The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-26
THE DEBATE IN DETAIL.
Speeches by Morgan, HOar, Daniel,
Hale, Frye. Sherman and Others

The first resolution coming over from
yesterday was that Of Mr.. Allen asking the
President to use effective measures to pro-
tect American citizens in Cuba, and to that
end send United States war ships to Cuban
ports. Mr.. Allen said American citizens
were daily being arrested in Cuba and
thrown into prison without any trial, many
of them being denied access to the United
States consul general. 1t seemed to be the
disposition of Spain to punish every Amer
lean citizen in Cuba. 1t was. he said. a
story full of barbarity and atrocities. Re-
Gently a lady had been taken by Spanish
officials and her person searched under cir
cumStances of extreme cruelty. Little girls
had been gathered up in Cuba and sold
into the worst conceivable slavery; sold to
q life of shame. Spanish soldiers had taken
infants. held them up by their heels, hacked
them to pieces with the deadly machete and
killed the parents. Such action was a blot
on the civilization of the age. Why should
Congress remain supine? The time would
come when this inacton would make our
people hang their heads for being Amer
lean citizens.
Mr.. Morgan said the committee on foreign
relations had pressed forward this protec-
ton of citizens as fast as the well-au-
thenticated facts would permit. The re-
ports of atrocities against women and little
girls were vague and did not have that
verification warranting action by the COM
mittee. 1t had, however. brought forward
the resolution for the immediate release of
Julio Sanguily, as the facts in this case
were established beyond question.
Mr.: Hoar inquired whether some time
should not be given for senator's 10 exam
ine into the Sanguilly report, action on
the subject involved grave international
considerations Mr.. Morgan felt that
the circumstances of SanguillyS arrest and
long confinement; the proof of his Ameri-
can citizenship; his freedom from compile
ity in the revolution; his several trials, and
other well-known circumstances in the
case. Mr.. Morgan read from the treaties
and pointed out the essential offenses
against Sanguilly TO be- Solitary confne-
ment without opportunity TO prepare a de-
tense; no bail except bond TO pay the
costs of his own prosecution; no trial with
in a limited time, as provided by treaty;
piling up other charges OF kidnapping ir-
regularities of the several trials: receiving
hearsay and unsworn testimony. One of
Sanguilly's chief illnesses. Caloma, he
said had been shot IN the prison yard be-
fore he could be heard in Sanguilly's be-
half The trials had shown the extreme ha-
tired existing against the Ulited States, the
Spanish officials indulging in diatribes
against this country
THE RESOLUTION JUSTIFIED.
The resolution demanding immediate re-
lease was justified Mr.. Morgan said, on
the sole ground of irregularity In trial. for
never in the history of Jurisprudence was
there a case where there was less show of
reason for Z conviction. But the resolution
was urged on still higher grounds, namely.
that the government OF Spain utterly ig-
nored the rights OF this American citizen
under our treaties. The case stood on the