St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-18
The Prospect OF a Deficit in
the Treasury Frequently
Worked In.
A Four = Handed Game of
Tongue-Lashing Amuses
the House.
Congressman Hall Talks Of
His 500 Bill--Free
Lumber.

w AStlNG lONs Mdy IT, 1HO Hdfdi
appropriation bill was taken up in the
senate today, the pending question
being the provision for all increase of
the navy. The house bill provides for
one armOred cruiser of about 5000 tons
displacement, to cost, exclusive of
armament.Dot more than SS,500.000; and
the senate amendment provided Gin ad-
ditlom for one sea-going coast line
battle ship of about 1900 tons displace-
ment, to cost not over S4,000,000: also
for one harbor defense double turret
ship of the Monitor type with dis
placement of about $500 tons, to cost
not over S3,CO0,000 four light draft gun
boats and six torpedo boats.
Mr.. Mcpherson, who had last Friday
offered an amendment to strike out the
house provision for an arlnored cruiser
and the senate provision for battle
ship, and to provide for three. instead of
one harbor defense, double turret ships
of the Monitor type, modified his amend
ment so as to contine it simply to the
striking out part of it, leaving the num-
ber of monitors at one.
Mr.. Higgins made speech favOring
the increase OF the navy, even if it In
volved an increase of the national debt.
Mr.. Villas referred to the present con-
dition of the public treasury and said
that the amount of annual appropria-
tons now imposed upon the country
might not improperly be described as
appalling He thought that the senate
should measure
The Supposed Necessity
for an increase of the navy with temper
ance and with calm business judgment.
He was unable to think that the senate
should go farther under the present cir
cumstanceS than the house bill pro-
vided. He should be glad to see even
that provision withdrawn, unless there
appeared to be greater necessity for it
than he had yet heard suggested.
Mr.. Vest, referred. to Mr.. Sherman's
statement some days ago that they were
confronted with deficit. and suggested
] that the warning would have been more
appropriate and of infinitely more utility
if 1t had been given to the last congress.
If was now yeTy much like locking the
stable door after the horse was stolen.
He would vote with the greatest pleas
ure against the proposed increase in
every shape and form.
Mr.. Allison. chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations, asked Democratic
senators TO indicate what statutes they
would like to repeal, so as to reduce the
appropriations that were now necessary.
Mr. Vest replied that so far as he was
concerned he would repeal the sugar
bounty law and the postal subsidy law.
Mr.. Allison calculated the amount
that would be thus saved at about
ro Il Itl, - kt,ao trxrx
asked to elect a Democratic president
the sugar bounty and the postal subsidy
laws might be repealed. Mr.. Vest re-
piled that that would be
Just Starter.
Mr.. Allison referred to the condition
of the public treasury, and among
other things said: Il will say to the
funds that when the fiscal year ends we
will have Gnstead of being in bank
ruptcy) 5000, 600 of surplus. That is
the lowest estimate.
Mr.. Mills said that the report of the
secretary of the treasury did not coin
eide with Mr.. Alllson's statement as TO
the surplus.
Mr.. Hiscock expressed the belief that
if Mr.. German or Mir. Palmer should be
the next president he would advocate
an enlargement of the navy, and that
the senators from Missouri and Wiscon-
sin would sustain their administration,
or else sit silent in their seats.
Finally the vote was taken on Mr.
MePherson's amendment, as modified,
and it was rejected yeas Is, nays 80, as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs Berry, Blodgett. Carlisle,
Cockrell. Coke, Faulkner, Hill. Kyle, McPher-
son; Mills, Palmer Pascoe, PETER, Petugrew,
Pugh, Turpie, Villas and Voorhees-1S.
Nays-Messrs Allen. Allison. Butler, Casey,
Chandler, Davis, Dawes, Dubois, FELTON,.
Frye Gallinger, Hale Hansbrough, Hawley.
Higgins, Hiscock. Manderson, Mitchell, Nor
gan, Paddock, Perkins. Proctor, Quay Ran
sem Sanders. Sawyer, Shoup, Stanford, Tell
err Wilson-30.