The age-herald., 1898-03-30
THE sPANIARps BLEW UP THE MAINE
Following War Talk Came the Eulogies Over the Late Senator Earle Contrast of the Hostile Flame to Quiet
 Hush of Death.

Washington, March 29.-Interest in the Cuban situation-the interest might almost be termed excitement, so intense was it. reached climax in the proceedings of the senate today.
 AS on previous days of discussion of the Cuban question thousands of people flock ed to the capitol only few of whom comparatively, could gain admission to the galleries.
 Within five minutes after the senate con- Vened MT. Allen, of Nebraska introduced a resolution recognizing the independence or the Cuban republic This was followed by resolution proposed by Mir. Rawlins, or Utah, declaring war against the king dom of Spain. Mir. Foraker, of Ohio, then introduced resolution declaring for such intervention in the Cuban war as would ] bring about the independence of the Cu- pans. FolloW1ng this came resolution by l MT. Frye of Maine, demanding that Cuba i be made free.
 l Resolutions followed one another so rapidly as almost to stun both senators and spectators. The galleries were in commotion and the people were prepared for anything.
 This was the condition when the vice. president recognized MT. Mason, of Illinois, for his announced speech on the presidents message transmitting to congress the find fngs of the Maine court of inquiry. MT. Mason delivered his speech with all the vgor and fire of which he Is capable The intensity of the feeling of those present was evidenced by the storm of applause which was eicted by his declaration that he was for war.
 The session closed with the delivery of eulogies upon the late Senator Earle. of South Carolina, one of the most remarka- ble of which was pronounced by MT. Tll- man, longtime political opponent of Gen. Earle.
 Action Must Come
 After introducing his resolution for inter- vention, MT. Foraker said that his resolu- tion had been long delayed He intended, he said, to present it at the opening of the session last December, but he had withheld it at that time because of the tenor of the presidents message. That message, he said gave promise that within a reasonable time definite and decisive action would be taken by the administration so soon as autonomy should be given fair trial A reasonable time seems now to have elapsed. The people of the country realize that all necessary time has been given Spain to bring peace to the stricken island.
 Autonomy, MT. Foraker declared. had absolutely failed but just as its failure was realized the country was confronted with the DeLome incident. Scarcely had the excitement created by this subsided. what has been styled the Maine incident" threw the country into a hurricane Of ex- citement. Since that time, said the sena- tor we have been waiting patiently under restraint for the report of the board of in- uuiry. That report Is now before the com mittee of foreign relations Whatever may be done to the Maine incident" action must come upon the general Cuban ques- ton. MT. Foraker said that he hoped at later day to address the senate upon his resolution.
 MT. Frye, of Maine, said he had not in- tended to offer resolution at this time. but in view of others proposed he would present the one he had prepared. The reso- lutions were all, except MT. Aliens, refer- red to the committee on foreign relations
 At the conclusion of the presentation Of the resolutions, MT. Mason, of Illinois, was recognized for speech on the presidents message of yesterday
 Mason on the Message
 MT. Mason of Illinois, followed the intro- duction of the various resolutions in the senate with vigorous war speech He de- scrlbed vividly the disater to the Maine. He said that if ninety of the victims had been senators sons or sons of senators we would not have been forty days declaring war. Yet the lives of all American citi- zens were sacred alike under our law and are equally entitled to consideration. MT. Mason said the catastrophe should be re- piled to vigorously. He could not speak for others but for himself he was for war. This declaration brought out a vigorous outburst of applause from the galleries.
 Mir Mason declared that there could be no peace so long as European nation owns and butchers Its slaves on this hemi- sphere. He said it was not necessary for the Maine court of inquiry to fix the re- sponsiblity. The law did that. If 1t was a torpedo or mine it was a Spanish tor- pedo or Spanish mine; hence Spain must answer.
 He would oppose any proposition looking to indemnity, as he would oppose making a diplomatic incident of the catastrophe. He would oppose any kind of autonomy or any plan to assit Spain. but his demand was that the Spanish flag should be driven from the western hemisphere Neither did he believe Cuba should be required to pay an indmnity to Spain.
 To War As Our Forefathers
 "We are told" he said, "that we must
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