The San Francisco call., 1897-02-27

stated by Burrows (R.) of Michigan that
the lawyers had already been paid the
enormous sum OF $l9S, 600.
Browns amendment was agreed to.
Vest (D.) of Missouri moved to strike
out the committee amendment as to that
part of it directing the com mission 10 set
apart lands upon which any towns are
now located in the Indian Territory, to
provide for the further growth of such
towns and to allow all other lands in the
Indian Territory belonging to the Chicka-
saws, Choctaws. Cherokees, Creeks and
Semlno!es; also to strike out the clause
requiring acts of the Council of either of
those tribes to be submitted for approval
to the President of the United States.
Vest made statement as to the lawless
condition of the Inuian Territory which
he described as a harbor for criminals.
Tie courts, he said, were a travesty of
justice. They were governed by corrup-
tion. Their laws were antagonistic to
American civilization; their modes of
punishment were entirely different, con-
sisting of whipping. torturing, and in
cases of capital punishm ment. the rife.
That is an improvement on our mode"
Frye (R.) of Maine suggested.
Vest went on to say that the treaty con-
ditions with those Indians must be done
away with. His proposition was not to
rob the Indians nor to modest them, but
TO protect them and also to protect the
citizens of the contiguous States. Sena-
tors living at distance had no idea Of the
outrages committed on the people of Kan
sas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas by
reason of the unfortunate situation now
prevailing in the Indian Territory.
Pettigrew (Silver) Of South Dakota, in
charge OF the bill, accepted the first part
of Vests amendment and it was agreed to.
Pettigrew offered to accept also the lat
ter part of Vests amendment by modify
ing the clause so as to make it read that
the laws of the Indian councils shall b. in
force unless disapproved by the President.
a long speech was made by Bate (D.) of
Tennessee cn point OF order which was
made against the committee amendment.
Before any disposition of the question was
made the presiding officer, Pasco Cd of
Florida laid before the Senate the Joint
resolution in relation to Julio SanguiIy.
Frye (R. of Maine, said telegram had
been received, saying that SanguiIly and
his attorney have both acknowledged that
the judgment was just; that the punish
ment was just; that they have withdrawn
the appeal; that the Queen Regent has
signed the pardon and that SanguiIly is
free.
while regard that as unfortunate in
many respects" said Frye, sit seems to
me that it leaves this joint resolution with
out any necessity for further consldera-
ton. l do not believe and l never did be-
lieve in wasting powder simply for the pur-
pose of making noise. l do not believe
that any one will doubt my friendship for
Cuba.
Every pulsation of my heart is with
the patriots who are struggling for liberty
and is in utter detestation of the brutali-
ties of Spain. But holding as 1 do that
condition of mind l do not believe that
there is any further necessity for consid-
ering this resolution, and L hope that the
Senate VIII proceed 10 the consideration OF
the Indian appropriation BILL"
Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts said that
the Sanguilly case could not be disposed
of by sneers. There were many cases
which had been suppressed. So far as the
committee was concerned, he desired to
say that 1t had received no information of
Sangailly's pardon. The case had been
considered by the committee for more
than a 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 reso-
luton, and it was debated by the Senate.
The next morning the cable announced
that Sanguilly had been pardoned. The
Of h.
mittee is sneered at for its efforts.
Call CD of Florida offered resolution
and asked immediate consideration and
passage. calling on the President to send
to the Senate all correspondence relating
to the imprisonment and death in Cuba
of DR.. Ruiz, an American citizen, and TO
state what effort, if any, had been made
to obtain further information on the sub.
iect.
White (D.) of California objected TO its
consideration.
Hale tR.) of Maine urged that the ap-
preparation bills be proceeded with and
declared with some sarcasm that the
moot court" was over,
Senator Morgan informed Hale that if
he proposed TO begin lecturing tour he
would find that he did not have a lot of
school children for his audience. The
Senator from Maine served notice yes
terday, he said, that the anguilly resolu-
tlon could not pass, after the Senate by
large majority had displaced the appro-
priation bill with it.
Hale interposed an objection to the con-
struction Morgan placed upon his remarks
and said that what he meant was that
such resolution could not be expected to
pass without reasonable debate.
"0hl 1t makes little difference what
the Senator now says" retorted Morgan.
1--WE all knew what he meant. He meant
that it should not pass at all, if he could
help it. The Senator from California TOOK
the floor during the afterD oon and made a
long constitutional speech, not on the
merits of the resolution at all, but for the
purpose of staving off action until some
thing happened. Now that something
has happened. And how are we informed
of it? Through the press. We have moth
ing from the President to show that San
gully has been pardoned. We are left
altogether in the dark.
''The relations between the President.and
the Congress and the American people on
this Cuban question are so strained that
we are unable to get any information out
of him. do not wonder that the Presi-
dent prefers the darkness to the light"
Every citizen, Morgan said, who held
naturalization papers and bore a Spanish