Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24
given district upon the caprice and Will

OF this oligarchy.
Any Judge who may presume to ex
ercise any Jurisdiction derOgatory Z
the wishes Of the oigarchy may be sup
planted the moment he undertakes e
render his decision. When he has De
cded the question and II Is favorable
TO them, they may make II final anc
cut of the right Of appeal TO any SUI
perior tribunal, and II Il Is unfavorablf
they can remove him and put In new
Judge who will grant 10 them what theS
wish.
ARMY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR USE
TO WHICH 1T HAS BEEN PUT,
But, Mr. President. ! am going 10
pass now from the questions relating
Immediately 10 the provisions OF TINS
bin to another subject, and ! desire TO
premise what ! say IN relation 10 that
by the statement that our army origin
ally sent 10 the Philippine Islands ala
not undertake the service which they
have since been compelled to perform.
without undertaking to go into the
history OF our relation fully, ] may
state two or three things connected
with IT,
Men volunteered TO achieve a given
with Spain. That was achieved TO the
fullest posrlbe degree. II was perfect
~ and In every regard finally accom-
pllshed on the 18th day OF August 1885,
when the protocol with Spain was
signed. Torture and cruelty and recon-
centratlon and desolation we supposed
had been put an end 10, until on the
18th day Of August-we did not know II,
but II was true-the hand Of avarlce
showed Itself and cablegram was sent
"a Dewey what are the Islands worth
TO the United states II we retain them
rs colonies? What Is their commerce,
and what are their mineral resources,
etc2"
That was the question. Then new
policy was outlined. When we had
completed the benign purpose which
had brought the American people up 10
the point OF making the declaration OF
war against Spain we then entered
upon repetition Of the history Of the
very cruelty and barbarism, OF tor
ture and oppression OF Killing and ex-
termination Of which Spain had been |
guilty; and we did II deliberately Will |
fully, maliclously, with malice afore'
thought
Every ration ~ endowed with the
rover Of rational yOlltl0n and must |
suffer the consequences for the failure
20 exercise Il, and | am not willing TO
ooncede that the executive mansion Is
but madhouse, and that rs occupant
Is not RESPONSIBLE for his acts, or that
they are the result Of incompetence and
incapacity for government.
BARBARIsM AND CRUELTY.
Mr.. president, the war was begun In
the manner which | have pointed out,
Those who came in conflict with the
American troops were slaughtered, II
finally developed that no wounded were
left upon the field. ] say no wounded
because the official reports OF the
wounded among the Fllipinos do not
disclose any wounded 10 speak OF.
Whether the craftsmanship of the
American troops was so unerring that
In every instance they struck the ia
tai spot--a theory which was pro-
pounded In the testimony of General
MacArthuf-tI must leave the senate
or those interested IN this question to
determine. Whether the Fillpinos, shot
down by hundreds and thousands, were
enabled TO carry away their wounded,
according TO an alternative theory
pIVpOuhutu lDf irhllDlbIN Oh htIltI- |
al Macarthur ] submit TO the fair con-
sideratlon Of the judgment OF those
who are 10 pass upon this question.
Certain Il is, Mr.. president, that our
troops swept those people from the
face Of the earth In hundreds and in
thousands commend the official re-
ports of General Macarthur and other
generals as to the relative proportion
OF killed and wounded on the Ameri-
can side, which Is normal. 10 the killed
and wounded on the Filipino side,
which, discloses practically no wound.
ed ut ALI.
That Is one phase OF this war. As
II progressed the policy OF those who
had control Of It, according to the tes-
timony Of General Hughes. became
stiffer and sitter 10 use his exact
language. IL became progressively
more severe, and when you look back
at the earliest stages Of that war you !
wonder what that signifies. But we
find out what II signifies.
First. the war was wnged against
men In arms. and they were slaugh-
tered. Next II became sitter by wag-
Ing II against men and women and lit !
lie children. Next II became sitter By !.
the burning Of the villages and ire :
spectiye Of age sex. or condition, !,
sweeping the land Of every vestlge OF !,
shelter and OF food. Next Il became :.
still sitter, following presidents OF the =,
Dark Ages, when tyrants resorted 10 +,
'xoruciating torture 10 compel infor- !,
nation and inillct punishment against "
people struggling 20 be free-tortures ~
leyised under the supervision OF a ~
1orquemada and the 1nqulsition, tor q
ures employed by a Phillip the Second a
n the Netherlands the water torture A.,
md other hldeous fortunes so infa- =,
nous that modern language falls to I,
urnish terms In which 10 adequately -
nd properly characterize them were -
pplied to the racking OF the nerves ~
I sensitive people, loving justice. =,
1usic, and the higher arts OF ciyiliza- n,
ion. W
But the secretary OF war has denied ~
his, and General Funston, coming
ack from the midst OF It's very uni
ersal practice, said, 1T Is an atroclous 10
e. and proceeded 10 describe II In IN
tanner which showed his familiarity -
18th the practice as IL prevailed I'm his N
resence. These denlals have been so A.
npudent that II has really been as- m
that they could be made in a.
he face OF the overwhelming testl- a,
lony Of the universal and systematic A.
ractioe OF these brutalities everywhere a.
here our soldiers penetrated In the sa
hllippine Islands. I'd
ARBARIc PEOPLE OF HISTORY. pC
MIR, President, most all OF you ~,
ave read the Commentaries Of =
aesar as he dealt with barbaric peo- }
es In Gaul and In Germany. and In
le course OF those commentaries we II
ave read how severe he waged that N
ar sometimes In open battle, wiping
It nations OF people; but Mr. presl-
mt, you will search the lids OF that
ork In Xnln 10 end an accnnnf OF |