National Republican., 1877-02-15

1890 -
,. M: HOOKER. X Of Miss, presented Join. ss.e.
of,hap pPsIeasoais ri river, en- Mi.slssipp RsorFSS,o
On motion Of Mr. HARRIS, of Va, a resolu.
tion was adopted making It IN order to offer an
P%y sa .Ss
House nH%Topntpg IN The S h saS q
counts. referred.
MT. ORAPo, Of Mass, introduced q bill relating
lumbia, and bill to amend the law in relation TO
negligence in the District. Referred.
resolution instructns the Secretary Of the Treas.
uTy TO report within ten days tho actual amount
Gd coin And gold SIGn and Of sysr coin
together with a detailed statement Of all out.
standing obligations payable on demand in coin,
bonds bearing interest have been issued for the
purchase OF such coin and bullion.
bullion clauses were stricken out, on account Of
certain speculative operations IN the market.
said he would offer It on Monday next and move
to suspend the rules
remove he poss o JSsS no.
q Maryland, formerly surgeon In the U. s.
Mi. wooDwoRTH, OF Ohio, from Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported bill
for the erection ofa public building at Austin,
Mr. FAULKNER, Of W. Va, asked lcave to
report back tho Senate bill to amend the Revised
Of a.
In contravention Of existing provisions Of law.
MIR. HOLMAN objected.
THE FLORIDA REVOLUTIONS.
The House then resumed consideration OF tho
resolutions reported from tho special committee
to invest,gStS "a e The The TlOrids election. ..,
Inc eSmSittss tSsn Tsa ihS ssfirpSS sSa
House, after which the question was taken on
the assCluiSn ut declaring the TdOn olscOrs
TRe House then went into Committee of tho
Whole on the
NAVAL AUTHORIZATION BILL,
Mr.. MILLS, of Texas, In tho chair.
General debate was limited 10 ono hour and
thirty minutes.
The total sum recommended by tho bill is
'MrWTiTrHoRNE, Tenn. obtained tho floor.
| and said he would now address tho House, be-
@ Cfer an amendmont raco@mended M & iSph By Ii. I GSm.
% determine as to the future naval policy Of the
United States. He desired In this connection to
ton the United States navy had cost s5Si,s SD.
S2Iee and . q this f., sum tSoi,sJSS IS hIys been
dred millions had been expended since the close
| Of the late war. And yet the navy is not to-day
in iset. The excellence q ! navy consists in is
power to iniure an enemy, and he asserted now
was was POsso.sed BY either tho Ot TarssS S"e or the the
Brazilian navy in spite of all tho expenditure
since lset, our long list Of naval vessels
sno the tRf bureau Of eonsirucen and nSS repair % has
expended one hundred and. .twenty;hy millions Of
condition today If ali Of our naval vessels had
been given TO the winds and waves at the close Of
and ss r GSd
| who was responsible for the dIsappearancs
Of this large sum Of money, but no only
| vessels were not now in condition to cope with
the navies ofthe world. In view Of tho advances
years, there must be . complete change in the
naval policy Of the country For the purpose Of
Inc = 1 zee
senators, and three other naval oiacors. ~ a.
such 4 commission had built up the French navy
HxRRis of 0T Ma sop sc%
mission, and he believed that tho reason why the
navy va. now in rs iow ebb was because Con.
MT. HALE. Of Me-, said that RSfi he gentleman
from Tennessee had had various plans to re.organ.
Ps ani sPa aae ssss
sent out t9 Investigate a. the navy yards Of ths
81 s Sd ss Ssd
mittee Of tho House eIonerated the Secretary
and declared that they found no cause Of i'm.
on another plan, and that commission. Hedldn't
believe anything would come oft in tho way 1t
commission, It should 5e composed Of men men familiar
with the Navy, and not Of Congressmen who would
be IN The majority: But he desired to protest
eftrayssantiy. Mr. VIII WHITraSssr IT @ % had spoken q
the millions expended, but he did not take into
money went for food and ciOisins and pay. and Of
course % nothing could be shown for X heinsi;ted
p s Navy sS so saS
with the limited means at his command.
Gcng5ss,s h. had .sysr,l years .sS began g
priated very little else than Shas suiiced for the
actual necessities Of the service, the Secretary
would compete with that of Of any county. liz
protested against the practice OF so often decryng
ssSe soSf %s sf sd s:t Sssve that any
Commission. The commission would be taken, he
mountain districts, Just as the Uommlttes on
Naval Affairs was now SO OFTEN constituted
1soaTR that uns. we TsnsSn required wns class
vessels that could attack with force and readily
escape when necessary Mr CoSeEe % said that
cruisers, but Il should not be the policy Of tn,
American Navy; The American Navy would
not not attack merchantmen and avoid tho armed
M: BLouNT, of Ga, explained the provision
considered by sections for amendment.
a. MT H. HALE 9i Ne; moved to inc Increase r the sun
III prsdiGtoa KAT %nsss tSs w was lion $Sn
there would be a heavy deficiency in this Item
pel0ro the close OF the hscal year.
Mr.. BLOUNT, OF Ga, predicted otherwise, ant
said that this was nearly as much money as hat
been appropriated for this purpose by other Con
crosses, and 1t was ample.
Mr. WHITTHORNE, OF Tenn, said he
believed that with an honest administration o.
the navy psy, tho pay could easily bo reduced K
the amount suggested by the committee.
PENDING further consideration, the committee
rose.
Mr.. wALDRON, of Mich, called up the con
ference report on the bill to supply tho dehciencJ
In the printing for the Government office. III,
said that the reduction In the price Of composition
was about twenty per cent.
| The report was agreed to.
AT FIVE minutes Of five the House took q reces
TIL 1880 TO consider the naval appropriation bill
| Evening Session.
| The House reassembled at 1880, and went int
Committee on the Naval Appropriation, bill with
only dozen members present, but more came IL
In 0 few minutes.
The pending questions was the motion of Mr.
HALE to increase the appropriation for the pay o
the navy to seven million dollars.
| In tho course OF the discussion Mr.. KELLEY
Pa, presented. an argument to. show that Il
would be better TO expend money to extend com
merce than to build up an extensive navy thai
1t was OF great importance to deyelope the re
sources OF the country, and In that connection hi
alluded TO the advantages that had flowed
from the Centennial Exhibition, which, he
said, had been called Philadelphia Job, hui
which had been Of benefit to the whole country
which had received donation OF q million nnt
a:half Of dollars through the kindness Of the gen
tleman from Illinois.
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