Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-27

bring II aboutf The Senator 10 facin,
toward the dark ages. or towards the Re
motef ages of antiquity"
Hale-''lt does net become Q great na
ton like ours to remain cefepeeles Ii il
only . temptation to every great power"
Higsins-"lf the Senator from Nev
Hampshire is serious in his propositions
does he not 'hink that the best place fol
the country 70 begin in its career Of peace
IL to dsmantle our navy yafdsf"
Bisir--I have not proposed that the
United States shall 60 down in the dirt OF
that the navy vard At Portsmouth shall BE-
dismantled. Laughter l have simply
proposed that We ask Great Britain to take
her hands eff to vaca,e Puge, Sou I'd; 70
start herself from Halifax; to leave the
Bermudas; to quit Jamaica; to let the
United States and North and South Ameri-
ca sloue. II she will not do it We shall
build navy. Blu, she will do it.
I Ha~ley said when his good friend from
/ New Hampshire fret offered his amend
ment he had thoug ht il fine piece of cit !;
nov he vac very much afraid the Senator
vas in earnest. He (HAwlss) was ~ much
( in favor of peace as any body. A PROPOSE
iion from q nation already disarmed to
| Great Britain to disarm was simply ludi
crous. The policy of t,e United States had
been from the beginning in the general
| direction Of industry and peace there 10 Bo
finer chapter in all history Illustrative of
! that policy than the great Geneva arbitra.
tioa. Nor did he (Hswley) conceive b..
was in any way departing from he teaching
10 the Holy Scripture in being in favor Of
being prepared against violence and gross
il justice
s. Evidently some time in the history Of the
world when in very shame. and for the sake
Of manhood, decency, patriotism, God, and
country. people must fight. These we're
days that lifted people out of their sensu-
alily. ard cut Of their worship of the
almighty dollar Was ever, body sure tha,
their was no danger that the Nicaragus
Canal Co., you'd not fail and the Unite d
States Cove rnmeGt nigh, have to take up
the Work and complste itr But government
could not do 80 Iow. A few ships stationed
At either end of the line would prevent it,
Hale appealed TO the Senate TO vote.
The only fsui, 10 be found with the bill"
he So d, WAS that il did not provide for
eight battle chips instead Of three. If the
time should came. and that suiiealy Shen
cut of clear sky and unforeseen BY hu.
hsh hih, thf u hEttN SHOuiu DttGtEt IN
volved in war there would be needed not
gunbOats but war ships. II WAS not honl-
bardment alone that was % be feared but
blockade along The coast, destroying the
business Of the country. The men who
opposed the measure to put the nation in
condition TO assert itself and be able to
break up such a blockade by respectable
force of hattie ships, would then call up
on the rocks and mountains to hide the IN
from the indignation of the Anne ricsn peo-
pie. He did not know that there would be
war, but he had noticed the current wants
and had read dispatch from Ottawa the
other day, giving views of Senator Me-
Donald as regard to Canadian seslers !
in Behring Sea, defending their
property from the American cutters. |
Noticed by newspaper item that the Brit
ish admiralty had wi'hn the last few days
sent four additional ships to Halifax A |
year ego he vistei the northern extremity |
~ Puget Sound ard the capital of British |
Columbia. He visited the Notifications at
Eskimo AMI across the bay he saw two |
formidable ships of war Those two ships. |
i the presence Of conflict such as iudi |
Gated by Seaator Mcdonald occurring in |
Behrine Sea, would sweep the coast Of the |
Pacific from Puget Sound to Lower Cali |
FORMS. and no man could say them nay
He had realized then the force Of what a |
British officer said, that Eskimo held pis-
tol at the head of San Francisco and every |
port on the Pacific coast. 1t was to avoid |
that state of things that the committee on |
appropriations had reported the bill There |
were some British ships that todsy could |
overcome every American ship anoat"
Blsir-"I deny that assertion"
Hsle-''We have no fighting ships. We
have cruisers. We are q, work on harbor
defense ships, but they cannot 90 out
Every ship that can make the run from cur
own ports ts Halifax to Bermuda, to the
Carribesn Sea, is a fl latiDg fertilization.
She costs less than local for.ifcation and
can be transported to the scene of danger.
Ii New York is mensced, she il there; if
Charleston is threatened, she 10 there; and
that is the great merit of this system. The
warship combines more features of usefsl
ness than any and all ships together.
Blairs smendme Mt was rejected.
vote was taken on CockrelPs amend
ment to strike out the provision for three
battle ships. Not agreed to. Yeas, Is.
Navs 33. Hale voted nay
On motion of Butler an item was insert.
ed sppropriatng $500 600 for a dry dock
at Port Royal, S. c., the whole cost not to
exceed S500.0 and the bill was then
passed.
Mitchell offered resolution which was
agreed to. instructing the committee on
pensions to report an amendment to the
pension laws to provide in a more liberal
msnner for the widows, minor children
and dependent relatives of deceased sol
dies
The Senate at IS o'clock adjourned.