Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-05

privilege, denounced as falsehood an article
appearing in Detroit paper stating that
conference between the Minnesota delegation
and Speaker Reed relative to certain improve
ments of the Sault Ste. Marie canal, the
Speaker had declared, ITO hell with your
inland seas"
THE KITTERY NAVY YARD.
Mr.. Mckinley (Ohio), from the committee on
rules. reported Gas substitute for the Cam
mings resolution) resolution asking the Sec
retary of the Navy for the reasons for the in
crease of the force at the Kittery navy yard
In speaking to the resolution Mr.. Cummings
(N.1. said that he rose in defense of public
morality and public law. which had been men,
aced by high public official. The order in
creasing the force Of the kittery navy yard
looked as though the design was to use execu-
tive power for partisan purposes.
He referred to the great evil which would re-
suit from the introduction of politics into the
navy yards, and going back to the admiuistra-
ton OF the Navy Department by Secretary
KsobesSn, he commented upon the action Of
that official in filling navy yards with partisan
friends just previous to congressional
electIons. He charged that the
kittery yard was used for political purposes
and quoted figures to show that previous to
elections the list of employees was much larger
than it was month or two afterward The
majority of the men employed came from
Maine, the state of Thomas Bracket 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 yards to expedite political
ends. This policy was worse than the shot
gun policy.
THE FIRE AT THE YARD.
He commented on the fact that certain shops
OF the Kittery navy yard had been
burned in January and that the
chairman of the committee on naval
affairs (Mr Boutelle) had appropriated
money for their repair in the naval ap-
preparation bill. He contended, and in
support o: this contention he quoted
from remarks made by Senators Allison and
Hlscock, that ii was not be in the interest of
navy to reconstruct these shops. Despite
the remarks of these two eminent re-
publican Senators the Secretary of the
Navy had ordered an increase of the force at
and to repair the Lancaster and the Monon-
gshela. Fifteen years ago a republican
Secretary of the Navy had stated that the Lam
caster was not worthy of repair, and that the
Monongahela was in tolerable condition,
with speed of 1014 knots tLaughter.l
These were the vessels the present Secretary
OF the Navy certified that the needs of the
public service required to be repaired. Laugh
ter. 1t was republican and not public
service that demanded the increase
of the force at the Kittery yard. The re-elec-
tion to Congress of the Speaker OF this House
and the reelection OF a republican from the
first district of New Hampshire we're desired.
Thus the public would read the Secretary's GER
tificate and they would read it Alright. But for
the necessities of tho republican party these
wretched hulks would be left behind the dead
line where they belonged.
The committee on rules had reported Gas a
substitute for his resolution) resolution
which referred the whole offense to the offender
himself.