The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07


Maine-vote Stood LA to 1O5-Mr.
Call Addresses Senate ON Some Cuban
ResolutIons-Mrs. Maybrick Resolution
Indefinitely Postponed
Washington. January 6.-There were
not more than dozen Ssators in the
chamber today when the chaplin offered
his opening prayer, and the galleries
were almost deserted.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
in relation TO the cost of construction of
armor plate was presented and referred
to the committee on naval affairs.
An adverse report from the committee
on foreign relations on the claim Of John
S. Waller, United States consul at NADIA
gascar for damages by reason of his
arrest and impr isonment was presented
and indefinitely postponed.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Hale
of Maine, and agreed to, calling on the
Secretary of State for statement con-
sernipg the action Of the President or of
the Secretary Of State touching the
recognition Of any foreign people or
power rs an independent government.
and the corresponding action OF 9th sr
branches of the United States govern
ment.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Call, in relation to the condemnation OF
Julio Sanguilly an American citizen. by
the Spanish authorities in Cuba, to per-
petual Imprisonment in chains, was
taken up and MIR. Call addressed the
Senate.
however, to the cese Of Charles GOWN,
and to the report thereon from Consul
General Lee, which was presented to the
Senate yesterday.
Mr.. Call discredited the statements OF
the Spanish officers as to Gown having
died Of wounds received in battle and as
serted, on the authority Of a person
whose name he declined to give, but VINO
was person Of character, that Gown, a
Citizen of the United States and who was
in Cubn as newspaper representative,
had been arrested, tied to tree, and cut
to pieces with machetes by squad OF
cavarly as it rode past.
The statement, he said, had been
dictated by a person who stood high IN
tho consideration of all who knew him,
who had received official recognition by
the American people in the shape of
official promotion, and who had been, or
would be a mem Der of tile legislative
branch of the government.
Re7erting TO the case OF SanguIlly, Mf.
Call read from statement to the effect
that Sangni1ly, also an American cit1-
zen, had been guilty of no offence what
ever, and that nothing had been, or could
be proven against him. There had been
no evidence of any completely of Sanguil-
ly with the insurgents or any purpose to
join them.
Mr. Calls resolution calling for corre-
spondence In the case of Gown was
agreed TO and his joint resolution de-
manding Sannuilly's immediate release
was referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
The Senate at 1.30 p. m. went into ex-
ecutive session.
After a short executive session, legisla-
tive business was resumed.
The Senate joint resolution requesting
the government of Great Britain to par
don Mrs Florence E. Maybrick as an act
of magnanimity, reported adversely last
session, WINS taken from the calendar and
indefinitely postponed.
The House bill providing for free
homesteads ON the public lands in Okla
homa territory was taken mp. The bill
as it passed the House applies only to
public lands in Oklahoma. As reported
back from the Senate COmmlGt06 on
Indian affairs, 1t applies to all public
lands acquired from the various Indian
tr1 bes.
Mr.. Pettigrew explained the bill, urg-
ing that it was in line with the public
policy of developing the settlement of the
new western states. Mr.. Pettigrew read
from the platformsof the Republican and
Democratic parties clauses approving the
bill. The bill went over without action
and the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House today, rising to a question
of personal privilege, MIR. Grosvenor,
Republican of New York, offered resolu-
tions calling upon the heads Of depart
ments TO explain why they Lad not re-
sponded to the resolution introduced by
himself in the House the 2Sth of May
last and adopted June 5, making certain
regarding the operation of
the civil service law. The resolutions
were adopted without division. The
House went into committee of the whole
to further discuss the Loud bill, to
amend the postal laws by excluding from
second GLASS matter Sample copies" and
serial novel publications. Mr.. Milliken
opposed the bill. Mr.. Loud, author OF
the bill, was the last speaker. Referring
TO the assertion that the passage of the
bill would cause the suspension Of the
publication of many worthy and de-