The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-05-15
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WEEKS PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senatc.


Washington, May 6--In vindication
of the administrations policy in the
Philippines Mr.. Lodge of Massachu-
setts, chairman OF the Philippine COM
mittee addressed the senate yester-
day. Long before he began to speak
the galleries were thronged with peo-
Die and the attendance on the floor OF
the senate was unusually large. His
review OF the situation in tha islands
and of the utteranCes of the minority in
criticism Of the conditions there was
notably interesting. forceful and eff
fective. He spoke with deep earnest
ness. and at times became eloquent.
Mr. Lodge warmly resented TIE impu-
tations cast on the president, the secre-
tary of war and the army for the al
legged cruelties and atrocities said to
have been practiced in the Philippines.
He said every effort had been employed
by the officials in authority to prevent
such cruelties as had been referred 10,
and measures had been taaken TO pun
ish those guilty Of them. Such things,
however, were incidents of every war
and could not be prevented absolutely.
He had no defense TO make OF the cases
of torture which had been cited. but the
men Of the Am arican army had been
provoked almost
Beyond Human Endurance.
He recited scores of instances of cruel
ties and torturas ITacticed by the Fill
ipino Insurgents on American prisoners.
Men had had their ears cut Off. had
been disemboweled: had been driven
into streams, and while drowning, shot
10 death: had oeen tied to trees ami
stoned to death by women and children,
and buried alive. Others had been shot
and bcloed trea cherously while succor-
ing the. wounded. In the face of these
horrible atrocities, some of the Ameri-
can troops had been guilty of admins
tering the water cure" but the in
stances Of this kind were isolated and
no part OF the general policy of the
Philippines. He warmly defended Gen.
Chaffee for his onduct of military af-
fairs in tlH islands and paid a brilliant
tribute to his heroism and patriotism.
AS he concluded his defense of tn
American army and the American ad-
ministration he drew cordial applause
from the galleries.
In a brief reply Mr.. Rawlins of Utah
declared that the charges which had
been made were not made against Gen.
Chaffee or the american army, but
against the senator from Massachusetts
lMr. LODGE AMI others who were re-
sponsible for the present Philippine poll
fey.
Both the sundry civil appropriation
bill and the bill for the purchase of the
Rosebud Indian reservation were
passed. . .
In the House.
Two desks wee draped in black and
covered with flowers when the house
met yesterday. One was the old ia
milia' place occupied by Representative
Amos ]. Cummings, whose public
funeral was held in the house Sunday,
and the other was that of Representa-
tive Peter J. Otey of Virginia, whose
death occurred at Lynchburg Sunday.
DIR. Coude q, the chaplain. in his invo-
cation, dwelt upon the double afiiction
that bad come upon the house and
prayed for the family and friends of
Mr.. Otey.
The house adjourned out OF respect
to the memory of Mr.. Otey.
Washington, May For almost four
hours yesterday a fierce discussion OF
the Philippine situation ragged in the
senate. 1t was started by Mr.. Bev-
eridge of Indiana, who made some
sharp STRUCTURES on the members of the
opposition, because, as ne said, they
persisted in telling in their speeches
only one side OF the story. While he
admitted that some outrages had been
committed by American soldiers in the
Philippines, il was true, too, that I'M
paralleled kindness had been shown by
the American troops to Filipino pris-
oners and Filipino wounded. Food and
medicine. he said had been shared with
them, and they had been succored on
the battlefield and cared for tenderly
in the hospitals While saying that the
omission to tell this side of the story by
the Democrats was unintantional, he
suggested that II was unfair to make
an arrangement of the American soldier
and not tell both sides.
Mr.. CaTmack and Mr.. Rawlins warm
ly resented any imputation of unfair
ness. Mr.. Rawlins declared that no
partisan spirit ever had actuated the
opponents of the present Philippine pol
icy, but that ~ were moved only by
patriotism and love of country.
Mr.. Turner of Washington delivered a
NAiNiNhStl VI liit IHtlHObS
ticed by the military authorities in the
Philippines. dwelling particularly upon
the alleged order of Gen. Smith, whom
he denounced as monster in human
form,
I'm the House.
The house yesterday adjourned i'm
mediately after he reading of the
journal, out of respect to the memory
Of Representative j. ID. Salmon OF New
Jersey. who yesterday died suddenly of
aroplexy at his home in Boonton. This
is the third consecutive legislative day
on which the house has paid a similar
tribItc of respect TO one Of its deceased
meynbers.
I'm the Senate.
Washington, May 8. Discussion OF
the Philippine bill in the Senate took a
sensational turn again yesterday. Mr..
McComas OF Maryland, referring to the
alleged cruelties of American soldiers