The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1897, Page 1

¥ to be taken from the Library,++++ VOLUME LXXXI. 88. SPAIN STYLED A DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION,. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. A POSTOFFICE FOR THIS CITY IS DEMANDED. SULZER DECLARES WAR ON SPAIN. WASHINGTON, D. C,, Feb. 25.—Sulzer (D.) of New York offered in the House to-day a bill declaring war between the “Kingdom of Spain and her colonies and the United States of America and her territories.” The measure reads as follows: “That war be declared to exist between the Kingdom of Spain and her colonies and the United States of America and her territories, and the President is authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the United States to carry the same into effect, and to issue to private armed vessels a S In Warlike Words Statesmen Denounce Barbarities in Fair Cuba. SANGUILLY’S RELEASE DEMANDED Senators Allen, Daniel, Frye and Teller Assert 4 in Forceful Language That It Is Time American Citizens Are Protected Everywhere. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 28.—With an apparent disregard of whether the appropriation bills still unacted on by the Senate are to be passed at the pres- ent session or are to be relegated to the House in extra session, the Senate to- ay by a vote of 40 to 27 laid avide the Indian appropriation bill, which had already occupied three days, and took up the joint resolution which had been reported yesterday from the Committee on Foreign Relations for the immediate and uncondit.omal release of Julio Sangullly from a Cubuan fortress. It came United States commi on or letters of marque and general reprisal in such form as he may think proper and under the seal of the United F2 States against the v said Kingdom of Spain and the subjects thereof.” The measure was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. els, goods and effects of the Government of the Commercial Bodies Ask Why San Francisco Has Been Slighted. LEGISLATORS JOIN IN THE CRY. Prominent Citizens Will Locate the Responsi- bility for Delay and Make a Vigorous Demand for Justice for the People. *“The Call’”’ has been showered with compliments for its bold stand in favor of urging those in charge of the matter to hasten the construction of the new Postoffice. It is the general belief of business men and the masses who stop to consider the matter that the delay in i up in the first instancs as part of the morning business, the Vice-President starting the work of building the great Federal structure is a disgrace. deciding that under the rule a motion To take up-the Indian bill was not in or- The general opinion on all hands is that the citizens of San der until after the morning business was disposed of, and when, at 1 P. M., the E 53 it o bet hed ifi s 1 e morning hour did expirea motion to proceed with the Sanguilly joint resolu- rancisco qucl 0 e furnishe WI Spec} iIc reasons why he ( tion was made by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska, and although it was resisted by the apparently inexcusable delay has occurred. The people have been chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Alliion, and was voted ngainst put off with one flimsy excuse and another, year after year, until talk by the chairman of the Committes on Foreign Relations, Sherman, it prevailed = - e " 3 R S by the vote mentioned. The debate from the first was of a rather exciting char- of a new postofi.ce here is in the nature of a chronic joke. In spite of ——— e gt e ——— Allen spoke of Spain as ‘‘a decaying monarchy, a blot on the map of the world and a disgrace to civilization.’” all the excuses and delays made other cities, many of them very small ones, have obtained their appropriations and had their buildings x.tn;,;.m.rn.‘ of \"rgnthfl .nfu that Sangullly had been n.»anad ““rigorously, completed since the talk of building here began. harshly, cruelly and bratally—in a manner that was a disgrace to this country 5 = 157 and to civilization.” He spoke of an iusult huving been offered by a Spanish The hour has arrived when this City ought to arouse from its officer high in authority o the American representative, and said if a fleet had lethargy. Patience is no longer good policy or good warfare. We been sent to Havana to demund an apology every American citizen would have rojoiced at it. Hale (R ) of Maine read a telegram from Havana stating that San- eal to Madrid had been withdrawn, 8o as to facilitate his release, ¥rye) denounced that withdrawal as a wicked and unjust act on the part of ~angullly’s counsel, and declared, with an accompaniment of ap- piause from the galleries, that if he had his way a ship of war would start for Havana Hale regarded that outburst as telling the whole story. ‘What his colleague and «ther Senators wanted was war; but the country wouid not be drawn into War in the mest saves days if he (Hale) coutd help it. ) Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts showed from the committee’s own report that Sanguilly hud been only two months Instead of five yrars in the United States when he took out his naturalization papers, had then left the country and had mever returned since, having lived in Cuba for the last eighteen years; that the naturalization papers were fraudulent and that Sanguilly was no more an American citizen than Daniel was a subject of Turkey. Senators Lodze and Daniel denled the right of the Senate to go behind the records of the Superior Court of New York, from which the papers had issued. need an organized and an aggressive movement ‘‘toward the base of the pyramids,” as old Tom Benton used tc say,a strong, incessant and manly demand for justice. It is nota plea for a gift, not a special request for a privilege that is needed, but a vigorous, and if need be, spirited and belligerent demand for rights long overdue. Appeals from this City have heretofore been like talking to a cyclone, but the hour has now come when the representative men and business organizations of San Francisco have decided to learn just why these unwarranted delays have occurred. The Chamber of Commerce has made several strong and patriotic appeals on this matter in the past, but its demands have gone unheeded. Petitions to the mysterious power behind the supervising architect’s throne have not been heard. That deaf personage seems to sit as Phillips said of Napoleon, ‘“wrapped in the solitude ot his own original- Teller (Silver) of Colorado characterized the conduct of the >tate Department |ity.”” He heeds nothing, does nothing and says nothing of any conse- as "pn-i::;nninuv\w," l)mld said h-; expectea nothing better from the next adminis- quence. Year after year the same dull, cold ear of the sphinx at tration e d ared he would make any power in the world respect American /. i is anxious wai ratc S 2 “ra | cit'zens, even if it should take all the money, all the ships and all the men the Nashington is turned to the anxious waiters and watchers of San Fran e — R ——— country had. Aliv-Z.as by Senators Hill (D.) of New York and White (D.) of California to the inconsiss ey of Sherman (R.) of Ohio, in having the joint resolution reported yes- cisco—nothing more. Other postoffices rise, but here delay drags on without interruption or hope of abatement. tondig aing ino'h that th % 33 3 The five principal commercial and industrial organizations of the erdn 4pressing the hope thai e ate would pass it to-day and then B s T - e /i rew aki voting to-day against taking it up, brought Sherman to his feet He detended his City have decided to hold a conference to-day, with a view of taking vote t ay on the ground of the necessity of passing the appropriation bills, but still he expressed the hope thatafter the debate had gone on for some time the vote should be taken on the resslution. DETAILS OF THE DEBATE. clear statement” made by the Senator Protest Agninst the Shooking |Ifom Alabama. Daniel said that San. Cruettias in_Cuba, zuilly had been treated in a manner that \WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb, 25— When | 25 & diserace to this century and civili. {he Senate met at 11 o'clock this morning | Z2tion. Not only that, but the American there were few present, but work was o | Consul bad been treated arrogantly by the once got by dispensing with the reading | SPanish authorities—not only in_his own of yesterday’s journal. | person, but in his country. He had been An offort was made by Hoar (R.)of | 1145y Spanish officer high in snthonty, sachusetts to have BE] hour fixed for Omton = e ll. IOt !»Oll.ll.‘ i taking the vote on the bankruptcy bill, but | 0Urte0us appeal, that his conduct in pre- bjenton mas made by Tomes (D) of A | Senting an intervention ia favor of San- S ¥ suilly by order of the State Depariment The Vice-President laid before the Sen- | 145 & A1sE¥ace o the S ool “If that Consul,” Daniel declared, “had demanded his passports, and if the Span- ish Government had failed to apologize for that insult to our representative and toour flag,and an American fleet had been sent 1o Havana to demand it, 1 do not believe there is a single citizen of the United States who would not have re- 0! it.” Senators ate the resolution offered yesterday by Allen (P.) of Nebraska in regard to the ill -treatment of American citizens in Cuba. Allen proceeded to speak upon his reso- n. The story, he said, was a long one and was full of atrocious barberities. One of these was the searching of an American lady in a public manner and nder circumstances of extreme cruelty. Another infamous act was the gathering p of little giris in the island of Cuba by the military authorities and selling them into the worst species of slavery—selling | them for lives of shame. It had been re- | ported, Allen said, that irfauts had been taken by the heels anl hacked to pieces by Spanish soldiers in the presence of their fatl.ers and mothers, who were then mas-acred. In conclusio:, he denounced Spain as “‘a decaying monarchy, a blot on the map of the world and a disgrace to civilization " Morgan (D) of Alabama spoke on the joint resolution reported by him yester- aay from the Committee on Foreixn Re- lations in reference to the case of Julio Sanguiliy, whom he described as a regu- naturalized citizen of the United who had got out his naturalization papers and brought them to Cuba in 1878, | ’ said Hale, “that before the discussion ends (and it wiM not end in one or two hours or in one or two days). the Committee on Foreign Relations will put the Senate in possession of what the State Department is doing in the way of release of Sanguilly, if that be the object | of the joint resolution.” Daniel—The State Department has boen dealing with this matter, diplomatically, two years, and two years is long enough for this Government to get a United States citizen out of prison, “I am unwillin; Daniel declared, in- dignantly, *‘that an American citizen illegally detained, shall be subj cted to any conditions. It is a humiliation to this country to submit to any conditions when the power of any other Government 1s exercised uniawfully. 1i I representea this country in any place in which I could act with authority, 1 would telegraph Stat where they were registered in tte Ameri- can Consulate and where he had resided ever since. neuilly had taken part in the last Cnban revolution where he had n grievonsly wounded, but had always niea any complicity in the present revo- n. Morgan made a statement of the ts and circumstances connected with cuilly’s arrest, imprisonment and At the close of Morgzan’s remarks Allen ented to have his own resoiution re- d to0 the Committee on Foreign Rela- lons with the assuiance from Morgan hat it would be promptly considered and &cted npon. ’ The joint resolution as to Sanguilly ob- tained precedence, and the consideration of it was continued. Daniel (D.) of Virginia, 8 member of the Committeeon Foreign Relations, went over the story of the case, notwithstand- ing what he termed ‘‘the admirable and Sanguilly not to withdraw his appeal, but to stand on his rights as an American citi- zen, and that thers was enough people 1n this country who respect their rights to see that he was no longer detainea in a Spanish foriress.” Here Hale read a telegraphic dispatch of this date from Havauna stating that counsel for Sanguilly had filed papers withdrawing his appeal. “‘So,” Hale com- mented, ‘‘the appeal is withdrawn ang Sanguilly stands ready to be pardoned.” At this point Frye (R.) of Maine, a'so a lations, broke into the discussion with the impetuous declaration that if San- guilly’s counsel had done that he had done an exceedingly wicked and unjust act toward bhis client. “How does the Senator know that?" Hale asked. “I know it from this,” Frye answered. “This man Banguilly has beem convicted member of the Committee on Foreign Re- . SENATOR DANIEL of Virginia, Who Advocates the Sending of Warships to Havana to Insure’ the Protection of All American Citizens There. of a crime, the punishment of which is imprisonment for life. He has entered an appeal to Madrid. withdrawn it is a confession of the crime, #nd judgment follows, and he can on.y escape by a pardon. He loses for himsell and for his family all the claims for dam- ages against 8pain. That is what Spain is contending for. We contend thst the man has been unjustly convicted; that he has been treated against international law and that Spain must deliver bim up tous. And if 1 bhad my way,” Frye ex- claimed dramatically, “a ship of war would start at once for Havana.” Applause broke out in the galleries, and was kept up for some time in spite of the effort of the Vice-President to suppress it. Hale—My colleague has told the story. | it is not a desire to have tois man re- | leased which is at the bottom of the mat- ter. What they want is war. That is what the Senator wants. I tell the Sen- ator and the rest of the Senators that this country will not be driven to war in the next seven days—notif I can help it. Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts questioned the citizenship of Banguilly and.referred to conflicting statements on the subject in the committee’s report. Daniel replied that he did not feel called upon to go behind the action of the State Department in recogniz ng the citizenshin of Sanguilly. Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin referred to the fact that Sanguilly had served -1n the Cu- ban insurrection from 1868 to 1878 and that his naturalization papers bore date of 1878, so that he could not possibly have complie¢ with the iaw requiring hve years’ residence. Hoar quoted the Revised Statutes and said it was clear that Banguilly’s naturali- zation papers were fraudulent. There was no decent pretense to the conirary. ‘Teller (Silver) of Colorado, declared that nobody, not even the State Department, had a right to go beyond the record. He spoke of the conduct of the State Depart- ment as “pu-illanimous,” and said he ex- pected nothing better from the next ad-. ministration. But he prayed and hoped that the Republican party when 1tgot intc power might nave u little of its old fire and spirit. He agreed with the Senator from Maine (Frye) who said that he would send a ship to Havana. “Mr. 'President!” heg exclaimed, “I would send every ship we have got. I would not count dollars by the side of American manhood. I would make every power in the world respect American citi- zenship, if it should take all the money If that appeal is|and all the ships and all the men that we have got to do it.” When Teller finished his remarks Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska alluded to tne fact that the discussion had been going on for | the last hour on the Indian bill, and he moved that that bill be iaid aside and that the Sanguilly resolution be again taken up. The motion wasagreed to—ayes 40, noes 27, as follows: Ayes—Allen, Bacon, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, Brqwn, Butler, Call, Cameron, Cannon, Carter, Chandler, Daniel, Davis. Dubois, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Hill, Jones of Nevada, Kenny, Lindsay, Lodge, Martin, Mantle, Mills, Morgan, Murphy, effer, Pritchard. Roach, Squire, Teller, Thurston, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees, Waithall and Wilson—40. Noes—Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bate, Butrows, Caff:ry, Chiiton, Cullom, Gib- son, Gorman, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, McMillun, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Palmer, Perkins, Pittigrew, Platt, Proctor, Pugh, Quay, Seweli, Sher- man and Wetmore—28. So the Sanguilly joint resolution was again taken up formally. White (D.) of California addressed the Senate. The action of the Senate to-day, he said, demonstrated that 1t was not its purpose to engage in the business of con- sidering the appropriation bills, but would consider a joint resolution which could not possibly pass, or which if passed could not be effective as it would not re- ceive executive approval. Hale (R.) of Maine, said that Senators might as well understand that if this question were kept before the Nenate it would be fully debated and would sub- stantially confiscate every hour of the ses- sion, leaving many appropriation bills un- passed. Hill (D.) of New York said that the premier of the next administration (Sher- man) had reported the resolution yester- day, or had agreed to its being reported, und he expressed the hope that the Sen- ate would teke it up to-day and pass 1t “I hear it whispered in the rear,” Hill playfully remarked, “that he then voted against its consideration to-day.” [Laugh- ter.] *“But Iam not going to make that statement. If the Senate pass this joint resolution it may have some moral effect upon the next ad ministration.” “I differ from the Senator from New said White, “and I hope thatthe chairman of the Committes on Foreizn Relations will not be forced to carry into his policy as Secretary of State views | which he has announced in the resolu- tion.” Mr. Hill—Why should he not be con- sistent? “It is within his power,” said White, pleasantly, “to use his own judgment whether he is to be or not to be consistent [iaughter], and I shall not attempt to trench upon it or to step within that sacred circle.’’ These playful allusions impeiled Mr. Sherman to defend himself. He said: “Ihe Senator from California seems to drag me into debate, although I do not care to enter upon it. I am ia favor of the joint resolution ana I think it ought 10 command the unanimous ap- proval of the Senate. I believe that a gross injustice has been done to a citizen of the United States who hasa right to protection from the President. I am not in favor of pressing this resolution at this moment, but it stands in the way of ap- propriation bills, and T have so voted and will vote again. I trust that after the debate has gone on awhile the Sen- ate will see the necessity of tak- ing up the appropriation bills and passing them. I do not think there is any inconsistency in that. I hope that Senators who are opposed to the resolu- tion will not stand in the way of a vote. It is a great injustice to say that we who are in favor of the resolution are opposed to the passage of the resolution. I trust the time will never come when an Amen- can citizen can be wronged or persecuted by any power, great or small. That is the way I feel now. Iam in favor of protect- ing this American citizen, though he may not be a naturalized citizen. I am op- posed to wrong and violence and tyranny, wherever it is exercised, and whea it is exercised against an American citizen 1 will stand up for him, even if I am alone.”” ‘W hite—Of course, we are all opposed to wrong and, of course, we are in favor of protecting American citizens. This ques- tion can be dealt with by the Senator from Ohio in ten days from now in less time than it can be dealt with now. The rest of the speech was an elaborate argument for the recognition of a new Governmeat. Without completing his speech White Continued on Sccond Page. immediate and deci ve action to learn the cause for the delay in build- ing the new Postoffice. They purpose to go at the matter in a sys- tematic business-like way, and try to locate the blame in a definite manner. Having done this, the object is to ““pound on that one string,’” as Emerson puts it, until the harp gives forth a vibration of certain sound. If the supervising architect has pigeonholed the plans and tangled the project with red tape he will be reported and, if necessary, investigated, with a view of being reprimanded or removed from his position. The conduct of the sluggish Democratic administration, aside from what the Congressional delegation from California has done in the matter of the Postoffice, has been shameful. In spite of the fact that the site has been thoroughly tested and approved by local army en- gineers, delays have been attributed to the mysteries of the site when- ever such a spook of an excuse suited the Supervising Architect. Weary of giving such an excuse, he has at times pretended that the department was greatly aggrieved over anonymous letters from San Francisco stating that the site was a bog. Again driven to bay, the architects have occasionally pleaded rush of business in other parts of the country, forever putting San Francisco in the attitude of a hungry mendicant. But the metropolis of the Golden West is about to declare itself as it has seldom done. The City is weary of receiving ‘‘not-at- home”’ replies to ifs demands upon its debtor, the Federal Government. The City’s princely contribution to the general revenues is sufficient to entitle it to stand as a master in this matter, so that those who deny it justice will feel the lash on their backs. The authors of the passive policy that has so long inconvenienced the masses have gone unwhipped by justice long enough. The hour of retribution is at hand, and the administration is sure to find such a stir that the just complaint of the people here cannot be longer pooh-poohed and pushed aside with impunity. The entire Union does not afford another such example of neglect as the Federal Government has been guilty of in the matter of the San Francisco Postoffice. What is San Francisco that it should be thus slighted and forever elbowed off into the indefinite future>? Compara- tively few cities surpass it in population and Federal business. Why should it be slighted and put in a worse position than small towns on the Missouri River? The time for action has arrived, and the people realize that the hour for the battle has come. LEGISLATORS AROUSED. A Resolutlion Requesting the Wash- | ington Authorities to Start the P s:ioffice. SACRAMENTO, CavL., Feb. 25.—Had it not been for a joint rule of the Leu: lature, which is in conflict with the con- stitution of the Siate, a joini resolution strongly conaemning the authorities at ‘Washington for not having ordered work to begin on the San Francisco postoffice building and requesting the Senators and Congressmen from California at Wash- ington to pursue a course that would bring about the issuance of such orders would have been adopted with enthusiasm and without a dissenting vote. The comprehensive exposition of the situation in reference to the proposed new Feceral building and Postoffice in San Francisco, ttat appeared in this morning’s issue of THE CALL, attracted general at- tention among the members of both branches, and induced Senator Wolfe of San Francisco 1o offer the following joint resolution: WHEREAS, There has been inexplicable and apparently inexcusabie delay on the part of | the Federal authoritles at Washington, D. C., in ordering the commencement of work on the Postoffice building to be constructed on the site already purchased at the northeast corner of Seventh and Misslon streets, San Francisco, and for which there is now $210,- 000 available for immediate use in the treas- ury of the United States; and whereas, there isalarge number of unemployed men in San Fraucisco who have gathered there from