The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-20


ton; and II has been followed since, Only m
our own country but ia Great Britain and since thai
time the ehronometrlc method has been
toned. II Is BY uIanguiaion that the work is be
done and really, 80 far from opposing thai method of
carrying the survey by trigononetry, the
time InRoeeni that there had been another mode pro-
posed The system OF triang ulaon, believe, is ae-
kHowedsed BY all 10 be The BEST and IN through
out the world. France has had all her surveyed
this manner Great Britain has been engaged IN thai
manner IL was established The best system by
Mr.. Hass-r. The father oil that system m the United
States Tor ~ parallel between him and has successors
al any time to come he ought moi 10 have the second
place assigned 10 hInl, al any oni al which ibe com
parIson can arse. whether 10 the amount OF work
done, or ior The expenditures, for profound science
\ e rs me iaiher OF tins system OF coast survey There Is
no parallel 10 De him and others, where
he should have the second place assigned to him. for
cause whatsoever. To II surprising 10 have the
parallel run IL surprising that gentlemen should
lake up The subject Tor the paPose OF sustaining one side
OF the COMPARISON
MIR President, II is late The time has come for voting
have undertaken to make the question before the Amer
lean navy and the American people, why they cannot do
this work That question as made, and The answer
IS given upoa tins neutrality-suspicious.. The word shall
home TO the and shall home To the American
people. They 10 say whether not To keep
az establishments the gov ernEen upon personal
Observation-Disclosures we shall keep establ shmeni OF
the government costing 81, 900, by direct ap
propraflon They shall whether we are for per-
sona considerations TO keep up establishment oil this
lions, containing severity eighty vessels. and employ
ing eight or ten thousand men, ard actually without
any thing whatever To do The question made, sir 1t
goes forth; and tey, sir. will have 10 answer Tor them
selves affirm their competence; and say, give them
the chance; and especially alter what has been said
here, demand for them the chance 10 be heard and TO
be tired upon this work They not mere hewers OF
wood and drawers OF water This is the only business
\ TO which they applied; and the oaly argument
against their being employed turns upon this single cues
tlon-ther inconpetency mot their ncompetency
perform the details OF H. but their nconpetency 10
duct it. That IS the objection their employment and
IT turns upon this one point am now ready Tor the
IN Aupar tho Arpar
! people
! MIR PEARCE. Mr. President, | should not have
troubled the Senate with any words, II for
the remarks OF the Senator from Massachusetts, endorsed
by the from Missouri upon the subject OF the
comparison between Mr.. Hasser and Mr.. Bache, 10
the dscredt AMI rsproach OF the former 1 expressly
stated
Mr. DAVIS OF Massachusetts VIII the gentleman
pardon me for nierruptng hlm SAID that did not
suppose there any neaon OF throwing reproach
upon Mr.. Hasser.
/ Mr. PEARCE expressly diseaimed any such inten-
tioa yesterday. | expressly stated tina, Mr. Hassler
having commenced toe operations OF the coast surrey
had all the difficulties in the organization OF
such great work did not desire to deiract from him
IN the least, or 10 make any comparison which would be
anayoTable 10 him There necessity for tse
parlson. There statements male upon this point
which rendered il necessary. There was that said by
the senator fran Missouri which readercd necessary
and comparison had been made elsewhere, which had
got into this body which rendered necessary. Sir,
aade 10 article. published ia journal whose coll
umns are not usually open 10 such cannnes-Huhts
Merchants Magaznean article prompted by the basesi
and meanes of motives, and Astounding falsehoods
This had been brought here and exhibited the Senate
and in the other branch and had for very short perod
influenced TO some extent the Committee OF Ways and
Means IN the House.
That was not all found the senator from Missouri
thought, lnsiiluting the comparison. found here
sr Here is The language. Alter giving the acts OF
Congress upon which this WORK organized after
showing how contracted the sphere OF opeI atlos
originally contemplated, and describing their narrow
limits, he says % That the way IN Mr.. Hassier's
time how IS ii now = Now, SIR understand that to
haa NJ 20 ~-a
Then found the senator reeiiing the expenses found
him setting down great number OF assistants the
great number OF vessels and giving long M OF the aPpr
praions Again, to-day slr, he has called attention TO
the acby OF discrimination and contrast OF course,
for could be for no other Purpose-tha IN MI Hass-
lers time, S95 900 appropriated which never
usel but were refunded Blythe BIZ remark thai not one
OF these subsequent to the year Is25 One OF them
1909, another IN 1911 another in 1872 and The last
IN 1925. AT this time he had control IT. That
was period when he was not at the head OF the coast
survey all In the years 1909 and lsi4. the year
there were Siaooo and IN the other oo0 led back
TO the treasury bni dollar of carried back
the treasury Mr. Hassier's ine when he had any
control over The coast survey. This point which
found the enforcing found SIR, his statement
OF the appropriations from the year 1907 down The last
year. and he remarked upon tie increase as not that
drawing contrast or parallel between the two Aad
not due 10 MIR. Bache 10 show that noty hsand
ns this increase of appropriations, the results proved that
i he not inferior to has predecessor Sir, will not ad
mat that Dit Hasser oi little superior TO
the grandson OF Franklin VINO is our own fellow clZen
He has high claim science MIR Hassler had and
undertook TO show that IL deficiency in his spe
which had called for these larger appropriations
SIR find ihs The appropriations in the later years have
increased, bat II seemed 10 that the senator must
have been mistaken If he supposed the appropriations
under Mr. Blche TO have vastly exceeded those in MIR.
Hasslers time. Will compare the periods OF years |
take for example the lS3S down To lsff, PERIOD
of years Mr. Hasslers tne with five years IN Mr.
Baches time In 1885 the appropriation 30, 900 dol
lars; 1889, 600 dollars; m $780, 100000 dollars
IN lS4i. 10000 dollars 1912 and 1913 the
In 1884, the first year In Mr.. Bache's time, ap-
a 49,. IA lar
amount than appropriated under Mr Hasser, IN the
last years OF his appropriations In 1876, We appro-
prIa.ei Sill 000 lsiT $4,000, beng less than 50
per cent more; and 1885, Si65,oo0 being but IS per
cent than in Mr. Hasslers time. There has been
such extraordinary increase OF expenditure gentle
Instituted and though they might amount to nothing
era yet became necessary for those who knew the
meris Of Mr. bache and the Tor the increase 10
show that although the appropriations bad been increased
Though not TO the extent which rs been Supposed
the results had increased proportion quite equal 10 the
expenditure; and II but Just 10 him and repruach
TO r Hassle 10 also, that the results had increased
IN greater proportion, the tables submitted to the
Senate show to have been the uadeniable fact.
Now, sir, the senator from Missouri says that persona
considerations have been brought 10 bear upon the gues
ton. There be personal considerations, Mr. Presi
dent in such a case this. This expenditure
which calls upon the patriotism and the good OF
every American senator, and appeals to general
sidera;lons, and TO personal Considerations
TOR who would associate personal considerations with
Ike this would be unworthy OF upon this
floor, OF IN the society OF honest men SIR, entertain
no such dee.
The senator asks sWho can compute the PERIOD when
this work VIII be executed AT the present OF going
on, cannot be supposed that il viii be finished for forty
he time has been coYDrel