Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-04
NIGHT AND DAY.
The SD Congress Works on
Regardless Of Sunday.
Peace Patched Up Over Disagree
ments on Appropriations.
The Senate Finally Consents to Death Of the
Hawaiian Cable.

Washington, March 3.-The Senate en-
tered upon its final session Saturday with
the prospect Of sitting continuously until
Monday noon. There was rush of private
bills, as this was the last chance of many
Eager claimants.
Mr.. Call Dem, Fla. presented the fol-
lowing telegram from Dr. Moreno. at
Tampa, Fla: 1.-TWO American citizens
Sanguilly and Aguirrer -have been incar-
cerated in Havana. Enter protest and
have the case investigated at once" Mr.
Call asked that the committee on foreign
relations act promptlyI and communicate
with the state departnIe ni with view to
American intervention.
Final action was taken confirming the
conference agreement on the Notifications
appropriation bill, which has been con
| tested in conference for more than a
| month. Mr.. German, in charge of the
naval appropriation bill, cut off the rush
IT private bills by urging the need of
! k,eedy consideration of this. the last of
The great appropriation bills. His plea
prevailed and the naval bill was taken
bate AS proposed by the committee the
number of extra seamen to be enlisted by
the secretary of the navy in times Of
emergency was reduced from 1000 to 1000
Mr. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) earnestly op-
posed the resolution. He said that at such
| times as the Gillian outbreak the navy
department was unable to properly man
| our ships 1t was remarkable that this
rotio wi
millions for sugar bounties and all man
ner of claims and yet sought to cripple the
navy.
Mr., Lodge and Mr.. Aldrich paid high
tribute to tine present secretary of the
navy (Mr Herbertl.
Mr. German said this naval bill was one
of the most extraordinary measures that
had ever come to the senate from the
house. Not only were the full amounts
of the estimates allowed, but at least three
| items of the estimates were exceeded by a
million. The navy department had esti-
mated it's total expenses for the year at
| $50, 952 600.
| The house had increased this s3i 6S6, 900
| including three battleships. So that it
was the most exceptional bill ever sent
here. The senate committee had thought
| it desirable to allow fair extension of the
! navy us in the administration of Secretary
| Whitney and of Secretary Tracy without
| going to excessive extensions. The com
| mittee therefore reduced the bill s., 636, 009
also reducing the number of battleships
| from three to two. AS it now stood the
bill made every proper, extension in view
of the emergencies of the treasury.
| Mr.. Hale (Rep., Me- of the committee
| said there was no purpose to cripple the
| navy and the reductions had been the re-
| suit of a wise economy.
Mr.. Hunton Dem, Va) urged the
building up of our navy. He hoped the
senate would increase the number of YES
sells aud Sc men as provided by the house.
The debate took wide range and the
| initial item served as a text for general
discussion of the new navy and as Il test
of the strength of the committee in carry
ing out its plans Of reductions.
Mr. Hill (Dem., n. " spoke from care
| fully prepared manuscript on the needs of
an American navy He differed, he said,
from the distinguished naval authority.
Mahan, that no nation could become
great without n great sea-going navy.
Mr. Hill reviewed the achievements Of the
United States, showing that many of them
were at a time when the United States
had no sea-going navy. They were
achievements of diplomacy unaided by
physical force. Mr.. Hill deplored the
policy of turning from the law books and
reason to cannon balls and force"
He urged that alongside the plan to
strengthening the seagoing power should
be q policy OF strengthening our state de-
partment and making strong and per-
manent corps of diplomatic officers.
| Mr.. Platt {Rep, Comm said the respect
of the world increased or decreased in nc
cordance with the naval strength of the
| nation 1t was this that gave Great Bri-
| tain her prestige and was now bringing
Japan rapidly to the front as great
power. Commercial supremacy could not
be- maintained without navy The
| United States did not seek foreign com.
plications but If they came as q result OF
our spreading commerce we should be
ready for any emergency, and this readi
ness was the surest guaranty against con.
| Gict and bloodshed If there was to be
any navy, it should be an adequate one.
As vet our navy did not rank above those
of second or third rate powers If there
| was to be parsimony the American peo-
pie did not want it directed against the
navy.
| The Senate at A. NJ. took recess I'M
til p NJ, leaving four appropriation bills
the diplomatic, Indian, sundry civil and
deflciency-in conference, and one, the
naval, unfinished in the Senate. When
the Senate re-assembled, at 2 p. NJ, a
fair attendance of senator's was present.
and the galleries were comfortably filled.
| The second conference report on the In
dian appropriation bill was concurred in,
and further conference ordered on the
amendments, which had not been ar
raigned. Hoar (Rep) of Massachusetts,,
moved to take up the motion to reconsider
the vote by which the Senate agreed TO
the House amendment to the lottery bill
Defeated: yeas. II; nays. 2s. The effect
of the motion to reconsider is to tie up
| the anti-lottery bill.
The naval appropriation bill was taken
up. the pending question being the amend
ment of the appropriation committee to
reduce the number of ea-going coast line
battleships to be constructed from three
| to two. German, in charge of the bill,
made proposition limiting debate on the
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