The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-14
SHALL WE CREATE A NAVYf
sENATORS COCkRELL AND SHERMAN
UTTER WARNINGS AGAINST Ex-
CESSIvE ExPENDI7 URks.


Cannot ne Repealed, but He Would Not
Allow Economy to Prevent Hin, from
Voting for . Proper Appropriation to
Create . Navy OF which the AR erica
People VIII Re Proud-The Treasury
without Money. hut for the Sinking Fund,
which Fla. Disappeared with the surpiu.
WASHINGTON. May 13-The Senate spent tho
greater part Of to-iay's session in the consid-
Grafton OF the Naval Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Mcpherson Dem. ~. acting for Mr.
Gibson Dem. Lab who was absent. offered an
amendment reinstating tho appropriation OF
s25O0OO for dry dock ut Algiers. New Or
leans. which had been stricken out by tho
House. This brought up II brief. hut pointed.
debate as to the condition ofthe Treasury.
Mr.. Cocl4cll dem. Mo- said " We may Just
as we'll face this matter honestly. fairly, and
frankly. 1.-THE increase contained in the bill
and the amounts provided by the House are
sustained there will not be enough money In
the Treasury to meet these appropriations.
and we must provide means OF raising ip-
creased revenues. The Algiers dry dock Is
not mattor OF absolute importance. 1t is n
matter which will do Just as well two or three
years hence. sympathiZe with tho Senators
from Louisiana in their anxiety TO have this
money expended in their State. but is It u mat
ter OF necessity"
Mr.. Sherman tRep. Ohio,-I want to say also.
as q matter OF caution. that we are not able to
spend more money in appropriations. When
q law requires an appropriation or treaty re-
quires It think we ought to carry it out. l
am disposed myself not to vote for any nppro-
priation not regularly estimated for re-
auired by law or treaty. There is another
thing to be considered. We have given W a
Il val
under our tariff laws, and. besides that under
q policy Of which entirely approve. We are
paying large bounty on sugar. Wc cannot
make appropriations for moro than the
amount Of revenue. We ought not to reach
within ten or twenty millions of it
Mr.. McPherson's amendment was voted
down without q division. but Immediately
afterward Mr. Chandler tRep.. n. II. asked the
Senate to appropriate 100000 n starter for
. dry dock ut Portsmouth. n. II.
Mr.. German tDem.. Md expressed hone
that the Senate would dispose Of this amend
mont in the same way as they had OF the dry
dock at New Orleans. which was certainly OF
much more Importance Whatever money
could be spared had better be- devoted to build
ing OF ships.
Mr.. McPh"rson said to decline to construct
dry dock at New Orleans. and to authorize
ono at Portsmouth. would be the height OF
absurdity. The whole coast was dotted with
naval establishments which were absolutely
useless As soon as common sense prevailed,
instead Of political considerations. the Ports
mouth and Boston navy yards. the exposed
torpedo station at Newport. and oil these
other worthless stations would be abandoned
and concentrated In two great establishments
on tho Atlantic coast and one on the Pacific.
Mr.. Chandler's amendment wns rejected.
- nooip dol
proposed increase Of tho navy.
Mr.. Cockrell at the outset declared him self
opposed both to the armored cruiser author
ized by the House and the seagoinG battleship
and harbor defence turret ship reported by
the Senate committee. He was willing to
com promise on four light gunboats and six
torpedo boats. These. in his opinion. would
Ts:asary You'd justify at tits i time. Oh 'ne
G;os t the OF harb0r defence
M: Gray dem. Dei.l read a communica-
ton fro from dIstipEushsd naval oflleer Com
Ing monitors Of the Miantonomo oh and Puritan
full speed. and as unable to fire their guns in
-, nj; dorman said that the appropriations for
and this. had nevor been treated as party
e4 stss In 81 SSt fSut they h had
AGGREGATED nearly 500. 100000. Under the the
provisions Of these acts we had crented plants
that. he was informed and believed that t we
had created plants to produce COM
tie os the csds Sass Of
1ere now stopped there Would be danger Of
paralyzing these great industries. The In
about 81 .OOOQ00. to be expended over: a pc
Fed 81 yeas The i potYa would not
our expenditures for this year and the follow.
Ing YEAR TGaid not o BE- largely increased It
ognized the fact that the ifinanciaI problem
va vas serious one one could be
Z dve millions during the coming year fT and
tas 5f * but a q great that
Or @ 0u but one Of lis
after the, adjournment Of the last C"ngress.
published statement showing that laws al |
at SCI hss whs for
NJ ts oG CHARGED that We now appropriate $780,
Uoo9 H. tf te ansWor and the perfect answer
q, the Government: For one. hc continued
such as this country ought to have. to allow
economy TO prevent me from voting for |
tie Whole o Z" eTeaG navy OF which
ISIS az nome and abroad"
MT MCPHERSON asserted that the demands
Io s these monster shirs came only from naval
onicers and private shipyards.
Mr.. Hale rep. Me- said that the three bar-
oor-deience double.turreted monitor ships
which the Senator from New Jersey wished to
substitute for the vessels accommodated blythe
c3HMMittee. Wouid cost at least $l3.OOO,O 1000,
which Eas much more than the vessels recon-.
mfSndded by TIE eommittese would cost
oonstructon upon Mr.. Germans remarks 10
Hnich Mr. dorman warmly took exceptions.
AT 1.-The nj Issues between the two parties are
tba ea. ne people OF this country know what
can Snan at. change them have had on the
every branch Of the government at T it, @ @au.
cannot be repealed arc Rot ire f i!HSa nal
New Jersey does great Injustice 10 M, pn T'ni
hts party when no intiT1at..s That W" "N can an
cannot do better. Thr Senator " frn wv,
Now Jersey, would not incrras" tlxati0nn'
How can he help tn Your revenues arr. IN; ~.
O00. 900: yonr expenditures will be S50Go00'.