The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08

In the matter - the Weir charges
agains, Lieutenant ARNOLD, procurti
by underground methods and published
In tho Senate by Mr.. t~ULBER>oN OF
Texas, the Washington correspondent
OF the .Ner York Herald says;
us hinied by the supporters Of General NiLks
that ne reason Lieutenant ArSoLns court m"tuA'
"a, not ordered uas the powerful loo H'n'e o'
senator Nttrso> Of Iowa. the lIeatensnt beng
fru t-- HaV.ry- STATE senator ALLISON $40
on tuesday that. knowing LIeaIsnaaI AbNntn ~
r~ nd. even u N. charges had come into t' pos
.,,.on. hs would have paid no attention 10 tt"H
senator ALLISON said nothing Il the
kind On Tuesday. or on any other da'.
80 far ~ the record shows What h"
dad say about his knowledge of lIeltcu-
ant ARNOLD and about his personal III
ters-t in the case II that young officer
was very different. IL was thus:
observe that Lieutenant ANsoID ia resident
81 my state Enov noiaus Of him OF about him
except ! have a general idrA that = young man
reared In lows and educated al es' po'nI - rot
,,D rE,'y 20 be guilty % the brItariy ttAi Is
charged here do not discu" the pro.
pue,y Of spreading upon TIE Rs,o'd ths fragment
against - urrrrr Of the Amy can only SJ that
A., senator on THIS rcot u Ihi' presentation lad
been rad. " me | would not tayr gwen - NJ
rls.ty which the S,nsior iryE Texas hA'
gwen IT
This will be found on page o.6j7 ofthc
Co~ngressiorai Record Of June s.
IL thus appears that Senator ALI
soN's unqualified statement that he knew
nothing Of or about Lieutenant ARNOLD
personally, and his proper rebuke OF
Senator CuLBRRsoS for publishing pur-
Joined secret papers Of the War De-
partment while an investigation was in
progress. have been deliberately iaisI-
fed bv the supporters OF General
MILES a. reported by the Herald. Mr.
A"Lt.isoN's plain words as quoted above
from the Record have been twisted by
them into an avowal Of intimate personal
acquaintance with Lieutenant ARNOLD
and Indifference to any evidence oi
cruelty that might be adduced against
that young officer.
This attempt Of the supporters OF
General MILES" to create an impress
sion that Lieutenant ARNOLD has been
shielded by the powerful protection
Of the senior senator from his State, ~
equally impudent and futile. The Record
disposes of II at once. The Arnold case,
however. still presents two questions
Of very grave Importance:
III. a.. rAIlf1at.aA ~. .
Senator Of tho United States of conf
dental papers stolen from Nh" files II the
War Department. after the senator
had failed 10 procure the adoption Of "A
resolution calling for these same papers
in the regular way, concerns both Mr.
CrLBERsoN Of Texas, the receiver and
publisher Of the -tolen documents, and
the dignity of tho Senatc itself MIR
CUL.BERSoS has made that body and ~
journal his involuntary assistants IN an
extraordinary proceeding Mr., ALLISON
declined to discuss ia proprctv, but It
requires not the Iess the attention of the
entire Senate
Tho second question ~ importance i
the identity Of tho officer OF employee
who distracted the confidential paper.
or caused them to be copied and trans
mitted in some way 10 senator CCLRFR-
son for publication. The inquiry a. &"
the original source of Mr. CU~LBFR~oN'~
information should be conducted hy
the War Department in the promrt'~t
and most searching n When
the guilty person i detected no matter
what his rank, his punishment should
be exemplary.