The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-07
TURNER'S SCATHING TALK
Declares General Smith is a
 Bloody Monster. ;.
Rawlins and Carmack Resent the Imputation That the Democrats
 Have Been Unfair in the Recent Discussion.


 Philippine question ragged in the Senate. It was started by Mir. Beyeridge Qnd.J who made some sharp strictures on the members of the opposition because. as he said, they persisted in telling in their speeches only one side of the story. MT. Carmack and Mir. aRwlins warmly re- scented any imputation of unfairness.
 MT. Turner Washington delivered a scathing criticism of the methods prac- ticed by the military in the Philippines, dwelling particular upon the alleged order of General Smith. whom he denounced as monster in human form.
 MT. Hoa- (Mass.) defended the action of the Philippine Commission. He urged that the committee in all justice should call some prominent Fiiipnos to testify in their own behalf.
 Mir. Bcvcridge QndD addressed the Senate to correct. as he said, an unin- tentional msstatement made by Mir. Rawlins tUtah) concerning the applica- ton of the water cure to the Filipinos who had burned Sergeant O'IIerne to
 
 show that Mir. Rawlins's statement was not accurate.
 Mir. Hoar (Mass.l inquired if it was a fact, proved by testimony that American soldiers had tortured Filtpinos Until they had confessed the commission of crime.
 The Dreadful o'Herne Case.
 Mir. Beverldge said it had been proved that the water cure had been administer ed in the dreadful oHerne dase. By the corfesslon of the kiitpiffos tcsv'horn 'tase water cure had beep given, 1t was learned that his body subsequently had been hacked to pieces.
 came involved in spirited colloquy over the treatment of the Filipinos by the American soldiers, which was interrupted by Mir. Carmack -(Tenn.) saving: The conduct of American soldiers in the Philippines was uniformly kind wherever it was permitted to be so. In cases where it was otherwise they were driven to the cruelucs by their superior of ficcrs."
 Mir Beveridge said he was glad at this late date to hear an apology for attacks made upon the American soldiers and inquired if Mir. Carmack could mention mure than single instance where an officer had ordered the administration of torture to a Filipino.
 MT Carmack replied that he had not referred to any special order. put that the general order of Generals Bell and Char fee indicated that, in the opinion of those officers, inc American troops were treat ing the Filipinos too kindly
 Mir Beveridge ridiculed this answer of MT Carmack. declaring that when he asked him direct question he replied in dlaphanous way of the orders of Bell and Chaffce.
 Rawlins Says He is Accurate.
 MT. Rawlins Utah) coutended that every statement he had made in his dis eussion of this question was essentially accurate. He said the impression he had gotten from the testimony in tho O'Herne case was that the F'ilipinos had been induced to make the confession suggested to them by the administration of the water cure. He resented Mir. Beveridge's irnputation that the minority was arraign- ing the American soldiers. MT. Rawlns said outragcs dn the Philippines were due not to the soldiers themselves, but to the highest military authorities In the islands. The responsibility for them. indeed. was to be placed properly at the door Of the administration official here in Washing ton. Mir. Rawlins said one victim was tied down bv American troops and sugar was nIa, ed upon his head to attract the No- ru,io1s ants common in those islands. snd forced him to give information. He dosisIed that women 'nd innocent chil- dren had been put to death ruthlessly by American troops.
 General Smith a Monster Mir. Turner CWash) declared 1t unwise, unpatriotc. cruel and inhuman to at- tempt to make the Philippines a perma- nent mart of the territory of the United
 
 the Senate Committee on the Philippines to summon Agulnaldo. MaybiHi. Major Gardener and others. Mir. Turner referred to the order of General Jacob II. Smith, and said that It remained for the American soldiers. the highest type of civilization, in a quarrel not having the single element of religious difference. prosecuted 'Upon professedly humanitarian grounds to raise his name to the height of bloody infamy. He char acteriZed General Smith "a monster in human form." who had devoted an en- tire province to a merciless eXtermination. MT. Turner urged that Major Waller had pleaded the order Of General Smith as Justification for his execution of the samar guides, and had been acquitted on that plea He referred to a special dis patch which appeared in the Washington Post Of today under date line of Lynn. Mass. and which on the authority of Rev w. II. Walker. told of the execu- tion of l,000 Filipino prisoners by a bat talion of American troops because there was not sufficient food for them Rev. Dr. Walker told the story on the author Ky cf his son, J. B. Walker. private in Company l. 18th infantry. MT. Turner said he dId not vOuch for the truthfulnnss of the story, but felt that it ought to be investigated. Mir. Lodge replied that he would inves- &N. f fl1a r111 for all fnlN it was utterly without foundation. Mir. Turner strongly urged the Philip l pines Committee to summon every wit | ness who could possibly throw any light | upon the Philippine situation. Mir Hn1r. who introduced the resolu- | tion providing for tho investigation which | the philirp'ucs Committee is now mAking. | &Sfended the committee in the conduct of