Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-13

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cit will appear from the presidents
message and exhibits thereto showing
the mode in which the detectives are
operating and the testimony in an
swer thereto that fraudulent imper-
sonation, misrepresentation, lying, de-
ceit, treachery, liquor and intoxication,
coupled with promises of immunity
and the excitement of hope and fear
and the offer of employment and re
munerative wages, have been resorted
to to secure the testimony sought for,
and that the so-called confessions are
not confined to such as affect the par
ties making them or to those affected
by them who may be present when
such confessions are made, but extend
also to those not present when they
are made, but are absent and without
knowledge of what is transpiring and
with no opportunity to be heard in
their own defense-even to make an
objection that such statements and
such confessions are untruthful
"These facts make all such testimony
utterly incompetent and worthless
The row Of seats reserved for the
president was empty throughout the
time Senator Foraker was speaking.
Nearly every seat on the Republican
fourth of the Democrats remained in
their places throughout the discourse.
Extemporaneous Remarks
When Mr.. Foraker commented on a
statement of the detectives respecting
a letter he had written to one of the
discharged soldiers he laid down his
manuscript and with considerable We
hemence declared:
II have doubtless written some let
tiers needing explanation. I have
doubtless written some letters that |
would not have written if I had all
the information 1 got at some other
time. But I have never written any
letters since, I left my mothers knee
of which I am ashamed or need any
lying to explain
AS he proceeded his voice grew more
and more intense.
eff I have shown any undue zeal in
commenting upon these proceedings, -
he said, glancing from his manuscript,
''it is not through anger, but through
an indignant resentment that every
self-respecting man feels who is spied
upon by the government he is at
tempting to serve.
scribe such a shameful performance.
don't exempt anyone from that re-
mark who is called, from the highest to
the lowest"
Mr.. Foraker read letters from some
Of the negro soldiers denying the state
ments of the detectives.
He referred to a bundle of letters on
his desk and said the originals were
there if anyone cared to see them.
He added that so much suspicion had
been cast abroad he did not care to
assume anything.
"There will be a time" he said, as he
threw his manuscript down on his desk
and looked over the senate chamber.
when men will not deal lightly with
such charges and insinuations. There
will be time when they will be where
they can be called to account as other
men can be called to account"
Commenting upon the report Of Her
bert J. Browne, who had charge Of the
investigation by detectives, Mr.. For
aker declared that he had been shocked
and Mortified when he read his state
ments.
II WISH" he said, his voice resound-
ing throughout the chamber, "some-
body else who prates about the dis
honesty of other people," evidently
meaning the president, "could be
shocked and Mortified"