Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-25

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man to make appeals in behalf of his
pay of the navy should have come out OF
' such an enormous appropriation.
Mr.. Witthorne offered as a substitute a
provision for the construction by contract
under the supervision of a board and
three officers of steel steam frigate of
$500 tons displacement and steel steam
substitute details deliberately the duties of
the board, and provides that
no money shall be paid until the vessels
shall be accepted by the board.
Many motions were made and rejected,
and finally the monitor clause was agreed
to in the following form: That the money
be applied by the secretary of the navy
uuder the appropriate bureaus, for COM
pleting in accordance with the recon-
mendations of the naval advisory board,
the engines and machinery of double
turreted iron clad. which said board may
advise to be first completed in the govern
ment navy yards, under the direction of
the navy department, by the officers and
employees of the government, and not by
contractors, provided he can do work
of the same quality in the
navy yards as cheaply and thoroughly, and
with as much advantage to the govern
ment, and provided, if he shall not decide
to do this work in the navy yards of the
United States ne shall then invite propo-
sails from all American ship-buildefs whose
ship-yards are fully equipped for repair
ing or building iron or steel ships and
from constructors of engines, boilers and
machinery, and shall build the same by
l L L. Il
may think best for the interests of the
government, $450,000. But the execution of
no new contract shall be entered upon for
the completion of either of these vessels till
the terms thereof shall be approved by the
advisory board, who shall approve only
such contracts as may be to the best advan-
tage tof the government and fair and rea-
sonable according to the lowest market
price for similar work, from responsible
bidders, and at total cost not to exceed
the amounts estimated by the advisory
board in its full report required by act of
congress August 5, 1882; and the secretary
of the navy shall take possession of the
double turreted iron clads, and
if he thinks best remove the same to
the government navy yards, and he shall
ascertain the amounts which ought to be
paid to the contractors severally for the
use and occupation of their yards with said
ships and for the care thereof, and report
the same to congress, with all the facts in
connection Herewith.
Mr.. Harris, of Massachusetts,, under d.
rection of the naval committee, offer ed an
amendment in the shape of subs titute,
appropriating S2,300,000 for steel cruiser
of not less than 5000 or more than 5000
tons displacement; 81 1852, 900 for one of
not less than 1000 tons
displacement; $2,587,500 for three of not
less than $500 tons displacement; $4,000
for dispatch boat having an average
speed of not less than fifteen knots per
hour; $4,000 for torpedo boat not less
than one 100 feet long; 81, 900 for
the manufacture Of guns for the armament
of those vessels.
Mr.. Harris, in advocating the amend
ment,said on the subject of building navy,
bis committee ives not divided by party
lines, and the gentlemen representing both
parties had pledged themselves to the con-
sideration of the stern demands Of the
country and fixed $1,SOO,O00 as the maxi
mum cost of the frigate and s. 100000 as
maximum cost of the corvette.
Mr.. Holman, of INDIANA, Of |
fered an amendment to the |
original text so far as to pro-
vide that the new cruisers shall be built by |
contract with the lowest and best respon- |
sible bidder, made after sixty days adver- |
tisment in five leading papers of the |
United States, inviting proposals for con-
STRUGGLING said vessels subject to rules, reg
ulations and provisions as to bonds and |
security for the due completion of the |
work as the secretary of the navy may
prescribe, and no such vessel shall be |
accepted unless completed in strict con-
formity with the contract. Adopted.
Messrs. Harris and Whitthorne's propo-
sitions were lost.
On motion of Mr.. Robson, the requisite |
number of tons displacement for the larg |
est cruiser was increased from 1000 to |
1900.
The clause appropriating $4,000 for
testing the practicability of defective ar
NOR having been reached, it was amended,
on motion of Mr.. Harris, so as to apply
only to defective turrets designed by
Passed Assistant Engineer N. B. Clark.
Mr.. Thomas, of Illinois, as an additional
section, offered an amendment, providing
that any person in the pay corps of the
navy who shall receive any present or gra-
tuity of any kind or valuewhateverb by reason
of any purchase or payment made by him
on account of the naval service shall be
dismissed the service, imprisoned for a
term not less than one or more than ten
years, and fined not less than $1,000 or
more than $4,000. Adopted.
The committee rose, reported the bill
and the previous question was ordered on
the bill and amendments. The amend
ments were adopted in bulk, except that
providing that the chiefs of bureaus shall
receive no additional pay and that relat-
ing to the appropriation for torpedos.