St. Paul daily globe., 1886-08-05
STILL A PRISONER.
The Mexicans Have Again Postponed
the Trial of Cutting.
An Illinois Republican Delays Passage
of the house Resolutions.

Ell PAso, Tex, Aug. 4.-The trial of
Cutting, set for this morning, was again
postponed until tomorrow. The news
this morning has produced general conf
dence in the general government at Wash
ington, and everyone here awaits with
anxiety the action of the house upon the
Cutting resolutions. Recent mass meet
ings hele lacked harmony, aud were calcu-
lated to arouse the anger of the MeXicans
across the river. and in fact some speakers
caused our Mexican neighbors to fear mob
force for the purpose of liberating Cutting.
Of course no such fear is well-grounded
as yet. 1t is rumored that Cutting will
receive heavy sentence, and President
DiaZ will at once pardon him and give
him liberty. Strange things are done in
Mexico. AS strange as this rumOr might
sound. it might turn out true, for good
Mexican lawyers in PasO Del Norte, and
even District Judge Nicholas lgnacio has
so expressed himself. They admit that
the federal government of Mexico cannot
interfere in the state courts of Chihuahua,
but can pardon state convict.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGToN, Aug. AIR. Belmont of
New York. from the committee of foreign
affairs, reported the Cutting resolutions
which were published this morning and re-
ceived unanimous consent to have them i'm
medlately considered.
Mr.. Hit of Illinois said that the resolutions
seemed to be the unanimous report of the
committee on foreign affairs. The resolu-
tions had been adopted by the committee
yesterday when the correspondence upon
which they were based was in manuscript
and when the only information before the
committee was contained in the report OF the
secretary of state. In that report it was
stated that a demand had been made for the
release of Cutting and that the Mexican gov
ernment had refused to release him. Acting
| upon this he (Mr. Hitt) assented to the reso-
| lutions. Since then he had read the COR
| respondence, and instead of the Mexican
government having refused the demand of
| the United States it had shown every spirit of
| compliance. There was no evasion, there
was no defiance, there was
| VERY NEARLY HUMILIATION
| in the tone of that feeble government before
| the sudden defiant demand Of the secretary
| of state in the name of the president. Mr.
| Blount of Georgia inquired whether Cutting
was not still in Jail. Mr.. Hit repi ed that he
was, but said that upon the interference of
the Mexican minister of foreign affairs he
| had been offered his eease on bail, which he
had scornfuliy refused. That was the work
of the misunderstanding consul there who
made speeches to crow dS In the streets about
yindicating the rights of his country. That
was the incarnation of indscretion who had
charge of our foreign affairs there. Cutting,
| acting by the advice of the consul, declared
| that his case was no longer an Individual but
| AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR.
| and persisted in sitting in his prison when he
could walk cut any moment he pleased. Mr..
| Grain of Texas said that SO far from declining
| the offer to be released ON bail Cutting had
/ been convicted and was now awaiting SEN
tence. Mr. Hit said that congress had no
official information about that. He had
heard three or four versions of that
from various newspapers and vari-
GUS persons and one man had
told him that the Mexican authorities
expected to get at the end of the case to-day
and that the man mould be at liberty. But
he did not know that there was word OF
truth in any one of these stories. The gov
ernment was doing In this case what it had
done in hundred other cases-interfering to
secure the release of one Of It's citizens.
There was every prospect Of cordial co-opera-
ton by Mexico, and he did not believe that
the Democratic secretary Of state was so in
competent that he could not successfully
carry on this case with Mexico when he had