The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-27
SENATE DISCUSSES PLANS
TO ABOLISH LYNCHINGS
GaIIinger introduces Resolutions for Investigation
of Subject -CoIIoquy Between North and South.
Patterson end Dubois Figure Prominently Debate Philippine
Bill

the United States and the FiIipinos, but
the war between Spain and the Eli
ipjnos.
Mr.. Patterson held that that could
not be the case. as Manila had fallen
to the Americans and the Spanish had
been sent TO their homes. Mr.. Foraker
said his sympathies always had been
with the American troops, and would
be until the last gun had been fired in
I the pending conflict.
Mr.. HOar asked Mr.. Foraker TO read
the sentence in President Mckinley
proclamation which had been elim-
mated by General Otis. lest it should
bring on war. He said General Otis
had assumed extraordinary authority
to himself to suppress a part of the
I proclamation and 10 substitute a state
ment that would indicate TO the Fjl-
ipinos that they were to be granted a
/ fun measure of liberty. Mr.. HOar said
I he realized the purity Of purpose and
/ intellectual superiority Of the Repub-
/ licans with whom he differed on this
/ question. He would rather lose his
) right arm than take the position he
. had taken but he was So constructed
! by his Creator that he could net help it.
! Mr.. Foraker paid a high tribute to
| Mr.. HOar, saying that his colleagues
! esteemed him highly not only for his
/ great ability, but also for his lovabie
| character.
/ Mr.. Patterson, continuing. paid a no
/ table tribute 10 Governor Taft, saying
/ that a better selection for the position
could not have been made He said
that If Governor Taft was removed the
/ greatest bulVark against the oppres-
sion Of the Filipinos would be re-
/ moved.
A sharp collOqUy arose between Mr..
/ McComas and Mr.. Carmack. the former
asserting that abuse Of the army Of
fcers was to be found in almost every
/ speech on the Democratic side. Mr.
} Carmack insisted that not a single
Democrat had abused the army. The
question Of veracity was handed back
ward and forward between the sena-
tors, but did net get beyond the par
iamentary stage.
Dubois Refers to Chaffee.
Mr.. Dubois interrupted to say that
not a Democratic senator had abused
the army as much as General Chanee
had in an Associated Press dispatch
from Manila published today. The
statement about the Waller cOurtmar-
tial tby General Chahee. Mr. Dubois
said. was one Of the blacklist pages In
the history Of the army. He did not
think any senator who had called atten-
( ton 30 "outrages' could be accused
! properly Of vilifying the army.
Il Mr. McComas said General Chaffee
had made his comments simply on. the
acts of one brave man when he was
i'll. and scarcely responsible for what he
did
Mr.. Foraker referred to the procla-
nation of President Mckinley TO the
FilipinOs, and TO the change made in
it by General Otis.
M HOar interrupted to refer to the
assurance Of President Mckinley to-
Andrew Carnegie that in thirty days
resistance in the Philippines would
cease. General Otis knew the Fnipiuos
would not submit, and that the only
way to keep the peace was TO tell them
! they were TO have their Independence
so" said Mr. Hoar, General Otis
suppressed it, but General Miller, who
VIGOROUSLY did want an attack, pro-
duced it, and AgUinaldo met it with
an instant speedy defiance"
Mr.. Foraker urged that If the proc
lamatiOn had been issued to the people
Of Ohio they would have regarded il. as
I a declaration Of war.