The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-27

| Inc motion was supported Dy han
| ley, Johnson Rep.) of California and
| Cummings Oem.) of New York, and
opposed by Hulick Rep.) of Ohio, Rob
inson (Rep.) of Pennsylvania and Bou-
telle CRep.) of Maine The motion was
lost-32 to 1874. Without further amend
ment, the bill was reported to the House
| and passed as amended by the COM
mittee, the first appropriation bill OF
] the session to pass unscathed through
| the House
Heatwole (Rep) of Minnesota offered
! the following concurrent resolution,
which was referred to the Committee
on Banking and Currency:
| Whereas, In view of our present in
| adequate banking and currency sys-
! tenn, it is desirable that Congress have
the aid of such recommendations as a
non-partisan committee of experts
| might be able to offer regarding needed
| changes,
Resolved, That the President is here
| by authorized to appoint nine citizens
eminent in trade, political economy and
| banking, to act with the Comptroller OF
the Currency as such committee, and
| that such commission be required to
report it's conclusions and recommend
ations to Congress.
BY unanimous consent, a number OF
bills were passed, among them House
! bill authorizing the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa F'e to acquire depot grounds
in Davis, Cherokee Nation, Indian Ter
ritory.
Grosvenor presented the report of the
! Committee of Inauguration of the
! Obi lob 70 wi NH
was ordered printed.
Consideration of the naval appropri-
alton bill was resumed in Committee of
the Whole, three hours being set apart
for debate on the paragraph author
izing the new warships and torpedo
boats.
Hanley (Rep) of Indiana offered an
amendment increasing the number OF
| seagoing coast line battleships from
four to six, and supported the amend
ment in a speech of some length. He
quoted from Boutelle's speech addressed
to Holman (then a Representative from
! Indiana) in favor of an increase of the
navy, and said that the people Of the
West had heard that appeal of the
gentleman from Maine, and were now
ready to respond to it in supporting
appropriations for the building of the
ships he had advocated.
Hulick CRep) of Ohio, member OF
the committee, also supported the BILL
johnson (Rep.) of California criticised
the Naval Committee for not going far
enough in the matter of providing for
the increase in the navy. He advo-
Gated the building of ships, in order
that American citizens might be fully
protected wherever they went, and that
the badge of an American citizen would
be what it was to the Roman citizen.
his aegis of safety the world over
Robinson Rep) of Pennsylvania de-
Tended the action and report of the
Committee on Naval Affairs, and in be-
ginning alluded to Hanley's argument
as the forensic song and dance of the
young man from Indiana"
The closing argument in the motion
to increase the number of ships was
made by Cummings (Dem.) of New
York. He said he had heard with great
pleasure the speech of Mr.. Hanley
coming from the State it did. 1t COM
pared favorably, he said, with that
statement made on the floor of the
House by another Republican from In
diana, that six canal boats were enough
for the navy of the United States. Cum
mings paid a glowing tribute to the
value of the services of the naval arm
in all ages, giving it credit under Mel
son for having been the direct cause
of Napoleon's defeat.
Boutelle closed the debate on the par
agraph, defending the propositions of
the bill as reported.
Hanley's amendment was defeated
ayes 80, nays 134.
Fisher (Rep.) of New York moved
an amendment authorizing the Presi-
dent, in his discretion, to direct the con-
struction of one or more of the new ships
in the navy yards. The amendment
was disagreed to.
Hilborn Rep) of California moved
to amend by authorizing the building of
five of the torpedo boats on the Pacific
Coast, instead of one, as provided in the
bill. The amendment was rejected.
Low Rep.) of New York moved an
amendment to increase the number of
torpedo boats to fifty, forty-five of them
four knots and to cost not more than an
average of $4,000 apiece.
Doolittle (Rep.) of Washington moved
10 ny IlG
ton of four torpedo boats on the Pa
cific Coast. Lost.
Tate Oem) of Georgia moved an
amendment to the provisions of the bill
that no person not a citizen of the
United States shall be employed in fu-
tIre in the preparations of plans or
specifications of the battleships of the
country. Ruled out on point of order.
Mercer (Rep) of Nebraska moved to
insert proviso that one of the ships
be named Nebraska, and made a hui
morous speech in support of the motion,
which was defeated-S0 to 81.
Hilborn (Rep) of California offered
an amendment directing the construc-
ton of one of the torpedo boats at each
Of the navy yards at which the neces-
sary plant is in existence. Lost.
The committee then rose, the bill was
reported to the House and passed.
Cannon (Rep.) of Illinois reported from
the Committee on Appropriations the
sundry civil appropriation bill for the
year ending June 30, 1897, and gave no
tice that he would ask the House to-
morrow to enter upon its consideration.
At $40 O'Clock the House adjourned
until tomorrow