The Portland daily press., 1890-08-06
HIS SHADOW GREW LESS.
Cummings Looked Very Small when
BouteIle Stopped Talking.

WASHINGTON, August 5.-In the House
today, Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio, from the COM
mittee on rules reported, as substitute for
Mr.. Cummings resolution, a resolution
asking the Secretary of the Navy for the
reasons for the increase of the force at the
Kittery Navy York.
Mr.. Cummings of New York said the offic--
ial order incr reasing the force of the KitteIy
Navy Yard looked as though the design was
to use executive power for partisan purpos-
es. He charged that the Kittery yard was
used for political purposes and quoted fig
ures to show that previous to elections the
list of employees was much larger than a
month or two afterwards. The majority of
the men employed came from Maine, the
state Of Thomas Brackett Reed. He quoted
at length from the testimony taken by the
Whitthorne committee in 1876 to show
that the policy of the Republican party had
been to use the navy yard to expedite polit-
ical ends. This policy was worse than the
shotgun policy. he commented on the fact
that certain shops of the Kittery Navy Yard
burned in January, and the chairman Of
the committee on naval affairs Mr.. Bout
ellel provided the money for their repair in
the ma al appropriation Dfli. NO CUtftc1uUu
and in support of the contention, quoted
from the remarks made by Senators Allison
and Hiscock, that it was not in the interest
Of good government or economy of
the navy to construct these
shops. DESPITE the remarks Of
these two eminent Republican Senate
increase of force at the Kittery yard to re-
construct the shops and repair the Lancas-
ter and Mononghahela.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine said he felt like
making an apology for answering the re-
markable demonstration made by the gentle
from Nav York The OQnflpmaO m
his search for sensation, had worked him
self to high pitch Of excitement over the
fact that the Secretary Of the Navy really
possessed the hardiho0d to obey the manda-
tory instructions OF the Congress Of the
United States.
Mr.. Cummings inquired when the Secreta-
ry of the Navy was directed TO repair the
Lancaster and the Monongahela.
Mr.. Boutelle replied to the question, and
showed that the gentleman Mr.. Cummingsl
was entirely ignorant of the matter of which
he spoke The gentleman wanted to know
what prOpriety there was in completing the
water supply for the Kittery yard. The re-
port Of the chief of the bureau of yards and
docks would enlighten the gentleman. The
destruction OF the large buildings in Janu-
ary last would emphasize the necessity for
completing thu water supply. The
gentleman had complained about
the appropriation for the reconstruction of
these shops. In ascriDing to him Mr.. Bou-
tellel the credit of putting the appropria-
tion in the naval appropriation bill, the gen.
tleman did him too much honor The COM
mittee on naval affairs had unanimously
recommended the appropriation made by
both branches of Congress and it had be-
come the duty of the Secretary of the Navy
to proceed at once to the execution of the
duty imposed upon him. Republican ap-
plause.l The gentleman asked what author
ity there was for the repair of the Lancaster,
and there again his journalistic friend from
NpW York 0Vprl0nEpH the nlajn and cnaai6a
appropriation. The naval bill carried an ap-
preparation for the repair of q vessel to be
used as gunnery training ship. That vessel
was the Lancaster. detailed for that purpose
long before the passage Of the bill. All that
the gentleman said about the
condition of the Lancaster fifteen
years ago went for nothing. The vessel was
not being repaired to become modern man.
0f-war, but gunnery training ship. The
Monongahela seemed to be troubling the gen.
tlemen.
Mr.: Cummings assure the gentleman
the Monongahela does not trouble me-"
Laughter.]
Mr. Boutelle--'I am sorry it troubles some
OF your friends" Laughter
Relative to the Monongahela, Mr. Boutelle
stated that the Kttery yard was specially
devoted to the repair.of the wooden vessels
of the government. This vessel could be
better repaired at this yard than anywhere
else. He was inclined to think the offering
of Mr.. Cummings resolution was founded
on chronological error in regard to the poll
tics Of the country. In the remarks made
and the newspaper comments there was a
strong implication that somebody had the
idea that in Maine and New Hampshire there
was purpose to practice the colonization
method. he suggested to the gentleman from
New YORK that, though elections were gen.
esally held Ia November, the Con-
gressional election in Maine was held
in September, so If there were 10000 men.
whether clad in buckram or not transported
to the Kittery yard under the certificate of
could vote for Thomas b. Reed, Thomas
Braekett Reed, or the representative from
New Hampshire. Applause on the ReDub-
llcan side The gentleman from New York
was not the first Democrat who had run his
head against the Cons titutioni. of Maine In
the attempt to execute a political maneuyre
The whole executive government OF Maine
had butted against the Constitution Oh
Maine, and made but poor work OF It. Inc
Constitution of Maine provided that every every
| voter should have legal residence Oh tnIee
months at the place in which he was 70 vote, yn',,
| From the vehemence OF the gentleman lIoui Cti
New York in deDunciation OF TINS lsaioaos lsinaosa
callyl outrage, he wouldd SupniTae time
sne5 sRe6 tbnss inns bSd %aS ever Ipe occurred ne
proceeded TO read [amid the appiadi11e pi1er orr or.
laughter of his party colleagues SUNNI
ders issued under the Cleveiahu ,tjon
tiOn, He also attacked tnht 49, 4ui. SnIlSa.-
for T its action ia dischargng Union soldiers sin
from the Norfolk Navy 9ard ana nitanr a1ng
ser places with eSG0Rf6Soeftok W6o took the oat6
~ wv saiieganee Iho on the 18th Of the month and
Teceiyed re civ his appointment on the 10th.
Referring to the resolution under consider
alton Mr.. Boutelle said ne had no doubt the
Secretary would make full answer. The
Gentleman from New York did him too
much honor in ascribing to him the exact
words of newspaper interview.
The gentleman with whom he
had the conversation would
bear him out IN the statement that the
whole tenor of his remarks was that the
resolution offered by Mr.. Cummings was so
silly that the answer of the Secretary of the
Navy would be conclusive to every sensible