Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-07
FIERCE DEBATE
ON PHILIPPINES.
, Ragged in the Senate for a
Period Of Four Hours
Mr.. pEvrRlDGE TOOK LEAD
., Mr.. aawlin. Had un'"''n'
p''''' ,,,, n,.natcd Fae,'-U''h sem
"'" ,.r make. a spirited Reply

,n May 6.-For almos.
Waspins , ,oday fierce discussion OF
four n DO question ragged IN INC
Tue II was started by MI' some p,
sena,e' If Indiana, who nou Of
eros str,ctures on the iiVi ha said.
shaIp nostlon, because, as o ,beIr
The oppoVrslsted In telling III ~"
they pei enlv one side of the story, ,a
speeches =. O rmock and Mr. ha"hnS
MI Oaaented any imputatioh y.
warmly y Air Rawlns declared tna'
unfalrhess, n,otiyes had actuated ihe
no parusa" - the present Philippine
opponents nat they were moved ohly
policy, Dut u' and love OF the country,
" p"T Turner Of Washlngtoin. o ueaT nrac.
. %ii criticism OF the ne ,thorI,,ss in
scau i by the military aulho', ~ al.
wv philippines, dwelling On , a"v ha
the nrdsr of Gen Smith, whoim ,,a no
l,SlsOeonnced as monster III N'
form uoor Of Massachusetts prlnS
MI ~ no action of the Phllpplns
deiehqsu saving that already II ilau
4 commute ',cb valuable Information
Aeon
tufiiSI veyerIdge OF Indiana, a ne'np9i
i M philippine commission au.
OF uS mo senate today TO coIrto'
~ he said an unintenional h nv Iitoh
,rsnt made Of Mr. kewlins ~, ~ yater
men nnncsrning the application OF tne w." ST.
o ours to FiNpInos who had purheu , So
cu,s " o'Herne to death, He reau IIV,h
ee~, ,os,,mony TO show that MI, VA"
,he Wa,atsment was not accurate
FL iins peveridge said II mad peen
a, ,hat the water cure had peen
d pIo o,,,is, u IN the dreadful Oherne
aami''iI pv the confession Of the FIN
ease whom the water cure had been
pinOs " was learned that OHerhe
az baan burned to death over slow
,isu and and that his body Subsequently
bad been cut to pieces me . M 10
+. slon Of the Fillpinos included 'he
5 cston OF OHerne's remains
|i ,'Was this murder proved by any w,
testimony than that given IN inc ne
4 ,as,mony Of the tortured tilipinos
inqulred Mr., Hoar -, .,,oa Mr
Not that | know Of replied MI
Beyeridge, but that evidence was ""
Mr. Mr. Beyeridge and Mr., Patterson pc
z, ame involved in a spirited coiloqvy
s Eoyer fhe treatment Of the Flllpinos by
''4,be American soldiers, which was IN
terupted by Mr.. Carmack OF Tehhes-
bee SAYING. "The conduct OF American
}soldlers in the Philippines was UNI =
formly kind whenever II was permit
Med TO be so. In cases when II was
|IAotherwise they were driven to the
erueties by their superior officers.
Mr. Beveridge said he was glad AT
'this late date to hear an apology Tor
attacks upon the American soldiers.
q And inquired II Mr. Carmack could
mention more than single instance
Where an officer had ordered the adj
ninistration Of torture to a Filipino
Mr. Carmack replied that he had
not referred to any special orders but
HAT the general orders of Gems. Bel
Ind Chaffee indicated that In the opin-
ipn Of those officers the American
(roops were treating the Fillpnos toe
Kindly.
EN Mr.. Beyeridge ridiculed this answer
of Mr. Carmack, declaring that when
4 Be asked him a direct question he re-
ferred in a diaphanous way to the or.
81 ders Of Bell and Chaffee,
Mr.. Rawlins contended that every
Statement he had made In his discus
fion Of this question was essentially
Fhccurate. He discussed the 0Hernt
ease and said that the impression hi
+ bad gotten from the testimony wat
That the FllIpinos had been induced L
nake the confession suggested to then
BY the administration OF the watel
n ture.
He resented Mr., Beyerldge's imputa
ton that the minority was arraigninl