The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-24

not to expedite tho appropriation bills and
ssonre early adjourn ment.
Townihef q. from tho same committee,
rpor,sd back the postoiiice appropriation
bill, with senate amendments and moved
non concurrence la thois amendmsnts
o. tha point Of order raised by Kauon
this bill snd amendments w.ro nlto re-
fcrrsd 10 the oommittee % tho whole.
Cxlkias requested kssson TO withdraw
tho poiEt Of order which cont the naval
appropriation bill with tina senate smend'
nlents TO she committee Of the whole. but
Kssson dsolinsd.
A. no Satisfactory agreement oould DO
arrived n - 10 tho tins 10 be allowed Tor
debate, the house tnsn went into q com.
m it'se Of the whole on that bill.
Randall said thu senate had added twen'
BY impsrtspt amendments increasing Tho
appropriation 20 the extent or s6,62S 0s),
and QUE amendment which reduce tnem
5000.
Kasson said tho main importance OF tho
sme n monts was not In the amount OF
mopsv appropriated but In the objsc: OF
tho appropriations IL wse proposed 10 se-
cure arm sment for the new vessels nov In
process OF com pletion ard proosod with the
construction Of rev ornissrs.
lie expressed his admiration o. the action
ofdsmocrstlo senator 10 voting an sppro'
priatlon for tho new v,sisls sud for proper
ordnance, and he hoped that In
this honss thu record might a.
the proper time show whom H.
came to q question OF national honor and
safety, th're was no division, and be np'
psalsd to his friends iron thu south 10 help
restore the old sentiment Of honor
and admiration for tho navy, that
the Dag vas put sao,t on the seao and
the country was resdy 10 defend IL with IT.
blood. He wanted the new vessels TO b. iurn.
lshed with guns and the country be exemp,
from that danger of humlistion which vss
ever present to every nation, which WAS not
prepared by oiood aud physical means TO
defand its houor.
Randall In reply, said no ore IN ihe
smocrAtc side and no one who symps.
thiSod with the party wan Responsible for
the paralysis OF the navy nor
ga, guilty OF neglect OF th.
particular. The eenst. amendments G.
the navel bill Increased the approximation
over $1,000 go. OF tnis, 5000 600 was far
monitors and $4,000 Tor s'esl cruiserl;
that amend mrnt vss substantially in tho
bill on the spsGkor'a table. He suggested
that wisdom dictated that the houie
should not enter upon building moie oruis-
ers on this bill. whom ,hsrs WAS "A bill GA
the same sutjsct pending ia the naval
committee. Waving consideration
would be complete success smother
ITEM of increase in the appropriation wes
$3.50 900 for ordinance. When opportunity
u1sred and timo permitted. he was willing
10 ditcusr that su o act very fully, whether
tho navy department was ths proper ds-
partmsnt 10 be entrusted with tnst
amourt OF money.
Dorsheimer having been granted I'VE
minutes by Ran Jail. expressed ths opinion
that the house should withdraw from the
untensble position IN shich it had been
was wise party policy TO
Withdraw from that position, but because
the plainest dictates OF patriotism demand.
ed 1t. Wns there anybody here
stand ia this country WHICH opposed
the rehabilitation Of the navyr He
was not asking for great navy. for such
navy as France, or England or Germany
had, but he would ike to zee navy eausl
to that Of Portugal or Den
mark. He would like to- see
tina. The great elite. OF the ssabosrd were
powers Of the world. The house should 10
on and order additional vessels, and 1t II
did not 1t would meet with severe
/ rye. 1t had been said that
congress must wsit until It say whether
tnD -FOUR 6b1p5 IN course OF construction
we're goodf Had 1t come 10 thi.?
Had Americans. at ono time
disputing the possession of ths sea
with tho most powerful nations of the
world CONS to this, that they must wait %
see whether one ship hosted befora they
bn'lt another. [Applsuso on the republi-
can side l--.-I I'D DOR. f....-......
At tnis point the gavel fell and Randall
rose to reply.
n,-.bolrs,- ,pforru,tod h;n, 10 $40 tha
gentlemen had promised 10 yield TO him
tftscn minutes.
Randall denied having made any sgree-
ment. An, angry Colloquy ensued be-
tween Randall and Dorsheimer, during
which they fatty contrsdicted each other
and amid great confusion the committee
arose.
Pending vote on the limitation of debate
when the house should again go into COM
mittoe Of the whole. the house took rece,n
until 3 o'clock, the evening session bsiug
Tor debate on the tariff bill.