Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-26
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, February
SENATE.

MIR. Hill asked unanimous consent TO
have an executive session at 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
MIR. Frye. 1 object.
MIR. Hill. | give notice, so that no
one may be taken by surprise, that at 8
IN the afternoon will make that mo-
ton.
Mr.. Quay asked unanimous consent
to take up and consider substitute for
the labor commission bill.
Mr.. Hele. That is very important
matter. and will give rise to debate. I
must object.
At Mr.. Quay's request the substitute
was read. 1t proposes commission of
fivs Senators, five Representative and
nine others, to be appointed by the
President, to investigate questions per-
tanning to immigration, labor, agricul-
ture, manufacturing and business, and
to report to Congress such legislation
as it may deem best. The total cost is
not to exceed $780, 900 year.
''That is gigantic scheme MIR. Hale
said, 'for building up great set of
ffice.holders at the rate of S. 1000
year. L object"
At Ills the Indian appropriation bill
was taken up. with the understanding
that at p. N. the Sanguilly-Cuban
Joint resolution would come up as the
unfinished business. The pending ques-
ton was the committee amendment as
to the payment of the large claims
for legal services to the Old Settler
or western Cherokee Indians, to
which Mr.. Brown, of Utah, Of
ferred an amendment to bar and shut
out awards already paid and accepted.
In the course OF the discussion it was
stated by Mr.. Burrows that the law
yers had already been paid the enor-
! nous sum of $19S,000.
Mr. Browns amendment was agreed
to and then the committee amendment
as amended, referring the matter to
the court of claims, was agreed to.
/ Mr.. Vest moved to strike out from
the committee amendment, as to the
commission, that part of it directing
the commission to set apart lands upon
which any town is now located in the
Indian Territory to provide for
the further growth of such towns.
Mr.. Vest made statement as to the
laWless condition of Indian Territory,
} which he described as a harbor for
criminals. Their courts, he said, were
travesty on justice. They were gov
erned by corruption. Their laws were
antagonistic to American civilization.
Their modes of punishment were en-
tirely different, consisting of whipping,
torturing and iu cases of capital pun
ishment the rifle.
"That is an improvement on our
mode" Mr.. Frye suggested.
Mr.. Vest went on to say that the
treaty conditions with those Indians
must be done away with. His propo-
sition was not to rob the Indians, not
to Cypress them.
A long speech was made by Mr.. Bate
on point of order which he made
against the committee amendment. Be
fore any disposition ofthe question was
made the presiding officer, MIR. Pasco,
laid before the Senate the joint resolu-
ton in relation to Julio Sanguilly.
Mr.. Frye said telegram has been re-
ceived showing that Sanguilly and his
attorneys have both acknowledged that
the judgment was just; that the pun
ishment was just; that they have with
drawn the appeal; that the queen re-
gent has signed the pardon and that
Sanguilly is free. While l regard that
as unfortunate in many respects, said
Mr.. Frye, sit seems to me that it leaves
this Joint resolution without any me-
cessity for further consideration. do
not believe, and l never did believe, in
wasting powder 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 detestation Of
the brutalitie5 of Spain. But, holding
as do that condition of mind, do not
believe that there is any further neces-
sity for considering this resolution; and
l hope that the Senate will proceed to
the consideration of the Indian appro-
priation bill.
Mr.. Lodge said the Sanguilly case
could not be disposed of by sheers.
There we're many cases in which all in
formation had been suppressed. So far
as the committee was concerned he de-
sired to say it had received no infor-
nation of Sanguilly's pardon. The
case had been considered by the com
mittee 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 com.
mittee reported the resolution and it
was debated by the Senate. The next
morning the cable announces that Sar.
gully has been pardoned. The action
of the Senate did it and the committee
sneered at it for its efforts.
Mr.. Call said the principle involved
in the Sanguilly resolution should have
aroused the patriotic instincts of every
American citizen and yet there were
Senators on this floor interposing OBJ
jections whenever any question arose
touching the rights of American citi-
zens in Cuba. Mr.. Call offered reso-
luton, and asked immediate considera-
ton and passage, calling upon the
President to send to the Senate all cor
respondence relative to the imprison-
ment and death in Cuba of DR.. Ruiz, an
American citizen, and to state also what |
efforts, if any, have been made to obtain
further information on the subject.
Mr.. White objected TO its considera-
ton.
In reply to Mr.. Call, Mr.. White de-
MED that he had been guilty of consum-
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