The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-06-05


Omaha Of a car ioaa Of masiaos frars the
4 Fhiilpplse iflsHaf. That load Of young
scitiefa raeaeS through that city. a. other
like earBoss havs passed through before.
mantaes AID broken n gneBtr. health AZ the
result ~ serviss IN the rbilipp.ss l.lmHds.
MFR. PfesiAnnt. every one az theta
/ TaniNcns evrTy enc 0f the mAnF Ike
| fSeishls o. horror that coma back 10 ns
I FROM tbs Philippine Islands was sncs sn
American boy. the delight II some Amsri-
I can home fairsr and nobleF in hia young
I promise, ~ Ne like 90 think, than any
/ other thn ronnd world over. An. Mr. Pres
dent. u Was not ~ 90 that We paid as
| .hs price OF sovereignty u -as the souls
OF ihtsc boys Of 0urt that entered late the
cost.
cesssre Sor Fnassoa.
Il do not Wish TO dweii 81 length on N.
I circumstances which attended The capture
I OF AkuirnldD. Hut ~ they have been slab-
l orately defended Ia thla body. an8 u u raid
/ that the ofiesr who captured him had q
/ Eood record befose. and especially ss be has
been decorated by promotion By the adj
| vice and consent OF the senate, J cannot Jet
4 Il pass IN silence.
- understand the farts 10 be that that
oiiicfr disguised the men under bis COM
mand IN The artsa of Filipino snidiers:
/ wrote, o. caused 60 b. wrtttfe forged let
/ ter to AEuluaido. purpoytiBE 20 come from
| one Of his officers stating that be was about
70 bring him some pfisuners be had cap
tuTed, and ~ that way got access TO Aguin-
| hid0t headquarters A. he approached he
I sent :nfRF1Ee 10 ARuiaaldo that he and bis
friends we're hungry accepted lhe food at
/ his handn. and when o. his presence threw
Z down and SEIZED hun shot some Of The SOLE
[ di#rs who we're about ANuinaldn and
I brought him beck d priscner into our lines.
I That 10 the transaction which Is 10 highly
applaudcd Ia impsriallstie quarters.
4 60 not believe that the senate knew
what u was dulnE Nhen q consented to Goa
FunAtnn'p promotion
"Mr President We have two guides for
tho conduct OF military officers m such cir
eufnstnuCeS. They apply rot 0nly 30 this
act Of Gen. Funston. but they apply "a most
81 the conduct n our military 0facgru ~
which complaint has been made. one II
these o. instructions for The government Of
armies Of ihf United siateF On the nsld. pre-
nsFea ~ Or Francis LGancF ard prUmul-
gated b order of Abraham Lincoln.
The other b the c0nvertioa az The
Hague, aErcfd upon b. the representatives.
on this gorernment with the others un thq
ath day o. Jolly. 1873. ana Fattnta - the
senate on the ilih nf March. 1861
Infanay OF Fuastsn'H Act.
80 Aft President. the act Or Gen. Pun
ston--noi Gen Funston himself ~ ~ acted
Gen. Funston IL stamPea with indenbie ln-
fanny by Abraham l.ihcain's articies OF war.
10 which The secretary Of war appeals. aIe
ths concurrent action Of = nations and the
unanimous aciiah of tie srnaio this winter.
Mr. President. ~ tht attempt 90 force
your Sovereignty BY this process 81 beuev-
nieut sEsimlisfiuu We have been brought 10
the uuexampird dishOnoT uf disreKardlng
our own rules for the conduct Of armies iu
the heid and 70 GisTskard tho futts 10 which
cur rational faith has juft been pledged 20
SUBSTANTIALLY sli the clyillAed powers % thc
eaFth
but thir an Of Gen Funston's. ap-
proved b. his hyperion ofncer, was ia viola
to-, rot nrly % The laws % war, but % that
law 81 hofpitaiity which governs alike
Cvsryv here the civilized Christian ur pagan
wherever the iisht Of chiyairy has pcrs-
traied. Hr went 10 Aguinhldo under the
prr,enss that he wax shunEered, and
AEuiEaida led him Was rot that an act
Of ptrHdy7 Il violated the holy rits5f hos
pltality. which svCa the oriental nations
hold sacred.
The water Care.
Mr. President me story " what has brtL
called The water torture has hgru, IN part
toid BY other senators. ! have go inclination
10 repeat the stgri Iraunot help believing
that not twgrtisth part 90 q has get been
told. get lsttcfs in iargt humbcrs from Of
what they tell me. al tCsiifyisg 60 these
crueitiss. And sci the oincsT. or ihc Of
GERS friends OF kindred. who send these LETT
tiers 20 nr send them under g strict intunc-
ton Of secrecy. Other senators tfii me they
have d like experience. These brave ON.
Gers, who would ~ 20 the cannon's mouth
Tor honor who never llncHin hattie finch
before what they deem the certain ruin OF
their prospects 10 iife n they give the evil
terer when thsy think would be d.staste-
fol 90 thglr Euperlara. c. uut undertake
20 Judge Of Ibis matter. uther SENATOR can
Judge a. well ae I can. The American peo-
ric ear DO u better
''Mr p:-=lae=t u Is faid that these hor-
rofa, which never would have come % the
public knowledge had not the senate or
dyred this Investigator, Wgrc unknown 20
our authorities az home. / hope and be-
lisye they were unknown 10 the wardepart-
meEt know they were unknown to Pres.
dsut Roosevelt, and ! kgnw tbcy were un.
known 20 President Mckinley But / can
not thiak that the recent declaration N
that honorable gentleman. the secretary Of
war made on memorable occasion. that
the war on our psrt been conducted With !
an" SRmpisa humanity. Will be accepted BY
hir rouufrymyU.
LET u7 rot be- diverted from the true Is
sue. We arc not talkiuE nj retaliation. We
arc not talking % The ordinary Eys.z!i;.sE
81 war We are not talking about or In
qulrluG into acts % vsBEe aHcs committed
On the heat ~ battle We are tAIkiuH about |
torture. torture -colG-h lo6dtd, deliberate.
calculated torture; torture 10 Jxtoft infor- I
nation
lis Il dsried that these thlurf have been
done2 u II dsnitd that although you are
sull or the thEsFhOld OF this inquiry and
have only called such witnesses as yuu han
pen 60 tirt io.ote miles away from the scene. I
that thJsn thirKs have been proved 10 the 4
Saiisfacuon o. the mSiori'y OF the commit. f.
tee, and that no man has yet been punished. !
although they were going on considerably /.
more Than year ago3
Choiee of the Hour.
- have sometimes fancisd that We might 1
erect here 30 the capitEl or the country a /
column " American liberty which alone 1
mlEht rival IN height the beautiful and sim I
pie shaft which We have erected 70 me 4
fame Of the father Of. the country. can /
fancy each gensraiioE bringing it, in 1
sctiptlon Whieh should reeite iis own con- l
tribuiion % the great structure Of which I
IN" column should be eas the symboi.
And what have We io say7 Are we 20 4
have 8 place IL that honorable company 1
Must we snHFavs on that column. we /
rcpeait% tsss declaration Of Independence. !
We changed che Monroe doctrine from a
doctrine OF eternal Hghtsousness aud JUS I
tice. rsatinE Oh the consent Of the governed. /
10 a doctrine OF brutal FeIfishutss. looking 4
onls TO our own advantage. We crushed /
the unly republic IN Asia. We made war 4
on the only Christian people In the east 4
We converted 3 war OF glory 10 a war 1
Of shame. We TulEarlEee the American \
mas We introduced rerfidy into the prae- 1
llce Of war. We inflicted torture or us. 4
armed men TO extor, confession We put 4
ehilaren 60 death. We established recon 4
coutrado camps. We devastated provinces. 4
We haf1ied tbs aspirations OF a people 4
for liberty