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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAS,. PORTLAND, JUNE 1. 1902. HISSINC IN SENATE Auditors Disapproved of Carmack's Talk. HE SLANDERED THE ARMY Spooner's Eloquent Plea for the Philippine BUI Spirited Colloquy With Hoar Pettus and 31c- Laurin Spoke Hissing: In the Senate Is bo unusual that -when It occurred, In the course- o the Philippines debate, yesterday. It created a. sensation. Spooner was speak lngr, and referred Incidentally, to the story that 1000 Filipinos had been put to death by American troops In trenches which they -were compelled to dig. Lodge said the story had been denied by the father of the edldler who had started It, and that the "War Depart ment had cabled to General Chaffee to ascertain the facts. Carnjack Inter rupted to say that so doubt the soldiers would deny the story, as all soldiers In the Philippines had been required to do. HIa remark was greeted with hisses from the galleries, the demonstration of disapproval calling out a sharp rapping of the gavel from the chair. "WASHINGTON, May 3L Spooner oc cupied nearly five hours of today's session of the Senate in concluding his speech begun Thursday. His eloquence and earnestness attracted the attention of all Senators and of hundreds of occupants of the crowded galleries. He maintained that the United States could not leave the Philippines "like a coward," and aban don people who had come under our pro tection, thus surrendering them to "tyran ny and chaos." He did not believe in the admission of the Philippines to the Union as states, but in the conduct of the islands nothing savoring of imperialism had been suggested for party purposes. In the course of his speech, Spooner be came involved In a spirited colloquy with Hoar, during which Spooner read a stat ute of the State of Massachusetts, which offered a reward of 100 for the scalps of male Indians over the ago of 12 years. Hoar declared that It was a cruel and bar barous law, and Spooner himself did not rttempt to Justify it, simply cklng It as an instance of cruelty in the lighting of savage natives. Pettus discussed some of the legal phases of the Philippine ques tion und McLaurin (Miss.) insisted that the Democrats in the Senate had not slan dered the Army, as had been charged. At the conclusion of routine business consideration of the Philippine bill was resumed. Beveridge presented cer tain excerpts from the testimony taken by the Philippine committee arranged carefully with reference to certain phases of the Philippine question, and requested that they be printed In the Congressional Record. Beveridge explained that they covered particular points In the testi mony arranged in logical sequence, and It was perfectly fair and just. Hoar said that he thought a compila tion of the kind ought to have the sanc tion of the Philippine committee, and he moved thit the matter be referred to that committee. Beveridge said that the widest latitude had beeny afforded the minority in the publication of matter of record, and he thought it scarcely fair that objection should be made to the request. Allison hoped Hoar would withdraw his motion, and indicated some criticism of the Mas sachusetts Senator's action. As Hoar would not withdraw his mo tion, Beveridge withdrew his request, an nouncing that later he would read the matter, if nccessarj. to get it in the Record. Spooner llennmcx Ills Speech. In resuming his speech begun on Thurs day, Spooner referred to a statement of Hear, a minute before, that ought not to be saddled on this Philippine debate. One trouble, one of the weaknesses of the discussion, and one of the wicked ele ments, he said, is the fact that there had been, and were now, sides in this question. He thought there ought not to be "sldefe" on this Philippine debate. "It is," he said, "a question ihlch be longs to the American people. It is a problem of deJicacy and of some danger, and a weapon of no man and of no par ty. The Interest of all men in public and private'lifc is to get at the truth with out private opinion or party strife. "I have not been in favor of perma nent dominion over the Philippines," slid Spooner, "but I do not mean by that that I have been in favor of the United States running away like a coward and aban doning a people who have come under our protection or surrendering them to tranny, anarchy and chaos." He said he never had been able to con template with equanimity the admission of the Philippines as a state or states. Nothing was dearer to him, except his home ties, than that this Government should be confined to this continent. No question of imperialism, he said, had been raised in this problem, except for party purposes. "There never before has been an in stance," he declared, "where a portion of the American people have sought In cessantly and, I think, unfairly, to put this country in the wrong and to stain the honor of the country with dishonor. They have formed a narrow and squint eyed view of every question cf fact." He said the United States never would seek a. war, but if attacked we had the power to resist, and when the time came to dictate terms of peace, "the United States might demand and accept acceded territory that is inhabited without first securing the consent of the Inhabitants. Spooner declared that there was little or no similarity between the conditions of Cuba and those of the Philippines. "Those Senators," he insisted, "who cannot see the difference between the Philippines and Cuba have some sort of mental strabismus. An attempt has been made to show that the reconcntrado es tablished by General "Weyler In Cuba has been imitated by the United States In the Philippines, but the only testimony in support of that statement Is from ambush, with all traces of Identification destroyed. "If weiad left Spain In control of the islands," said Spooner, discussing our taking of the Philippines, "never as long as we live would some portions of our people have ceased to denounce us lor having sailed away from Manila like a batch of cowards, leaving the Filipinos to come again under the tyranny of Spain, or, still worse, to lapse Into anarchy, civil war, murder, loot and violence." DIviion for Party Purposes. Spooner pointed out how harmful the division upon the Philippine question among Americans was, and declared that the division was largely for party pur poses. "If Congress had recognized the inde pendence of the Filipinos," said he, "in ftcad of being there as we arc now, with a title which the Supreme Court of the United States says is complete, which the Senate has accepted as complete, which Congress paid for as complete, which the world recognizes as complete, which gives i the power to do what is generous and noble and right and up lifting to that principle, we would bo there on the slutting sands of contract wjtt) a former tyrant, J thjpk that 3d has saved us from that unutterable folly. It would have been worse Infinitely worsethan the proposition to recognize the Republic of Cuba, which would have ( subjected us to- an order to leave Cuba uii uaj. Later, Hoar said if the Inhabitants of the Philippines- were not t people, there were millions of men acting: together, who raised an army, selected a General, turned Spain out of all territory except only the City of Manila, and agreed upon a constitution, republican In form. "They would be a people," replied Spooner, "If that were true." "It Is true," said Hoar. "I deny it," Insisted Spooner. "I deny thit there Is more than superficial truth In It." He referred to the FIHplno Army as a collection of miscellaneous persons who now constitute bands of bandits and cutthroats. Carmack interrupted to Inquire If Ad miral Dewey had dealt with that kind of people. "I suppose," said Spooner, "that the Senator from Tennessee will claim thit tle Filipino Army was composed of liberty-loving, patriotic and law-abiding cit izens." Carmack said he assumed that it was not an army made up of outlaws and ruffians. Spooner said that one of the leading Generals of the Filipino Army Pio del y L. A. McNARY . i. v, , & -SSIrW KSS ..O - ZX? REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOI? CITY ATTORNEY, Pilar was notoriously the leader of a band of cutthroats and outlaws. Carmack declared that. If the "charge" of Spooner was accurate, Admiral Dewey should be branded and turned out of the Navy. Spooner retorted that that was only one of the Democratic charges against the Army and .Navy. He declared Agul nildo's army was an army which had de manded to enter Manila for loci and rapine; which had violated the rules of civilized warfare: which had perpetrated atrocities not only upon American pris oners, but upen countless thousands of Filipinos, and had respected neither sex. Spooner referred to the diary of one of the officers of Aguinaldo. who described the peregrinations of Aguinaldo. Spooner said Aguinaldo had "a government .of proclamations, of confiscations and assas sinations, and the evidence all shows It." Spooner quoted from the diary referred to to show that Aguinaldo had said that once the Independence of the Filipinos was declared, he (Aguinaldo) and his friends would, take a trip to Europe with an allowance of 51,000,000 for expenses. Spooner referred to the last Presidential campaign and the candidacy of Mr. Bryan, and to the assertions of the Fill plno leaders that the success of Dem ocracy meant the Independence of the Filipinos. Then after saying that the American people had passed upon the Philippine question at the polls, he said: lou cannot charge upon the ratincatlon of the treaty, nor upon the sending of our Army to the Philippines, all the blood shed or all the cruelties that came to that Army." Encouragement to Tannin. He thought it was an unhappy thing that words of encouragement, words de nouncing the Senate for havi.ig bought unconstitutionally the sovereignty of the Philippines, should go to the Philippines, saying that we were violating the Declaration of Independence and promis ing that in case of Democratic success at the polls the Filipinos would be granted independence under a protectorate. Those statements had prolonged the war. em barrassed the operations of the Govern ment and made it difficult speedily to carry to fruition the blessings which the United States desired to confer. Refer ring to General Smith's order for the killing of all inhabitants of Samar above 10 years of age, Spooner quoted the wit ticism that the Pilgrims on landing first fell upon their knees and then upon the Indians. He read from a statute of Massachusetts)f 1722 offering a reward of .100 for every male Indian calp, 12 years old and upward, and of 50 a scalp of those klKd in battle. Hoar Interrupted to say that the Purl tans had bought and paid for every foot of land acquired from the Indians, and that the statute of 1722 was cruel and barbarous. "Do you approve It?" he de manded, "when, at the beginning of the 20th century, you moke it a precedent?" "I think." said Spooner, "that our fath ers bought the lands of the Indians In Massachusetts and then proceeded to buy their scalps. Senators who denounce our policy in the Philippines In general lan guage on ex parte testimony ought not to forget that our forbears, brave men In war, found It necessary to resort In war to what, in time of peace, no man on earth would approve." "Does the Senator approve of that or der," demanded Hoar, "In war or in peace?" "If it were necessary," suggested Spoon er, "to make the order In Massachusetts so that the Pilgrim might protect his home from destruction, his wife from de bauchery and his children from cruelty, I would have done wnat he has dbne." "It never was necessary to do It," Hoar declared. "It was a base and, wicked or der, and when the Senator talks of for bears, I am happy to say that the man of that generation who bore my name Incurred obloquy and Indignities through resisting things then as I do now." (Ap plause.) Hoar said he thanked God he never had found a man in a place of power who would not stand up for the right. "And you will nevor find any man, thank God." declared Spooner, "who can proporly impeach the American Army for acts that ought not to have -been com mittedthe acts of a few Isolated in stancesthe Army as a whole." "Our Army," replied Hoar, "Is com posed, of bravo anfl humane men. In V war of this kind cruelties always have occurred, and the responsibility for them I rests not upen the Army but upon those who are responsible for the policy. "I stand for the army. of McKInley,"' declared Spooner, "fo'r the Army that has been charged with the mission by the 1 American people who supported these pol icies at the polls." Spooner said to Hoar that If he did not believe his party was right and could not act with it, he could vote for the other party. This elicited quite a long reply from Hoar, who paid a tribute to Spooner, to McKInley and to Roosevelt, Hoar said he did not believe the Democratic party was right in its view of the question. He be lieved that the Republican party would work out the problem right in the end. but that it should be shown that its pres ent policy was wrong. He could not be expected to abandon a party in whose I policies in the main he believed to Join.a party to whoso policies he was opposed. Reference was made by Spooner to the alleged letter that had been written by a soldier about 1000 Filipinos being com pelled to dig their own graves. This had been repudiated. Lodge said that the "War Department bad caused an investigation to be made by questioning the soldier himself. "No doubt," replied Carmack, "under this suggestion the soldier will repudiate It, as every soldier In the Philippines has been required to do." This assertion brought out a small vol ley of hisses, but the disorder was soon supprassed. Dlscusting the bills offered by the ma jority and by the minority, Spooner said: "We will go ahead with an honest pur pose, with your help If we can get It (ad dressing the Democratic side); if not, we will go on without It, and it will not be the first time." In conclusion, Spooner declared that if the Democratic party ever obtained con trol of the Government, no such "fatuous and cowardly policy" as suggested by the minority would be followed. At 5:15 P. M. the Senate took a recess until 8 o'clock. The Night Session. At the opening of the night session Car mack. who had made severaj speeches dur ing the day. took the floor. In explana tion of the protracted nature of the de bate, he said it had been carried on by the minority in the hope that the bill would be purged of its most objectionable fea tures. All hope of substantial amend ment for the bill was now abandoned. He scoffed at Morgan's theory that the Fili pino insurgents were the "tools of wicked conspirators at Hong Kong," saying that that was the dishonored plea .of despots, the plea of conquest and murder and rob bery in all ages. He proceeded in an ex ceedingly sarcastic vein to reply to aome of Morgan's arguments. He said he did not know of a more dangerous doctrine than that advanced, by Morgan, that the Army was more representative of the peo ple than Congress. He did not believe that the United States had reached the stage of degeneration and decay when the custody of Its liberties rested in the Army. Carmack insisted It was the plain duty of the majority, to everybody con cernedthe American people as well, as the Filipinos to proclaim what Is to be the ultimate purpose of the Administration's policy in the Philippines. The charge that Democratic Senators had defamed and slandered the American, Army he (Carmack) denounced as a "truthless calumny." He and his col leagues had only assailed the policy that .sent the Army to the Philippines and a few of the officers who had disgraced the uniform they wore. He specifically de sired to disclaim any intention of attack ing the Army as a whole. He quoted ex tracts from many Republican papers de nouncing the brutality of General Smith's order. Yet, he said. Lodge had found In the tortures Inflicted in the Philippines only natural acts of vengeance, "Tne apologists of lynchlngs In the South," he continued, "will find able sup port In the statements of the Senator from Massachusetts. I have never sought to uphold mob law or the practice of lawless vengeance on any criminal, no matter how black his crime." Proceeding with the discussion of out rages committed upon the natives, Car mack declared that in order to offset the revelations that had been, made, the au thorities here were as busily engaged in furnishing details of every outrago com mitted by the Filipinos a3 they had been earlier In the. war In suppressing the truth relative to the Insurrection. Carmack referred to President .Roose velt's Memorial day address at Arlington, saying that he judged from what the Pres ident had said about lynching In the South that that cry was to 'be the Administra tion's favorite ground of defense of its policy in the Philippines. He had thought Few are entirely tree from It. It may develop so slowly as to cansc little If any disturbance during the whole period of childhood. It may then produco irregularity of th stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, eaten and marked tendency to consumptio before manifesting itself in much cut&neou eruption or glandular swelling. It is best to be sure that yoa are qnlt free from It, and for its complete eradlco tlon you can rely on ffoodf's SarsaparMs The best ol all medicines tor ell tumors. that tho waving of the bloody shirt was an effort to revive sectfonaV hatred. "But I admit I was mistaken," said he, "Th,e Republicans used to keep the South ern outrages mill grinding; holding up our terrible and bloody deeds to the execra tion of mankind. That was. for political purposes. Now they are seeking prece dents to excuse their policy In the Philip pines. The President gives the cue. He says It Is the same old rebel yell, the same old people who vilified Grant and Lincoln as they are now vilifying the great and magnanimous Smith-. "Oh. Mr. President, you cannot throw, dust In the eyes of the people in that way. This attempt at diversion will not do.'1 At 10:20 P. M. Carmack concluded and the Senate adjourned. TWO NEW GENERALS. Colonels WUltesiaea4 Lincoln Are Promoted. "WASHINGTON, May SL The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Colonels to be Brigadier-Generals Sam uel M. Whiteside and Sumner H. Lincoln. Lieutenant-Colonels of Infantry to be Colonels "William Qulnton and Jesse C. Chance. Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels Ralph W. Hoyt and George H. Cornish. Captains to be Majors Charles H. Bono steel, Lyman M. Kcnff, Charleo C. Mor ton. First Lieutenants, to be Captains George F. Baltzell, Edgar T. Confey, Sea born G. Chiles, R. T. Collins nnd Lyman "W. "Welch. ' George "W. Blbee. Receiver of Publlo Moneys at Oregon City, Or. Minority Report on Canal Bill. "WASHINGTON. May 31. The minority members of the committee on isthmian canals, of the Senate have prepared a re port opposing the views of the majority. It is directed mainly to show tho im practicability of the Nicaragua route, es pecially on account of the volcanic dis turbances, and favors the Panama route. MARCHING ON CARACAS. Matos and a Rebel Army Headed for the Capital. "WILLDMSTAD, Island of Curacao. May SI. Carupano, in the State of Bermudez, was reoccupied May 2S by the government forces without resistance, the revolution ists having abandoned the town two days before. General Matos, the revolutionary lead er, landed on Venezuelan eoll. May 25, coming trom Port of Spain, Trinidad, having evaded the government forces. General Mates, with E500 men. composed of revolutionists from Carupano, Cuma na. and Barcelona. Is marching in the di rection of Caracas, and I now distant about a fortnight's "march from that city. The Government of Venezuela was as tonished by the news received in the capital that the towns of Coro. State of Falcon, and Valencia, State of Caribabo, were seriously menaced by the revolu tionists News of fresh uprisings in Venezuela against President Castro Ij coming from all quarters. The family of tho late President Guzman Blanco has refused to pay the contribution of '1.000.000 francs de manded by Castro. General Urlbe-Urlbc, I chief of the Colombian revolution, who was recently reported to have arrived at Port of Spain, Trinidad, is now at Cara cas, in conference with Cautro. CAMPAIGN ISSUES. Republican Congressional Commit tee Will Walt for the Democrats. WASHINGTON, May 31. The Repub lican Congressional committee will not formulate issues for the Congressional campaign committeo unUl the Democrats have launched their plans' for the fight they will make. This has been decided upon by President Roosevelt and Reprd sentatives Babcock and Overatreet. of the committee. Opening of Tllden Club. NEW YORK, May 31. Grover Cleve land has accepted an Invitation to speak at the opening .pf the new Tllden Club., June 19. About 1500 men prominent In tho j Democratic party have been inlvtcd. i Among those expected are David B. Hill I and William J. Bryan. Nominations for Congress. Fifth Kentucky district M. H. Irwin, Republican, renominated. Twelfth Ohio district Dewitt C. Badger, Democrat. Tenth Indiana district William Guthrie, Democrat. Cloning of Orient School. ORIENT, May 31. Tho public school of Orient closed Thursday, having complet ed a successful term of eight months. Per haps the most enjoyable part was the picnic dinner prepared by the patrons and pupils as a surprise to the teachers, Mrs. Frank New, Mies Grace McKerrow and Leonard Merrill. During the afternoon the pupils held their closing exercises in the Baptist Church. Moody Defends II in Party. DETROIT, May 3L Secretary of the 1884 ' ... . " ' 1 'ill i 2 .. -- ""V THE PORTLAND OPTIGRL INSTITUTE Has Cured THOUSANDS of such cases with REMEDIAL LENSES, properly adjusted to deficient eyes. OUR OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE UNRIVALED. OUR FRAMES AND LENSES ARE THE REST MADE. WALTER j; - - II A Judge's Recovery I 1 TOOK." 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Con tagious diseaeos are conveyed by minute organisms known as disease germs. These germs find their entrance into the sys tem through the mucous membrane. If Navy Moody was the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Michigan National Republican Club tonight, speak ing to tho toast, "The President." Sec tary Moody declared that the Republi can party did not shrink from scrutiny of its stewardship. He closed with an ap peal to his hear era to suspend judgment upon the American soldiers In the Philip pines until the other side was heard, "saying that the President would punjsfi any proved misconduct. Complete and Sweeping?. Salem Statesman. Does Oregon want the Philippines re tained? Does th!a state want a share in the developing trade nf the Orient tha,t will result -from the retention, of the la lands and Americanizing them? Yes? Well, then, let Oregon so declare herself in no uncertain or broken terms next Monday. 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TOKIO, May 14, via San Francisco, May SL The Japanese Herald says: "The question of Japanese expansion for ' the third period has begun to claim popu lar attention. It Is considered likely that a bill will be introduced during the next session of the Diet for the purpose of preparing the third programme with a view of increasing the naval strength. Details as to this programme are of course unknown." The Japanese Government has decided to dispatch commercial commissioners to Cape Town to make inspection of business opportunities in that part of the world. The tertn of their sojourn will be two months. Inclnn Succeeds Canelejaa. MADRID, May 31. Senor Suares Indan, has been appointed Minister of Agricul ture in succession to Senor Canelejas. 1902 J 3 life. gSgSG. u-