New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-05

ferred 10 foreign flags making nearly nmt "f eYIs
OF American shipping that WIS Tnemocratc attempt
o desrov the government Of the United states.
In the Cleveland Administration AT ~, ,nond
the the S S Gn money to the Savy leaving
that clause compulsory NAT eTery mpricon p' material
W NJ mad Ind an our committee the Hon. a. ;. Hewitt
when the bill thus came in It cCH Ha eSn sponId be-
purchased in Great Britain and brought 10 H Wn
country object lessoni OR gat w T@"' could
build a marine engine for the great ships In thls
country within eight o. ten vars. s'iu thi,, tbot
can be done. by human ingenuity can DC uo"e VII
American epIl.' a., >, man
who reads The newspapers morning when this
thing came up sent letter to the chairman Oh ,ne
was being acitatci and he intmaed - the chairman
that under all the circumstances he did not MIX II
discretion were lett to lin he did not think he would
exercise IT, and the result was that thal pr,vslon
which was inserted IN ogat D wnsn rcry vcIy aght
In the committce-room
ANOTHER CASE IN POINT.
Here was this provision for the purchase of armor
e1ln.metal We then dependent on the great
works of Whitworth for hollow steel shafting thai
had III. necessary strength and lighness to go In
tbe,, newly designed vessels We had no forgcrS In
this country. moved to strike out the qnaii'SSaa
don and compel the purchase To be MADE III thls
country. was told It could not be done, IN
VIEW OF the circumstances. | said mat IL o1ui ~
ten years we sEoud have afoat twenty vessel; under
tho American nac-hrSt class warship'. complete IN
all their aprurenances carrying the American nag Dut
Tor the c0struo ton OF which We should nc ausG,uVc,S
d,p,rdcnt on any foreign Government or people or
on the cther hand, at the end OF Ten years we sh0uu
not have single marine ship bearing tlle AmeIlciI'
rag n, "A ship OF war but would have somewhere on
American soil. under on: own nuthory controlcd Dy
American citizens and manned by skilled American
worHmcn. even one great cstsblahmrnt casa.c , Il
,,-1ducing everything required 70 buih hrs' clhs
man Of -war-thcn would take the alternative every
tim 80 -,
English plans were used, Mr. I'outelle said, for
tho engines of the Baltimore hut American me
chanical skill got more speed ont of the engines
than the British designer had believed possible.
H.oud applause. When it came 10 making thc
engines for the Philadcp hia. sister ship; the
engineer at Cramps shipvard said he could I'M
prove on the English design. ard he did; Inc
engines which he built were 100 tons hghtcf
than those Of the Baltimore. but were superior
in speed Chc"rsl Americans used 10 turn to
the works in England, where steel plates, and
big snrS were turned ont as marve! co,, p
never hopc 70 equal This was six years ago
The ENGLISH establishment had great hammer
which could strike blow of fifty tons. me
works Of krupp. In Germany one OF the wonders
# the world had Il hammer which struck 4 blow
Of ninety five tors In the forg' AZ Bethlehem.
Penn, hammer. made by American labor,
which struck Il blow Of l2J tons lprolongc1
cheers And all this had been accomplished in
les than -iv years. Applause.
Mr. Blu'cln showed that in Nh" first two years
q President IIprri>on's Administration only
than the D.mccrots hid voted in the entire
four yoar tla' Pr i 'ctt Cleveland was in onicc.
For the Democrat T. claim credit for tnc new
Navy WIS most absurd In spit" OF
tlc for,fo.ling, of Ahram s Hewitt
the mechanic. Of The United States had made rapid
advance IN rarous other rcspcc's. They had IN
proved rckrl-~ic" aumor plates until II fourteen
inch plate now ofc'cl a. much resistance ~ an
cchrccr-inch ore dtl not long ago. u beers
The American designers and rkinTmrn hai bu,lt
crcat guns which were calculated down 10 tho
thousandth rart Of IN inch. and which hal made
nll The modern battle ships back numbers ZAP
plars,I Colonel Hone. Of the Ordnance Depart,
ncnt # the British Army, hal frankly admitted
that tie American guns were the most effective
IN IA" wor Cheers
Secretary Tracy cheers hal don" IN" speaker
tho honor ~ qsl, hlS daughter ~ christ"n on" =
tho nc,v blitl" ships MIR Pout"llc h1l examined
the lit Of -hiu~ ayhilahl" and scl"oi" on" hccus"
.ho was American from the keel TO tho bunting n
her mnsfhcll. from stem 10 stern, the Newark
PARTY OF PEo;nrSs.
II was the Rcpuhlican party which Sc Oh up
for now navy aud which believed that native
brain and native Drawn could be relied on %
fashion tho host war-ships aiioat tchccrsl. Con-
unuiug. hc said:
Vow appeal tonight IN THIS great imperial mctrop,.
oil, 81 the rrrd,,i country known f. the hsiory ~
man IN behalf Of he party Of the church Of The party
'hc party - tho homo, Of the great political orrnn
towards elc,atlrg labor 10 higher plane NJ
comfort. thrlr aud in'clllsencc. which looas 70
carry mo-c sunlight. sweetness and happiness into
ihc countless homes OF tbs country than they Ind
hore. and which asks all patriotic people, whatever
may have lccn their previous affiliations. which opens
wide it. vile rs patriotism Itself. ard asks
very mar. and ey"ry woman ard every chili. who
ielrvcs in iuer'a~ns III" speriiy and welfare and
'nto Hence and PATROLS and morally ~ our own
peoplc 10 come under glorious banner and Join
with II, In this great abe which shall lead ~
a higher plane ~ grandeur and National perfection
Ian ever before achieved.
The hall wa, still we'll filled when the speaker
finished although IL was well after | o'clock
The people went home talking about what they
had heard. and went home better Republicans ami
lott nafriOts than before.