The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-04-29
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AZ the beqianlug Of ibis week the
home ofreprasentatises By majority
Of HeaflY two to one voted down .
proposition % authorize the increase
of tbe United States navy This year
I BY Z further addition than Of Tho one
iirst. elash cruiser recommended in the
naval commitfeels bill.
I Democrats and Republicans alike
afgned and pleaded with the house IL
| behalf Of mere generous appropris
alton than tie Sc, SOC, 900 whiehis 70
defray the cost of building a sister 70
the New York; but they argued and
pleaded 10 vain. IN VAN did Mr.
Boutslle RepublIoan) and Mr. Cum
mings (Denocrat) dwell upon the
total inadeQnacy Of the existing navy
10 defend orr enormous stretch Of
coast line, to say nothing Of our ex
banding commerce; in vain they
pointed ont the ridiculous position in
which we place ourselves, If, as by
arrested development, We suspend
operations in naval construction just
after we have successfully emerged
from the embryonic stage. In vain
therepresentatiEe from Maine wrestled
with the house 10 authorize the con
struetlou, over and shove the cruiser,
Of al leasttw coast line battleshipst
or, failing those, Of two eteel gun
boats costing 100000 each; equally
vain was it for the representative
from New York to attempt to gets
piddling appropriation for a pair Of
torpedo cruisers and ten torpedo
boats. Neither battlsship, nor gun
boat, nor torpedo cruiser, nor torpedo |
boat was TO be extracted from house
wbiehis bent on HpaFsimony of the
cheese pairing order.
1T was matter for national gratitude,
rather, we think, that the house did |
mot even cut off the one cruiser recon-
mended IN the naval affairs commit
tees bill. Holman, of Indiana, as
might be expected, made q motion to
that effect; but his niggardliness was
sat upon as heavily as the ruinous ez
travaganee of Messrs. Boutelle and
More heavily, indeed.
for whereas the extravagant proposal
WAS defeated by a vote of l0l to 65,
.he proposal Of blank niggardliness
was negatived by a vote of 100 to So
The whole episode was a singularIy
Encouraging one, and is somewhat in
/ line with the experience of the
ttnerant preacher among the close {
listed congregation. His reverence,
fter delivering himself of fefVId ;
iomily, which was as far IS outward :
appearances told, to the entire accept =
nee of bis hearers, sent ronnd BIS y
at in which to take up collection. =
When the bat had gone the round of }
be congregation and returned empty,
be preacher twiddled it aloft on bis T
Dgers to show its Racuous condition, :
I'd accompanied the action with the
Iaeulation: 81 thank God that I :
OF my hat back from this coDgre- =
alton X Similarly, the American =
eopie have reason to be thankful =
lat 1t was even allowed to held on 10
q one cruiser by this thrifty house
Representatives.
The Democratic party should make :
P its mind whether il wants 10 have
modern navy or not; and in the one
vent proceed and continue to build
!, in the other event sell our present
hips 80 old junk and have done with
he cuisines. 1T Is certain that we
newer Can have a navy worth the
name, going on as we are now going
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