The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-16

ritsr eNlorLlon, torture. MURDER, arson
l .ase. snd every other known crime 70 the
That is false" exclaimed Mr.. Smith.
and huri back the charge al the gen
a.slnan !. and call upon him 10 produce the
proofs y he can.
''The proofs are ample and will be
presented said Mr.. Vandiver.
Humanity Greater Than Army.
''The gentleman ought TO be ashamed
assail the American army, seven thou
sand miles. frcm home"
Mr.. Fandiver responded that his re-
spect Tor the dictates OF humanity were
greater than that for soldiers guilty OF
such cruelty. He proceeded to read por-
ions or the testimony before the Philip
pine committee Of the senate. When he
referred TO General Funston, Mr.. Lands
or Indiana interjected the sarcastic in
curry.
'Funston--that is the gentleman who
captured our old friend, Emilio Agui-
Yes" answered Mr. Vandiver. and
that Emilio AgUinaldO seems to be
great eugbear to the other side Of the
But all his euIogies come from that
tthe Democrauc) side Of the chamber,
answered Mr.. Lands.
soon after Mr.. Vandiver became en-
gagged IN warm colloquy with Mr.. Ham
ilton OF Michigan. who demanded to
70 be maintained without soldiers.
mere was considerable confusion, and
lne cnalr had to rap vigorously for or
Ger Mr.. NandiVer continued to recite
cases Of alleged cruelty.
Mr. Mudd Of Maryland gave notice that
ne would move an amendment to the bill
promoting the use of any money carried
~ the naval bill for the purchase of Ma
cay history, the animadversions in it
against Admiral Schley being RESPONSE
bic in his opinion, for the court OF in
curry. II the history had been clear OF
partisan FEELING, he said, and had the
historian accepted the high-minded
thought pronounced by Schley. that there
was glory enough for all the American
nation would not now be the butt of crit
leism among the naval officers of the
Mr.. Hill said: Il came into the han
while the gentleman from Missouri was
portraying the outrages that had been
perpetrated by the American soldiers
upon the FilipinOs, and I regretted very
much to hear it. I had hoped that
there would be a monopoly of that kind
OF talk elsewhere, and that we should
not have in the house Of representa-
tives the maligning and slandering of
the American army while in the per-
formance Of its duty"
Mr.. Hill detailed a visit he paid to
General Smiths headquarters in the
Philippines. and added:
i found the department Of General
Jacob h Smith in peace and quietness,
and yet while that condition existed,
this incident actually occurred: A
company Of TagalOs, FilipinOs, the
Filipino army If you choose to call it,
descended on a village of peaceable
FilipinOs who chose to carry on their
regular business pursuits in peace and
duietness. and destroyed that village, /
numbering men, women and children:
and if the gentleman from Missouri
(Mr. Vandiver) desires a specimen Of
barbarity, / want to tell you what they
did TO loyal Filipinos and Americans.
They took men out and tied them to
ant hills, six or eight or ten feet high
and six feet in diameter, filed with
ants that are absolutely ravenous and
eat up everything they come in contact
with.
Atrocities in the Islands.
They tied these men to ant hills and
allowed them to be eaten to death by
ants. They buried them in the ground /
up to their necks and allowed them TO /
be pecked to death by the birds and |
eaten by the ants They took the loyal !
Filipinos and loyal Americans and cut /
them open IN the abdomen, taking out /
a portion Of the bowels and mailing it /
to tree, and driving them around the /
tree with bolos while they disemboW- 4
eled themselves. And yet you gentle /
men stand here and condemn Ameri- I
can soldiers for standing by the men 4
who are loyal TO the American flag I
and who are suffering such outrages /
as these
Mr.. Vandiver: For the very same 4
kind Of barbarity which you are now 4
charging against the Filpinos."
Mr.. Hill: Talk about water cures! /
Fight your political battles decently-
Do not attempt to do il BY slandering 4
American soldiers in the performance /
Of their duty"
The Philippines discussion became
general Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa referred
to Mr.. VandiVer's service in the con-
federacy. and declared that after thir-
ty-five years Mr.. Vandiver could not
forget the old days and the old meth
DDS. THE army he attacks is our
army; these boys are our boys" said
Mr.. Hepburn. They have been reared
in American homes. and he should not
in the house join the libelers and SIAN
derers in traducing our American sol
diers.'
Smiths Order Denied.
The opposition. he said. had seized on
every exaggerated story IN order 10
attack the American soldiers
Mr. Williams of Mississippi asked II
Mr.. Hepburn defended the order to
make Samar "a bowling wilderness"
i believe that is a lie" responded
Mr.. Hepburn. Il believe no American
officer ever made such an order. I be-
lieve it to be a Islander, pure and sim
pie
Mr.. Wheeler of Kentucky made
short and caUstic Tejoinder TO ar. Hep
burn. While agreeing with the Iowa
member that the Philippine question
should not be turned TO party advan-
tage. he said, he wanted 10 know why
it was that men must close their
mouths against cruelty and barbarity.
Mr.. Grow OF Pennsylvania recalled
the horrors OF warfare seen at Gettys-
burg, Atlanta and on other bloody
fields. He maintained that such cone
ditions were necessarily incident 70
warfare.
After the Philippine debate had con-
d1ued two hours. Mr. Meyer OF Louis
lana brought the discussion back 10
the naval bill. At 4 o'clock the general
debate closed and the bill was read
for amendment
A veto message was received from
the president on the bill relieving Har-
~ c. Mix from obligation on an Of
fetal bond.
Treaties Are Made.
Washington, May 15-The negotiations