The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-01-22

w AOftlNG lON, Jduudly L. - TIC
Senate adopted a resolution today pre-
sented by Senator Foraker, calling up
on the Secretary of the Treasury for
an itemized statement of the eXpendi-
ture of the 100000 appropriated by
the act of March 8, 1899, to be expended
at the discretion of the President as
an emergency fund. This is the fund
cut of which detectives were paid for
investigating the Brownsville affair.
/ WASHINGTON January PA re
newal of the discussion of the Browns
Vile affair in the Senate today by Sem
ator Foraker called out a large gath
ering that filled the galleries to over
flowing.
/ The Senator had the strictest atten-
ton of his colleagues on the floor,
Iearly all of whom were present, to-
gether with a considerable number of
members of the House, who occupied
places in the rear of the chamber.
Among the visitors in the gallery there
was a large number of negro men and
women-men who have been present
on every occasion when Foraker has
defended the negroes of the Twenty
fifth Regiment against the charge OF
having 'shot up the town of Browns
Vile on the night of August 18th and
18th, 1908.
Senator Foraker had prepared his
speech very carefully, but his reading
of the manuscript had all of the in
terest of an extemporaneous address.
The row of seats reserved for the
President was empty throughout the
time Senator Foraker was speaking
REFERS TO HIS LETTER.
When Foraker commented on
statement of the detectives respecting
a letter he had written 20 one of the
discharged soldiers he laid down his
manuscript and with considerable We
hemence declared:
Il have doubtless written some let
tiers needing explanation. l have doubt
less written some letters that l would
not have written if l had all the in
formation l got at some other time.
But | have never written any letters
since left my mothers knee of which
| am ashamed or need any lying to eX-
plain
AS he proceeded his voice grew more
and more intense.
IF l have shown any undue zeal in
commencing upon these proceedings
he said, glancing from his manuscript,
'it is not through anger, but through
that indignant resentment that every
self-respecting man feels who is spied
upon by the Government he is attempt
ing to serve. No language can com
pletely describe such a shameful per-
Torrance. l don't exempt any one
from that remark who is called, from
the highest to the lowest.
ALLUDES TO THE PRESIDENT,
Foraker read letters from some of
the negro soldiers denying the state
ments of the detectives.
There will be time" he said, as
he threw his manuscripts down on his
desk and looked over the Senate cham
Der, when men will not deal lightly
with such charges and insinuations.
There will be a time when they will
be where they can be called to ac-
count"
Commenting upon the report of
Herbert j. Browne, who had charge
Of the investigation by detectives, Mr..
Foraker declared that he had been
shocked and Mortified when he read his
81 wish" he said, his voice resound-
ing throughout the chamber, "some-
body else who pirates about the dis
honesty of other people," evidently
the President, could be
shocked and Mortified"
This charge of illegally diverting
$4,000 from the war fund of $9,OOO,OOO
by the deficiency act of
March 8, 1899, was adopted by Foraker
in concluding his remarks, which con-
sisted of a very careful consideration
Of certain legal phases of the Browns
vile affair and the reading of num-
Der of affidavits by soldiers whose tes-
timony and Confessions" Browne al
legged he had secured to unravel the
mystery of the identity of the men
who did the shooting, and these afTida-
Wits denied with great particularly
nearly every statement of Importance
by the detectives.
THAT BIG EMERGENCY FUND.
Speaking of the 100000 war fund
Of 1899 appropriated as an emergency
10 meet unforeseen contingencies con-
'tantly arising to be expended st the
discretion of the President, Foraker
said: ut will probably be surprising
Information that the appropriation
made ten years ago at the close of the
Spanish-American War; to enable the
President to meet emergency Army
such as were then arts
ng in connection with our military
should have been con-