The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-03-05
GUILTY /! j! i ].
Senate Committee OF Military AZ
fairs Votes to Uphold the Presi- :
> dent in Dischargink Soldiers, T..
.'' Without Honor. .' o..

Washington, D., c., FEB. 2s.-Dem-
ocratic votes sustained the president
yesterday In the senate committee on
military affairs, when the result OF
the Brownsville investigation; which
that committee has been pursuing,
was brought to a vote to- determine
what should be the nature OF the re-
port to be admitted to the senate.
Five democratic senator's and three
republicans voted to tlnd that the
shooting up" of the, Texas town in
August, 1906, was done fby Negro SOL
dters Of the, Twanty-hfth infantry,
then stationed at Fort Brown,
Brownsville, but that, the testimony
. had 1ailed to show the identity OF
the particular soldier or soldiers who
did the shooting, .y.,,. ..
Senators Warreni Lodge, and War
ner were the Republicans who voted
in favor of the attitude taken by the
president In dtsmtssing asNegto SOL
\ diers, and, the den9octratic members
of the committee, who voted solidly
according to this view of. the ques-
ton, were Senators Taliaferro, Fos-
ter, Overmap, Frazisr, and Nc Creary.
The four senators, all republicans,
who were with Senator Foraker on
the contention that the Negroes of
the infantry. battalion, were not re-
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rem tba cbairma,, ys SsSarx = s,{ tnamh her he
. ing nrasant 'sanatnN2 i nlpe otfarad
a Teao,ntion .which 'rba6 ~ aa fo,Iowa.
"Tbat n tha ' eptnsrH ofxthjs w com,
noittaa tho aboot,n - i,,Is+ha q sgrav a.
Rrownsville IN the ,ikht Of August
1e-1A> 1o0e wao damh -hv sonoe ~
tho sn,diers ha,or u,ns + Il * Twentv-
arm IInifad atatsa. ;ufau+rv then sta-
toned at Fort Rrdwtis Tex.
Foraker;a 1ESSFhSkea Hot, Fight,
Senator Foraksrs then successlvely
offered five raaolutiofla which he pro-
nosed as substitutes tb ths Lodge res
olution. producing another so soon as
its Predecessor had been voted down.
The first substitute read: .. ..
..Tbe Testimony whnt)t fails tn
identifv the nart,c,,,ar individuals. or
onv of them. who participated in the
shooting ARRAY that I cccurred at
brownsville, Tex, %on the night of
August 13-14. 1990,H ,"...s.
This was dsteatea@.by vote of 8
IN the senator's Voting as above
stated. Senator Foraker then pre-
ssnted the following, l|:H%c
""The testimony !, wholly fails to
show that the dischar ked soldiers of
the Twn&ty-afth United states infan-
try or afy OF them, entered into any
agreement or tso-oa1led conspiracy
Of silence or That Gney had among
themselves any understanding Of any
nature to withhold any Information
Of which they, or any OF them, might
be possessed concerning the shooting
ARRAY that occurred at Brownsville,
TEX, on the night, OF August 13-ax
1906" I..-.5. ",
This resulting In precisely the
same division, the .senstor from Ohio
proposed to substitute thiss
"The testimony .3a, 90. .eqn Trajectory
and much of it so aiptafable that it
is not sufficient to siastath the charge
that soldiers of thslTwenty-fifth Uni