Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12
rns msxroAr AFFEosrs.
Consideration of the Cutting Affair
An gHfs House.

which were published this morning. and
received unanimous consent TO have them
immediately considered. Mr.. Hit of
Illinois said that the resolutions seemed
to be the unanimous report Of the COM
mittee ON foreign affairs. The reBolu-
tions had been adopted by the committee
yesterday week, when the correspondence
upon which they were based were in man
uscript, and when the only information
before the committee was contained in
the report of the Secretary of State. In
that report ii was stated that demand
had been made for the release of Cutting,
and that the Mexican government had re
fused to release him. Acting upon this
he (Mr. Hitt) had assented to the resolu-
tions. Since then no had read the corTe-
spondenee and instead of the MtSican
government having refused the demand
Of the United States il had shown every
spirit of compliance. There was no eva
sion, 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.
MIR. Hit replied that he was, but said
that upon the interference of the Mexican
minister of foreign affairs he had been
offered his release on bail, which he had
scornfnlly refused. That was the work
Of the mischief making counsel there,
who made speeches to crowds i'll the
streets about vindicating the rights of this
country. That was the incarnation of in
discretion who had charge of foreign
affairs there. Cutting, acting by the advice
of the counsel, declared that his case was
no longer an individual but an inferno
tional affair, and persisted in sitting in
his prison when he could.
Mr.. Grain of Texas, said that 20 far
from declining the offer to be released on
bail, Cutting had been convicted, and was
now awaiting sentence.
Mr.. Hit said that Congress had no
official information about that lie had
heard three or four versions of that
from various newspapers aud various
persons, and one man had told him that
| the Mexican authorities expected to get ut
the end of the case Wednesday, and that
the man would be at liberty. But no did
| not know that there was word of truth
l in any of these stories.
The government was doing in this case
\ what il had done in hundred othe- cases
| interfering to secure the release III one
| of it's citizens. There WAS every prospect
4 of cordial cooperation by Mexico. and he
\ did not believe that the Democra ie Sec
rotary of State was so incompetent that
he could not successfully carry on this
case with Mexico when he had l,een so
successful in other cases. Could Mexico,
like England, bring q fleet to lombard
New York No. And gentlemen's own
minds might suggest the answer to the
question, why in the case of one country
matters were conducted slowly, and in the
case of the other great swiftness was used.
He had confidence in the Secretary OF
State. He believed that the Secretary
was competent to manage diplomatic
complication. The demand he had made
had been answered in a friendly spirit.
II was for our interest, it was for the sake
of our own people; it was for the sake Of
all nations that we should preserve peace.
The Secretary knew that he had the back
ing of oil Congress and all Americans in
defending the rights of Americans every.
where. Never has there been an uneer.
tain tone of voice uttered by this or amy
other Congress on that subject.
Mr.. Kane of Louisiana, said that Con
sui Brigham was constituent of his, ant
he knew him to be man of high stand
ing and learning, and one fully qualified
for the position he held.
Mr.. Belmont of New York, was some
what surprised that his colleague MIR
Hitt) should have changed his opinion Oh
this subject. His friend denied tina
Mexico had refused the demands of thi
country, but he could find no bette
authority than the secretary of state, an
that officer had declared that Mexico ha
refused to release Cutting. He commente
upon and denied the correctness of tn
, extra territoriality Of Mexico upon whic
, the case hangs.
Pending further discussion, Mr., Morr
i son moved that the House take reces
, until 10 o'clock Thursday, and the hou
i of O'Clock having arrived, the Hous
adjourned.
DENVER, Col, Aug, 6. "A dispatch froI
Ell Paso says: The trial of Editor Cuttin
was set for 10 o'clock yesterday morning
: and at that hour the Mexican authorize
of the court, the Judge of Letters, Seno
Miguel Sabbida; his clerk, the oficif
J interpreter, Louis Dantinks; the con
: plainant, Eungido Medina; Consul Brif
ham and clerks; the prisoner and fe
: American and Mexican citizens and rep
resentatives of the Ell Paso press al
sembled in the courtroom furnished wit
two tables and few chairs.
, At / o'clock the prosecuting attorney ,
, M. Sierra and Jesus Z. Yslas, attorne
for the defence, announced that the
: were ready for trial On the opening {
the court Judge Sabbida asked the intel
. prefer to read all the proceedings an
. documents in the case. Among thei
| we've Medina's affidavits charging Cuttin
: with failure to carry out the reconcilii
4 ton made before the Mexican court
: regard to the publication in his Paso d,
. Norte paper by Immediately causing
o be published in the Ell Paso SUjitld
Herald a repetition of the article.
t The second affidavit of Medina charge
r Cutting with having caused to be circl
O lated over 10 copies of that paper in Pas
Y del Norte and alleges TINT his iualiuior
I intention was made plain because his d,
l famatory card appeared both in Englis
l and Spanish, while the Herald us1all
o published nothing but English. The
the order of the judge to recover q
u copies of the Herald containing sal
!. articles so circulated was read, followe
Q by the written minutes of the court froi
n day to day embracing the time from Gu
Z ting's first appearance before the court [
q the day and hour of the sitting.
Then came the original charge of libe
i ing q Mexican citizen, Medina, in til
v Sunday Herald, paper published at /
8 Paso, Texas. Medina had filed as ev
dence against the prisoner the act of col
r ciliaticn previously signed by boil
l. copies of the Herald and report of n
p interview held with the prisoner by n reI
n resentotive of another local paper. On
o part of the court minutes stated that Gu
2 ting ut IL O'Clock ut night when told thu
d he might give bond, answered thu
p he would not do so; that b
l. case was in the hands of b
L government and that if the demand fl
IS his release was not oheyed at once, Unite
J. States troops from Fort Davis would III
J, mediately arrive to lberate him by fore
y The minutes go on to state how sever
e persons had been appointed by the eou
Z TO defend Cutting against his will an
J. how all these had declined until Jesus
!: Yslas had accepted thetask. Then follow
u the introduction of the laws of the sta
y of Texas applicable in the case
the offence was conceded to have bee
= committed in Texas When the readil
}, was finished Cutting was asked if all W
ii satisfactory to him. He replied that
i could not countenance the proceeding
y as he considered the court without juri
ie diction in the case. The officials tht
o signified their approval of the contents
st the minutes and arguments were declare
J. in order.
\ Jose Z. Maria Sierra, tho proseoutil
'r attorney, then took the floor and deliver,
70 hia arpumants stoppinp only to Quo