The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-26
MOOT COURT OYER.
Senator Frye Calls a Turn
on the Sanguilly Bun
Combe in the Senate.
RELEASE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
Prompt and Thorough Inquiry
Into the Ruiz Case-Aguirre's
Wrongs Exploited.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 1S97.-Secretary
Olney with the official notification of San
guilly's pardon by the Queen Of Spain
in his hands, visited President Cleveland
at the White House an hour before the
Cabinet met. The anticipation is that a
similar notification has been cabled to
Acting Captain General Ahumada at
Havana and that Sanguilly will leave
Havana for the United States on the
steamer which leaves Havana tomorrow
having first given his parole to partici-
pate no further in the Cuban insurrection
Official cablegrams from Madrid re-
ceived at the Spanish Legation regarding
the death of Ruiz show that the Govern
mept is aroused to most energetic action,
and that orders have been forwarded to
Cuba to have most thorough investiga-
ton into the affair This is regardless
OF the question of Ruiz's nationality, for
whether he is an American or not, the
Government has determined that If a
crime has been committed those, guilty
snail be punished. In the meantime no
eiforts esi,, are being spared to determine
whether Ruiz was an American citizen or
not, ana under both the State Department
ana the Legation authorities the records
are being searched.
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unen dental student, took out his first
papers, declaring intention, in Phladel-
ph1a, December 16, 1877. This was near
the close OF the last revolution. He soon
graduated as a dentist and returned to
Guanabacoa in 1880, where he practiced
ever since 1t cannot be learned that he
ever returned to the United Staees, nor
does 1t appear that he lived here long
enough to acquire naturalization. How
ever, the Madrid Government wild push
the investigation of his death just as for
chilly as possible, and if Gen. Lees charges
are correct, that the doctor was Killed or
driven to suicide by his tailers, the Sc
verest punishment of military law will
be executed ON those responsible
Mr.. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) in the Senate
today, said the Sanguilly case could not
be disposed of by sneers. There were
many cases in which all information had
been suppressed. So far as the COM
mittee was concerned he desired to say
it had received no information of Sam
guillys pardon. The case had been con-
Sidered by the committee for more than
month and had been postponed from
time to time at the request of the State
Department on the ground that Spain
had promised to pardon the man. Finally
the committee reported the resolution and
it was debated in the Senate. The next
morning the cable announces that San
gully had been pardoned. The action of
the Senate did it and now the committee
is Sneered at for its efforts.
Mr.. Call (Dem., Fla.) said the principle
involved in the Sanguilly resolution
should have aroused the patriotic in
instincts of every American citizen, and
yet there were Senators on this floor in
terposing objections whenever any ques-
tion arose touching the rights of Amer
lean citizens In Cuba. Mr. Call offered a
resolution and asked Immediate consid-
Grafton and passage, calling upon the
President to send to the Senate all cor.
respondence relative to the imprisonment
and death in Cuba Of Dr. Ruiz, an Am
forts, if any. have been made to obtain
further information on the subject.
Mr.: White Oem., Cal) objected to Its
consideration.
that he had been guilty Of con consuming ufalag
much of the time of the Senate and he
characterized Mr. Call as a chronic
Mead yea CD the the 6 ooes5 M Sf Of GaR He
of the Indian bill, in the hope that
field day could subsequently be arranged
for the consideration Of the alleged
meantime the navy was increased in size
to meet the necessities of the occasion
MT: Hale R9p., Me.1 urged that the ap--
declared with some sarcasm that the
"moot court was over.
Mr.. Frye said atelegram had been re-
ceived showing that Sanguilly and his at
torney have both acknowledged that the
Judgment was just; that the punishment
was just; that they have withdrawn the
appeal; that the Queen Regent has sign
ed the pardon that Sanguilly is free.
While / regard that as unfortunate in
many respects, said Mr.. Frye, it seems to
me that 1t leaves that joint resolution
without amy necessity for further consid-
eration do not believe and
never did believe, in wasting pow
der simply for the purpose of
making noise do not believe
that any one will doubt my friendship
for Cuba. Every pulsation Of my heart
is with the patriots who are fighting for
liberty, and is in utter destation of the
brutalities of Spain. But, holding as 1
do, that condition of mind, I do not be-
lieve that there is any further necessity
for considering this resolution; and I
hope that the Senate will proceed to the
consideration of the Indian Appropriation
bill.
The Senate, on molten of Senator Nor
gan, with an amendment suggested by
Senator Gray dispensing the Senate from
responsibility as to the allegations of
fact. adopted the resolution requesting
the President to furnish such informal
partment of State relative to the arrest
and Imprisonment of George Washington
Aguierrea in Cuba. The facts as stat
ed IN the resolution and by SEN
ator Morgan were that Aguirre who
Is only 10 years of age, is the son Of an
American naturalized citizen. He was
among the first ITO respond to General
Weyler's offer of amnesty to all insur-
gents who surrendered and gave himself
Up July last; Instead Of being given his
liberty according with the pledge OF the
Spanish Captain General he was thrown
into Cabanas Fortress and ordered to be
court martialed. -