The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-03
JUST AT THIS TIME
A Bill Is Passed by the Senate for the
Increase Of the Navy.
SPANISH CUBAN QUESTION
Call Urges the Adoption Of a Res
olution Demanding OF Spain an
Explanation OF Its Conduct
Towards Americans.

Washington. March 2.-The bin pass-
ed by the senate to-day for the in
crease Of the navy attracted considera-
BILE attention. in view Of the tension
over Spanlsh-Cuban affairs. In ex-
planning the measure. Hale. who re-
ported IL from the naval committee,
said that while he did not believe the
United States would be involved in
war. as a result of the present troubles.
yet he considered II desirable to give
the president authority. in case Of en-
ergency. to call out the naval militia
and charter private ships for naval
transports. The bill. as passed. author
izes the addition OF 1000 enlisted men
to the navy. the enlisting for not more
than two years OF the naval militia
forces. in case of emergency, and the
chartering OF transport ships. in case
of emergency. The bill passed under
the five-minute rule and by unanimous
vote
Another bill OF general interest pass
ed which established a retired list for
the revenue marine service. similar TO
the retirement system OF the army and
navy. Most OF the day was given to
the senate calendar and many minor
bills were passed.
The Spanish-Cuba question came TO
the attention OF the senate soon after
the days session opened. when Call
urged the adoption of the following
/ resolutions:
! Resolved. BY the senate. that the
president OF the United States be re-
quested to demand OF the government
of Spain a statement as to the truth OF
the charges made In a letter published
In the newspapers purporting TO be
\ from Gomez. late editor Of the La
/ Lucha, a newspaper published in Hav-
/ ana. that he had been tortured while
confined I'm n dungeon IN the bare
ground for two months IN Ceuta, the
present colony OF Spain, TO extort from
I him evidence against Julius Sanguilly.
naturalized citizen OF the United
States and subsequently the killing OF
the said Gomez; also TO insist upon a
fun report OF the evidence and all pro-
ceedings OF the alleged civil trial Of
Julius Sanguilly. In which IL is charged
that the said Sanguilly was condemned
TO Imprisonment for life at Ceuta. on
suspicion only. and without evidence;
also to demand the release OF Charles
Nicholson and Lorenzo Betaniourt.
| correspondents of New York newspa-
pers. who are charged only with en-
tering the insurgent lines to obtain in
/ formation: also to demand Of Spain
that all American citizens who shall
be captured by the Spanish forces shall
be treated as prisoners OF war. and be
accorded humane treatment and to in
form the Spanish government that the
United States will insist on this de-
| mand."
Call read from newspaper extracts
the reports of the barbarities perpe-
trated on Gomez and others. These set
I forth that the wife OF Gomez had re-
ceived a letter from him. written in
his blood. shortly before he died In the
Spanish penal colony In Africa The
/ senator declared that Americans serv-
/ ing In the Cuban war were being shot
to death without trial. He declared
that the recent action OF the senate
should be supplemented by steps TO Sc
I cure humane treatment OF prisoners
taken by the Spanish troops.
/ Sherman moved to refer the resolu-
tion to the foreign relations committee.
which was agreed TO. Senator Gear
presented Senator AIlison's credentials
l for the term beginning March 4. 1897.
4 A resolution by Allen OF Nebraska
E
OF the treasury for information on the
earnings OF the Pacific railroads from
the time OF their organization. The
presidents veto OF the bill concerning
Arizona lands with a report from the
house that the bill had passed over the
veto In that body. was presented and
the entire subject referred to the COM
mittee on public lands. nr
I ~. 81
carrying OF obscene literature and artI-
| cles designed for indecent and immoral
use from one state or territory TO an
Z other.
The following bills were passed: Pro-
viding certain requirements for yes.
sells propelled by naphtha. gas. fuid or
electric motors; establishing a naval
training station on Goat island. in the
harbor of San Francisco; appropriate
ing Sil 900 to the Fort Donaldson ma
tional cemetery. Dover. Tenn, for the
promotion OF Commodores l. c. Sar-
tori and 0. c. Badger 10 be rear admi-
rails: TO authorize the ST. Louis and
Oklahoma City Railroad company 20
+ construct a railway through the Indian
/ and Oklahoma territories; appropriat-
/ ing $4,000 for a revenue cutter Tor
I service in the Gulf Of Mexico and trib-
utaries.
/ The bill to prevent the desecration of
I the national flag was made the special
order for Friday next at O'Clock. 49,
The house resolutions on Cuba were
reported and referred 10 the comufo<re
/ on foreign relations.
At 4:3O o'clock the senate held q
brief executive session and shortly af-
/ terwards adjourned