New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

n the town there were no marks OF bullets on the
barracks The evidence that point Is oiieo'
and conclusive.
NEW MODEL sPRINGFIELDs USED
The shots were fred rifles of nigh PoMfs
The shells Of Gsrniases sTe Extracted from houses
into which they been rsd ED. The Fl re ssfS from that
II 9eFEe Gs :Gsr' .5ss In hd' fhe ss
eis in ths eoud sn haVe been ony % ens
.hs Tss the eds FPrsRssah ass
session of any except the troops ei csrtridses
ssss Ths 1a fss5doRS snds %Ss S eaSorate and
in some respects confusing oe1 S 1ns mind clearly
ana beyond ali question The saT 6ny in in the
lets and shells wMged whled is msantsl evidence
fT o the most decisive kind ;ht aot tRat
q ih hsdatsd S9Ps rcm the ride e soldier sG
which was locked IL fbs up oroscopc n an Tf
confess to feeling considerable dou6t % ss they 60.
that the shots were fred from new mods sted bW tho
eSSsnce In regard to rife in the ds arms have
n was not impossible that that 1ibla 1iIe that ar
beer 6sSn TAKEN pS been e@ substitutes for s%snf n
does rot shake IT she snd s"sf Shells found BoEns
vile. taken in comei1,aIi,SSn:. L,Sn. must nav
sPnEfed fs conneon ms must be shnsSt 'Rf @
composition of Of tse na,9eis Showed that the bull
let's found in RrownsviIe We were IN the army of
eoIPoSIo9 PI,e states but further examination ets CTS
closed The fact 1hs to the end
from which this regiment was suppIteo. COLONIZATION
mm IF the fhei buets brought from Bro@n4yie il eTdence snG
SHOWS concl1sivey that there vas n9tntf5 n9trtn5 in any
composition Of the 6nlie's soRfne mRS that they were
hred from the Springfield new model 'l"e
NJ 1odga smoke of the testimony OF the SOL
diers as constituting "a uniform oeriai' ..
.,-.+ which renders all this testimony 10 me
~ doubtful value and deprives II OF 'lie ~; 80
u.bich II would otherwise have, lie sdiN' 20
ms e
extraordinary uniformity 1t is possiOi0 -,
~ ano men to tell without exception a s'oI'
agreed upon beforehand, but no TWO "iCiie
can tell the truth. as they understand H. - r.
tell, the same wav about the same event 1h0
.o,5fers have the strongest possible hlouNe 80
denvins participation in or knoWleuee "
Shooting There could not have been any 'i io,-o 80,
,ersona1 motive to induce the witnesses on 'he
other side to testify otherwise than trutnloN''
RACE AGITATION DEPLoRED.
NJ Lodge declared that he was bred up WIN
a 7rofound sympathy for and interest III '"e
neproes of the United States, and had away"
tried TO aid and serve them, the Dill WITCH i''
reported and which passed the House Oh hePie
sentatives representing the last attempt nnaue -
secure to them their political rights IN the 0ou''
7 have encountered criticism, odium and po-
1iticel attack in their behalf" he said, Whch
cannot be said of many Of those who outside TINS
chamber have for one reason another busted
themselves with this affair and sought to make
capitsl out Of il. I speak, therefore. rs thelr
friend when I say that no greater misfortune
has happened to them in late years than thls Ell
fort to make race issue out of case OF mill
tary discipline
SeIf-selected champions of these soldiers IN
various parts of the country sought, he de-
clared not for equality before the law, but Tor
special treatment for the Brownsville soldiers
Of As
negro race depore the agitation which had
This end in view" he said. These soldiers are
entitled to the same treatment soldiers and
citizens that white men would be entitled to-
neither more nor less" He depiored any ap-
peal TO sympathy for criminals, whlch rs sald
has become the fashion Of the time II action
in this affair were to be determined by sym
pathy he went on. his sympathy would not go
TO the men who did the shooting but 10 the
harmless boy who was killed, to the lieutenant
of no1ice dangerously wounded and injured for
life in the performance of his duty ana 10 the
women and children covering on the floor while
bullets crashed through the thin walls Of their
dwellings, Brushing aside the question of
e1,n7natrv he wished exact justice so far as 1t
could be attained. The crime of these men
was the greater because they were United
States soldiers employed for the protection Of
the people.
THE PRESIDENTS POWERS.
He favored the Warner bill which allows the
President to restore the innocent to the army
whenever he is satisfied that any of them were
blameless. and denounced the Foraker bill, which
he said attempts to force back into the army
not only innocent men, but men who were
guilty of a serious crime. He made an ex-
haustive argument on the unconstitutionallty
of the Foraker bill, which he declared would
he an encroachment on the constitutional rights
Of the President
The Senate informally agreed TO postpone until
after the Christmas holidays action on the bills
providing for the reenlistment of the negro SOL
diers The understanding was reached after
brief discussion. in which Mr.. Foraker said he
did not wish to speak further on the subject
until the reply of the Secretary of War 10 the
resolution calling for information concerning the
use of detectives has been received. Senator
Warren. chairman Of the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, said that several other Senators