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Show BUND WITH SUSPICION 111 II H' Hi Plain Talk in Senate About f$jx&' 'II Senator Rawlins. i'iliMi HI III! : 11 SP00NER GOES FOR UTAHN Hbifll Declares Ho Is Suspicious of tho ci jfTeS1' ' lIHLiB Army and of Almost Everybody fjJr U'jti' lTv tW H Charged With Responsibility in tho HOf)! ts jjjflj M Philippines Republican Senators' K'jjffifv 1'fi, jjfljl Aroused nnd Speak In Defense of Vf9pf,v iflH the Administration, of the Army jnjif&sj i - 'flH and of Gov. Tnft They Spoko Hot- Hlfiv i il 9 ly, Almost Unrestrainedly. IjL' XK VI Waohlnglon. Mas 3 Discussion ot &'., j jifl the Philippine question became heated JfiV'af .'5,1'' 91 In the Senate todis Thus far tho jjipj; i'lf'flH minority practically h.i hail a clear tf, y ' J' tfflH Held 111 tho debate, the policy of tho f!j I l,Vl i H majority being to permit Ihe criticism iiyVJIi ( '$ WM H ot tho Democintlc membeis nt tho && t J I1H bod) to proceed without Interruption 8'!) i ,' IH H Today It wns dirferent. Mr. Bpooner S'e i 'u ! of WIscoiHn, Mr lodge of Mnssrtchu- Xijc: J jflj setts and Mr, Poralter of Ohio becamo 31 fi JT ,rJ,) SH urmised They spoke In defense of tho & f J , f Hi administration, of the arms, nnd of l( l.i, ' ilB iH Gov Tnft and they spoko hotly, nl- $;)ii 1 . innnt unrestrainedly The result wan ,Vr ;J ' tf . rSHH one of the most spirited debates that kjt ' 1 imBH Set has occ 11 1 led on the Philippine jl'a,-,,; ' 'ajflHI question Ii ,'j HHkS TOOK A WIDE HANOE. Je 4 '' fl B Whllo the debita took n wide ranre, f" .' -jit ' iflH It revolved around the resolution call fit re fSHH Ing for MnJ. Gardener, In the Philip- B, ' mBHH pine lelnmls, to appear ns soon ns poa- hl'-V .. ,- HHH tdhlo before the Phlllpplno commltteo S. ,i I I tflHfl an a wltnens Lw ' HHi A cablegrnm from Gen, Chaffee was BjJM , ' C 8HHB reut by Mr lodge easing that It was llimfi' ; h'l BH Impracticable for Gardener to leavo ffiftj'jt r I gHHH thn Island nt picxont, as ho wan n ape- $!3rik tiji IHHH rial flguro In a court nt Inquiry which MKf Y rf S HHH wns Investigating thn conditions of tho Hi tit! J K 'l HUH province of which ho wns tho prlncl- 811')''!.' ) IQHI pal Onvemor No action had been jriii li''rt HHH inkeri upon thn icmlutlon, when thn ,!' iii i? HJHH Seniiln adjourned on account of tho IJ "t AHH deith of Reprcsentntlvo Amos J. Cum- fjyt'.V tV'J rtsVHH minus of New Vork afplJtl'fS . W HHI ln his speech Mr. Spooner of Wlseon- ffiafJlSlslj l& ffl HH sin snld thn ohrcrvn tlons of Mr Raw- MpSemllju'lf fcll HHI Una were quite chniucterlstlo of tha Mil (CM Hit! fM HHI nctlon of the Demociutn In tho cnurso WriMiElj) '7 ufl HHI of tho debate Ho had discovered Rl'IflF.fJ's'lil c9 HHI nothing Indicating 1il.ni In Gen Chat- pjirVff'Ji?? fl9 HHI fee's telegram "Tha Senator from DliS&sMjrV tf HHI Utah," continued Mr Spooner, "seems miNSkl.'? SB HHI to be blinded with the suspicion of MljJMjlt ntt HH the arm) nnd nt almost everybody R'1lll !(' Ifil HHI charged vvlth any roponslbllty ln tha HiftfiifF)) 10 HHI Philippines." lRS WJ H H DISCUSS CHARGE OP UTAHN. atlftr I'ShVJ It seemed to him that there was a K'SSx lin'ilHHl ton great willingness nn the part ot tho li'Klrf I'. n i'HHHs! minority to Impeach tho whole Amerl- Wififr A eiUHHl can arms'. Mr. Rawlins seemed to pijEftB li JHHHl think nn nrmy board could be constl- n Hj ' , .fifHHHl tilted which would Investigate search- flfi!& .f HBHHl Ingly the case of Major Gardener. Tho SpXflj'' 'it' 'l9HHl charge of Mr. Rawlins, ho slid, was K H 'S'iflHHl that Gardener had made it general Im- Kl ffi 'f MHH1 peaihmcut or military officers In tho Btj 3P 0 1' 19 HHI Philippines nnd no board could bo con- El HtS-L .19 HHI ntltutrd which would give him nn lm Kl K 1', 1 19 HHI partial trial, "Tho American people," IIS Hi 1" 1 iilHHl he declared, "will not believe that tXI Ml ' I (jIHHl charge, becHiisu they will know that It ri, ft lit j,;3HH1 Is not truo nt the army In thn Philip- fig Is. JSftl- 'IflHHl pines, or nny other American nrmy." SlFjP flltrT'lCiflHHl Referring to General Punstnn, Mr. EjBjT 'k, 1 tJiHHl Spooner snld be may havo talked too t.tUj , Wi ' fQHHl much, but If lie had he had done no NMgft iyx, sflHHl more than nome others who nre not In MfnMSiU l.ftflHHl military life had done uhimt this war MSfwrii il'.iitsaHHl In the Philippines, The charge had been lEsEf-l! '"'HiHHB made, said he, that I'unstnn had fought IfiBi llVoi'fflHHl his way to fame with thn Jawbone of EHW 'IVIiHJHHI an ass. That was unjust and unworthy T TSt 'r'.liflHHI of thoso who made It, Punston had iflP 1 ft . ilfllHHil won famo as a soldier by leading the n 'FBi 'f -Il irHHfl biavest of hruve men In hnttle, and had K JW (j ' jkHHjl won nt the same time the commendation I Vj I 'I llHHil of President McKinley, ono of tho most 9 :!K( M 'JHHI beautiful characters In the llfo of our I Ki ' aHHI nation. Punston hnd not won his famo ft ,'!; r! HHH! wllh the Jawbone of an ass, hut with. UP e' ' 1 iflHHI his sword. In the Senate nt the United j U, '" ') iHHI Stales, of all pliees, tho effort ought LK j ' sIHHI not to bn made In smirch tho reputa- S 'I. f , ' 9HHI tlon nnd honor of thn army, "Hut,' said 1 Lltk ' 1 9HHI he, 'tho American peoplo will convict K 'M i HHHI no man without a henrlng, and will con- & iffljl ,' ." lIHHi vlct no man nn statements made In tha a '''J? 1 3 , HHI Congrisslnnnl Record." K$wH '' 1 HHH! |