Evening star., 1897-02-26
SANGUiLYS PARDON
Its Probable Effect on the Action of
the Senate.
THE STATE DEPARTMENTS COURSE
1t Has SteadiIyA Acted as the Friend
of Spain.
AN INTERESTING REVIEW

AN IN lI-hf-N llNNT KEN LIN
The pardon OF Sanguily mas taken the
point out of the Morgan resolution in rhr
Senate. and, IL is thought ended an pros
| Bect of action by the senate relative ~
the Cuban matter. 1t is explained hv Il
| member OF the committee that they csuua-
proceed In the other cases OF outrage upon
American citizens for the reason that th,.,.
cannot get the official information TO pio-
ceed upon. They canno, act on inrorrna-
;ion derived through the press and m. eN-
ecutlVe department, whose duty II iS "a oh
tam Information and 10 protect American
eitizens. is devoting itself 10 prey. nlIns
congress from doing anything in the MAJ
Ter. The most the Senate can 10 with de-
cofum as TO the cases Of outrage m.!i-
toned In the press dispatches is 70 c..u
upon the Secretary OF State for inforna-
ton and this they know is useless.
The Stntc Departments Course
Ever since this session began ,he S.ai,.
department has been staNimg Off action by
me foreign relations committee les -iviuE
assurances, week after week thar san
suly was about 10 toe given his lii,erty
Finally the certainty that n. commift...
would delay action no longer led ta dis
patches b''lflS Stlt 10 Spain that action
me Senate must be anticipated F,N IN. t..r-
den of Sanguily before a voie on tho Nloy-
gan resolutions could br had The who'll,
matter has been conducted by the depart
nent IN an attitude of a friend of Sn5ip
giving advice TO save the SPANISH gov. rll-
htnt from serious trouble when IN. p,,.>-
ent executive officers of This rover,fr.nf
are no longer on hand 10 look ouI FOR Span-
ism interests.
sPain's Pretended Cancellation
n realization of the fact that there s,ra
but few r'ore days left TO This friendly
administration rs the strongest argument
made to the Spanish government To in
Guce them 10 make pretensc of ton,.iila-
ton The purpose was 10 rnak.. tho mar
den of Sanguily appear as an act of gra
clous consideration on the pait of spain
chiefly for the effect it might hav,. on Ilt..
incoming administration. The relaNafin,
of the vigor in the case of Scott and fs..
declaration that the death OF Ruiz NIL
be thoroughly investigated ''by the Spanish
government is intended for the same utif--
pose, and TO prevent the resignation Of
General Lee. Ii is thought that this wil
relieve the present administration of ~.
embarrassment of further trouble with
General Lee.
Every thing Done i'm Spain's Interest
Whatever is dcne is put in the light OF
being done in the interest of Spain 10 pro-
tect her against the possible Americanistn
of the new administration Tn. very Ill
rect statements of Mr. Sherman as 10 his
position serves warning that Spain
will rot nave the same sort of a great
and good friend" in the new aamflistra-
ton as Mr.. Cleveland has proven and
General Neyler may have to fureeo some
OF his prosecutions of American citizens
\ member OF the foreign affairs COMMITTEES.
SAID today that the facts as TO all the
outrases Americans in Cuba wiu I,.
ascertained and given TO the public soon
after the 4th of March.
Course of the New Administrations.
resolution calling for all CORE spondeuc,
on the subject will probably be adopted by
the Senate during the brief special session
now called for the confirmation of tn IN
Mediate appointments of the new President
The new administration is expected 10
avoid being involved in any Interference al
present between the contending forces in
Cuba, and TO devote itself strictly and with
NlSor to the protection of American citIzcus
and interests.
As the regular order the Morgan resolu-
tion was laid before the Senate at O'Clock
today, and il was met at once with 4
proposition TO lay it aside in favor of a.pro-
priatiOn bills.
His toURsei's letter.
The position of the friends of Julio San
gully I'm the matter Is shown in a letter
written 10 Senator sherman. chairman nf
by j. L. Rodriguez, counsel for the prisoner,
from which il appears that the only legal
method of securing the prisoners discharge
speedily was that adopted hy his counsel
namely, Withdrawing the appeal that had
been taken from the sentence of the lower
court in Cuba. Perhaps the same =. suit
could have been obtained by allowing the
appeal to be heard by the court al Madrid
but this involved a long wait, and so hong
as the appeal was pending the Spanish law
did not admit of pardon. The with Ira Nal
of the appeal was without prejudice and
does not estop the prisoner from makina, a
claim for indemnity in case he should d.
eide to do so.
In his letter. Mr. Rodriguez SAYS:
Shall L be permitted in my capacity of
counsel and representative OF Mr.. Julio
Sanguily. imprisoned in Havana. 10 request
you, in all earnest, in the name OF my
client, and for his benefit to prevent il
possible. the passage of the resolution d.
recting a demand 10 he made upoa the.
Spanish government for the release &c my
client?
said release having been already granted
by the Spanish government, upon no other
condition than the fultillment ~ certain
technical requirement of the Spanish law.
a condition to which 1 here. and San
gully lawyer in Havana, do readily, assent:
would II not be injurious to the pIisoncr
to afford the Spanish government "a plaus-
ible opportunity to withdraw fro n its -n-
gagenent in this respect?
'Of course, L cannot bgt be grateful TO
the generous spirit shown by the resoh-
ton to which / refer, as | am with all my
heart. and my client is grateful 10 the
honorable Secretary of State for his manly
untiring and benevolent efforts in favor OF
MIR. Sanguily.
Il cannot but see and recognize that The
movement in the Senate is inspired In the
same generous feeling which from the be-
ginning has inspired the honorable Secre-
tary of State. But l afraid that the
effect which the resolution, if passed. will
necessarily produce in the government cir
cles of Spain, and perhaps among the
masses, will result in the defeat of the ef-
forts both of the State Department and OF
the Senate.
Il make to you, therefore. an earnest APP
peal in the name of Mr.. Sanguly. To SUP
nit this letter. IL proper. TO the considera-
ton of the Senate, which in its wisdom will
no doubt pay attention to the statements
therein contained