Show MASON AT IT AGAIN pend demands investigation ot of the th aln senator mason of nit illinois during a debate relative to the explosion of the maine made rin an ardent speech for or congressional investigation of the affair in support of the substitute offered by him for the resolution ou demanding immediate IL naval investigation I 1 understand said lie he that the navy nary department is making an investigation of the disaster but I 1 also understand that congress ham the authority to make an investigation it is ia it a con can gressional ri investigation that people are ar demanding they are fast coming to the conclusion that matters concerning th this im cuban affair including the de da WILLIAM B N MASON lome letter incident and the lose lor of tho the maine of which they ought to know are being concealed from them rah ahe people want to know the facts and they will know them 11 mr air mason alason said he did not desire to reflect upon the motives or honor of 0 anybody but lie suggested that the officials als of the navy department in making the th investigation would be trying their own case and would naturally endeavor to cover up any blame that might attach to them why delay 7 why adopt the spanish custom of putting off until tomorrow what should be done today we had already waited too long we were war told three s ago to wait we bai haa waited till night had followed days day winter had followed summer aum andl and time hod had gone on while the terrible cruelty continued in the meantime spanish diplomats had set at our tables and partaken partaker par taken of our hospitality while we were still waiting and had continued to wait until the ser adries aeries lesof of calamities had bad been crowned by the maine c it with its lt loss los of 2 7 amei lean lives in iia view of these facts he be could never consent to striking out cut the word immediate we want an investigation he said bald and we want it now |