Evening star., 1896-01-21
Mr.. CALL AND CUBA
Another Resolution on the Subject
From the Florida Senator.
AMERICANS SEIZED BY SPANIARDS
The Urgent Deficiency Bill Dis
cussed in the House.
POINTS OF THE DEBATE

POINTS OF THE DEBATE
Mr.. Call Fla.) presented a new phase OF
| the Cuban question in the Senate TODAY
He read telegram from Key West, as fol-
| lows:
MARQUIS Rodriguez has been taker from
steamer Olivette last Wednesday; Louis
Samallien and son also taken at Havana
All American citizens. Get them out Of
grasp OF Spanish authorities"
Mr.. Call offered a resolution recitinp the
| arrests and directing the executive au-
thorities to ascertain If any just cause for
| the arrest existed. and, If not, to demand
their immediate release
Mr Hoar suggested that the tone of the
resolution was too imperative. There SEEM
ed to be an idea, Mr.. Hoar said, that the
Senate Of the United States is a constantly
loaded cannon, which can be touched off at
any time by a Senator. The Senator urged
en inquiry Of the State Department before
a demand.
Does the American Flag Protect.
Mr.. Call answered that he wished to
know whether the American flag affor led
| any protection to its citizens. He referred
to the arrests of Americans in Cuba while
citizens Of other countries were not dis
| tIrbed.
Mr.. Sherman pointed out that such a
| resolution might give the Senate trouble in
other cases. 1t should go to the committee
on foreign relations for appropriate consid-
Grafton.
ate to act on such information as this .ele-
gram gave. He desired the people to know
ne was ready to act promptly, although he
oia Tot OBJECT to committee consideration.
MT Cuiiom .ll), member of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, stated that he
Understood there would be communica-
tion from the Secretary of State, perhaps
tcoay, as to the arrest of United States Cit
lzens liz Cuba, "and as to the general SUBJ
haste.
was shown to the Secretary of State he
would Immediately take appropriate action
Mr Call answered that he had already
called the attention of the Secretary to the
SUBJECT. put the Senator regarded il as a
duty OF the Senate to act independently Of
the executive branch. 1t was finally agreed
that the resolution go to the committee on
foreign relations.
Mr.. Call again returned to the Cuban sub-
9ect by asking Mr.. Sherman what was to be.
zone as TO another pending resolution ask
ing tue state department for the informa-
tion furnished by United States consuls in
Cuba "
Mr.. Sherman replied that he regarded the
resolution fnexpedient. 1t might endanger
the consuls and thousands of lives If conf
DENTAL communications We're made public.
The Senate should not attempt to draw
mysteries-if there were mysterfes-from
the state Department at a time of war.
Such action was needless unless the Secre-
tary OF State was not doing his duty, which
was not apparent
Mr.. Call did not further press his resolu-
ton.
Mr.. Pugh's resolution concerning SILVER
payments Of government obligations was
allowed to go over. as Mr.. Hill IN. Y) said
he desired to speak on the subject
A service pension bill" was reported
without recommendation and placed on the
calendar.
Bills Passed.
The bill was passed for the selection of
lands within Fort Pembina military reser-
walton, North Dakota, by that state; also
the bill! granting pension of $50 per
month to the widow OF Rear Admiral Eng
lish; also granting a pension of $50 per
month to Charles E Jones' a photographer,
who was not enlisted, but who aided by
photographing and incidental military serv-
ice during the war; also the bill for the
establishment of rules and regulations for
the navigation OF United States canals and
similar works of navigation.
Silver Bond Bill Laid Aside.
At O'Clock the silver bond bill was en-
titled to right of way as the unfinished
business, but at the suggestion OF Mr..
Hoar. concurred in by Mr.. Jones of Ar
kansas. it was laid aside to permit bills on
the calendar to be passed.
THE HOUSE.
Chaplain Couden. in the House today. in
voked tho divine guidance for Clara Bar
ton of the Red Cross in The efforts of that
organization for the relief Of the suffering
Armeniens.
A resolution for additional printing pre-
cipitated debate of almost an hour on
the merits of the general printing bill
passed by the last Congress.
A bill was passed approving various acts
of the territorial legislature Of New Mexico
authorizing several issues of bonds ag-
gregating s155OO0 BY the terms of tho
Harrison act the territory cannot create
Indebtedness exceeding 1 per cent of its
taxable value without the sanction Of
Congress.
Safety in Ocean Travel.
A resolution reported by Mr.. Bennett
CN. W, from the committee on interstate
commerce, was adopted, which, after re-
citing some allegations of the Buffalo
Evening News to the effect that ocean
going steamships frequently put to sea
without adequate life boat equipment and
the detaching apparatus required by law.
called on the Secretary of the Treasury to
inform the House whether there was ade-
quate provision Of law for the safety OF
the public in ocean-going travel and
whether the provisions of law were being
carried out
On motion of Mr.. Hilborn (Cal) resolu-
ton was adopted calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury for information to the
cause of the delay in the prosecution Of
the work on the San Francisco public
building.
An Inquiry ms to the Rules.
Mr.. Crisp at this point, arose to inquire
what had become of the report from tho
committee on rules which was under con-
sideration a week ago, and which had not
vet been disposed of. He called attention
to the fact that certain amendments agreed
to were being enforced before the report
as a whole had been agreed to. At the
proper time he gave notice of his inten-
ton to offer a substitute for the entire re-
port.
Mr. Dalzen explained that the matter
would be brought up later, after further
meeting of the committee rules.
The House then. at 90 o'clock went into
committee Of the whole and took up the
consideration OF the urgent deficiency bill
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