Show OUSTING SEN MASON the republicans are making an example of senator william E mason for hla declarations against expansion the chicago inter ocean bays he can not be read out of the parly too boon the following Is from a late issue ot that paper william E mason junior united states senator from has been found guilty of treason to the can party by a committee of the alp climb and will out ot that organization at its next regu ar meeting it seems a pity ithac necessity should demand at the hands of the tippecanoe club or any other respectable body of citizens any consideration of the case ot william B mason per ho la not to u second politically lie noth SE nL 6 alle ot basl 1 and ex alce of him la that particular could have been avoided it became necessary that the tippecanoe club should cast him off publicly that there might be no misunderstanding of the terms upon which intercourse with him had been finally and irrevocably terminated in connection with the report ot the committee branding mr mason as a traitor to the party that has befriended him to its own disgrace a recommendation will be made that his immediate resignation of the toe demanded in a published interview the correctness of which he has not questioned mr mason declared it to be Us intention to resign it he found that his course was antagonistic to the policy ot the republican he took pains however to qualify his statement with the provision that he should await the declaration of the najt lonal republican convention on the question of expansion hia threat had the effect of drawing out an expression of republican sentiment which anticipated with certainty the national platform republican leaders republican voters and republican newspapers ev j ery where have assured him in the most positive terms that he need not wait tor a formal declaration of the republican policy of expansion next year as that policy is already known and it Is ait variance with the views he has entertained and expressed during the last eighteen months the demand from all parts of illinois that mr mason wait net upon the order of resigning amt resign at once has become as urgent ns it is unanimous the clamor for his retirement Is universal and must become resistless it he still retains the slightest sense of decency in politics his reply to the tippecanoe clubs notice of expulsion will be accompanied with a copy of his letter ot resignation to the governor |