The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-09

what had been shown by Republican sena-
tors was that the cruelties in the Rhllp-
pines were not the first cruelties that nae
been perpetrated in warfare. He said that
what Republican senators had said was a
description Of what human nature Is. Iney
had not justified the alleged order OF zen
eral Smith. although they reanzeo there
might have been e~xtenuating circun-
stances. even as 10 the issuance OF that or
der.
There are not and cannot be-" declared
Mr.. Carmack, ANY ~extenuatlng clrcuh-
stances for the murder Of a whole people
including women and children.
THE BATTLE OF SANTA FE.
AS an instance of the awful result Of war
fare Mr.. Foraker interrupted to relate
briefly the story of the battle of Santa Fe.
which occurred some time in the sixties. =
regiment Of volunteers under command OF
Colonel Chivington wiped from the face OF
the earth a band Of Indians, men, women
and children. The massacre. he said. was
in its details almost incredible. Every pos
sible brutality and infamy was practiced.
He then called attention TO a speech deliv-
cred in the House by Mr.. Patterson. the
present Junior senator from Colorado,
which, he said, was along the same lines as
that of the senator from Massachusetts
Mr. Lodge.)
Mr.. Patterson interrupted 10 say that the
battle OF Santa Fe followed the most inhu-
man alToClJleS on the whites committed Dy
the Indians. The Indians attacked the
whites where the latter had a right TO be.
I'm this Philippine case" said he. I'VE are
shooting an unwilling people into submits
sion to a government in which they have
no voice and which they do not want"
NJ. declared that the United
States was entering on a century OF con-
slant warfare, for no other result that a
few carpet bag thieves might have oppor-
tunity 10 rob the people OF the Philippine
islands as they used TO rob the people Of
the South.
Mr.. Foraker interrupted to inquire II Mr..
Carmack thought it was the purpose OF
President Mckinley in taking over the
Philippine islands to provide a theater %
scOundrelism; was ii the purpose OF the
Senate in confirming the Paris treaty TO
provide a scene Of villany and outrage?
Where did the purpose referred to by the
senator from Tennessee originate?
Mr.. Carmack replied that McKinley's
purpose was that Of benevolent assimila-
ton" the purpose OF the Republican party
now is "maleYolent assimilation" Laugh
ter.
MI. Foraker inquired whether it was the
Democratic senators who voted for the
treaty or William j. Bryan who advocated
its ratification. I~Laughter.]
MR.. DOLLIVER'S SPEECH.
Following Mr.. Carmack. Mr.. Dolliver
deplored the tone and character, not to
speak of the purpose, of the pending debate
upon the Democratic side. He said he had
met only a day or two ago a veteran news
paper man. who. with tears in his eyes
had asked him if there was not a man in
the United States Senate who would raise
his voice in defense OF the American boys
in Samar. That man, said Mr.. Dolliver
had a son with Major Waller. and that sor
Walters march across the island. He pro.
posed, he said, to raise his voice in defense
; IF f6e 'g sSSfhe STay part foy Of s an deel h 3 b 5eal
burned by order of General Chaffee be
cause of the Balangiga massacre befor,
poor old Smith" set foot on the island
Z That burning, he said, was a fitting retri
button for the massacre. He said that il
1 some distant day we might retreat from
those islands, but the retreat would no
} be conducted by the men who had staire.
the uniform of the army Of the UniteC
States in the Senate of the United States
2 We might at some future day go back L
| the islands to gather up the bones OF oul
dead, but he did not want the opportunity
t afforded the relatives OF those dead ever
/, to intimate that they had lost their lives
! in a dishonorable cause.
I Mr.. Dolliver then read an editorial from
a Memphis newspaper upon Mr.. Carmack'
recent speech on the Philippine question, il
which that paper took sharp issue with tn
Tennessee senator as 10 his conclusions
Mr.. Delivers comments on the editoria
as he read it were highly amusing. He sal
t he had heard Mr.. Carmack's speech thre
= times before when both were members o
the House.
: Mr.. 'Carmack retorted that when MI
DOlllNGI = Sud6C was uOl witty lhS z
lures were ridiculous. 80 far as his argu
ment is concerned" said the Tennessee
senator, The might just as well have bee
swinging from his prehensile tail from
leafy Dough" The speech. he declared
was accompanied by Simian gestures an
> was of little force or effect so far as tn
[ main question was concerned. The news
paper from which Mr.. Dolliver read wa
. owned largely by Luke 4. Wright, a men
t Der of the Philippine Commission. II
s charged that Mr.. Dolliver in his speeo
justified murder in the Philippines and de
= Tended the order of General smith. Poo
L old Smith" he continued, the scoundre
the murderer, the butcher. i am glad I
say that the senator from lowe is the onl
man thus far that has risen in his plac
to defend that bloody old scoundrel."
Il do not call the senator from Iowa
$ order" said Mr.. Carmack. IF he had bee
I any other senator on that side l woul
I have Gone so. L did not call him to orde
d because / knew that TO require him
speak the language of decency and courtes
II in debate would have been'to condemn hi
d TO absolute silence for the rest OF his life.
o CALLED TO ORDER.
e 81 call the senator from Tennessee
e ORDER" suggested Mr.. Hoar, of Massachl
d sets. land L desire a ruling from the cha
II on my point of order"
BY direction of the president pro ten
e CMr. Frye the stenographer read the fin
statement of Mr.. Carmack. The lal
e guage," said the chair. was clearly out
ID order. But the senator has taken his seat
TT Il do not" interposed Mr.. Dolliver, IT
l. gard the language Of sufficient important
e, TO pay any attention TO IT..
20 THAT settles IT," said Mr.. Carmack. "
II the senator from Iowa thinks II OF no In
IN p~ortance it cannot be. However, Mr.. Pres
In dent. since the chair rules that my languaG
lie is out OF order L will withdraw 1t"
y With this statement the exchange OF pc
SOn2lities between the senators from Tel
n. neSsee and Iowa ceased. Almost imm'
al diately Mr.. Carmack rose from his seat an
is walked over to Mr.. Dolliyer and shoe
rs hands with him cordially. After chattli
rs a minute or two in evident good feelln
n the Tennessee senator stepped down TO II
ID desk of Mr.. Hoar and shook hands qul
G, as cordially with the venerable senate
I'd from Massachusetts. Thus the sharp a.
O., bate between the senators was ended
~ perfect good humor.
lp Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts. chairman
ne the Philippine committee, called attentiS
al to the story published a few days ago nj
ne Ger date of Lynn, Mass, saying that a s.
rs Of the Rev. w. II. Walker, OF that cit
p had described in letters TO his father q
n killing OF one thousand Filipino pr
ne Oners by a company of the Sixteen
TO Infantry. Mr.. Lodge said that a stat
We ment from the War Department 1
dicated that the company referred TO III
IL not been in the province where the shoe
ing Of the prisoners was alleged TO ha'
er taken place, and that the department HI
Is no information OF such killing. He read
r its correspondent I'm this city, quoting Re
ne Mr.. Walker as saying that he had not 7
as ceived any such Information from his so
OF The only letters received from his son we