The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-26
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-Immediately afte,
reading the journal the oath of Office was adj
ministered by the Vice-President to Carlisle as
Senator from Kentucky for Beck's uneypired
| term
Sherman presented petitions in favor of ex
ciualng from the mails the Police Gazette and
similar publications.
| Plumb introduced q bill to provide for the
Purcnase o. silver Tor use as lawful money pre-
pared by Banker St. Johns, of New York. Re-
Ierreu 10 the finance committee Plumb offered
| a resolution 1nStructing the finance committees
| to prepare and report in connection with the
tarlfl DILL a statement showing the duties lev
lea u99er tne eXlstlng law the duties as they
would be under the House bill and the dutieS
under the bill to be reported by the committees
II the committee should recommend new duties
or increase the reduction of existing duties: to
state the reasons in each case for such addition
or increase
Reagan moved to amend the resolution to re-
qulre IN cases OF compound duties specific and
| ad valorem column, showing the equivalent ad
Valorem amount of the duty where nracticahie
Agreed to, and the resolutions, as amended.
| passed.
Calls resolution asking for information az n
| the Landing OF an armed force from a revenue
cutter at Cedar Keys, Fla, was modified and
| agreed to. The SenaTe resumed consideration
OF the naval appropriation bill The pending
question was Cockrell's amendment to stril,e
out the provision for three heavily armored hat
tie ships at four millions each. There was a
lengthy debate on this, in which Cockrell com
ulcHLeu On u'e Recommendations of the Secre-
tary OF the navy for the construction of a larpe
number OF vessels. There is no occasion said
Cockrell. for the construction of coast de
lenses or an Increase of the naval establish
ment. 1t was well for the Senate to remember
that the surplus is already gone. When the
Legislation OF this Congress is finished there
D D1e Of BE tho no surplus surplus and the peo
very happy If the taxes did not have to be in
creased. There was no necessity for the con
struetlon OF the great battle ships. The Ameri-
can nag was perfectly safe. in every part of the
earth. The United States could rely on secur-
ing justice without any manifestation of .phvsi-
cal 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 hav-
ing 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 tho
amendment and regretted it was not in his mower
to vote for eight instead of three battleshins
He hoped all our difficulties might be settled bv
negonatlon or arbitration but so long as human
nature was as it is, it was unsafe to asusme that
me United States was in no danger of collision
with foreign powers.
Blair moved to amend the provision for three
battle ships by inserting proviso that it shall
not be available until the government of Great
Britain shall have been requested by the Presi
dent TO Withdraw all her naval forces from
american waters and to dismantle her naval
stations IN both South and North America and
In the adJac mt islands and shall have declined
OF neglected Tor one year to do So.'
Hawley said this proposition from a nation
already disarmed to get Great Britain to dis
arm was simply ludicrous. While he was as
much In favor of peace as anybody, he did not
conceive of in any way departing from the
teachings of Holy Scripture in favor of beinsr
prepared against violence and gross Injustice
There was some time in the history of The
world when for the sake of manhood and naI
riotism, for the sake of God and country. a peo
pie must fight. and those were the DAYS that
nited the people out OF their worship of the
almighty dollar. WV
Mr.. Hale spoke of the defenseless condition
OF tne Pacific coast and the extensive British
which he had visited last year.
Blair's amendment was rejected as was also
bill then passed
Mitchell offered resolution, which was
agreed to, 1nstructing the committee on pensions
to report an amendment to the pension laws
providing more liberal manner for widows
minor children and dependent relatives of de-
ceased soldiers. ~
Adjourned