| Show MOB LAW WORSE THAN philippine CRIMES united states senator declares the Lynch ings i to be a disgrace to american manhood 1 washington slay 20 soon after the cenate convened today mr gallinger new hampshire offered a resolution pro riding that the judiciary committee should make an investigation into the subject of with a view of determining ter whether there is any remedy for them mr gallinger said he introduced tho resolution in hill view of the fact that he might be charged with precipitating a sectional controversy but nothing wast further from his thoughts he said lyn chinga were not confined to the south horrible cases biad occurred in the north and white men well as black had been the victims during the past ten years lynch ings had occurred in the united states if the strong arm of the law could prevent such occurrence lie deemed it wise to do so ho read the associated account of the burning in texas a few days ago he said history did not furnish a mure fiendish instance of mob wrath and foxes book of martyrs was tame in comparison the whole wretched business lie said was a disgrace to ameri can manhood in the light of which the alleged atrocities in alie philippines paled into insignificance tho spanish inquisition did not furnish a case exceeding that one in inhumanity he apprehended that it would lo 10 said that the federal government was powerless and that the states had exclusive jurisdiction if so the american people desired to know it mr culberson of texas presented and had read an account of a lunching lynching lyn ching in kansas saying that he wanted it shown that the crime of lunching lynching lyn ching was confined to no one state or section he hoped the new IIams hire senator would not single out his state when he wanted to bring uch matters before the senate after remarks of mr hoar upon the constitutional feature alie matter went over the philippine bill waa then taken up and mr patterson of colorado made a speech in opposition to it mr Pat tereon referred to the editorials from the denver newa which mr foraker had read in the course of his speech these editorials strongly the retention of the philippine islands urged and advocated the governments policy as to the islands mr patterson said he as responsible for the utterances of tho denver news then and now just prior to the ratification of the paria treaty he had changed his opinion and since that timo had advocated strenuously the independence pen dence of tho filipino people mr patterson declares that after the capture of manila a censored press deliberately guided by alie powers in i washington had misrepresented the sit i nation in the islands 1 he read some extracts from editorial edit oriah j in the denver news bince the time re furred to declaring that the roost sub himely grand and national deed which 3 the united states could perform would be to extend independence to the fili pinos lie urged that mr foraker hadj not been frank and candid in his quota quo ta lations from the news mr Forake rJ relented the imputation of a lack oft fairness mr instated that mr for aker had omitted editorial which pre j dented the question in its truo light mr J foraker said he had presented only such editorials as had dealt ably and interestingly es with the question and of course he had no intention of reflecting upon the senator from colorado mr patterson declared that additional light had been thrown on the subject and editorials hal appeared in his paper which presented a different phase of efio matter these had not read in justice he read them himself him self declaring they were a reflex of the censored telegraphic dispatches from tho philippines in anwer to an inquiry of mr beveridge mr patterson said he never since december 1898 had advocated the Tc of the philippines the by united states from that time he had hoped for the independence of ip pines the philippines referring to the opening of hostilities between alie americans and filipi nos on february 4 1899 mr patterson declared that somebody waa dictating the tenor of the newe sent from the islands to the united states by associated press and other sources lie anti inti mated that it was the the facts purpose to regarding the situation |
