The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-29

lence.' He then entered upon a defense of
the army and said that Mr.. Rawlins had
given the best argument why the resolution
should not be adopted.
Mr.. Hoar asked if it was fair to impute
to anybody desire TO attack the American
army when the government itself. through
It's military authority, has made such
charges.
Mr.. Beveridge reverted to the use of the
words "cold-blooded murdes." and said that
Mr.. Rawlins would not undertake the re-
sponsibility of saying it.
Mr.. Carmack characterized the charge
that the Democrats were assailing the
army as the 'meanest and dirtiest of all
that had been made. 1T has been the very
vermin,' he said. 'of this debate, and am
little surprised to find it crawling in the
hair of the honorable senator from Indi-
ana. Jake Smith Is more the American
army than the senator from Indiana is the
American Senate, and not half as much as
he thinks he is" Whoever made the charge,
he said, consciously took a falsehood upon
his lips when he spoke it. He declared that
the Senate committee on the Philippines
had refused TO investigate the facts of the
been policy of suppression. he asserted,
and in the case of one witness who, ne said.
had testified falsely before the committee,
he had been allowed to go unpunished. He
insisted that whatever action had been
taken by the President and the War De-
partment had been because they were
driven TO 1t by the minority of the Senate,
and that even then no single fact was
brought to light.
Replying Mr.. Beveridge said Mr.. Car
mack had made his charges because the in
vestigation did not result as he (CarmacD
had hoped it would. 1T did not result in
putting on the American army the brand
which the senator had thought would be
put there, but which resulted In complete
and brilliant vindication."
Mr. Carmack again reverted to the in
vestigation by the committee on the Philip
pines as to the conduct of the army, and
said it occupied but four days of seven
hours each, although the secretary Of
war with his usual loose and lavish un-
veracity had said it occupied five months" I"
Mr. Proctor said that Capt. Cornelius III.
Brownell who is charged In the Rawlins
resolution with being responsible for the
death of Father Augustin, was Vermont
man and that there no better specimen
of the volunteer soldier in Vermont or any
other State. He had read statement by
Captain Brownell detailing the circum-
stances of a plot to massacre his company
and the methods adopted to overcome it,
Mr.. Proctor declared that Father Augustin
was the head and front of the insurrection
in his district From his standing In the
church, he said Father Augustin was able
to divert, contrary to the canons of the
church, its revenues from their legitimate
surrection. He read a letter by Father
Augustin addressed to the priests of the
islands. calling for contributions to aid the
Filipino cause Mr.. Proctor said Captain
Brownell had been mustered out of service
and that the judge advocate general had
held that he could not now be court
martlaled MI llilman Salu tnat III capt
Brownell Is innocent of murder he ought
to be able to prove il, but that those who
desired to do so should be allowed to pro-
duce evidence showing that he is not inno-
cent. Continuing his defense of Captain
Brownell, Mr.. Proctor said that he was
justified in taking the steps he did. He had
he said, seen a man hung for a much less
violation of the rules of war than Father
Augustin was guilty Of
Mr.. Tillman declared that ''for the honor
of the American army 1 would to God
Father Augustin had been shot by drum
head court-martial instead of tortured to
DEATH
At this point Mr.. Quay cut the debate
short