Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-07
FACTS ABOUT PHILIPPINES
Bsveridge Says Opponents Have 0vsrdrawn
Abuses by American Soldiers.
NOT IMPLIED BY BEST OF MOTIVES
with senator Hoar He Defends the
work Of the Philippine Commits
sion-Carmack Of Tennes-
see Seeks Cover.

VI NAN n NIP
pine question ragged in the senate. II was
started by Mr.. Beveridge Of Indiana, who
made some sharp structures on the mem
bers Of the opposition because, as he said,
they persisted In telling In their speeches
only one side Of the story. While he ad-
mitted that some outrages had been com
mitted by American soldiers in the Philip
pines, II was true, too, that unparalleled
kindness had been shown by the American
troops to Filipino prisoners 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 unintentional
he suggested that It was unfair to make an
arrangement Of the American soldier and
not tell both sides.
Democrat Resent Imputnttons
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
Philippine policy, but that they were moved
only by patriotism and love Of country.
Mr.. Turner OF Washington delivered a
scathing criticism OF the methods practiced
by the military authorities in the Philip
pines, dwelling particularly on the alleged
order Of General Smith, whom ne de-
nounced as a moster in human form. He
urged the Philippine commission 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 de-
Tended the action Of the Philippine commit
tee. saying that already 1t had furnished
much valuable information. He urged that
the committee, in all justice, should call
some prominent Filipinos to testify in their
own behalf.
Reminders of Mortality.
In his invocation in the senate today
Rev. DR.. Milburn, the blind chaplain. re-
ferred feelingly to the unparalleled fact of
the death Of three members Of the house OF
representatives in four days. His ~allusion
was:
Let those solemn and frequent reminders
OF our mortality come home to us all with
impressive weight, and so may we walk
In the world that when we depart hence
1t may be we'll with us.
On motion Of Mr.. Allison a house Joint
resolution making an additional appropria-
tion Of $4,000 for the dedication of the
statue of Marshall de Rochembeau, to be
unveiled in the city OF Washington, was
passed.
N Dhi " dppOItiOu Tue I6Tm OF ONCE or
senators elected at the first general cleo
tion held in the territory Of Hawaii was
passed.
Mr.. Beverage, a member OF the Philip
pine committee, then addressed the senate
to correct, as he said, an unintentionaI mis-
statement made by Mr.. Rawlins Of Utah
concerning the application Of the water
cure to Filipinos who had burned Sergeant
O'Herne to death. He read from the testi-
mony to show that Mr.. Rawlins' statement
was not accurate.
Mr.. Hoar OF Massachusetts, inquired IL 1t
was a fact proved by testimony that Amer
lean soldiers had tortured Filipinos until
they had confessed to the commission Of
crime?
Water Cure I'm o'Herne Case.
Mr.. Beverage said it had been proved
that the water cure had been administered
in the dreadful O'Herne case. BY the con-
fession of the Filipinos to whom the water
cure had been given 1t had been learned
that 0'Herne had been burned to death
over a slow fire and his body subsequently
had been hacked to pieces. The confession
Of the Filipinos included the location of
O'Herne's remains. Investigation disclosed
those remains. which were identified.
Mr.. Beverage and Mr.. Patterson became
involved in a spirited colloquy over the
treatment of the Filiplnos by the Ameri-
can soldiers, which was interrupted by Mr..
Carmack of Tennessee, saying:
THE conduct 1T American soldiers in the
Philippines was uniformly kline wherever
it was permitted to be so. In cases where
It was otherwise they we're driven to the
c~ruelties by their superior officers"
Glad 10 Hear an Apology.
Mr.. Beveridge said he was glad at this
late date to hear an apology for attacks
made upon the American soldiers and in
CURED II Mr.. Carmack could mention more
than a single instance where an officer
had ordered the administration Of torture to
a Filipino.
Mr.. Carmark replied that he had not re-
ferred to any special order, but that the
general orders Of Generals Bell and Chat
fee indicated that in the opinion Of those
officers the American troops were treating
the Filipinos too kindly.
Mr.. Beverage ridiculed this answer OF
Mr.. Carmack, declaring that when he asked
him a direct question he replied in a dia-
phanous way OF the orders OF Bell and
Chaffee. The minority senator's, he said,
should conf1ne themselves to the record as
mads and in connection with the instances
of cruelty. which all bitterly regretted
they should In justice show that the Fill
ipIno prisoners had received the same food
the same medicines and had been attended
In the same hospitals by the same nurses
as the American soldiers.
RawIsns says He Was Accurate. e
Mr.. Rawlins of Utah eontended that every
statement he had made in his discussion o.
this question was essentially accurate. HI
discussed the o'Herne case and said thu
opinion he had gotten from the testimon!
had been that the Ftlipinos had been in.
duced to make the confession suggested Il
them by the administration Of the wate
cure. He resented Mr.. Beveridge's impu
tatlon that the minority was arraigning thu
American soldiers. Mr.. Rawlins said out
RACES in the Philippines were due. not u
the soldiers themselves. but to the highes
military authorities in the islands. Tn
responsibility for them, indeed, was to b.
placed properly at the door of the admins
tration ~oficials here In Washington.
Until recently" said he. II had though
that those things were sporadic and iso
lated, but have been forced to the belle
that they are but a part Of the general plal
OF campaign"
Turner opens Up.