The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-02
HOUSE,.

Washington, Randall sub
mitted the report Of the conference
committee on the naval appropria-
ton bill, announcing an inability to
agree. The chief items IF disagree.
ment are the appropriation for new
cruisers and the continuation Of the
work UPON double turretGd mont
tors. Randall said nothing but an
instruction from the House would
cause the conferees to yield on these
two points. (Applauss on the Dem.
ocratic side.) They had not that
confidence in the manner Of the
construction of these cruisers that
warranted the further expenditure
of public money in order to dupli-
cate them; BESIDES, there was not
thrown around these propositions
that safeguard In the expenditure
OF money which the present circum-
stances known to the country war
ranied and which should be thrown
around a department which was
now the subject of investigation.
As he said before, there was nothing
that would induce the present COM
ferees to yield on these two points,
except the direct vote of the House,
and when that was given he trusted
the House would select some other
conferees than him. (Applause on
the Democratic side.) "A
Calkins said the question was
whether the building of q navy
should be delayed another year and
whether after expanding millions of
dollars on monitors the work should
close. The investigation in the
Navy Department had nothing to
do with the cruisers or monitors.
Randall admitted that was so but
asserted that it should have its eff.
feet upon members in approprlating
money for a department where
there had been maledministratio
Calkins moved that the House
recede from its disagreement to the
steel cruisers amendment. Lost,
Yeas 80, nays LAT. The following
Democrats voted with the Repu6, |
licans in the affirmative: Belmont,
Dorsheimer, Finnerty, Morse,
O'Neill { Mo.) and Sumner (Cala } A |
similar motion in regard to the
monitors clause was also lost, yeas
IS, nays 139.
The House further insisted on its |
disagreement, and Crandall, Hol. |
man and Calklns were appointed |
conferees.
The House receded from its dis
agreement to the postoffice appro-
priAtion bill and then went into
committee OF the whole on the for
tiication bill.
Hewitt IN. " preferred the
minority report. He thought the
majority bill unnecessarily liberal
for the wants Of the people. Ellis
advocated the majority bill. He
had heard more errort stated in the
course of this discussion than be
had ever before heard in a deba e.
Many who had spoken had proved
their utter and absolute ignorance
on the subject. The defenseless
condition of the country was con
ceded- Did the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Randsll) deny Ii.
There q but one other thing more
anu tAdt - TUG treasury
of the United States.
Ellis-The Treasury isl amply de.
Tended so long as the gentleman |
from Pennsylvania insists that |
taxation shall not be reduced at one
end that nothing shall tie spent at
the other end. One-fourth of the
entire wealth OF the nation Is abso>
lutely at the mercy of any insight
ficant power that happened to have
an armed vessel. If we would pies
serve peace, let US be prepared for
war. II We would resume the spirit
of the forefsthers let US make every
city by the sea and every ban Dor
which hoated our commerce safe
and secure.
The clerk then proceeded to read
the bill by paragraphs. j