The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-03
CALL STILL ACTIVE FOR CUBA
HUMANE TREATMENT DEMANDED
FOR AMERICAN PRISONERS.


Tortured to Death in an Effort to
Extort From Him Evidence
Against Julius SanguiIIy-The Lat
ter Also Alleged to Have Been
sentenced to imprisonment for
Life on Suspicion Only.
Washington. March 2.-Among the petit
tions presented in the Senate during the
morning hour to-day was one from the
American Protective Association of
Maine (by Mr.. Frye protesting against
placing the statue of Pere Marquette
in the statuary hall of the capitol.
Mr.. Call offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved. by the Senate that the Presi-
dent Of the United States be requested
to demand of the government of Spain
a statement as to the truth of the charges
made in a letter published in the news
papers purporting to be from Mr.. Gomez,
late editor Of La Tucha, a newspaper
published in Havana, that he had been
tortured while confined in a dungeon on
the bare ground for two months in Ceuta,
the penal colony of Spain, to extort from
him evidence against Julius Sanguilly
naturalized citizen of the United
states, ana subsequently hllAllS lliG Sdlu
Gomez; also to insist on a full report of
the evidence and all the proceedings in
the alleged civil trial of Julius Sanguilly,
in which it is charged that said San
gully was condemned to imprisonment
Tor life a Ceuta on suspicion only, and
without evidence; also to demand the re-
lease of Charles Nicholson and Lorenzo
BetancOurt, correspondents OF New York
newspapers. who are charged only with
entering within the insurgent lines to OBJ
tain information; 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 &C
corded humane treatment, and to inform
the Spanish government that the United
States will insist on this demand
Mr.. Call also sent to the clerks desk
and had read a newspaper paragraph stat
ing that Juan Gualberto Gomez, executor
of La Tucha who had been arrested and
sent to Ceuta, Africa. for political rea-
sons, had been tortured to death because
he would not make false charges against
Sanguilly, an American citizen.
After remarks by Mr.. Call the resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
foreign relations
A conference was ordered on the army
appropriation bill
The Presidents veto message on the bill
for leasing school lands in Arizona was
presented and read and the bill and veto
message was referred to the committee
on public lands
The Senate then, by unanimous consent
proceeded to the consideration of bills
on the calendar unobjected to, and passed.
among others, the Senate bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Navy to enlist adj
dltonal men for service in the United
States navy. The bill authorizes the Sec
rotary of the Navy to enlist for services
IN the navy as many additional men as
he may deem necessary, not to exceed
10000, and it apprepriates $3SO0O0 for the
purpose. 1t also authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Navy whenever an exigency
may exist which in the judgment of the
President renders their services necessary
to enlist for two years (unless sooner dis
chargeO such of the naval militia and
other men as may be required for the
purpose of manning vessels of the navy,
not having full crews, and such other
ships as the President may desire to cael
INTO service. 1t also authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Navy, whenever in the judg-
ment of the President an eXigency exists
rendering such action necessary, to char
ter for temporary service any private YES
sells that may be required for the trans
portation of officers, men or freight for
naval purposes.
was in charge of the bill, whether there
was any need for such additional force
n the navy; and whether it was intended
Tor future eVentualities.
The bill, Mr.. Hale replied, has a double
purpose. 1t provides for l 900 men needed
IoT the ships now in service; and it pro-
woes, further, that should an occasion
arise, the Secretary of the Navy may
summon and enlist the men temporarily.
ne may commission officers up to the
grade of lieutenant temporarily. The Off
GERS commissioned would undoubtedly be
0Ilcers of the reserve. Il hope there will
9e no need of calling on the reserve. 1
10 not believe there will be. Notwith-
standing all that has been done and said
mere TO arouse war feeling, l do not be-
IeVe that there will be a war. (Mr. Hale
was one of six senators who voted against
me cuban resolution last Friday. But
40 think that in view of what has been
zone, and what may be done, it is wise
10 give this restricted power to the Sec
Ietafy OF the Navy to be exercised when
eyer the eXigency for it has arisen. The
thousand men will be enlisted in the au-
59unln. All the rest is conjectured, and
u5RehdS on what may occur
Mr.. Call inquired as to the number of
iuen IN the naval reserve, and was told
5000 80
Mr. Chandler remarked that the meas
ure was equivalent to calling out the ma
va militia, exactly as the militia is called
out on land
Ihe bill was then passed.
Inc remainder of the day was con-
sumed in the passage of bills on the cal
endar that are unobjected to, the most
Important being one to promote the eff
tlehcy of the revenue cutter service by
t2tdDilshlng permanent retired list on
tL iHIee-1ourthS pay, and the omnibus bridge
pnl' regulating the construction of bridges
over the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
?, ne cuban resolutions, as passed by the
Rouse, were laid before the Senate and
lations
- At 4:45 clock the Senate adjourned I'M
III tomorrow.
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