The herald., 1898-09-14
UPROARIOUS SESSIONS
ARE THOSE HELD IN sPANIsH
SENATE CHAMBER
PRESIDENT BUSTS HIS BELL
But Fails to Stop the Din Of Members
Accusing One Another Of
1ncompetency
Associated Press Special Wire.


MADRID, Sept. 13.-There was an up
roarious session Of the Senate today. Count
Almenas, referring to his statement yester-
day giving the names of the Generals he
recently said ought 10 have their sashes
tied around their necks Instead Of around
their waists, naming Weyler, Blanco and
Primo de Rivera, after which he also in
cluded Admiral Cervera In the category,
said General Linares was incompetent and
ought to be arraigned.
Thereupon General Weyler and others
loudly protested against these charges. and
General Weyler called on Count Almenas
to name .hose Generals who were accused
Of falling to do their duty, and he added
that IL the accusations were true and the
culpri,s could not be legally punished, the
Generals would take the matter into their
own hands and inflict proper punishment.
A great tumult .ensued, the Senators
standing. shouting and threatening each
other. The President OF the Senate valnly
strove to restore order. and broke his bell
IN attempting to do SO.
When the debate was resumed Senior
Gonzales attacked the army. He said 1t
had been worsted from the first by the in
tinuing, the speaker asked what had be-
come Of the 200 900 men sent TO Cuba. He
blamed General Weyler and the late pre-
mier, Senor Canovas del Castillo, asserting
that the latter was omnipotent while in
power and might have done what he
pleased.
The premier. Senior sagasta, replying
said that neither Seror Canovas del Cas-
tlllo nor himself had ruled long enough to
change the character Of the race, which
was the true cause. he claimed, Of the dis
aster to Spain.
1--WE are." the premier said, IAN ANAL
gamic country We were attacked when
acting as honest men would. We defended
ourselves. I have lost my prestige, but 1t
is because believe the path I am following
is the best"
General Weyler then made a speech Of
great violence, which provoked such an out
burst that the premier had to intervene ar1
called upon the general to explain his
policy.
General Weyler replied that he had not
threatened the government institutions
but only those who had attacked the army.
The minister OF war. General Correa, said
the government alone was responsible.
The Duke OF Tetuan, the former minister
for foreign AFFAIRS, defended Senior Canovas
del Castillo, whereupon Senior Gonzales
made another attack upon the deceased
premier. declaring the latter had foreseer
the loss Of Cuba and planned with Senol
Sag'asta to sign the surrender. The loss
Of Cuba, Senior Gonzales continued, was @
just punishment for those who failed tc
profit by the doctrine that the colonies
should not be governed by oppression. The
senate then adjourned. s
The Republicans, Carlsts and boiling
Conservatives Of the chamber Of deputies
issued manifesto giving their reason for
opposing the government. Its publication
has been prohibited.
Senior sagasta, In an interview today
said no claims advanced by the United
States after the peace protocol was signed
or the cortes bureau me. to elect peace
commissioners should be entertained.
Advices received from the Philippines
say the insurgents would release only few
Of their prisoners. For instance, they will
set free the Spanish civil employees who are
In their hands.
Major General Merritt. II is said here
goes to Paris empowered to ask in the
name Of the insurgents an American pro-
tectorate over the whole of the Philippine
Islands.
The chamber Of deputies considered the
protocol today in secret session. the Re-
publicans, Carlists and dissenting Con-
servatives being absent. The president.
Marquis Vega d'Armijo, called Senior Uria
to order for intima ting that General Primo
de Rivera had enriched himself at the ex.
pense OF the treasury.
The chamber adopted the Hspano-Amer-
ican protocol BY 15l votes against A.