED
LODGE AND RICHARDSON CAsTr-
GATE EACH OTHER.

4IT-AsHINGTON, Jan. 27.-An an =
, w mated and prolonged discus
sion was precipitated in the =
? senate today over the right of ?
2 army officers to criticise utter =
y ances made in the senate or else >
2 where IN the conduct Of affairs in ?
= the Philippines
= Rising to a question Of pTivi- =
= lege early in che session, Mr.. Du- =
= bois of Idaho had read an AssO- =
= ciated Press dispatch from Manila =
= in which General Wheaton was =
y quoted as cTiticising some Ut >
terances of Prof. SchUrmann in a ?
= speech delivered in Boston. Mr.. =
= Dubois thought the president, in =
= the circumstances, would be war =
, ranted in reprimanding General y
/ ? Wheaton for his utteTances- He y
= declared that such comment upon =
> the action of the senate was 'OIt- =
= rage0us and indecent and that =
( 2 the minority had had quite enough p
= OF threats and blaCkmaiL. Mr.. Du- =
q bois said he objected 10 army =
/ = officers criticising the senate or =
/ = the minority Of the Philippine =
; r commission and saying that their ,
T ? action was encouraging the Fill p
+ y pinos. He said the army officers =
= naturally wanted the war to con >
> tinue. They were the people who y
= thrived on it.
= Mr.. SpOoner said there should =
= be no hasty action in the matter =
/ = Of General Wheaton who he said. >
I = was an officer Of high reputation. =
= The facts should first be ascer- =
: tanned.
Wants Wheaton Reprimanded.
I think" said Ny Dubois, in view
Of the statements IN this dispatch the
president ought to Tepriucud General
I Wheaton and those officers in the Phil
ippines who are critiCising the senate
for its action or statements regarding
the Philippines.
I don't know who General Wheaton
is, but he is probably some charity boy
appointed to West Point by a senator
or representative and since supported
BY the government Such remarks as
he is quoted as having made are. how
ever, outra geoUs and indecent
/ Mr.. Lodge of Massa chusetts suggest
ed that it would be wise to ascertain
I before General Wheaton was repri-
manded whether he actually made the
statements attributed TO him. General
] Wheaton. he said. was an officer Of
e-DtAA~g anu NAAt-4 ltt nasty
I ton should be taken in such a case
Mr.. Teller: II don't think there is
any doubt but that General Wheaton
said what Is attributed to him"
= Paddock on Mouths.
} Mr.. Teller, continuing, said such a
situation as had arisen was one Of the
blessings growing out of the condition
in the Philippines A paddock, he as
serted. was 10 he placed upon the
mouth Of every man. congressman or
private citizen, and all criticism of the
administration Philippines policy was
$ TO be Silenced. He referred to the criti-
cism of senators who had antagOnized
the administration policy in the Phil
ippines. declaring that they had been
charged even with treason.
2 4 suppose" said he. that no =
& senator after a while would be =
= able TO read on this floor the Dec p
= laration of Independence without y
= sUbjecting himself to a charge of =
e , melting treason" y
Y = He said that if Professor Schur- =
y = mann's speech was not published y
= in the Philippines it was known y
= over there he had proposed that ,
, the FilipinOs ultimately should =
2 = have their independence. =
- Anybody he asserted, "WhO X
= will criticise the Utterances I'm >
that speech would criticise the =
= Declaration Of Independence If he y
, dared TO do So =
: Mr. Lodge said lIr- TeUer's state
Il ments concerning the Declaration of
: Independence were silly
Discussion About Censorship.
=. What President Schurmann said in
+ Boston did not. in his opinion, concern
e ! the senate. The only point was wheth-
y er a general Of the United States army
had criticised the senate. 1t did not
appear in the dispatch that Genera
Wheaton had referred TO the senate al
all He had d perfect right TO com
ment upon Professor Schurmann's ut
terances if he wished TO- IL would b,
most unusual proceeding to assume
L that General Wheaton was guilty o.
I any indiscreti0n until ne had beer
y heard from.
= In response to inquiries by lIr. Raw
y Inns Of Utah. Mr.. Lodge said he did no
y know whether newspaper dispaLChe.
? sent from Manila were censored or not
p and he did not know whether the wa
y department had or had not taken step
? to ascertain whether General Wheaton
= had made the statements credited q
him.
Mr. Carmack Of Tennessee Quesdone,
the right Of any officer of the United
States army to criticise the actions O.
Q, the Utterances Of any private citizen
n Mr. Tillman Of South Carolina inter
ruDted TO say that the general com
handing the army had been repu
'A manded by the president for agreeln'
at with the admiral of the navy upon
Is question upon which 'alj the people O
81 the United States were abs0luIeE
= agreed.
IS Mr. Carmack did not think that Nj
d. Tillman's interjectiOn was entirely rel
ST evant
Mr.. Hoar Of 8Iassach .--.. s contend
nd ed that n ulsUppOrt spaper re
+ port on g. matter Of his 81 had TO b
nj accented BY the sans G. He therefor
"a deprecated tie Introduction OF the Ma
lie Mia dispatch into the senate proceed
It. ings He thought the whole matte
as ought to be eliminated from CONSIDER
". alton, as he believed 1t entirely IKE
that General Wheaton would be re
l. proved if he had made any statement
> he ought not to have made
= AIR. Money made an extended Speec
! in criticism Of the government s polic
= in the Philippines declaring w e ar
; committed to IL. L suppose, until W
/ bave q lucid interval, and we are nc
= likely to have that soon
Mr.. Hale interrupted TO say tnat
/ \ the situation in the Philippines
\ will grow worse instead OF better
, = and that it was anomalous 70 NIX
= 4 the military and civil government
PeDlvine 10 a question Of Mr.
! = Hale as to what he would DO Win
= 4 the islands Mr.. Money sald-
Get them 20 to the devil and
! fake care Of themselves as far as