Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-24

the pride OF the country, and when no pan.
quet was complete without toast in honor
OF the army and navy. There was
no such navy to-day, and the Iro-
quois Club and Free Trade Club met and
banqueted without commemorating either
OF our great national defenses. This indica-
ted decay among political men Of that san.
timent OF national honor, which underlays
the national glory and national prosperity.
The arm OF the Executive OF the Govern.
ment was paraly zed by the consciousness
that il could not back its positions with
that degree Of physical force which every
nation recognized as necessary addition
10 moral force. He pictured the dangers
threatening any nation which had not
strength to defend itself from humiliation.
Foreign influence under the protection Of
foreign governments bad already seized
one great inter oceanic passage between the
Pacific and Atlsntic, which had been the
occasion Of an intellectual contest and
struggle between this country and a foreign
government for fifty years. The great
water route by way OF Nicaragua which had
b en- neglected fer two years would
Soon Pass From Oar Control
and become the property Of an alien gov.
eminent unless the United States xaspre.
pared TO defend with the right hand OF
physical power its superior right to coz.
troll that great route. Wherever he looked
he saw tho progress OF measures directly
hostile to our interests and directly in the
teeth ofthe policy that every government Of
this county has asserted. II he did not
mistake the TEN per OF this House IL would
declare war rather than see The Nicaragua
route pass out Of the control of this gov
arnna0f He aynraoead bie adnirsti0n At
the action of the Democrat Senator's voting
in the appropriation for new vessels and
for proper ordnance, and he hoped
that in this House record might at the
proper time be SHOWN. When il came to
The question of national honor and safety
there was no division, and he appealed 10
his friends from the South 10 help restore
the old sentiment of honor and admiration
for the navy. which could not be restored
until the fisg was put stiost upon the sea
The country was ready to defend it with its
blood. He wanted the new vessels 70 be
furnished with guns ami the country to be
exempt from that danger OF humiliation
which was ever present to every nation
which was not prepared by blood and
ply sicsl means TO defend it's honor.
Mr.. Randall In Reply
said no one ON the Democratic side, no one
who sympathized with that party, was re-
sporsib for the paralysis Of the navy, or
was guilty OF neglect; that the particular
Senate amendments to the navy bill in.
creased the appropriations over six million
and half dollars. OF this, two millions
was for monitors and two million and i've
hundred thousand TO- steel cruisers. That
amendment was substantially the bill on
the Speakers table.
Mr. CsIkins a memb.r of the Com mittee
on Appropriations, seid il had been deter.
mined by that committee to concur in all
amendments and let them 90 to the confer.
ence committee: not for the reason that
the minority was not in favor OF most OF
the amendments, but for the purpose OF
facilitating, II possible, the passage OF the
bill.
The committee rose, and pending the
vote on the limitation vote when the
House should sgain 60 into Committee Of
the Whole, the House took recess.