The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-25

istration by different members of the Sen.

istration by different members of the Sen.
ate and House. and said:
THE whole army and its Generals were
involved in common denunciation. The
gallant and fearless Funston was stig-
matized by the Senator from Tennessee
as a 'blatherskite brigadler.' I do not
know who General Wheaton IL, particu-
larry said the Senator from Idaho. but
l imagine he was a charity boy who was
appointed to West Point by some repre-
sentative or Senator and educated by the
Government
Said the Senator from Utah, Did Chat
| fee alone, unaided in coldness and In bru-
tally, and in savage and unrelentins dis!
regard of every human sentiment or pos
sibility of human suffering, conceive this
| iniqu!tous scheme? Whence, from what
diabolical source was II derived? The
| American people ought to know. Is there
| any penalty beneath the sun adequate TO
be meted out to the msrclless wretch who
has thus brought such dishonor upon the
American name and the American PEG.
ple?
Against these contemptuous and in
furious aspersions upon the soldiers of
| the United States I will call four wit.
nesses. The first Is William Mckinley:
If any orders of mine were required to
insure the merciful conduct Of military
and naval operations, they would not be
lacking, but every step In the progress OF
our troops has been marked by human
ity which has surprised even the mis-
guided insurgents
THE second is President Schurman, and
joining with him Admiral George Dewey
and the other members OF the FIRST Phil
ippne Commission: 40 those who de-
rive satisfaction from seeing an isolated
occurrence, regrettable, indeed, but in
a. 10 N If
basis of sweeping accusations. this com
mission has nothing to say. Such wrongs
as were actually committed against the
natives were likely to be brought to our
attention, and in every case that we in
vestigated We found willingness on the
part of those In authority to administer
prompt justice
THE third Is Governor William II.
Taft, who said: = desire to say that 1t 10
my deliberate Judgment that there never
was a war conducted against an infe-
rior race or others, in which there was
more compassion or more restraint. and
more generosity, assuming that there was
war at all, than there has been in the
Philippines
THE fourth is Vice Governor Luke e.
Wright General Chaffee has no patience
with any acts of oppression or cruelty,
and whenever his attention has been
called 10 tnem ne mas at OHCe
proper steps. The howl against the army
has been mainly for the political pur-
poses and the crueltles practiced have
hecn largely exaggerated.
"Throughout all this storm of detrac-
ton and abuse, the Republican MAORI
ties of the Senate and the House labored
increasingly to frame and perfect legis-
,ation under which the people OF the Phil
ippncs have peace and order and indi-
viduaI freedom and prosperity. They
studied the needs OF the Islands, the
character of the people. the existing laws
ard systems of government. and they
produced and passed against Democratic
opposition IA Philippines government bill
which exhibits a wise degree Of states
manship and opens to the Philippine peo-
pie the path to that enlightenment ana
capacity for Felf- government for which
Risal longed and to the blessings which
the nohe and gentle Mckinley believed
would descend upon them under the bene-
diction of our flag. think they and not
the others were the true friends OF the
Philippine people"