The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-19

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the ocean wave. il rhe testimony ot ex
perts could De relied upon. II hat
been Condemned upos The ground tina
II had not attained a speed OF hfte'
knots al hour. That was not true. /
| had attained and exceeded that speed
The Hdvis0ry board bal said that /
made over hf cen knots under the mos
dlsadyartAgeous circumstances. Ate
the appointment OF Lieutenant kuzpi
on the board. II went down tu NV
York The vessel made trial -Tip and
the board reported TO the secretary O
the NAVY that the Daipk.H made cvei
fifteen knot. a disp tch from Mr.
Belkuap reporting that th vessel l. q
made d teen aad-a-hzlf knots had
! slumbered ia The departments
itii lat week. Ii bad slum6ered and
II would be far better for the reputation
of hvi.g m-n Il II still slumb.red. IL
had slumbered from May. 1851. dow
to the tine that 5-n itor Hale called for
- in equation relative to the matte.
Sc ;rstaf Whitney had reluc aniiy
uaawu tfrom tae pigeO., mole anu given
II u tue night OF Gay. Its being kept =
secret was espeCisl'y significant as Sec
rekary Whitney. after It's receipt, had
written 10 the Acknowledgement asking
him for his OPT ion on the subject. and
stating il aS a fact that the Dolphin hsd
not made fifteen knots an hour. On
the strength of this statement the
this dispatch. written ia NAV.
1885, had slumbered while the At
torney-General was makin. his
decision, and while fhe wreck or tue
grsndest establishment which had hon.
ored the land had been going on TO the
shame and degradation OF the z yern-
ment. On the 11th of June, 1885,
another trial trip had been made to test
the structural strength of the vessel
and not its speed. Captain Belknsp
had sent a DESPATCH TO the Secretary
reporting the result of the trip and
making no complaint Of the vessel or
unfavOrable comment thereon. The
following day the Secretary tele-
graphed, and this telegram had also
slumbered until called for by Senator
Hale. That test was valueless and
closed with these significant sentences:
Z Has yesterdays trial aided you in de-
termining this mstter7 II not, require
such tests to be made next week
as YOU think necessary. 20 this. uri-
less you prefer to make your report
based on present information" They
did not make their report on their pres
ent Information. Without steaming up
again. on the strength OF these instruc-
tons from the Secretary, they made
their report. condemning the Dolphin
They said she was structurally weak.
They said the engine deck vibrated as
the vessel plunged through rough seas.
while experts maintained it was sign
of strength for these monsters
OF the deep to vibrzte. Each and
every It of Secretary Whitney. from
the time this uncalled-for warfare
had been commenced on Jshn Roach
down 10 the rendition to the Attorney
Generals opinion, had been wi bout
authority of Law or TACT Every act
since that time had been without the
authority of law, If the o. inion of the
Attorney General was law. He (Mr.
Golf would rather spend an eternity
with John Roach under these circum
stances amid the wreck of lifetime
and the destruction of fortune, than an
hour with the young reformer in his
gilded palace at another end OF the
avenue. Applause on the Republican
side). eu -ilt.-s q
Mr.. O'Neil, Of Missouri, submitted an
tons for the navy for sea-coast defense
LO4P-AO cGlNAlI-
Mr.. Sayers, of Texas, defended the
action OF the Secretary OF the Navy In
connection with the Dolphin and
criticised the reports OF the adj
yisory board, the members OF
which, he said, If rightly dealt
with, would be lsboring under an in
dictInent for an attempt TO conuive At
fraud upon the government. When
Secretary Whitney had come into Office,
he found that honest old John Roach,
With the consent Of the elegant advisory
board, and the former secretary OF the
navy. had distracted from the govern
ment IN violation of the terms and
spirit OF the contract, the neat little
sum of $50 600. Score airy Whitney had
entered into an investigation, and his
action and the action Of the board ap-
pointed By him were right, Secretary
Chandler, John Rosch and the Repubh-
can party othe contrary notvithstand-
ing.
amendment TO the clause relative 70
the pay Of the navy. representing S5T6.-
$50 of the surplus on hand 10 the sredit
OF the pay OF the navy. Agreed -. p.
After completing the considerations OF
one-hah OF the bill, the committee rose
and the House took q recess until
O'Clock, the evening session 10 be Tor the
consideration OF pension bills.