Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-05-21
AMERICAN REGISTRY
Senator Chandler Introduces d Bill
TO Confer it on More
Cruisers.
Debate on Naval appropriations Calls
Forth Much Talk About
Economy.
The House Spends Another Day
Talking About Sundry Civil
Expenses.

WASHINGTON, May II. Senator
Chandler introduced in the Senate to-
day another bill to give American
registry to prospective United States
cruisers. 1t recites that Austin Cor
bin, OF New York, and his associates
propose to incorporate a company UNI
der the laws of New York, to be known
as the American Steamship COM
pany, with capital of at
least ten million dollars, for
the purpose of constructing and pur-
chasing fleet of first-class passenger
steamers TO run between New York
and ports in Great Britain, andupro-
vides that all vessels so owned of not
less than 1000 tons burden and capable
of speed of not less than nineteen
knots an hour which may be
acquired by purchase or otherwise
by the company shall be entitled to
American registers on the same terms
as those granted TO the steamships City
of Paris and City of New York and to
all the other privileges granted by the
act of May 10, 1892, providing that on
making application for such registry
for foreign-buil ship said Corbin and
his associates shall show that they
have contracted to build in an Ameri-
can shipyard a vessel of equal OF
greater tonnage.
The Senate resumed consideration Of
the naval appropriation bill Senator
Mcpherson, who on Friday moved to
substitute three harbor defense moni.
tors for the yes sc Is recommended in the
amended bill, modified his motion so as
to simply provide for striking out Of
the bill the provision for a cruiser like
the New York, to cost exclusive of
armament 81, $780, O), and battle ship
TO cost exclusive of armament $4,000
600. He considered these vsesels # 40
Higgins (Del J favored an increase of
the navy, even if it involved an increase
of the national debt.
Villas wis said the amount of the an
nual appropriations nov imposed on the
country might not improperly be described
as appalling, and he did not think the
senate should go further toward increas-
| ing the navy under present circumstances
than the house bill provided
A colloquy ensued between Vest and
| Allison as to methods Of economy in which
the latter predicted that there would beS25,
900, 900 of surplus in the treasury July |,
next. Mills and Hawley also joined in the
| discussion.
Finally a vote was taken on McPher-
| son 3 modified amendment, and il was
rejscJed,yeas Is, NAYS 30.
Morgan (Ala.l offered an amendment
providing that if barber defense ships be
put on the Pacific coast, an allowance of
three per cent. may be made on the cost to
the contract or in addition to the contract
price to cover the cost of transportation of
material; agreed to without division.
! The question REQUIRED on the amend.
ment report d by the committee on appro-
priations COrkrell (Mo,) opposed it on
! the ground that there was no absolute ne
cpssity for the new vessels contemplated,
and that the condition of the treasury did
not Justify such expenditure. Without
coming to a vote on the question the sem
ate adjourned.
House.
In the house, after the reading of
the journal, Mr.. Walker of Massachu-
AN AAH hhlNNNC w Tvs t'l1A pNhA III VI A%Nk
TO force vote on the resolu-
ton to expunge his speech upon
the mugwumps of Massachusetts.
After roll-call had disclosed the
presence OF quorum, Mr.. Walker
withdrew his objections and the jour
nal was approved Mr.. Burrows then
moved that the Walker resolutson be
referred to the Committee on Rules
Agreed to.
The House then went into committee
OF the whole on the Sundry Civil APP
preparation bill (Mr. Lester, Democrat
of Georgia, in the cbairl.
Picker moved TO increase the ap-
preparation to meet the expenses of pro
tecting labor on public lands from
$3.50, 900 to $3.50, 600; lost.
During the discussion of this motion
Otis (Kas.) J, Wilson (Call }, and Snodgrass,
Tenn J. engaged in a noisy controversy
as to whether the law was efficiently exc
cuted
Pending action on the bill the commit
tee arose and the house adjourned.