Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-19

He then yielded 70 Mr., Kelly Of Penn.
sylyania, who read the following iatter
written by Mr.. Stanton 70 Rev ri Dver
under date OF Noyemberis &, 1869. in which
Mr. stanton said: nWhen Gen. McClel.
Ian failed TO obey the order OF the presi.
dent TO move against the enemy. given
on october /, | Thought he ought Ia he
removed on the spot. Nearly a month
time enough to have had a victorious
campaign, was lost by the disohedIencs
OF orders. When his creatures, and those
who were the enemies OF the countrv
undertook 10 apologize for his DELAYS ~
the false pretense that he needed supplies
that were withheld from him by the war
department, my duty 10 nv country re-.
CURED the exposure Of the fslsehood and
| demanded report on the subject from
the general-in. chief II was not NV faplt
that he was not removed before the New
York election, sitter his disobedience Of
orders"
Mr.. Wise Of Virginia regretted that the
gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Wheeler)
nau furnished the gentleman from Iowa
MT. Hepburn with an opportunity TO
fgnt over again the issues of 1861 He
only wished to remark TO the gentleman
rom lowe, who had sought many occa.
sions to make fiings at the South, that
brave men and honorable men never
struck PROSTATE foe. He did not kIiow
what part the gentleman took in the
Union army, except as he found It given
In the congressional directory, but one
thing was certain; that gentleman bore
on his body no proof that he had ever led
a desperate charge, and he did not think
from the gentleman's conduct here that Il
was likely he ever would.
Mr.. Henderson Of Iowa: "My col
league may bear no scars, but no soldier
who went from Iowa was more at the
front than he.n
Mr.. Wise: 81 tase his history as writ.
ten by himself, and certainly his biogra
ply was partial" Mr.. Wise then pro.
ceeded TO speak on the bill, and earnestly
impressed upon the minority the pro-
prlety and necessity for rehabilitation
Of the navy.
Mr.. Goff of West Virginia attributed
the present deplorable condition Of the
navy to the idiotlc policy of appropria
tions by congress, and denied that Il was
the result of extTavagsnt expenditures BY
former secretaries Of the navy. He then
went on to critlclse the action OF Secre-
tary Whitney in connection with the Dol
phln. He bitterly assailed the auxiliary
board appointed by the secretary without
authority OF law to report upon the YES
sci. That board consisted OF Capt. Bel
KNAPP, Commander Evans and Mr.. Win
ter. The first named officer had
b, en- an applicant for promotion
and for designation to the naval observa-
tory. He knew that the report was in
tended to be made one way, and unless II
was so made he would get neither promo
ton nor designation TO higher office.
Evans had an undying grudge and hatred
against Secretary Chandler, having been
removed by that officer, Winter was
superintendent OF the Metropolitan Steam
ship company, in which he was deeply
interested and TO which John
Roach was a rival, as he built the ships
of the Mallory line. He was interested
in patents which Roach had repudiatcc
and this was the third man in this i'm
partial band. These were the men who
struck down and ruined thS
grandest artisan OF the day arc
he was convicted on snch testimon!
as this He (Goff) believed thiI
board could not be duplicated anywhere
The Dolphin was as grand ship as ha'
ever danced on the ocean wave, II the ties
timony OF experts could be relied upon
1t had been condemned on the grouni
that IL had not attained the speed of III
teen knots an hour. That was no
true. 1t had attained and exceeded
that speed. The advisory boar
had said that It made over fifteen knot
under the most disadvantageous circum
stances. After the appointment OF M
Belknap on the boardit went down TO NeV
York and made trial trip, and the boar
reported to the secretary OF the navy ina
the Dolphin made over fifteen knots
The dispatch from Mr. Belknap reportin
that the vessel made fifteen ana one-hal
k1 OTIS had slumbered in the department
mill last week. IL would be far bette
for the reputation of living meE II
= still slumbered 1t had slumbered troI
Nav, 1885, down to the time that Senate
Hale called for all Information n
lating 10 the matter. Then SEE
rotary Whitney had reluctant
, drawn 1t from its pigeonhole, sisln
| IL the light of day. It's being kept secr'
was especially significant, as Secretai
c Whitney after It's receipt had written
: the attorney general asking him for n
8 opipion on the subject and stating II
$ fact that the Dolphin bad not made iiitee
G knots an hour. On the strength OF IN
T statement the Encouragement pa
d acted, and this dispatch, Write
s in May, 1885, had slumbered while the q
I torney-general was rendering bis deel
ion and while the wreck OF the grande
If ESTABLISHMENT which had honored u
It land had been going on, to the shame a.
!, degradation of the government, ON u
L lIth Of June, 1855, another trial TRIP ~
d been made to test the structural sWeng
&c OF the vessel and not It's speed. CAP
e Belknap had sent dispatch TO tne Sc
4 retary reporting the result Of the I'm
II makipg no complaint OF the Yessei or y
y favorable comment thereon, The ioilo'
inc day the secretary telegraphed, 81
N thIs telegram had also slumoered IN
called Tor by Senator Hale That lel
lie aratn closes with these Significant Sc
r. { noes HAS yesterdays trial aided you
II Determining this matterf II not reqql
ID such tests 10 he made next week as y
ID think necessary. DO this unless you pi
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