New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-11
FIGHTING AN AGGREGATE.
. ECONOMIST HOLMAN ISSUES THE ORDER
COLONEL HERBERT IMrEACHEs THE wATCH-
DOGS" PARTY ORTHODOXY.

COLONEL HETBEKT fMPEACHfS ihIS
DOGS" PARTY ORTHODOXY.
Washington. July 1O.-"Thc aggregate must be KEPT
down. Is the order which " Economist" h'"""h mas
issued TO his followers In the House on INC Suo'e''
Of appropriatI9ns Extravaganza In regard TO river
and harbor appropriations must be countefDaiaho'u
BY parsmony in regard TO other branches " 'e
nublic service favorite object Of Holnah's
assaults is the Naval Appropriation Dill Occ"'Se "
can always depend upon lot OF men "o'" '"'
States Of the interior to follow AID support NM
With their aid he scored victory over The coh''r'
ence committee that bill yesterday anu IN
report was rejected by vote OF JOG yeas 10 i''
nays Only 90 Democrats were recorded III ia'or %
the report while 1913 voted against II. Inc repDT'
was by no means satisfactory 70 the fnehoS Oh INC
Navy, but II Improvement over the III ''9
it passed the House, and for that reason was sup
ported by them. OF coarse Holman LED INC oPpo
slton and 1t is not unfair TO say that his speech
WAS q misrepresentation OF the facts, as Chairman
Herbert of the Naval Committee, clearly pointer
in the course Of the debate Among o'her 'h'"sS
Holman made the astounding assertion that u COM
plcte the vessels building VIII require hPpro
priations amounting TO Sji.0Oo.0O0; Chairman Hcr
bert showed that the amount Is S).l'',oOo. or
about $45OOO,OOO less than Mr.. Holman asserted
It TO be- and declared that the atter's statement was
utterly worthless"
Colonel Herbert also inpcachcd Mt lio'nahs parry
orthodoxy. Among other things he said "AH 'N"'
the Naval Committee have ever conicnded FOR was
that should 20 back TO the policy OF our DenocFhuc
predecessors In antc-bellum days No man has ever
done more TO lead the Democratic party away from
Democratic ideas on this question OF the Navy than
has the gentleman from Indiana (Alr Holman III
the odcn times the Democratic party WAS the lncnd
OF the Navy The Navy was It's right arm. 10y which
II maintained vigorous foreign policy. Then We ala
not Democrats from Iowa ana Nebraska ana o'hcr
interior portions the country ewho felt themselves
and loir ouSfifu from *
rising on this floor, as them now, 10 oppose
a reasonable Navy. Democrats in those days cared
for the whole country. Their vision was not bounced
By the confines Of their districts. Then we Jaw
every Democratic President from the war OF 1872 down
10 1860 commencing the Navy to the OF Congress-
Chairman Herbert then quoted passages from the
messages Of Presidents Jackson, Tyler and Polk to
sustain his position and also this declaration from the
platform OF the Chicago Convention: I'VE favor The
maintenance of Navy strong enough for all purposes
Of our own defence and TO properly maintain tie
honor and dignity OF the country abroad
A great many Democrats In the House. however,
seem 10 regard the platform declarations of their party
as designed solely and exclusively for and con-
sumption In the Presidential campaign. and Colonel
Herbcrts reference to the one In regard to the Navy
produced apparent effect More than twothiNs
Of them followed the unpariotic example OF Judge
Holman for other better reason than that they
were determined "to keep down the aggregate OF APP
oprtutions, Among the Democrats who did 50
were Messrs. Bunting and Van Horn. Of Newly York !;
Crosby, OF Massachusetts. and Mpham, OF hhonc
Island white number Of other Democrats from New
England New-York Ncw-Jersey and Pennsylvania as
well as fom the South Atlantic and Gulf states either
voted or paired against the unanimous report OF
the conferrees. on motion OF Judge lionn feSoii'
luton then adopted instricting the Rouse cJn
ferrees TO oppose agreement TO tho senate amend
ment approprating 100000 for the expenses OF he
Naval rendezvous and display on account OF ule 20
| lumbar Exposition and also the Senate amendment
authorizing the construction OF going coast ne
OF battle ship at cost not exceeding S4OOO,Ooo.
This was done despite the fact that the conference
is supposed to be full and free II the policy tns
initiated be adhered II will seriously interfere With
| and cripple the work OF building new navy. The
senate conferrees had already recedd from the amend
ments providing for harbor defence doubeturrct
| ship four gunbcats and six torpedo boats. The
| House will Yield nothing II Judge Holman and IDS
| hackers prevent IL.