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ipy PWNMHWM BPwrlfrePwB - --- -"P BBgiMByi typed ...--. WV,C ' $" ' "jri Tr''T'rip"V- '-' ."wliMPRW l The Commoner. Vol. a, No. 16. 10 splracy lawn shall romaln In forco to fiomo oxtont. On tho samo day tho iblll to provldo for diplomatic and con sular sorvlco In tho ropubllc of Cuba -was passed. Tho bill Axes tho sal aries of tho various representatives of tho government that aro to be sont to tho Island. Tho houso committee on Interstate commorco hold another session on April 20, when Mr. Joseph Nirams, for merly of tho trpasury department, ap peared' as tho first witness in opposi tion to tho Corliss bill. This bill aims to destroy tho civil remedy pro vided to rogulato commorco, according to Mr. Nlmms' testimony. A dispatch from Manila to Wash-' lngton announces tho capture of Ruro, the Ladrone loader, together with 16H officers and men of his command, and it is surmised that this means tlw 'opening up of tho whole of the south-, orn coast of the island of Nogros. An other insurgent surrender in Samar is" also reported to havo boon mado to Gonoral Fred Grant. Itoproscntatlvo Do Armond of Mis souri on April 26 introduced in the: house a joint resolution proposing an amendment to tho constitution mak ing tho term of the president and vice president to begin on tho 3rd of April Instead of March 4, and fixing tho sec ond Thursday of January as tho time for tho assembling of congress, begin ning with tho Sixtieth congress. ' A report from Washington under dato of May 1 says that, following the precedent in tho case of General Smith, tho presldont has ordered the court-martial of Edwin G. Glonn, Fifth infantry, ono of tho officers referred to in tho administration of the water euro testimony boforo tho senate com mittee on tho Philippines. Tho court will moot at Catbolagan, Samar, on May 12. A dispatch from Washington under date of April 29 says: Gunner Charles Morgan, U. S. N., whoso application for a commission was donied because of Rear Admiral Sampson's veto, is to bo chief gunner in tho sorvlco in which ho has toiled so long and faithfully. Ho has boon given a re-examination for promotion to this ranlc, and has passed, morally, physically and men tally. By order of tho secretary of tho navy his promotion will quickly follow. A recent report from tho war de partment In answer to tho resolutions passed by tho house domandlng'an in vestigation into tho nature of tho in structions sent to General Jacob Smith asserts that no direct orders wore sent and that the officer acted on tho in structions of his' immediate superior, Gonoral Chaffee. It is declared that the war department gave General Chaffee the general army order No. 100, as a guide. This order authorizes a suspension of all rules of civilized warfaro and retaliation when the en omy acts in a similar manned, and it is expected that General Smith will rely on this order for his acquittal. This report has been bitterly con demned by many congressmen, Mr. Sibly, republican, of Pennsylvania on April 28 delivering in the houso a vehement denunciation of tho conduct of affairs in tho Philippines. A roport from Venice, under dato of May 2, says: Tho pardon granted by .King Victor Emmanuel to the officers of tho United States cruiser Chicago, who havo been imprisoned hero, ar rived this morning, and tho prisoners 'Will bo released without delay. Tho imprisoned ofllcors warmly repudiate the roports from Romo that they were under tho influence of wine at tho time of tho trouble and say that, on tho contrary, they were absolutely sobor. Lieutenant John S. Doddridge re marked: "After tho accidental upset ting of a table In a cafo by myself and a companion at 11 o'clock at night wo wore followed and attacked by a mob and two municipal policemen ap peared on the scone. I, with my open hand, motioned to the crowd to keep off. The police then seized us, but tho mob becamo so threatening that our brother officers and a marine who happened to bo on tho plaza ran to our rescue Wo acted only in self dofonso, "and against a large, hostile crowd. Wo did not strike tho police. Doubtless misunderstanding of the two languages had something to do with the trouble. Wo havo been al lowed to remain together in prison, but tho room in which wo havo been confined swarmed with insects." On April 24 Senator Carmack of Tennessee mado a speech in the sen ate criticising the administration's Philippine policy and expressed tho hope that it would turn from tho "bloody gospel of tho strenuous life" to tho paths of peace. Ho declared also that ho would offer an amendment to tho bill to make statehood for tho Islands Impossible. Tho bill was again discussed on April 30. Resolutions woro introduced calling upon tho gov ernment to summon Major Gardener from tho Philippines to appear as a witness before the senate committee. This caused much debate, during which it was charged that there is a conspiracy on tho part of tho admin istration to suppress information. On May 1 Senator Carmack continued his speech on the bill, severely scoring the administration because of its re fusal to call Aguinaldo and other Filipinos as witnesses. He maintained that, as reflections on tho character of Aguinaldo had been cast by tho testi mony of witnesses, ho should bo per mitted in all decency, to defend hlm solf. This contention was sharply combatted by Mr. Foraker, Mr. Mc Comas, and Mr. Burton. DEBATE IN THE SENATE. Tho Washington correspondent of the Now York World describes tho interesting debate in the .senate, April 29, in this way: Senate tempers are not standing the strain of tho Philip pines debate. Today there wero pass ages between tho democrats and re publicans that might be called acri monious. Tho republicans had planned to sit still and lot tho democrats do tho talk ing. The democrats laid their foun dation with tho speeches of Rawlins, Carmack and Simmons, and today be gan baiting Lodge, Spooner and Fair banks and every other republican too thin-skinned to sit silent under dis cussion of tho Smith "kill and burn order." Senator Culberson forced Senator Lodge, after Lodge had twisted and squirmed and wriggled, to admit that the Smith order was revolting. Sena tor Teller was on his feet most of tho afternoon jabbing tho infuriated re publicans, but keeping his temper ad mirably himself. Under the leadership of Lodge, who has tho Philippines bill in charge, the republicans havo mado tho blunder of not acknowledging the cruelty and horror of the Smith order. Tomorrow it Is expected the debate will orac- tically bo taken out of Lodge's hands by Spooner and other republican champions. The republicans feel that they can sit silent no longer. They must set themselves right before the country. The democrats will havo no mercy. They will press every ad vantage. Shortly after Senator Teller began to speak about the massacres ordered by General Smith, Senator Spooner shouted: "Do you remember Fort Pillow?" Senator Carmack was instantly on his feet asking Mr. Spooner what he meant by the inquiry. Mr. Carmack declared there was no massacre of colored troops at Fort Pillow. Ho said tho alleged massacre was only tho shooting of fleeing troops. Senator Spooner mado no reply, but there was a general impression that tho race question and the civil war will be brought into tho debate before its conclusion. Senator Teller said nothing occurred during tho civil war of tho character now taking place in the Philippines. General Smith had justified his Samar order by taking as a precedent tho or der issued by General Ewing for the suppression of bushwacklng in Mis souri. Mr. Teller said General Sw ing's order was disapproved of by all Americans. Senator Fairbanks interrupted to say that he did not understand that tho government approves of what has been done by General Smith, but on tho contrary condemning it. Senator Teller continued: "If tho facts are truo as presented, General Smith should havo been court-martialed fifteen months ago. It is now indicated that all the facts havo been in the possession of the war department for many months. The court-martial was not ordered until the newspapers printed what the war department had suppressed. "I do not believe in ten-year-old soldiers. There have not been many of them. I cannot conceive of an American soldier, seeing such a Fili pino boy fighting in the army for what ho regards as his rights, shoot ing such a boy down. The body of the American people will repudiate such methods, and if tho charges against General Smith are true he should be dismissed from the service." "The government certainly knows nothing of these facts!" shouted Sen ator Fairbanks. "I have not yet said the adminis tration condones these outrages," said Senator Teller. "I appreciate that those senators defending the adminis tration have a difficult task. At the samo time, it is my duty tofny coun try and myself to protest against such cruelties as aro practiced in the Phil ippines. General Smith's order should at least have included only ten-year-old boys with arms in their hands. "The statements printed show that tho American army resorted to meth ods of warfare employed in the tenth century. If the war department knew of General Smith's order and did not repudiate it within an hour, it con stitutes an everlasting disgrace to this government and one which has never been surpassed i,n Infamy. For 200 years we fought the Indians, who. practiced every form of horrible tor ture, but no such order as that relat ing to Samar was ever issued." Senator Teller read Representative Sibley's speech delivered yesterday in the house and said It encouraged him to observe that members of the republican party were awakening to a proper sentiment. Senator Carmack expressed the opinion that all the orders relating to the service in tho Philippines are not being made public. "Those officers who pursue an ex treme course," ho said, "probably is sue their orders and do not send them to the war department." In reply to questions, Senator Lodge said he knew nothing about General Smith's order to Major Waller. It might have been a verbal order. He had not heard of it until Major Waller, used it in defending himself before a court-martial. Senator Tillman thought the testi mony given by the commanding gen eral of the army before the senate military affairs committee relative to the decimation of the Filipinos began to bring out the facts. Ho referred tn tho reduction of the population in Batengas province from 300,000 to 200,000, and asked Mr. Lodge if any steps have been taken by the Philip pines committee to ascertain the truth of this statement. Senator Lodge said the official re ports showed 'that the people of Batangas province had died from ma laria and dysentery. "Dysentery may be another name "I wrote to Doctor Pierce, who sent me a very kind letter and -advised me." Thousands of weak and sick women can trace the beginning of a new life of perfect health to that letter written to Dr. Pierce. Sick and ailing women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspondence held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures weak and aching backs, headaches, nerv ousness and other womanly ailments by curing the womanly diseases which cause them. In the spring of iqoo I became very ill," writes Mrs. Alvfena Scholtz, of Iakc Washing ton, Lesueur Co., Minn., "ray back was very weak and ached so that I could, do no work at all, so I was obliged to take to my bed. I felt a constant desire to urinate and the pains in abdomen were almost unbearable. T wrote to Dr. Tierce, who sent me a very kind letter, and advised me to take his 'Favorite Prescription aud 'Goldeu Medical Discovery.' I took six bottles of each and am a well woman now. I cannot say enough in favor of Dr. Pierce's medicines. " "Favorite Prescription" makes weak women strong, sick women well. Accept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak women. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the most desirable laxative for delicate women. Mri. TVInaln'cv'a Rnnililnv C.... Iliisbeon used for over SIXTY; YEARS byMiLLlONq or MOTHERS for tholr CIQXD11EN WHILE TEETH mq, with PERFECT SUCQESS. It . SOOTHES i tho CHILD, SOFTENS tho GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN CES WIND COLIC? and Is tho best roracdyfor DIARRHCEA. Sold by DrugBlsts In ovory part of tho world. Bo Buro and ask fqr "Mra. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup," and tako no othor kind. Twonty-uvo conts a bottlo. It Is tho Best of alV WR for starvation," declared Senator Till man. Senator Culberson called Senator Lodge's attention to the fact that the order issued by General Bell Decem ber 8, 1S01, was just as drastic and cruel, as that of General Smith, and that it had' never been repudiated by the war department He asked if Sen ator Lodge indorsed General Bell's or der. Senator Lodge, after much backing and filling, replied that he did not indorse any cruel practices In war. The orders, he said, seem harsh and cruel on the surface they seem xe volting. If the order issued by Gen eral Smith is as reported, he said, It should not meet the approval of any American. "Do you not know that only a few days ago the president sent warm congratulations to General Bell for his vigorous prosecution of the war in the Philippines?" asked Senator Cul berson. Senator Lodere hluRhnil. "I had not heard of that," he said. Senator Teller then resumed, saying that one-third of the people living in Batangas province could not have died under normal conditions. These peo ple were entitled to the protection of the United States. "The United States cannot protect the Filipinos from malaria," snapped Senator Spooner. Senator Bacon said investigation would show that the other provinces had suffered loss of life equal to Ba tangas province. Gi;eat loss of life was caused, he said, by the destruc tion of food supplies. Natives were compelled to subsist on wild roots and thus superinduced disease. Senator Teller said the obligation or humanity rests on this government Setliat the FiPinos do not starve. n i VQ.or six ration dollars a year SLJ51711 Cuba' whore every wit ness befOrfi tho ttrmr ! , . imlttee testified there is no great dia- j