Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-06

| when we condemn Waller for shoot
| Ing treacherous guides, when we think
| Of that little band of his that struggled
| through the wilderness OF Samar,
| where no Spaniard had ever gone, and
came out ON the other side delirious
with sufferings, so that he was report
ed when he first reached Manila to be
out Of his mind--let us remember the
circumstances ere we condemn
Think OF those five or six hundred
posts scattered all over those islands,
little squadrons Of IL or 20 men under
the command very often OF sergeant
or young lieutenant living there
among people apparently friendly The
first thing this boy in command or the
sergeant knows Is that one OF his men
has been assassinated In the night.
Il want 70 have justice to the Ameri-
can army. ! want the country TO
know, when II reads Of cruelties to his
tile F'llipinos, what our men have suf-
fered and endured. ! don't wish to be
put In the position OF defender of
crueltes IL | must make my choice
then, ! am for the friendly natives, the
friends Of America, against those In
arms against her. and | am for the
American army against the insurgents
THE scheme has been TO raise this
cry OF cruelty In the Philippines In or
der 10 make II react upon the party In
power. The American army ought not
to be subjected to attacks like that II
Is not made to be the footstool OF poll
tics, and what Il does or does not do
ought not to be used to raise up or
pull down any political party.
When justice Ia done; when the
guilty have been punished for proved
offenses; when the whole story has
been made up | believe that after all
that has been said. and all the denun-
citation that has been heaped on our
troops and our officers has fallen into
silence, we shall find that in the his
tory Of the country the record OF that
army cleaning with victories from
Trenton to Manila shah shine brightly |
In the annals of the republic when |
those who Witty II are but noteless |
blots on remembered name"
Mr. Rawlins then made brief reply
TO Mr.. Lodge. He dlsclaimed any eff |
fort by his criticism TO besmirch the |
American army. The responsibility for |
the conditions In the Philippines and |
for the atrocities In the Philippines did |
not, he said rest upon the army, He |
extoned Gen, Chatee and all American |
officers, exculpating them from respon-
for the army's position In the |
Philippines. They and the men under |
them, he declared were the victims Of |
that policy. He declared that he had
not made his criticisms Of that Policy
to attain partisan ends, but TO vindi-
cate the honor and integrity Of the
He did not lay such charges
as he had made at the door OF Gen.
Chaffee or at the door Of any other ofl-
Ger in the Philippines They were per-
forming a most thankless and unhon-
0red task. The responsibility FOR the
policy being pursued he asserted. lay
At the door Of the senator from Massa-
'husetts (Lodge) and at the door of
other senator's who were supporting
md endeavoring to yindicate that pol
cy
Both the sundry civil appropriation
III and the bill for the purchase Of the
Rosebud Indian reservation were
,assed
The death of Representative Otey Of
Virginia was announced and a commit
ee was appointed 10 attend the funeral
ee was appointed TO attend the funeral.
As an additional mark of respect the
enate then, at 4:55 p. m, adjourned.