Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-07
57th CONGRESS.
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Eas passed
At the conclusion of routine business
he Senate began the consideration Of
private pension bills.
The calendar was cleared of private
pension measures, 80 bills being
)asscd
Beveridge Gnd.), a member of the Phil
ppine committee, addressed the Senate
to correct rs he said, an unintentionai
misstatement made by Rawlins Utah.
concerning the application of the water
cure TO Filirinos who had burned Ser
seant OHoyne to'death. lie read from
the testimony "a show that Rawlilr-'
statement was not accurate.
Hoar (MaSs.> inquired ii it was a fact
proved ,by testimony, that American sol
diers had tortured Filipinos until they
lad confessed to the commission of crime.
BeVeridge said il had been proved thar
ne water cure had been administered in
ne Q tioyne case. by the confession Of
he Filipnos to whom the water cure haG
1een given, it vas learned that O'IiOynr
had been burned to death over a SLOW.
IRE ana that his body subsequently had
been hacked 10 pieces.
The confession OF the Filipinos includ-
ID the location of O'Hoyne's remains.
which were identified.
Was this murder proved by any other.
testimony than that given in the testim0-
~ Of the tortured FilipinOs?" inquired
1oar.
Not that ! know Of" replied Bever-
dse. but that evidence was conclI-
sive"
Beverdge and Patterson became in
VOWED in a colloquy over the treatment
f the filipinuS by the American soldiers
which was interrupted by Carmarck
tTenn.) saying:
THE conduct of American soldiers in
The Philippines was uniformly kind wher-
ever it was permitted to be so. In cases
where ii was otherwise they were driven
to the crueltics by the superior officers -
Beverage said he was glad at this late
late to near an apology for attacks made
upon the American soldiers and inquired
# Carnack could mention more than Il
single instance where an officer had or
dered the administration of torture to "a
Filipino.
Carmack replied that he had not re-
ferred to any special order but that the
general orders of Generals Bell and
Chaffee Indicated that in the opinion OF
those officers the American troops were
treating the F'ilipinos too kindly.
Beveridge ridiculed this answer Of Car
mack The minority senators, he said,
should i'll justice show that the Filipino
prisoners had received the same food. the
same medicines, and had been attended
in the same hospitals by the same nurses
IS tne American soldiers.
RaWiins Utah) contended that every
statement he had made in his discussion
Of this question was essentially accurate.
Rawlins said outrages in the Philippines
were due not to the soldiers themselves.
hut to the highest military authorities
in the islands. The responsibility foT
them, indeed, was to be placed properly
at the door of the administration in
Washington.
Rawlins said one victim was tied dow
DIV American trOOpS nj Il
upon his head to attract the racous
ants, common on those islands, and fore
ed 10 give lnformaticn. He declared thac
women and children had been put to
death ruthlessly by American troops
Turner (Wash.) spoke upon the bill
he declared II unWise, patriotic crue!
ana lnhuman to attempt to make the
philippines permanent part of the ter
ritory of the United States
turner referred to the order of Gen
eral Jacob II. Smith and characterized
General Smith as a monster in human
form who had devoted an entire pro-
vince to mecciless determination.
In response to All inquiry by Dollivcr.
as 10 whether any Women or children had
eeen put to death under that order. Tur-
ner replied that evidence showed that ~
men had been taken out and shot
Doiliyer declared that the men had been
shot, not under the order of General
smith but upon other grounds.
Turne- urged that Major Waller had
pleaded the order OF Gen. Smith as iusti-
ncaton for his execution OF the Sanar
guides and had been acquitted on that
plea.
Turner referred to a special dispatch
which appeared in the Washington Post
of today under date line of Lynn. Mass.
ana which. on the authority of Rev. w.
n. Walker. told of the execution of 1866
Filipino prisoners by a battalion OF
american troops because there was not
sufficient food for them. Rev. DR. Wake.
told the story on the authority of his
son, j. b. Walker, private in Co |. 18th
I. S. Infantry.
Turner said he did not vouch for the
truthfullness Of the story but felt that
1t ought TO be investigated
Lodge replied that he would investigatt,
the matter, although he felt it was ut
terly without foundation.
;, speaking earnestly TO the committee,
Turner said
In view of the bloody stain on thu
American flag. If you do not shed light
on the situation it will be because you
dare not. You cannot escape the respon-
slbllity If You would, but you can make
partial atonement il you will
Hoar tMaSs.D. who introduced the reso-
luton providing for the investigation
which the Philippine committee is now
defended the committee in the
conduct Of its investigation. He said
tnat a vast amount of valuable Informal
ton already had been furnished by the
committee and he doubted not that other
urged that in fairness and justice some
t1llpinos ought to be called to give their
their testimony before the committee in
defence Of the charges which had been
made against them. He was assured that