The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-24
The House.

The House.
WASHINGTON, February 23.-RandalI
reported the sundry civil appropriation
bill. Referred to committee of the
whole. Bland, reserving all points of
order.
Lefevre offered a resolution that Ger
many is discriminating agaipstimported
American products, and instructing
the committee on foreign affairs to in
quire into and report whether the in
terests of the United States do not re-
qulre the adoption of like discrimina-
ton on articles imported from the Ger
mar empire. Referred.
A resolution was agreed to to authorize
the committee on Indian affairs to con-
time during the recess of Congress, the
inVestgation regarding the leases of
Indian lands.
On motion of Hopkins, the Senate
amendment was concurred in to the
House bill prohibiting the Importation
of contract labor.
The States were called for the intro
duction of bills, but very few were
presented, the most important Of these
being one introduced by Perkins to
open up Oklahoma lands to homestead
settlement.
Randall moved that the House 60 into
committee for the further consideration
OF the naval appropriation bill and
though opposed by the supporters ofthe
river and harbor bill, the motion was
carried, yeas 1876, nays 125, and the
House went into committee as in
dicated.
On motion of Payson, the Senate
amendments were concurred in to the
House bill FORGETTING the Texas Pacific
land grants.
Long concluded his speech in support
of the proposition to increase the navy.
He thought he spoke for his side of the
House when he said he was ready to II
gage in tn work of building up the
navy. even if that work took place I'M
der the Democratic administration and
the prestige of restoring the navy to it's
former glory attached to that admins
Hewitt New York;, was ready to
vote $50, 900, 600 for the restoration of
the American navy. 1t was a sum gov
ernmenr;was bound to expend within the
next five years, and he was willing to
pledge to-day that the American Con-
gress had the patriotism to vote the
necessary money.
Cannon, while he wanted an Amer
fcan navy, did not consider the pending
bill presented the proper and orderly
way of securing one. He criticized the
provisions for the creation of Il board
composed in part of civilians, and con-
sequent abolition of the present naval
advisory board. The only result of the
bill would be the building of four ships
of the Lord only knows what. He
wanted q navy, but he did not see any
means of getting it jby the plan pro-
posed, and if it were not that the gentle
men from Pennsylvania and New
York tRandall and Hutchins)
had the reputation of heing candid,
honest men, he should say they wanted
to resort to subterfuge TO prevent the
building OF the navy. He wanted the
Democratic administration to be an
honest one, but such a reckless appro-
priatlon of money as was proposed
would wreck any administration and
debauch any service.
Holman saw no necessity for any
haste in building the navy and thought
Congress should wait until the new
cruisers were completed and the utility
demonstrated.
Townshend expressed his readiness to
respond to the demand of the people for
| rebuilding the American navy, and his
anxiety to see the flag floating above
the navy as formidable as when borne
on the land, but he could not see why
the Democratic party of this House
should become so quickly panic-strieken
and should leap from q conservative
policy, which it had followed
so many years into an OPP
posite extreme. Therefore, he
would move, at the proper time, to
limit the amount for rebuilding the
navy to 100000. He regarded the
proposition as a vote of want of conf.
dence in the ability and integrity of the
future President and Secretary of the
Navy. 1t would result in opening the
doors.of the Treasury to John Roach.
and would, in. effect, subsidize him tC
the full extent of the $150, 900 600 sur
plus which remained in the Treasury.
Hiscock favored building up the
navy, but opposed the plans brought
forward by the committee on appro
p%riations.
Reed said this was an astonishing
proposition, both in matter and man,
ner. 1t indicated and convicted thu
next administration of INCOMPETENCE
before it was born. He ridiculed tn,
composition of the proposed board anC
the duties assigned it. The board wa
to give prizes. First prize-Wha
!, for? For vessels we were goin,
to build. Second prize-What for? Fo
vessels we were not going to build
CLaughter.) This was consistent will
, the life of the Democratic party. 1t wa
always giving chrome for incompetency
Thomas opposed the proposition a
being to build the hulls of four vessel
, at an unlimited cost. 1t was not know
S whether they were to be of wood or iroI
: or of steel, or whether they were to b
frigates, gunboats or rams. There wa
= not a cent given for a gun, or for ma
t chinery, or for rigging. There wa
Y nothing in the proposition but a prov.
e vision for places for a lot of Democrat
Y politicians who are alleged navs
architects.
Keifer opposed the provisions of tn
e bill as they would not give the countr
a navy.
k Randall said an effort had been mad