The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-25
TIE HOUSE.
Rejection of the senate's Proposal for Re
building the Navy.

Rejection of the senate's Proposal for Re
building the Navy.
WASHINGTON, April 24-The Senate bill for
the relief of 2. G. Schwatka was passed.
A joint resolution was passed authorizing the
Secretary of War to lease to the Board of Fish
/ Commissioners of Michigan a certain strip of
I land adjacent to the Saulte Ste Marie canal.
| the following reports were submitted:
| By Mr.. Tucker, from the committee on iu-
dietary: TO define and punish counterfeiting
notes. bonds or other securities of foreign gov
ernments. Placed on the House calendar
Mr.. Tucker also reported adversely, bill to
compel residents of one State to attend as wit
nesses in courts in another State. Laid on the
table.
I Mr.. Maybury from the same committee, made
| an adverse report on the woman's suffrage con
/ stitutional amendment. Mr.. Reed presented ami-
| nority report, and both were placed on the House
calendar
| By Mr. Seymour, from the committee on com
merce To authorize the erection of bridges
across the Mississippi river at Rock Island and
the Falls of St Anthony. and across the Mis-
| souri, in Douglass county, NeNraska Placed on
I the calendar
/ By Nj Glasscock, from the same committee
+ Establishing Tacoma and Seattle, w T., as ports
/ of delivery. Referred to committee of the
whole.
| BY Mr.. Lamb. from the committee on foreign
affairs: Authorizing the President to enforce the
I claim of J. E. Wheelock against the Venezuelan
government. Placed on House calendar
By Mr.. Hill. from the SAME committee;
Authorizing the President to appoint COM
mission to attend the international prison CON
I gress. Referred to committee of the whole.
BY Mr. Alexander, from the committee on
Territories: To reOrganize the Legislature of
Utah Territory. Placed on the House calendar
The House then went into committee of the
in, ri
/ ton of the Senate amendments to, the naval APP
I preparation bill.
No opposition to the recommendation of non
/ concurrence was made until the amendment ap-
I propriating $500, COO to complete the ordnance
outfit of the new cruisers was reached, when Mr..
! Blackburn moved concurrence. He would vote,
/ he said, for Inconvenience III all the Senate
amendments except this one. This amendment
had been put on in the Senate motion of a,
| Senator from his own State. The government
had begun the construction of four vessels cost
I ing So 060 Co., and the amendment simply pro-
T posed to provide an armament to put on these
7 ships He had not voted for the construction of
those vessels. He had not favored it; but, with
So, 600 600 invested already he was not willing to
go before the country refusing to appropriate
I 800 900 to make these ships efficient.
I Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, supported the
motion.
Mr.. Blount trusted the majority would not strike
this unusual blow at the committee on appropria-
tions. Notwithstanding taunts that had
come from the other side IN regard to the matter
of expenditure, the country, from one end to the
other, was as willing to trust the distinguished
gentleman now in charge of the matter as any
other man IN the country.
Mr.. Blackburns motion was agreed to-114 to
90, and Mr.. Randall gave notice that he would
demand the yeas and nays in the House.
Mr.. ONeill, of Pennsylvania, moved to concur
in the amendment for additional cruisers, with
an amendment providing that at least three of
the vessels be constructed in United States
navy yards. He criticised the action of the
Secretary of the Navy in closing the League
Island navy yard on the recommendation Of the
commission, which had dared 10 report it would
cost So, 000 900 to complete the yard.
Mr.. Gibson expressed his willingness to vote
Justly and fairly in appropriating the money of
the people, that they might have navy to pro
tect their interests on the high seas.
Mr.. Bandit you had navy what would you
do with It'll
Put il on the seas, " replied Mr. Gibson.
And let it rot" suggested Mr.. Bland.
''Oh, we may have an excursion" interrupted
Mr. Henley
Mr.. Gibson-I have no argument to use
against the building of navy, except that it
might interfere with the election of some gen
tleman in congressional district who has
said the country does not need navy.
Mr. Bland-What would you do with a navy
to day if you had it,
Mr.. Gibson--We would give our business men
confidence to go out into the world and establish
trade, and with a navy we would unlock the
labor of this country, and the men engaged IN
bulling and bearing the markets would not be
able to do so. We have no trade, and, if we fol
low your lead, we never will have trade 1t is
because I desire to see American commerce re
vived because ! desire to see our interests have