The Washington times., 1902-05-07
Unwise and Cruel to
Charge American Peo-
pie With Philippines.
RETRAcE STEPS WITH HONOR
Asks That Filipinos Be Called 20 Tes-
tify-Declares Evidence Before Con-
gress All Garnered From Returned
Army 0ficers-Mr. Beveridgc Speaks.

the Senate yesterday was prolonged and
spirited. lasting without interniss.on from
until nearly O'Clock. and including
and Turner. and sharp verbal fights in
which Senators Patterson, Lodge, Hoar.
McComas, and others took part.
Senator Turner made the most import
ant address OF the day, delivering care
fully prepared and forceful attack on the
bill. Senator Rawiins defended some OF
his statements against the attack made
on them by Senator Lodge on Monday.
Senator Beveridse began by pointing out
Inaccuracies and rnisstatements in the
recent Democratic speeches. but soon
warmed up to his subject, and made
speech on his own account. accusing the
opposition of showing only one side of
the picture in the Philippines, and en-
tirely failing to tell of the testimony
OF all the witnesses before the commit
tee regarding the uniform kindness of the
army in general toward the peaceful Fill
pinos, and the prisoners of war.
A Coincidence of Misstatements.
Mr.. Beveridge was the first to take the
fioor en- the bill. He scored Mr.. Rawlns
for what he declared was a curious CO.
incidence Of misstatemen.s made by that
Senator. II was Il reference to the
water cure" treatment administered TO
twelve natives, whereby there was elected
the facts OF the killing of Sergeant
O'Hearn by slowly burning and hacking
him for four hours.
He charged that the details of the IVA
ter cure" treatment were not as given
by the Senator frcm Utah, but that they
were exactly opposite
Mr.. Hoar wanted to know for his own
satisfaction whether or net the water
cure" torture had been inflicted By 6meri
can soldiers
Mr. Beveridgc said ii had been done
Was there any ether testimony show
ing the manner cf O'Hearn's deatL than
these ccnfessicns?" asked Mr.. IIoar.
There was not" reniied Mr.. Beveridge.
Mr.. Patterson. a minority member of
the committee. called attention 10 the
fact that twelve Filipinos who had been
compelled to admit their participation in
the murder of O'Hearn, had not been
ourt-martiaied or executed, as they
would have been if supposed to be guilty,
but had been kept In a guard room for
four months. FIVE OF them being finally
killed in an attempt to escape. and the
rest having escaped.
Mr.. Ca-rnack. Il minority member of the
committee, stated that the conduct of the
American soldiers to tie Filipinos WAS
uniformly kind wherever they were per-
-nitted to be kind: and inat where tina
was not the case the soldiers were driven
10 unkindres by command of their officers.
Democratic Commendation.
Mr.. Beveridge expressed his delight to
hear at last a word of commendation for
the American soldier from the Democratic
side o. the chamber; and he asked whether
the Senator from Tennessee could name
an officer who had ordered the water cure.
Mr.. Carmack explained that he was
speaking Of the general orders Of General
Chaffee, General Bell, snd General Smith.
Mr.. Beveridge ridiculed the explanation,
which he characterized as 'diaphanous.
He raised a laugh by repeating remark
of Mr.. Patterson as TO an officer sitting
In the shade of tree in the immediate
vicinity of where the water cure was be-
ing administered.
Good heavens" he exclaimed sarcasti-
cally, sitting in the shade of tree at
night" fLaughter.l
81 admit" he continued that Senators
on the other side have not Intentionally
suppressed testimony; they have only
omitted to mention it; but / ask them to
explain why they did not produce it all"
Mr.. RawIins tDein., Utah, replied to
MIR. Beveridge. He went over the matter
of the murder Of Sergeant O'Hearn and
the administration of the water cure to
discover the murderers, and he said that
the men who confessed to having partiri-
pated in 1t were induced to make the
confession by the infiction of torture fer
two successive days
Mr.. Beyeridge asked Mr.. Rawlns
whether he admitted that the American
oficers and soldiers had been kind. con-
stderate. and full OF care to the Filipino
prisoners and to the Filipino people.
Mr.. Rawlins said there was uncontro-
yerted testimony that American soldiers.
under the direction of American officers.
had inflicted the water cure and other
cruelties for the purpose of extorting in
formation. He had been forced TO the
conclusion that the plan OF warfare in the
Philippine Islands WAS to make the war
as drastic and severe as possible The
policy was to bring to every man. woman,
and child in the Islands the conviction
that their failure to submit. in deed and
I'm word. to the authority of the United
States would bring with IL inevitable
consequences.
People to Judge of Motives.
He would leave it, he said. to the Amer
ioan people to Judge whether Democratic
Senators were actuated by unworthy mo-
tives and he believed that the American
pcople would remain true to the instincts
of humanity, and to their purpose TO pre-
serye the integrity. honor. and glory OF
the country.
Mr.. Turner (Dem.. Wash) paid an
ironical compliment TO Mr.. Beveridge for
his excited and magnetic speech, and ex-
r.ressed the hope that it would have the
desired effect In the State of Indiana.
He also spoke of the weird kind OF fas-
c,nation" exercised in the speech of Mr..
Iodge yesterday, and said that IL was the
hest speech delivered in the Senate against
,be massage of the bill under considera
tion. His own purpose was to supplement
that speech aud TO drive home the one
certain and inevitable conclusion that 1t
Is ungise. unpatriotic. cruel, and inhuman
10 attempt to charge the American people
with the Philippine archipelago for all
time 10 come.
crit,cising what he called the dilatory
tactics of the Philippine Committee. Mr..
Turner said that If they were continued
he wnp'i be bound TO say that the purpose
-ittee WIS not to secure full
ztion, but a one-sided and
ion: that the committee
truth, the whole truth,
truth. but that IL had
Il the truth. as the
angling liberty in
ked. understand
Americans to
inent: or were