The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
DEFIANCE
 IS HURLED
 AT SPAIN Sensational Speech Made by Mason of
 Illinois. Z Denounces the Treachery and Trickery of the
 Spaniards. Grave Statesmen Talk Most Solemnly of War That
Grave Statesmen Talk Most SOlemnly of War That
 Seems Near.
DEMAND INVESTIGATION.
But the Only Congressional Action Taken Is an Appropriation to
 Raise the Maine.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House, Wa ptnn Eeh &

Call Of11ce, RlggS House,
 Washington, Feb. 8.
 Soon after the Senate met to-day Hale of Maine introduced the following joint resolution, which was slightly amended. and adopted:
 2 Resolved, That the Secretary . q of the Navy be and is hereby q e authorized to engage the ser q Q vices of wrecking company or @ Q companies having proper facili- q Q ties for the prompt and efficient q q performance of submarine work q 2 for the purpose of raising the 6 q remains of the officers and men Q 6 lost on the United States steam C q ship Maine and of saving the q q vessel, or such parts thereof, and 6 q such of her stores, guns, mater q Q ial. equipment, fittings and ap- 6 Q purtenances as may be practica- e 2 ble. and for this purpose the sum C q of $200000 or so much thereof as 6 q may be necessary is hereby ap- c 2 propriated and made immediate Q q ly available 6 The resolution was prepared at the request of Secretary Long, who. in for warding it to Hale, also sent letter explaining it's purpose. He says in this letter it is deemed proper and i'm portant that steps should be taken i'm mediately to raise the remains of the officers and men lost on the occasion of the most deplorable catastrophe; to raise the vessel or to save such parts of her armament and equipment as may be practicable" To this the Sec retary adds:
 The Secretary inclosed a table show ing the cost of a number of items of the ordnance outfit of the vessel, aggregat- ing $502. .152.
 Allen thought it very desirable that provision be inserted in the resolution for the transportation and burial of the remains of those who lost their lives in the disaster.
 Hale called attention to the fact that reference was made to the transporta- tion of the bodies in the letter of the Secretary of the Navy. In many cases he said, 1t would be impossible to bring to this country the remains of the men killed, as the bodies were so badly mu- tflated and the facilities for embalming so inferior In Havana that already the remains Of many of the dead were de- composing, and it would be necessary probably, to bury them at once.
 Mason hoped that provision would be made for the transportation Of the bodies to the United States and for their burial in this country To that end he proposed an amendment to the resolution as follows:
 After the word thereof and before the word and insert the following:
 "And for the transportation and burial of the remains of the officers and men so far as possible"
 The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution, as amended, was passed The resolution offered yesterday by Allen of Nebraska directing the Com Inittee on Naval Affairs to make an in- vestigation of the disaster to the Maine was then laid before the Senate. It precfpitated the most furious debate.
 Chandler of New Hampshire though, that if the word immediate" be strick- eli out and the matter be left within the discretion of the committee there would be no objection to the resolution Mason if Illinois proposed an amend ment striking out all after the word resolved" and inserting the following
 By the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives concurring, that a joint committeee of five, consisting of three members of the House of Representa- tives and two members of the Senate. be appointed to investigate the disaster to the battle ship Maine"
 Mason followed Hale in a speech re- plete with sensational utterances. He said in beginning that he had no dis position to inf1ame a situation already so exciting, but he felt that his substi-