Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-27
Carlisle Takes His Seat in the
Senate.
Debate on the Naval ApprOpri-
atiOns Bill.
The Building of Battle Ships Strenu-
Ously COmbated.
Senator Sherman Wants to Exclude the
Police Gazette from the Mails.
Washington Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

WASHINGTON, May 26.-In the senate,
today, Immediately after the reading of
the journal, the oath of office was ad-
ministered by the vice-president to
Hon. John G.. Carlisle as senator from
Kentucky for the late Senator Beck's
unexpired term.
Sherman presented petitions in favor
of excluding from the mails the Police
Gazette and similar publications.
Plumb introduced bill to provide for
the purchase of silver so be used as law
ful money, prepared by Banker St.John,
OF New York. Referred to the finance
committee.
Plumb offered resolution instructing
the finance committee to prepare and
report in connection with the tariff
bill, a statement showing the duties
levied under the existing law; the duties
as they would be under the house bill to
be reported by the committee; if the
committee should recommend new
duties, or increase the reduction of ex-
isting duties, to state the reasons in
each case for such addition or increase.
Reagan moved to amend the resolu-
ton to require in cases of compound
duties, specific and ad valorem columns
showing the equivalent and ad valorem
amount of the duty where practicable.
Agreed to- and the resolution as amended
passed.
Calrs resolution asking for lnforma-
ton as to the landing of an armed force
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Florida, was modified and agreed to.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the naval appropriation bill. The
pending question was Cockrell's amend
ment to strike out the provision for
three heavily-armed battle ships at
$4,000,000 each. There was lengthy
debate on this, in which Cockrell COM
mented on the recommendations of the
secretary of the navy for the construc-
ton of a large number of vessels.
There was no occasion, said Cockrell,
| for the construction of coast defenses or
to increase the naval establishments 1t
was well for the senate to remember
that the surplus was already gone.
When the legislation of this congress
was finished there would be no surplus,
and the people of the United States
might be very happy if the taxes did
not have to be increased. There was no
necessity for the construction of great
battle ships. The American flag was
perfectly safe in every part of the earth.
The United States could rely on securing
| Justice without any manifestation of
physical or visible force.
| Voorhees, said the American people
no more favored increasing the navy and
having a great standing navy, than they
were in favor of having great standing
army. He had faith in the ability of the
American people to get ready whenever
an emergency arose.
Butler spoke vigorously in opposition
to the amendment, and regretted that it
was not in Lis power to vote for eight
instead of three battle-ships. He hoped
all our difficulties might be settled by
negotiation or arbitration, but so long as
human nature was as it is, it was unsafe
to assume that the United States was in
no danger of collision with foreign
power.
Blair moved to amend the provision
for three battle ships by inserting pro-
viso that it shall not be available until
the government of Great Britain shall
have been requested by the president to
withdraw all her naval forces from
American waters, ana TO QlSmantle ner
naval stations in both South and North
America and in the adjacent islands and
shall have declined or neglected for one
year to do so.
Hawley said the proposition from
nation already disarmed, to get Great
Britain to disarm, was simply ludicrous.
While he was as much in favor OF peace
as anybody, he did not consider that it
was in any way departing from the
teaching of the Holy Scriptures, to be
prepared against violence and gross in
justice. There was some time in the
history of the world, when, for the sake
of manhood and patriotism, for the sake
of God and country, people must fight,
and these were the days that lifted the
people out of their worship of the al
mighty dollar.
Hale spoke of the defenseless condi-
ton of the Pacific coast, and the extern
sive British works and naval stations in
British Columbia, which he visited last
year.
Blair's amendment was rejected, as
was also Cockrells, the latter by a vote
of 33 to 18. The bill was then passed.
Mitchell offered a resolution which was
agreed to, instructing the committee on
pensions to report an amendment to the
pension laws, providing in more lib
eral manner for the widows, minor
children and dependent relatives of de-
ceased soldiers.
Adjourned.