The Portland daily press., 1884-07-09
(From the New York Tribune,


completeness Of the exposure and its siguifi-
canoe:
(From the New York Tribune)
While the report of the conferees on the Ma
| val appropriation bill was under consideration
| in the House, Mr.. Reed Of Maine by documen-
tary and other evidences proved that S. S. Cox
| had put his own words into the mouth of Ad-
| mlrAl Porter, IN order 10 show that the build
| ing OF the seven new cruisers was not meeting
| ihe approval OF high naval authorities, and
| chief among them the Admiral himself Mr.
| Reed read letter from Admiral Porter, ad-
dressed to Secretary Chandler dated July 3,
| IN winch he denies an toto the remarks attrib-
| ued TO him by the Democratic speakers on the
| floor Of the House and by Democratic newspa-
pers, to the effect that he considered the crnis-
| ers now under construction failure and die
| eountenanced the building of more cruisers of
-ess' y 4f,sIvvutsr@ HTtff- THOSE Hsrg;nx-
| mad asserted formed part of an EXPRESSION IN
| the subject by Admiral Porter himself These
| remarks nave been reprinted in a number of
Dehocfatlc papers, attributed by them to Ad-
mlTal Porter on the authority of Mr. Cox and
| nave Deen repeatedly quoted by Democrats as
an excuse for refusing TO vote for navy.
Mr. Reed amidst silence began to read the
ed in The Record of July 2:
The Admiral says: 81 am nevertheless we'll sat.
isned that 1t would be most unwse to vote "a 600
ooo for the construction of seven steel cruisers
next year until We have some evidence that the
Chlcago, the Boston, the Atlanta and the Dopbin
are Oh me proper type or types to enable naval
oncers to keep alive the knowledge of war" And
he asks: Are these types of ships that are cana
bic squadrons?'' "0
Mr.. Cox dug pit for himself By drawing
stGehtlon In the debate to speech which he
Gehvered on June 3d. and which is printed in
h9 said: i"0
A., will vote for such amendment for the reasons
gave aOundantly yesterday. l said SO yesterday;
i a nd re
me me honor to read my speech, which is printed
carefully in this mornings Record he will see that
STAND Identified in that position now.
After having read these passages Mr.. Raed
took up Ihe record containing the speech Mr.
COX had asked his friends to do him the honor
10 read, and submitted to the House the fol-
lowing, amid much laughter on the ReDubIi-
can side OF the House, and to the discontinue
particular:
am, nevertheless well satisfied that IT won1d ba
most unwise to vote 81 900 900 for the construco
ton OF seven steel cruisers next year until we have
lanta and the Dolphin are of the proper TYNE ar
types 70 enable our naval officers to 'keep alive the
tth a, OF war Are these the types of ships
ca into lnVlncible squadrons?''
Ihese remarks in The Record are not plscad |
between quotation marks they could not even |
% attributed to anybody else except Mr. Coy
t Is imeGiately before making them and in
II nave not sufficient knowledge" etc. etc.
what cllnched the argument made hv NM
Iseed' ana showed the spirit in which Mr.. Coz |
committed this extraordinary piece of business
was the fact that the words tiapd he sanS ); |
meaning thereby the Admiral. precedin@ tba |
last sentence, must have been deliberatel1 and |
knowingly lnterpolated by Mr. Cox in his ra
MARKS OF July 1. 1t was deception, as MT.
m ,as9o showed quite worthy of the opposition,
which the Demo cratic party had offered tn the
construction of the navy. In a facetions us;n
M NJ. heeo compllmented the gentleman from
new YORK upon the assumption of his new ranF
as LORD nigh Admiral of the American navy.
49, o e9 uiscomnture was complete when his
mant oi tratnIulness and the Wilfu deceit of
Whlch ne had been guilty, were proved bv Mr.
he5o' he was unable 10 make reply exceut
Ny having recourse to language most personal
ia character and which by its very grossness
lalleo IN Its purpose completely and only |
served to disgust the more decent element
among his own party associates. Mr., Cox's
VIII was unable to rise above making the |
personal appearance of Mr.. Reed its butt. and
It's height seemed to have been reached when
ne referred to his accucor as "that man from
Malpe. For complete exposure of methods
VI parliamentary warfare practiced by certain
l, this episode in the closing hours of
'n0 0A' AAAth congress was without parallel. |
(From the New York Herald)
There was scene in the House this evening
between Mr.. Reed, of Maine and Mr.. Cox. of
new YORK. Mr.. Cox, in a speech on the navy, |
some days ago, imputed certain strong expires.
stems against the new ships to Admiral Porter.
Mr.. Reed declared to the House that Admiral
Porter never so expressed himself, and read a
letter from the Admiral denying that he had
used the words which Mr.. Cox clearly nut in1o
his modth. Mr.. Reed went on to explain.
what is the fact, that Mr.. Cox had used the
words himself in previous speech and then
IL the second speech imputed them to the Ad-
miral. Mr.. Cox undoubtedly did this inadver.
tently and through carelessness, for to believe
would be to believe that he wilfully
committed fraud and forgery, which nobody
believes of him; bat the facts are as MI. Rss3
stated them; words were quoted by Mr.. Coz
as from Admiral Porter which the Admiral
did not utter, and, as Mr. Cox has leave of the
House to print anything he likes on the mat
ter, be will, no doubt, make the amend to the
Admiral. Meantime it must be said that he
I'D nos do himself credit in his reply to Mr..
Reed this evening, which was weak and blus-
tering, while Mr.. Reed was very strong