New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-06
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o,,,c NAYS OF THE SESSION.
The ODoS 1e''-sops prsY IN THE HOUSE OF REP
REsENTATIVEs-lhh ~
,Y pAvKRUPrcY BILL oa ,os-
I"' ,ao,;op of the House was engaged yes,
In in With the Naval Appropriation OH, "ma
teiu9 oxtended debate on the proposition'
thei' u now cruisers and finish the moni.ois.
TO ouu' 8. Hewitt, Whitthorne ana otno'
Mes'is' .s opnoscd the bill and censuieu MI
Dn".Or,s D',~o, conduct of the Navy D.P'', W pnorts
n. polmopt spoke slightlngiy OF MI IL War.
MI i..ocked Mr. Blaine. The hiVer anu
anu an was reported to the Senate ''ie ai"0 ~,
%. ,Osad o TO he appropriated eACeeo,ne oo1 ooo
aurt of the House bill by about @z'1Vp w. tho
%nO "ino Rankruptcy bill was pos'poneo " '"N
Senate until December.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION pnnn uorsr
v,,nrHER INTERESTING DlsCuss'oN -,
rpoy CERTAIN OF IT'S PRoNiSIoN''
,,v rv1vGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE 1,,oo
ID I'll I,I,, The debate in the HOUSE
NAshi,Vi0,, eoos;tions TO begin the building Vi
tou'S y" ~. COZ tbo Navy and TO resume WoiN VII
ue" os,'aJ roopitors was uncxpecteuN '"iio
@ .ne =, rol broad illusions by Messrs AoI"i
w whi,,borne and o1her Democrats shoWo"
iI oou.es Of their opposition to the Dill W ",
c., q belief that Mr. Robeson's administrator "
.he Navy Department was open TO Suspicion "i,e
oons,,,e and. second, an utter lack OF eoniuon0o "
.nv Navy bill prepared and advocated by nli9' 'no
onnos,ion was yelled IN such decorum Oh iansu"so
hat nothing Sensational occurred.
IT, Gas a slight symptom of an outbreak when'
A., o,,rse of some remarks. Abram s. Hewitt oo-
.orved that an amendment offered by HIM was ue-
st.nod to nreyent the Treasury from beng pun
derod in tbe future as it had been III the past
administration of the Navy Department. inns re,
mark MFR. Robeson bitterly resented ana cio'eu
what he had TO say in reply with the declaration
tb.t Mr.. Hewitt had brought accusations Whlcn
were utterly without foundation; ana that IL uu
mot become the gentleman from New lolA' WIN
t,ooiors pretences of superior honor and virtue. 10
bring IN baseless accusations against men "Hc91
renutations stood as well as his own. MIR. hewitt
appeared about to make sharp retoi'' pu' no
Thought better of it and sat down.
. perry Belmont thought he saw an opportu-
nitv to drag Shpherd and the Peruvian Com
.onv into the discussion, and he spoke for
short ten minutes c0ndescending to say that Mr'
rorts was n pretty inefficient Secretary OF state,
49,. NOT so dangerous as his successor who hau
nombled ayav the influence of the United States IN
soD,b America so that hundred lron-clads could
oot have nreyented the dismemberment OF Feru
Az a sneaker MIR. Belmont does not shine, and dur
,.Lo oich+ or ten minutes that he occupied the
a. not a half y dozen members listened. He OBJ
,orad leave 70 print the bulk of his speech, which
bod been written out He had apparently furnished
an abstract to some of the newspapers. me Ere""9
Star uublishes what purports TO be Synopsis,
which will probably be telegraphed over the coun-
trv. If contains many things which MIR. Belmont
was not heard 10 utter allude to during the SNORT
time he was on his feet
Mr. Springer assisted by copy OF New ork
paper, made a feeby violent attack upon the char-
aoter of one of the most reputable business firms
IN tbe countrv-Cramp g. Sons, of Philadelphia
and 10 brought down upon his devoted head the
righteous indignation of Judge Kelley, who soon
showed what particularly empty mares nest was
this last discovery Of the alert Illinois statesman
Mr. Springer managed, in the course OF the alter
uoon by his impertnent and persistent Interrupt
tons of Mr. Robinson, of Massachusetts, TO provoke
cutting rebuke from that usually qulet and always
courteous gentleman and also to draw down upon
himself the keen sarcasm of Mr.. Reed, OF Maine
As usual, therefore, Mr.. Springer Afforded mosI W oI
the amusement-and he, as usual, appedlcu "
30 material changes were made in the bill to-day, ~
and such adopted were proposed eitted oS &
the Appropriations Committee or the NonliuVoo VI
Naval Affairs. final vote on the pli anu m W
ments will be taken tomorrow, ana tney VIII ne
majority. Ii is understood that after the amend
mcnt are disposed Of and before nai ro1I woe is is
The attacks of Messrs. WhtthoTne and Abram ;.
Hewitt ana in defence of his administration OF the
NAVY Department. During the discussion OF the
pending bill MIR. Robson has =, shown i
Wonderful familiarity with the Navy. and
with the details of naval administration
and organization and lie has succeeded ID carrying
through the ordeal of the COMMITTEE OF the W nole
with unexpected success a bill which not only pro
yides for the beginning of new vessels OF war Tor
the Navy, and for the resumption OF work upon the
monitors. which has been suspended since the day
after he left the Navy Department, III March, 1877,
but contains much important new legislation
making radical changes III the organization ana ad-
ninistTatiou of the Navy In this discussion both
Mr.. Robson and his bill have been on trial, and
thus far both have won substantial victory, and
not altoget her NV a Marty vote either