The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-16

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Brownsville. AFR. Lodge referred to
testimony Of witnesses to show that
eleven appearing before the senat"
-! committee before the Hlocksnn n
/ and Eurdy inquiry or in the Pen
rose court-Enartiai testified that the
men who did tho shooting were rec
oEnized by them soldiers aud ne
Witnesses Recognized Them
/ as soldiers and six Witnesses recOg-
/ nized them negroes by their
voices. Il submit said AIR. Lodge.
/ that that Is n mass OF direct evil
| dence sufficient To sustain and ur-
not to be done AWAY with by sug-
EeStions about the darkness OF the
night and differences thar an these
! witnesses Were lying because the ar
tificial lights were Few and there was
/ no moon"
Mr. Lodge reviewed essential fea-
/ lures or the testimony IN the
I brownsville anfafr and said that the
y bullets found in tho houses and
tllt. shell in the streets. taken to-
/ grther could have been used in only
I one rifle. andt hat was the
Springfield Scw Model
and there We're no n'Aw model
SprIngficlds in the possession Of any
one, except the troops or the United
states He spoke Of the Testimony
nf the soldiers rs constituting ~
uniform denlstl-S
That which renders all this test
mony tn me OF doubtful va 'ne. and
deprives 1t OF the weight Il would
otherwise have said Mr. Lodge. lis
its extraordinary Uniformity. 1t is
possible FOR 15o or 200 men to tell
without exception a story agreed up
on before hand but no two witnesses
can tell the truth. as they understand
nh
the same event The soldiers have
the strongest possible motive for de-
nyinE participation. inPUf knowledge
or the sho6linE. There cnnId mott
have been any strong personal mo-
tive to induce the witnesses on the
other side To testify otherwise than
Mr.. Lodge declared that he was
brcd-up with profound sympathy
for. and interest in. the negroes of
the United States and had alwaysi
tried to aid and serve them. the bllll
cd thc House OF Representatives rep
rescnting the last nttcmpt made toI
Thcir Political Rights
in the South.
II have encountered criticism
ndIum and political attack in their
behalf which cannot be said oil
chamber have for one reason or an
other busted thcmsci res with this af-I
fair and sought to mako ca Dital out
Of il. 1 spenls therefore as their
friend when I say that no greater
misfortune has happened to Thorn iui
late years than this effort TO make -
race issue out OF case of military
discipline
''sScIf-seIectcd champions fthe=e
soldiers in various parts OF the coun-
try sought. he said. not for equality
he fore thy law. but for
Special Treatment
for the brownsville soldiers on the
ground of race. As q friend % the
negro race ] deDlore tho agitation
which had this end in view" he said,
these soldiers are entitled to the
same treatment as soldiers ard citi- n
zens that white men would be en-
titled 70. neither moro or less Flo
dcplOred any appeal to sympathy for Il
which he said had become II
the fashion OF the time. II action inyI
this matter was to he determ iued bHll
sympathy he said. hiss sympathy II
would not Rotp the men who did.the
buttto the hnrmlessS boy j
who was Killed; to the l-ieutanant Of
Police dangcroIsly WOUNDED and hl=
iured for life In the performance Of
his duty and to the WOMEN ana chill II
iren. covering on the floor II
While bullets Crashed II
through the thin walls OF their
dwellings,. BRUSHING aside the aues-
tion of sympathy he wished exact
Justice so far a. II could lie attaIn-
ed, The crime of these men was
made greater because they were
United states soldiers employed forIU
The protection Of the people.
RE ravors the Warner biz which
Allows tho. Presidents to -resto-e thcll
innocent to the Army whenever he Is
.atisficd that any Of them were N
He condemned the For
,ker bin. which he said ATTEMPTS t"E
urce back into the army not only In
'Occnt men hut mer who wore gull
y Of a. serious crime He made an Nh
XhaustIve argument on the cousu- IN
utlonaIlty of the Foraker lin which III
,hllgel the Presidept 10 re-enlistill
hose soldiers whether he thinks Il
hey ought to he rccenlisted or not II
Iuah All net wnuId DO ar eticroucil- IT
nent upon tho institutional rights II