The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-26

the Philippines, Senator Rawlins helped
frame the legislation governing the
islands. He favored a course in tae
Philippines similar 10 the one pursued
by the United States toward Cuba-the
establishing OF a republic under the
protectOrate Of the United States-but
he was oVerruled by the majority on
this point Accepting il as inevitable
that the United States would, at least
temporarily retain its rule over the
islands. Senator Rawlins devoted his
great abilities toward securing for the
inhabitants as Just and wise laws as
possible under the policy dictated by
the majority. One part of the Philip
pine civil government bill. which he
prepared, governed mining in the
islands. II was after the famous debate
on the atrocities in the Philippines, IN
which Rawlins was pitted against
Lodge. Beveridge and others. that Sen
ator Lodge said the following N has
speech on the Philippine civil govern
ment bill:
Lodge On Rawlins.
The mining provisions Of this bill &C
cupy tWenty-oight .epages- The mininS
law on which The provisions of the blli
are founded was prepared by the fhliip-
pine commission with great labor ana az
tention. 1t has been revised Dy SUD
committee of the committee on me III,
ippines, consisting of the senator from
Maryland (AIr. McComas). the senator
from Nebraska 6Mr. Dietrich) ana thS
senator from Utah (Mr- Rawlinsl ana l
believe as a layman IN regard TO inih lllS
laws that we have embodied IN TINS Oil
as excellent a mining law as STANDS on
any statute book. 1 think the obligation
for IL IS due to the subcommittee OF the
committee on the Philippines, and IN d
great measure TO the senator from Utah.
ho hrarfar1f to the work an expert
knowledge, which was OF great Value.
shall not detain the senate by discussing
the details of those mining provisions
That is a task which 1 leaVe 10 the Det-'
ter instructed member who prepared IL
This paragraph conveys a rant ldea
of the fact that, Notwithstanding DIFF
ferences of opinion as shown In DEBATE
this leaders. Of the Republican majority
rely upon the ability and integrity OF
| Senator Rawlins in settling questions
not of a partisan nature.
Senator Kearns heard this eulogy or
his colleague The mining provisions
of the bill mentioned did away with
| extralateral rights in lode claims: rms
was to avoid confusion, as similar
provision existed in the code when mad
been in force in the islands for many
years. 1t was after Senator Kearns
| had. had an opportunity to study the
! work of Senator Rawlins. and TO be
/ told that il was good. that he intro
| duced the Kearns mining bill contain
ing some of the provisions of the other
and doing away, among other things,
| with extralateral rights.
Never Attacked Army.
The stand of Senator Rawlins on the
Philippine civil government bill brings
up the charge so frequently made by
! his enemies, and practically the only
| thing urged against him-the allega-
ton that he attacked the army" This
accusation is false. 1t was based on
/ the statement, spread broadcast. that
| he had called Chaffee a "dastardly VII
| lain" 1t was presumably an uninten-
! tional error that led the Associated
Press to send out from Washington an
account of the debate which quoted
Rawlins as making this statement The
| Herald and other newspapers all over
the country served by the Associated
Press printed this misrepresentation,
| thereby doing him innocently a great
injustice. A correction was sent out
from Washington the next day, but
the mischief had been done.
If Senator Rawlins' reputation rest
ed alone on his celebrated e-day
speech on the Philippine question.
April 22-24. he would take rank among
the great men of the nation. OF this
address the Philadelphia Press said:
so searching an exposition OF
measure of political policy has seldom
been made in the senate of the United
States"
Sven o. Nielsen of Fairview. one of
the prominent Republicans of Sanpete
county, was present while the speech
was being delivered. Upon his return
to Utah. he said:
Il am a Republican, but If the Dem
ocrats of Utah have any sense they
can make it mighty interesting for US,
and all on account of that speech,
which was the greatest l have ever
listened to. RaWlins is one of the
greatest men in the nation The ad-
dress was able. and he presented some
splendid arguments
TeIler's Words of Praise.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller of Colorado
declared in a speech made April %:
IN d service in this body that pref
ty nearly reaches a quarter of CEN
tury, l have never heard, nor has any
other member of the senate, in my
judgment, heard such an arraignmeni
of a policy based upon the documents
emanating from the party in power as
was presented TO the senate by the
senator from Utah. Mr.. Rawlins."
1t is unfortunate that this speech
cannot be reproduced in full. but Il
takes sixty-three pages of the Congress
sional Record, and its republication
entire in a newspaper is practically
out of the question. A brief review
however will give some idea of Sen
ator Rawlins' positions position tbs
justice of which was tacltly admitted
) | IN, he in. NV he aT aiFlfe FRAT iOn q
subsequent events show. A complete
: copy of the address may be obtained
by applying to the Democratic stat,
committee.
The people remember how storie
began to creep into print. despite eff
forts of the war department to sup
press them, Of atrocities committed il
the Philippines by men wearing tn
uniform of the United States army.
congressional investigation resulted II
disclosures which shocked the world
/ The military cabal in Washington
! which has had much 10 answer 70
/ within the last few years, endeavoret
to conceal or condone the facts. Muir
der, torture and outrage were goinl
on, and vet the military CLIQUE SCENE,
= inclined to let few men continue il
a career which was bringing disgrac
I upon the entire American army
I Strong. high-minded men of both par
ties saw that TO cOndone these of
+, lenses was to make them worse.
Evils That Were Corrected.
Senator Rawlins was one of these
They knew that TO call attention I
D these crimes committed by men weer
$ ing the United States uniform nigh
s furnish an excuse for maliciouS parti
I sans to cry. You are attacking th
e army" But some of these coascien
y tious men. with Rawlins as leader. 6e
c cided that the right must ne cham
e pioned. regardless of personal conse
uS.suces.
y It is a fact well known in Wasl