El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-29

WASHINGTON, March 800 in
tense is the interest in what congress is
likely to do within the next four or five
DAYS, tha. long before 10 o'clock today,
every seat in the public galleries of the
senate WAS occupied. People were
wi lirg to wait more than two hours
for the assembling of til at body. By
IL O'Clock the reserve galleries were
also filed.
Senator Mason, with his coat but
toned tightly aud wearing plug hat,
er tered the senate chamber few min
utes after 10 o'clock. A fat woman on
the front row of the public gallery for
the gentler sex applauded wildly, and
others joined in the bandclappibg, but
the rotund Ilinoisi an who is so radical
ly in favor of war, beat ha asty re reat.
thus putting an end to the demonstra-
ton in his honor. There was common
talk at the capitol that if Senator Ma
son Insisted on making too fierce a
speech, an order would be made to shut
him off by using up the morning hour
with the routine business. Mr.. Mason
came to tt e capi' oil bent on making
things lively. His wife aud daughter
we're early in the gallery, his daugh-
ter being decorated with the Cuban
flag.
At 12:l4 o'cl ok Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, introduced resolu ion ip
the senate recognizing the independ-
ence OF Cuba aud demanding that the
United States intervene at once.
Senator Rawlins, of Utah, followed
Senator Allen of Nebr aska aud intro
duced q resolution declaring war with
Spain.
Then Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
jumped up ard offered resolution to
free Cubs. He said be would make a
speech 'a'er.
Senator Frye, of Maine, also intro
duced a resolution. Mr.. Frye's resO'-
utions directs the pre- sident to take i'm
mediate steps to end the war in Cuba.
were referred.
This afternoon Senator Mason took
the floor and went for the adminis-
tration for its peace proposition. For
his recent speech on Cuba, Mr..
Mason said he had the honor Of bein g
insulted many times by wire, by stock
gam blers and scalpers. They did not
want to believe him. Any other self-
r. Sc Getting nation would have protect
ed it's own ctizans down there, but
even this had not beendons till public
seutim. Mt compelled the movement to
get Americans out of Spanish prisons.
He was severe in his denunciation of
Spain, a-d charged the respon sibility
for the l. 50 of the Maine to Sfain. For
tits loss Mr. Mason said he could only
speak for himself. Then after a pause
he fairly shrieked, 81 am for WAR"
Loud applause from the galleries
was checked by the vice-president.
1--WE can hide no longer under the
executive wing" said Mason. Mr..
Mason criticised very severely the
naval bcard of irquiry for not fixing
the responsibility upon Spain. ''If q
torpedo c id it, it was q Spanish torpedo.
Havana's harbor was Spain 8 and Spain
must arswer' Mason declared he had
not made those charges hastily, but
after calm delibe-atioo.
While cla' ming 70 monopoly on pa
triotism, he thought nothing but war
could avepge the dea of the Amer
ic ms who were |, 81 on the Maine. This
nation had been outraged and the
yallow flag of Spain should be taken
away from this continent.
After Billy Masoas speech wss con
cluded the senate passed large num-
ber of private pension bills. At two
o'clock the special order was the eu.
ologies delivered d On late S-pator Earle
of South Carolina. The senate tn n
adjourned till Tomorrow. Among
those present in the senate gale les
who heard Senator M sons spet ch to.
dsy, were a mum Der of Gu ban patriots
| including General Palma the head
| of the Cuban Junta in United States,
Senor Quesada and SenOr Libsrtine
secretaries of the Cuban legation re-
siding in Washington. They had q
brief interview with Sen ltor Mason
after his speech. The sen ator as sured
them that the senate was with the
Cuban patriots. General Palma EN-
phatically declared that the
Cubans were against the propos
ed srmistice, and they
would fight to the last ditch for their