The Grenada sentinel., 1897-02-27
THREE RESOLUTIONS.
They are Indicative Of the Temper
Of the Senate Anent Cuba.
BUT THE BODY MOVES TERRIBLY SLOW.
Somebody Always Ready to Oppose Con-
sideration Of Questions Involving the
Rights, and Perhaps Lives Of
American Citizens.

! WAsHINGToN, Feb. 24.-In the senat'
Mr.. Allen pop, Neb.) offered the fol
lowing resolution, and asked for its i'm
mediate consideration:
Resolred, That it is the sense Of tn
senate that the president should speed
lily and effectually protect the lives ant
liberties of peaceable American citizen
residing or sojourning q in Cuba
and that he should promptly insis
that Spain, in her war against
her colonists ON the island, SHOULD
conduct the same on principles
Of civilized warfare, eliminating oil
unusual and unnecessary cruelty and
barbarity; and for the enforcement o1
these reasonable and just requirements
United States battleships should be
sent without delay to Cuban waters.
Objection to the immediate considera-
ton of the resolution was made by
Senators Gray dem, Del. and Quay
rep, Pa J, and it went over till to-mor.
row. f
Mr.. Hill dem, N. W offered another
resolution on the same general subject
and it was agreed to without . gues-
ton. 1t is as follows:
Resolred, That the secretary of state
be.and he is hereby requested, to trans
init to the senate, either in open or
secret session, as he may prefer, all the
correspondence and reports Of the con-
sul-general Of the United States at
Havana relating to all American citi-
zens now in prison in the island Of
Cuba not previously reported on.
The third and most important prop
osition on the subject of the war in
Cuba was presented by Mr.. Morgan
(dem., Ala.), who said that he had been
instructed by the committee on foreign
relations to report joint resolution,
demanding the release Of Julio San
quilly, an American, imprisoned in
Cuba" As it was in his own handwrit-
ing he read it to the senate as follows:
Resolred, by the senate and house of
representatives, that the government
Of the United States demand the imme-
diate and unconditional release of Julio
Sanguilly, citizen of the United
States, imprisoned under charges pend
ing against him in the military and
civil courts of Cuba, on alleged
grounds of rebellion and kid
naping, contrary to the treaty rights
Of each of said governments
and in violation of the law of ma
tions. 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
sutferings of Julio Sanguilly. -r
1.-The committee thought Mr.. Nor
gan continued. that it was its duty to
request the earliest action on this joint
resolution. And inasmuch as some MEM
bers of the committee were absent at
the time the resolution was ordered to
be reported, l give notice and call
the attention of the chairman of the
committee on foreign relations to it,
that will move tomorrow morning to
take up the joint resolution for action
Mr.. Sherman rep, o. chairman of
the foreign relations committee, said:
THE resolution was agreed to unani-
mously by the committee. l have no
objection whatever to letting it go
over until tomorrow. and l hope that
the senate will then act upon it,
The joint resolution accordingly went