The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-05
AMERICAN SENTIMENT.

Debate la the senate On the >anguhiy
Resolution De,slopcs the Fact that Nh,ie
the Administration stands by spain the
Peopl. are Ready 10 stand Up for she
Rights aud Protection OF American stti-
xens.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2a.-With an als-
parent disregard OF whether the appro-
priation bills, still unacted on by the
senate, are TO be passed at the present
session or are 10 be relegated 10 the
house in extra session, the senate to-
day by vote of 40 to - laid aside the
Indian appropriation which had already
occupied three days, and took up the
Joint resolution which had been re-
ported yesterday by the committee on
foreign relations demanding the imme-
diate and unconditional release of
Julio Sanguilly from Cuban fort
ress. 1t came up in the first instance,
as part of the morning business, the vice
president deciding that under the rule
a motion To take up the Indian bill was
not in order until after the morning
business was disposed of, and when at
p. IN. the morning hour did expire, a
motion to proceed with the sanguilly
joint resolution was made by Mr.. AL
len rep. Neb.). and although it was
resisted by the chairman of the com
mittec on appropriations, Mr.. Allison,
and was voted against by the chairman
OF the committee on foreign relations
Mr.. sherman, il prevailed by the vote
above mentioned. The debate from
the first was of rather exciting char
acter.
Mr. Allen spoke Of spain as "a de-
caying monarchy. a blot on the map Of
the world and Il disgrace to civilian
ton"
Mr.. Daniel dem. Va said that san
gully had been treated vigorously,
harshly. cruelty and orutally-in a
manner that was disgrace to this
country and TO civilization" He spoke
OF an insult having been offered by
Spanish officer high in authority &c
the American representative and flag.
and said ii feet had been sent to Ha-
vana to demand an apology every
American citizen would have rejoiced
at il.
When Mr.. Hale rep. Me- read a
telegram from Havana stating that
sanguilly's appeal to Madrid had been
withdrawn 50 as 10 facilitate his re-
lease. his colleague (Mr. Frye de
nounced that withdrawal AS a wicked
and unjust act on the part of SAN
guilly's counsel and declared with an
accompaniment of applause from the
galleries. that if he had his way ship
of-war would start forthwith for Ia-
vana.
Mr.. Hale regarded that outburst as
telling the whole story.
What his colleague and other sena-
tors wanted was war: but the country
would not be drawn into war in the
next seven days if he (Mr Hale could
help it.
Mr.. Hoar rep. Mass showed from
the committees own report that San
gully had been only two months in
stead of five years in the United States
when he got his naturalization papers:
had then left the country, and had
never returned since (having lived in
Cuba for the last Is years., that the nat
uralization papers We're fraudulent,
and that Sanguilly was no more an
American citizen than Mr.. Daniel was
a subject of Turkey.
Senator's Lodge and Daniel denied
the right of the senate togo behind the
record of the superior court of New
York. from which the papers had been
issued.
Mr.. Teller (sil.. Coli characterized
the conduct of the state department as
pusilanimous," and said he expected
nothing better from the next admins
tration. He declared he would make
any power in the world respect Ameri-
can citizens. If IL should take all the
money, all the ships and all the men
that the country had.
illusions by senator's Hill dem, ".
w. and White dem. Call to the in
consistency of Mr.. Sherman rep. o.
having the joint resolution reported
yesterday and expressing the hope that
the senate would pass to-day. and
then voting to-day against taking it
up, brought Mr.. Sherman to his feet.
He defended his vote to-day on the
ground of the necessity of passing the
appropriation bills. but still he cx-
pressed the hope that after the debate
had gone on for some time the vote
should be taken on the resolution.
At six o'clock recess was taken
until sp. IN.
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