The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-03

noon will reach a final vote upon the
That the bfll will be passed is
beyond doubt. -
The house concurrent resolution extend
ing the thanks of congress to Secretary
Hay for his memorial address was passed.
z Consideration then was resumed, under
the fifteen minute rule, Of the Philippine
government bill.
Mr.. McLaurin (Miss.) denied that the
democrats had attacked the army and
placed the responsibility for the outrages
commit ted in the Philippines upon the pol
icy advocated by the republicans.
Mr.. Beverage Qndiana) said the next
worlds drama would be enacted on the
Pacific and it was essential that the mas
terry Of that great ocean should be ours
and it would be ours.
Mr.. Berry (Ark.) deplored the fact that
the president on Memorial Day had seen
proper to make "a bitter partiZan
speech" The president he said, had gone
back forty years to rekindle the fires
of sectionalism and had referred to the
acts of an Infatuated mob to justify, he
supposed, the awful order of General
Smith in the Philippines.
Mr.. Quarles Wis., denounced as dam
nable" the suggestion that the object Of
the pending bill was to turn over the
Philippines to the exploitation Of carpet
baggers, scoundrels and scalliwags. Every
decent American would hide his face In
shame If that were true, but it was not.
BY unanimous consent Mr.. CarmacK
(Tenn.) was permitted to print in the rec
ord the remainder of Sixto Lopez's state
ment portion of which he read yester-
day.
Mr.. Culberson (Texas) intimated that
the war department was endeavoring to
suppress information concerning matters
in the Philippines. He then presented
the charges of Private Andrew K. Wier
against Lieutenant F. P. Arnold, and the
report, thereon by Captain P. W. West,
| alleging cruelties against Tilipinos.
Mr.. Beveridge inquired If the informa-
| ton concerning the charges had come
| from the war department.
| Mr. Culberson said he had not received
the charges from the department
Mr.. Beveridge then inquired If the In:
formation had come from any officer o
the war department saying that 1t was
desirable to learn whether the charges
| had been in the possession of the de
partment.
After fencing the question for a time
Mr.. Culberson, being pressed, said:
'"The question of the senator nigh
properly be characterized impertinent.
1t Is Up to General Miles.
Finally Mr.. eCulberson declined to yiel
further to Mr. Beverage.
After some further reports had bee1
read, Mr.. Beverage again inquire
whether the matter presented had com
from an officer OF the war department.
! II have already indicated to the sen
ator with sufficient emphasis that l an
not to be inquired Of further" respond
ed Mr.. Culberson.
4 II ask the senator Mr.. Beverage per
sisted, whether or not, directly or in
directly the papers were received by hi1
from General Miles,
Mr. Culberson made no reply.
Mr.. Beverage sententiously remarked
''That Is ALL
Mr.. Scott (W. Va.) defended the arm!
declaring that the officers and men com
pared favorably with the men on th1
floor who had traduced them.
Mr.. Allison Qowa) said Lieutenant Al
mold, who had been attacked, was res
J dent of Iowa and that the charges SCENE
: to depend upon pure hearsay. II th
charges had been presented to him /
would not have given to them the pull
! Lefty which Mr.. Culberson had give
them.