The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-06

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Ihe session
of the Senate was brief again today.
Its only feature beyond the introduce
ton of a. bill by Senator Chandler TOR
the free coinage of silver when Eng
land, France and Germany should en-
act similar legislation, and a resolution
by his colleague, Senator Gallinger, de-
claring it to be the sense of the Senate
that it was unwise and inexpedient to
retire the greenbacks, and a short
speech by Senator Call, of Florida, in
favor of the recognition of the Cuban
revolutionists as belligerents.
The Proceedings.
There was good attendance when
the Senate met at noon today. The
first bill introduced was one by Mr..
Mills Dem.), of Texas, for the coinage
of the silver in the treasury.
A bil' introduced by Chandler Rep0,
of New Hampshire, for the coinage Of
silver at the ratio of 151a to l, the bill
to become operative when England,
Germany and France pass similar
laws, was listened to with great atten-
ton by the members of the Senate
Petitions from Florida for the recog-
of Montana, against further issuance
of bonds, were presented.
A resolution offered by Call Dem),
of Florida, was adopted, calling upon
the secretary of state to send to the
Senate the correspondence relating to
the case of General Sanguilly, an Am
erican citizen, sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for alleged completely in
the Cuban revolution, and directing
him to procure copy of the record of
the case, if it is not on file at the de-
partment.
Gallinger Rep.), of New Hampshire
introduced a resolution declaring it the
sense of the Senate that it is unwise
and ineXpedient to retire greenbackS
Mitchell Rep), of Oregon, introduced
a. resolution, which was agreed to, call
ing on the secretary of the treasury to
inform the Senate why the construc-
tion of public building at Portland,
Ore, for which an appropriation was
made by the last Congress, was not
proceeded with.
Calls Eloquent Plea.
Call (Dem.), of Florida, addressed the
Senate in advocacy of his resolution
for the Reorganization of the belligerency
of the Cuban insurgents, and for strict
neutrality by the United States in the
war.
Call drew graphic picture of the
ruin, misgovernment and barbarous
cruelty against which the Cubans were
contending, and their long struggle for
freedom. He described the former
revolutions and declared the progress
against tyranny made by native Gu
bans, who maintained, as we had main
tanned in 1776, that just government
must derive it's authority from the
consent of the governed, entitled them
to recognition as belligerents and neu-
trality of other nations. He considered
it an outrage that the United States
should not hold out an encouraging
hand to those struggling for indepen-
dence. Instead of speeding the Cubans
on their course he insisted this gov
eminent was actually retarding the
revolution-in fact, furnishing aid to
the Spanish tyrant. This govern
ment," said Call, emphatically, lis re-
sponsible for many outrages that have
been committed. I do not mean to say
the president and cabinet are RESPONSE
BILE, but the attitude of this govern
ment negatively, by not recognizing
the revolutionists as belligerentS in our
ports and territory, is maintaining to-
day the power of Spain in the island
of Cuba"
LII COHCiuoiOI TIC uSSCliUGu OuDd as
the queen of the Antilles, the future
center of a confederated republic, that
would include all the islands of the
West Indies, and called upon the Com
mittees on Foreign Affairs to consider
his resolution in the spirit of our fore
fathers and report it favorably at
an early date.
AT 1:20 the Senate went into execu-
tive session and at 1:35 adjourned until
Monday.
The Senate in executive session con-
firmed Matt. w. Ransom as minister
to Mexico.