St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-20
OUR GREAT "NAVEE."

! Under Consideration and Discussion in
| the House.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-Speaker Carlisle
took the chair to-day, the first time since his
| illness, and the welcome extended to him
was hearty one. Both sides of the house
and the galleries broke out into generous
applause. The river and harbor bill was con-
unimportant amendments made to it. The
naval appropriation bill was taken up.
| Mr.. Curtin offered an amendment appro-
priating S25,000 for testing American armor
made of American material. He hoped that
| the new administration would be committed
| to policy of building up the navy, and he
wanted that navy built in this country out
of the materials manufactured in the United
States. No man who had noticed the unrest
in Europe could but fear there was war i'm
| pending which might
SHAKE THE COMMERCE
| and trade Of the civilized world. If such
calamity should fall upon humanity, this
| nation should be prepared to take
her part if, in the providence
of God, she should be drawn
| into the struggle. He was in favor of build
| ing navy which would be formidable in
| time of war and respected in time OF peace
| and equal In character and force to the dig
| ity and power Of this great people. The
| amendment was adopted. Mr. Cannon
made point of order against the paragraph
appropriating S400, ZOO for the completion of
the ''New York; and the point being over
ruled he moved to strike out the paragraph
To complete this old ship which had been
| lying in the stocks for nineteen years was to
make an advance backward and authorize
waste of money.
Mr.. Hewitt of New York said that this was
| a proposition to complete q wooden ship
when We had thirty for which we had no use
and which 1t
WOULD BE A BLESSING
If some coal barge would sink to the bottom
| of the ocean. Mr.. Thomas ridiculed the
proposition that the United States should 90
back twenty years in order to seek model
upon which to construct vessel of war
Mr.. Cox of New York, said that his friend
from Illinois (Thomas) should not forget
that some wooden ships were indispensable.
They were necessary, and sometimes poten-
tial. Why! 1t was a wooden ship that hsd
run down the Tallapoosa. (Laughter.)
Mr.. McAdoo expressed suspicion that if
the ''New York; had been built under con-
tract with John Roach, the Republican party
would not have refused TO make an appro-
/ priation TO complete 1t. The gentlemen on
| the other side had advocated the expenditure
of over 50, 100000 to complete monitors,
and this "New York; with its we'll seasone ed
timber and with good guns, was superior to-
day to any monitor in the yard Of John
Roach
Mr.. Randall said that the completion of
the New York" was recommended by the
secretary of the navy.
"When did he become an authority to this
side of the housei'' inquired Hewitt.
''I'd about as soon trust him as trust you,'
retorted Randall.
Mr.. Dorsheimer thought that this item
should be approved and the vessel should be
finished. There was not single
EUROPEAN POWER,
which was not to-day building wooden vessels
for naval service. In the contest between
the target and gun the gun haG come out
victor; and he believed that future naval
battles would be fought in vessels as pene-
trable to shot as any of those commanded
by the great naval officers at the beginnin
OF the century. The country would find its
defense not in the thickness of It's ship armor
but In the hearts Of the men in the service.
The motion to strike out was lost. Consider
alton of the first section of the bill having
been concluded the committee rose, and the
house took a recess until 10 O'Clock to-mor-
row.