Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-11

SIS, COO 00o for hattle .hips aud IS oI 0 eco
fo- cruisers, ba. meant an enlargement Of
tie uavy A sentiment was grsiuslly
reaching over the Country that tie Uailei
States should never increase either armv
OF navv until it becomes involved in cual
var. Of ~hieh there are no probabilities
AeAdoo of New Jersey denied that the
naval question ~as between cruisers and
battle ships. but hetseen b gh ard low free
board vessels He fAvored the low free
board type. He was With Mr.. Peters as
far as his o. Ct concerned . great standing
army. ba. il he believed tbs, any consider
able body of our people OF j-eted the
protection of our c3ast, he reekoned with
out his host.
Cannon Of Illinois feared the shi %
proposed to be built would become obsolete
before completion. He .iieved il . small,
compact. powerful navy, including the best
type of vessels He Vas not sure that
Notifications we're not about as good to pr,
tect the sea coast cites as III. battle ships
Of 1876. Hewitt of New York had advo-
Gated the building of guns rhlch ten years
later the same gentleman admitted were
obsolee.
Ledge of Massschusets said there uld
be no navy with one class of We sells
There must be different ships for different
purposes The ba tie .hip was a monitor
~iih high freebosrd The committee on
naval Affairs de .ided in favor of the high
free board because they believed it nece.
sAry for he completion Of an efficient navy
to be able to defend A Anerican cities and
back up American diplomacy. If the gov
ernmeut built battle ships it reduced the
fighting force of the British navy. Ii we
had navy behind US, the negotiations
which drsgg.d along 90 many years for
settlement Of the sherry q ies,ions. would
have been ended long ago by diplomacy |
1t is acknowledged that our great cities lie |
exaosed to the first foreign snip that comes
along. That gives other nations their only |
force against the United States in diploma
cy. Referring to the Samoan difficulty he
said they were settled by a comparative
wi,hdraSal on the part of Germany. Ger
maay was then under The guidance of the
great Chancellor Who recently resigned.
If it had bet under its present guidance.
passion not reason might have ruled. and
we might have found ourselves plunged
suddenly into naval war He advocated I
A navy because he thought il due to the
people that there should De 4 navy sufiici
~ PAoteSe picseI'c peace huu Cuct |
lsh the honor of the Am merican flag.
Kerr Of Iowa said he Represented a dis
trict in which resided many Quakers who
had sent h'm petition after peuoon request.
lng him to vote against this appropriation
for an Increase of the navy. They knew
this preparation for warfare was in d.Iec
lion of war with foreign countries.
Spinola of New York gave hi, allegiance
TO fo-tl6catlons as against battleships.
Holman of Indiana moved 10 strike out
the paragraph providing for three battle
ships ami leaving in tn. provision for an
armed cruiser. Agreed to.
Peters of kinsss withirew his motion to
strike out the entire clause.
rhe bill was favorsbly reported to the
House but no final action taken, and on
N ltion of Boutelle the House at 1 45 ad-
ourned.