New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-22
JANUARY VIOLETS
Colgate's
Violet Water.
CUBAN QUESTIONS DEBATED.
o,-TRAGEs ON AMERICANS REPORTED
TO THE SENATE.

AR CALL WANTS THE PRESIDENT TO INQUIRE
INTO THE ALLEGED ARREST OF THREE C1TI-
zrys OF THIS COUNTRY BY THE SPAN
IARDs IN HAvANA-IIIs REsOLU-
TIoNS REFERRED TO THE FOR
E1GN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
washington Jan. 21.-Ncither the financial
ouestion nor the Monroe Doctrine engaged any
art Of the time of the Senate to-day At the
.,ose Of the morning hour. when the House Bond
hill with the free coinage substitute. came up as
,se unfinished business. Mr.. Teller Rep. Col),
who had the floor to speak on 1t. readily yielded
70 q suggestion to postpone his speech until to-
morrow and Mr.. Jones (Dem.. Ark. who has
the parliamentary management of the bill. just
os readily consented to have the bill go over for
the day The Cuban question, however, came in
for a measure of attention.
4 resolution offered by Mr.. Call (Dem.,
Flal requesting the President Of the United
States to inquire into the arrest and forcible re-
moval Of Mark c. Rodrigues, a citizen of the
United States on board of the United states mail
steamer Olivette. in the harbor Of Havana on
January To- and also into the arrest OF Louis S.
someillan and his son in Havana: and II no just
cause for such arrests exist. that the President
shall demand their immediate release.
Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass) said that If any action
on the subject were to be taken at all, the better
form would be to ask the President in the first
nloce for such information as the State Depart
ment had.
Mr.. Call suggested that the State Department
might not yet have received any information on
the subject, as his came from telegram
received by him last evening. which he read to
the Senate.
arl,e hal seemed
notion in some Auarters that the Senate OF the
limited Suites was a constantly loaded cannon
for any single member Of the Senate TO touch off
at his discretion. He thought 1t best to go
little more slowly in all these cases.
Mr.. Call consented to modify his resolution so
as 10 make IL one OF inquiry merely. He added
that the arrests of American citizens in Cuba
contrasted with the arrests Of the subjects OF
Great Britain and other European Powers, and
that the protection of the American flag really
amounted to little or nothing.
Mr. Sherman (Rep., Ohio. chairman OF the
Committee Foreign Relations. said that the
resolution would be setting anexample that might
give a. great deal Of trouble to the Government.
He moved the reference Of the resolution to the
Committee on Foreign Relations and said that
committee would meet tomorrow.
Mr.. Call said that If there was any desire
TO have the resolution referred he would make
no objection. He did not see however. why
the Senate should not act on information given
10 Il as to the arbitrary arrest OF United
States citizens in foreign countries. He wanted
10 show the people OF the United States and
the people Of his own State that 80 far as he
was concerned. he prepared as q Senator
sto demand the protection Of American citi-
gems in foreign countries without reference to
the action Of any other department OF the
Government.
Mr. Hoar remarked that whenever such In
formation was received by a Senator. and was
communicated to the State Department. steps
were Immediately taken to make an inquiry
into the facts. Why this one case winch had
come to the knowledge of the Senator from
Florida should be singled out and made the
means Of applying a spur 10 the PRESIDENT or
the Secretary of State or the senate he couiu
Th. resolution was referred TO the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and then Mr.. CAN a.
rected attention to a resolution offered by MIN
last week. and which was on the Vice-Presi-
dents table. calling on the State Department
for reports or consuIS IN Cupa on the war Ao"
existing there.
Mr. Sherman suggested that that resolution
should also be referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations, which would report on the
publication of such consular reports would be
BETRAYAL of official confidence. and might ex-
nose the writer's to much danger. 1t seemed 10
him that the state Department ought not I'M
der any circumstances, to make pubic what IS
said by consuls in time of war, which would
naturally attract attention. and would prob
ably endanger the lives of the consuls.
The resolution was referred TO the committee
on Foreign Relations.