The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-07
BiVERIDGE TSPS CLOUDS
And Lightnings Flash From Carmack
and Rawiins.
A sCATHING CRITICISM BY TURNER
Hoar Urges That the Philippine Committee
Should Call Some Prominent filipinos
Before il to Testify in Their
Own Behalf.
tBy the Associated Press

Washington, ID. c., May 6.-For almost
Philippine situation ragged in the Senate.
1t was started by Mr.. Beveridge, of In
diana, who made some sharp structures
on the members of the opposition, be-
cause, as he said, they persisted in tell
ing in their speeches only one side of the
story. -
While he admitted that some outrages
had been committed by American sold
iers in the Philippines it was true. too,
that unparalleled kindness had been
shown by the American troops, to Fill
pine prisoners and Filipino wounded.
Food and medicine, he said, had been
shared with them; and they had been
succored on the battlefield and careI for
tenderly in the hospital. While saying
that the omission to tell this side of
the story by the Democrats was unin-
territorial, he suggested that it was un-
fair to make an arraignment of the
American soldier and not tell both sides.
Mr.. Carmack and Mr.. Rawlins warmly
resented any imputation of unfairness
Mr.. Rawlins declared that no partisan
motives had actuated the opponents of
the present Philippines policy but that
they were moved only by patriotism and
love of country.
Mr.. Turner, of Washington, delivered
q scathing criticism of the methods prac-
ticcd by the military authorities in the
Philippines, dwelling particularly upon
the alleged order of General Smith, whom
he denounced as a monster in human
form. He urged the Philippine Commits
sion to turn all the light possible on the
Philippine question to the end that the
PEOPLE might be fully informed on the
situation.
Mr.. Hoar, OF Massachusetts, briefly
defended the action OF the Philippine
Commission say.2s~ kat already il had
furnished much valuable information.
He urged that ia committee, in all JUS
tee. should cal! some prominent Fill
pinos TO testify in their own behalf.
During Mr.. Beveridge's remarks Mr..
Hoar (Mass.), inquired if it was a fact,
BI Ioved by testimony, that American sol
diers had tortured Filipinos until they
had confcs-cl to the commission 'of
crime?
Mr.. Eeycridge said it had been proved
that tho water cure had been admins
tered In the dreadful OHarnc case. BY
the confession of the Filipinos to whom
the water cure had been given, it was
learned that O'Herne had been burned. to
death over slow fire.
was ;hs murder proved by any other
testimony than that given in the testi-
mony of the tortured Filipinos'' inquired
Mr.. Hoar.
Not that | know of replied Mr.. Bev-
cridge. But that evidence was conclu- |
siye.
The conduct Of American soldiers in |
the Philippines" suggested Mr.. Carmack |
(Tenn). "was uniformly kind wherever |
il was permitted to be so In cases |
where IL was otherwise they were driven |
to the cruelties by their superior off |
GERS"
Mr.. Beveridge said he was glad at this |
late date to hear an apology for attacks |
made upon Che American soldiers
Mr.. Carmacl said that he made no |
apologies for any statement he. made |
Mr.. Beveridge inquired if Mr. Carmack
could mention more than a single in
stance where an officer had ordered the
administration of torture to Filipino.
Mr.. Carmack replied that hn had not
referred to any special order but that
the general orders of Generals Bell AMI
Chaffee indicated that in the opinion of
those officers the American troops were
treating the Filipinos too kindly.
Mr.. Beveridge ridcuied this answer of
Mr. Carmack, declaring that when he
asked him a direct question he replied
i'm a diaphanous way of the orders Of
Bell and chaffee. The Senate, he said,
had heard one apology yesterday, boauti-
full and long delayed and now it had
heard another. He insisted that the mi
norty Senators should confine them
selves to the record as made and in con-
rectiOn with the instances of cruelty,
which all by that merely regretted, they
should in justice show that The Filipino
prisoners had received the same food,
the same medicines and had been at
tended in the same hospitals by the same
nurses as the American soldiers.
In the course of a reply to some of
the comments made by Mr.. Beveridge
Mr. Rawlins (Utah), discussed at length
the case of the murder of Sergeant
OHerne and said that the impression he
had gotten from the testimony was that
the Filipinos had been induced 10 make
the confession suggested ID them hy the
administration of the water cure. Nr. ,,
Eawiias said outrages in the Philippines
We're dae. not to the soldiers themselves,
but TO the highest military authorities in