Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-24
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, February a.
SENATE.

Ihe Senate met at IL a, H., Whion 10
to be the daily hour of meeting Tor the
rest OF the Passion, or until otherwise
ordered.
House bill to amend the postal laws
by providing limited indemnity (slo)
for loss of registered mail matter. was
passed.
An effort was made by Mr.. Nelson to
have time fixed for taking the vote on
the bankruptcy bill, but unanimous
consent was necessary and objection
was made by several Senators.
Mr.. Allen offered the following and
asked for its Immediate consideration
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Senate that the President should
speedily and effectually protect the
lives and liberties of peaceable Ameri
can citizens residing or sojourning in
Cuba and that he should promptly in
sist that Spain in her war against her
colonists in the island should conduct
the same on principles of civilized war
fare, eliminating all unusual and IN
necessary cruelty and barbarity; and for
the enforcement of these reasonable and
Just requirements, United States bat
tleships should be sent without delay to
Cuban waters.
Objection to the immediate consider
alton of the resolution was made by
Senators Gray and Quay, and it went
over till to- morrow.
Mr.. Hill offered another resolution
on the same general subject, and it was
agreed to without question. 1t is IS
follows:
Resolved, That the Secretary of State
be, and he hereby is, requested to
transmit to the Senate, either in open
or secret session, as he may prefer, all
the correspondence and reports Of the
Consul General of the United States at
Havana relating to all American cti-
zens now in prison in the island OF
Cuba not previously reported on.
The third and most important propo
sition on the subject of the war i'll Cnta
was presented by Mr.. Morgan, who
said that he had been instructed by the
committee on foreign relations TO re
port o joint resolution demanding the
release of Julio Sapgully, an American
imprisoned in Cuba" As it was in his
own handwriting he read to the Senate
as follows
4 Resolved, by the Senate and House
of Representatives that the govern
ment of the United States demand the
immediate and unconditional release
OF Julio Sangully, citizen of the
United States, imprisoned under charges
pending against him in the military and
civil courts af Cuba, on alleged grounds
of rebellion and kidnapping, contrary
to the treaty rights of each of said gov
ernments and in violation of the law Of
nations. And the President of the
United States is requested to communi.
cate this resolution to the government
of Spain and to demand of that govern
ment such compensation as he shall
deem just for the imprisonment and
sullerings of Julio Sanguilly. THE
committee thought" Mr.. Morgan con-
tinued, "that it was its duty to request
the earliest action on this joint resolu
ton. And inasmuch as some members
of the committee were absent at the
time, the resolution was ordered to be
reported. | give notice and call atten-
ton of the chairman of the committee
on foreign relations to it, that | will
move to morrow morning to take up
this Joint resolution for action"
Mr.. Sherman said: "The resolution
was agreed to unanimously by the for
eien affairs committee. ] have no OBJ
lection whatever to letting it 60
over till tomorrow, and l hope that
the Senate will then act upon it."
The joint resolution accordingly
went over till tomorrow.
The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up.
The only incident worthy of notice
occurred while the chair was occupied
by Mr.. Perkins. Mr.. Allen had been
making long speech; when Mr.. Gal
linger Gnterrupting) addressed the
chair.
"Does the SeDator from Nebraska
yield to the Senator from New Hamp-
shire?n the presiding officer asked.
sit is the Senator from New Hamp-
SHIRE" Mr.. Galinger put in, "who has
yielded to the Senator from Nebraska"
''For how long does the Senator
yield?" the presiding officer asked with
an unmistakable touch of sarcasm.
81 do not know" Mr.. Allen broke
out angrily, "what concern it is of the
presiding officer, how long the Senator
yields. l am not here to be badgered
by the presiding officer of this Senate;
and l hope it will not occur again"
The presiding officer took no no.
tice of this angry outburst and MIR.
Allen went on with his speech, which
he closed with the contemptuously ut
tered words, with my thanks to the
chair for the courtesy which | have re-
ceived, l yield the floor.
HOUSE.
The House, under its rules, should
have spent Monday in business affect
ing the District of Columbia, but in or
der that the naval appropriation bill
might be discussed, it was agreed that
day for District business should be set
apart after the naval bill had been
passed.
Mr.. Babcock, chairman of the District
committee, endeavored to secure full
filment of that agreement to- day but by
vote of Sc to ~ the House decided to
proceed with the consideration of the
conference report on the bill to provide
for the incorporation of the purchasers
of the property of the Atlantic and Pa
cific Railroad Company which was pre-
sented yesterday by Mr.. Powers.
Mr.. Powers explained the scope OF
the agreement by the conferees and the