Show 7 J t 7 1 t. t tI J. J I t t J t t f 5 SIBLEY ON SMITH r r 1 v 1 MM M t 4 I I t M tit M t H fj j ihie sp speech ech in the House of Representatives ay of th the Hon lion Joseph Crocker Sibley of ofin h. h in III which he lIe took occasion TO deI do- do I I b Jacob Smith who is now under- under l gourt-martial o 1 at at Manila as a m modern eln Herod ero I n q led upon President l t Roosevelt to strip off olf cers uniform IS ib distinctly unpleasant read read- iJ may be e the sort of ot superheated atmosphere f fl Cd by bya a provincial constituency not jet yet per- per h it forgetful of its itt members member's conversion J lo 10 cult of ot the jacl jackass to that of the tIle elephant Whatever lIate cl may be the truth in that regard Mr Ii really brutal attack upon tl the character of flier f r. r rh whose se stainless antecedent re record 01 and amid nt situation as a defendant under trial should have nv protected him at this time from assaults he is isI I i to meet imet will be considered by the tinY country i rg hs as cruel unusual unnecessary unnecessary and alto- alto g tp J u unworthy worthy of the man who wh committed them of f national forum he chose hos for their dev devel- devel l. l r Brig Tirig Jacob Smith is before a martial court o of some of the di officers ls l's J i the c American r. service Its president is Maj 1 J Wheaton than whom no man in the arm army JY s or 01 enjoys greater public confidence ence The Thea Theis a d is called upon to face charges which if id i'd cT against him inevitably ine must result in a sen ser C Ct t f dishonorable honorable dismissal from the service of df IJ 1 long 5 years rears ears of arduous an and of often ten perU peril A. h y he hehns has been an or ornament nellt Surel Surely in such sucIl es Representatives s in Congress C- C Congi s might i g 1 rAl from att attempting to inflame opinion n nt t a n man ll alrea already J in n t the c l hands ands f the mi military J JiU iU t alleged to ha Jias haQ Q violated and thus possibly c wt i fe feeling fedling ling among his judges that they m must st o of the tIle evidence or of their con con- S judgment on p peril fil of pf f being held hed up as asto n p j Smith is to the scorn and co contempt tempt of the tLe tor people in the halls of Congress confess to a f fueling feeling of sa sadness ness and qt JQ face ace of such u h a precedent as as Mr r. r Sibley J v am amid I the time applause of the he party rep rep- ic TlC lie so recently deserted e Hereafter r it h N H any a army my officer er unfortunately ly p placed aced l stances requiring c martial court proceed proceed- d. d i r expect to have his ca case cise e prejudged ged on the he national legislature and amid nd prepare pi him him- u al' al r from whatever effects such action actio m may y tb the men before whom nominally h is ill The Sible Sibley performance was m op and inexcusable f |