The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-20
The House

AMN House.
The House met In continuation Of yester.
dsy session.
Mr. Holman introduced n Ioint rosolu.
sion, requesting the President 20 open nego.
iiatlons with the French Republic, with
view to negotiating a new convention with
that Government Tor the establishment Of
another French and American Claims Com.
mission, which shall nave ample iurlsdio.
ton TO reopen, examine, and finally deter.
mine all claims which were FLED before the
late commission under tho convention Of
January 10, 1850.
Then the session OF Thursday began.
Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on Eleo.
.ons, submitted report In the Iowa con.
tested election case OF Frederick va. Wilson,
accompanied by "A resolution declaring the
CONTESTANT, Frederick, entitled 20 the seat
Laid over for further action.
fhe confederation OF The River aud Htrb)r
bill was then resumed Ia Committee OF the
Whole
large number OF amendments we're of.
fefed 20 the paragraph relative % tho Mis-,
sleeipp River appropriations, but were sew
orally voted down. The point was raised
that no quorum had voted aud ia accord.
ance with the arrangement With the Appro-
pIiation Committee Mr. Willis moved the
committee rise. Carried.
Speaker Carlisle then took tho chair, aud
the welcome extended him on his return
10 his Official duties was hearty
one. Both sides of the House broke into a
general round OF applause, la which the gal.
leries Joined.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole Mr.. Welborn In the chair on the
Naval Appropriation.
IL
priating so 600 for testing American armor
He hoped the new adminstTation would be
committed 10 the policy OF building up the
navy, and he wanted that navy bullt in this
country, out OF material manufactured In
the United States. No man who had
noticed the unrest in America could b1t
fear that war Was impending which might
shake the commerce aud civilization OF the
world. II such a calamity should fall upon
humanity, this nation should be prepared TO
take her part, II, ia the providence OF Col
che should be drawn into the struggle. tie
was in iayoroi building navy.
The amendment was adopted
Mr.. Cannon made n point OF order
against the paragraph approprlating 500 0J0
for the completion OF the New York. aud
the point being overruled moved TO strike
out the paragraph. To complete this old
ship, which has oeen lying in the stocks tor
nineteen years, was 10 advance backwards
1
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York said this WAS
proposition to complete a wooden ship when
We had thirty for which we had no use, aud
which 10 would be blessing If some coal
barge would sink 70 the bottom OF the
ocean.
Mr.. Thomas ridiculed the proposition that
United States should 20 back twenty years
in order to seek model upon which 20 con.
struct a vessel Of war
Mr.. Cox. OF New York said his file III from
| Illinois Mr.. Th0mas) should not forget that
some wooden ships we're iudispe lsable. rhey
were ecessary-sOmetimes potential Way,
it was a wooden ship that had run down the
Tallapoosa. Laughter.
MP. McAdOO expre7sed the suspic on that
il the New York had been built uodsr "a con.
tract with John Roach the Republic IA party
would not have refused to make ga spDrO.
priation 10 complete it. The geutlene on
the other side had advocated an expenditure
OF half 3 million % o0mpe.e the monitors
and tins New York was o. we'll seasoned
tim Der, and with good guns. was superior to
day 70 any monitor in the yard OF John
Roach
Mr. Randall said the compilation OF the
New York was recOmme nded by the $ &C.
fetary Of the Treasury
when did he become authority - this
side of the House, inquired Ne. Hewitt.
I'D about as soon trust MIN astrast you y
sstorted Mr.. Randall.
Mr. DOrsheimer thought this item should
&c approved and the vessels should be
finished. There was not a single
Europen power which vas not to-day
building wooden vessels for the
naval service. In the contest between
The target and the gun, the gun had come
out victor; Snd he believed the future naval
bsttlss would be fought IN vessels as pene-
trable to shot az those COMMANDED b. the
great naval officers ct the beginning Of the
century. The country would find its de-
tense, not in the thickness Of its ship arm1r,
| but in the hearts Of tue men in the service.
The motion 70 strike out vas lost.
Consideration OF the first section OF the
bill having been concluded, the c3mmittse
rose and the House took 3 recess till 10 to-
/ morrow