Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-25
,oaIyzes Testimony Taken Before
The Committee,
nEyOUNCES GEN. CHAFFEE.
..,. Army VIII Conduct No Proper
Investigation when Il Is OBJ
Ice. OF Criticism.

.anate adjourned today Mr.. Raw
'Ds ., Utah concluded his speech In
~" .,,,on 10 the Philippine govern
Om n, hin As on previous days, he de-
s,aa much OF his time today to con-
',aro,ion of the testimony taken be-
~. the Philippine committee. He an
lived the testimony in connection
a,h orders issued by the war depart
w., and by general officers In the
nsn,rrines. lie was particularly Sc
100 IN his deunuciation Of Gen. Chat
.. ,or the orders he had issued In
'srrvlnr out the policy of the govern
o, He declared In conclusion That
~" tirited states would reap q whlrl-
ps ~ misfortune and disaster as
,.amit OF its policy In the Philippine
Islands. % uo,,,,no
.ns,rsss bill was reported from the
ZACHARY committee and passed, pro-
,Slng that certain clerical defects In
,",uralIzation cases In territorial
NAV be remedied on proper hearing
4 resolution offered by Mr.. Proctor
slrsctng the secretary Of war TO send
W me- senate all reports regarding the
nuaineton- CrozIer gun carriage which
NAV have been made TO the depart
ment, was adopted.
Bllls were then passed as follows;
10 provide for the purchase OF site
ana the erection Of a public building
thereon In the city OF Washington, to
Ne used for a hall OF records, and indi-
ratIng an Appropriation Of sl,OOO,OOO for
me purpose authorizing an Increase OF
p,nslon in cases involving total deaf
ness; making the provisions Of the act
Al Congress approved February 2S, 1891,
rlatine 10 public lands, Applicable to
M state OF Utah; authorizing the APP
nolntment OF a committee to distribute
100000 OF the funds Of the Choctaw
and Chiekasaw nations OF Indians
among INDECENT members of those ma
tons
At2 o'clock the Philippine govern
ment bill was taken up and Mr.. Raw
Inns continued his speech In opposition
10 il. He quoted from the testimony of
Gen. Macarthur before the committee
on Philippines IN accounting for the
dlsproportion Of the killed and wound
ed among the Filipinos. Gen. MacAr-
thurs explanation was 1T arises
from the fact that our soldiers are
trained in target practice. In other
words. they know how to shoot. The
Filipino soldiers do not know how to
shoot"
The explanation made by Gen. Mac
Arthur was not satisfactory In the
simon OF Mr.. Rawlins. The senator's
uplanatlon was: Our troops were d.
rstted not to cucumber themselves With
prisoners and not TO burden themselves
with the wounded. The Filipinos were
swept from the face OF the earth. This
was In execution of the program to
make the island bowling wilderness,
and to exterininate all people over the
age Of 10 years"
At length Mr.. Rawlins quoted the or
ders Issued by general officers In the
Philippines. He was interrupted by
Mr.. Carmack (Tennessee), who directed
particular attention TO this phrase OF
one Of Gen. Chaffee's orders: Il do not
urge inhuman conduct" ut strikes
me" suggested Mr. Carmack, that
Gen, Chaffee should have said, 4 for
BID lnhuman conduct"
The purpose was said Mr.. Raw
line, that the soldiers were left to
practice with lmpunity and without
dlsapproyal lnhuman conduct. That Is
me only intelligent and reasonable in
expectation that can be put upon II.
That was the meaning ascribed 10 II
by the subordinate commanders. whU
prsetlced the most inhuman conduct"
Rawllns sharply criticized Gen. Chaffee
and denounced him as a "dastardly
villain who had brought dlshonor upon
the American name and the American
people"
Tie attacked the administration for
referring 10 the army In the Philip |
pines for investigation the charges
against the military authorities in the |
SANDS made by Provincial Gov. Gar |
dlner. He declared that no proper In |
Vesugation could or would be conduct.
% by the army which was the object |
Of the criticism.
IN the course Of an eloquent and i'm |
FASHIONED peroration, Mr. Rawllns de- |
cared that II the United States gov |
sfhment should continue in the enforce |
menu OF its present policy In the Phil |
pphes II would reap whirlwind Of |
Misfortune and disaster. He received |
cvhsTatulstions from many senators |
"nsn he had concluded.
me senate then passed 40 private
pension bills. At $40 II went into ex-
'SuuYe session and at ass adjourned |
'"'esngating Barge ONCE Police.
D New York, April 25.--Pollce Inspector
orooks has opened an inquiry into the
senuuct OF the police who are detailed |
he barge office. The inquiry was
.,onVWing complaint OF the Society |
NJ, ~, Protecting Italian Immigrants that
hauans are being prosecuted at the |
arg Office The complaint alleged |
nN nc police favored certain runners
~, ,Op immigrant lodging houses and bru-
y threw out of line ordinary Ital-
ANS looking for incoming friends.