The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-17
CALLED THEM RASCALS
General Deficiency Bill Causes
Debate in the House.
ARM0R PLATE AMEN NDMENT 7
King Of Utah Says 10 Would Be q Dis
grace to Deal Longer With the
Carnegie Company Senate
Amendment Concurred In.

Washington. July ls.-The house to-
report o nthe general deficiency appro-
priation bill and conourred in the sem
ate amendment fixing the limit OF cost
Of armor plate for the three battle
ships now building at $500 per ton.
This was the main point still In dis
pute between the two houses. \
strong effort was made Ia induce the
house to agree To- n substitute propo-
sition fixing the limit at siO0 as rec
ommended by the secretary Of the
navy. but after three hours debate.
the house by a vote Of iis to i5. con-
Cured In the senate amendment
ON motion OF Broderick Of Kansas,
the senate resolution directllg the Sec
retary of war to issue 1000 tents for
the use of the Grand Army encamp-
ment at Leavenworth, Kan. next Oc-
tober, was adopted.
Canon then called up tho conference
report on the general deficiency bill.
which In the meantime had been
agreed To by the senate. The house
nonconcurred in the senate amend
ment appropriatlng 5000 for the re-
moving of the instructions In the
Kootenai river. Montana.
When the armor plate amendment
was reached Cannon moved that the
house insist on its disagreement and
Stone, republican. of Pennsylvania.
moved To concur with an amendment
IN the nature of "A substitute proposing
by the terms Of which the cost OF the
armor plate for the three battleships
be Increased from Ss.400. 900 to $S,2io,oOJ
and the limit of the cost for the armor
from $500 To $500. Boutclle took the
floor in support of stones motion. He
explained the history of the contro-
versy over the price OF armor plate.
He pointed out the refusal Of the ar
NOR plate companies To bid under the
provision of the last naval appropria-
tion bill. limiting the cost to 1900 per
ton, the proposition of the Illinois
Steel company To furnish all the ar
NOR for 20 years at $40 per ton, and
the recommendation Of the secretary
Of the navy for an authorization for
new bids with limit OF cost of $500
per ton.
Did not one of these companies fur
nish the Russian government with ar
NOR at S24s per tou?' asked Barlow u
California.
That fs n rncsrnur"-r r-pnedr Bou-
gentleman's benefit"
We'll. the people would like To have
II roasted" replied BARLOW.
Boutelle denounced the proposition to
| have the government enter upon the
manufacture Of armor plate on It's own
account and expressed the opinion that
To manufacture armor plate would cost
! the government from 20 per cent. 10 Is
per cent more than private corpora
tions.
King. democrat. Ttah, In opposing
Stones motion. declared that IL would
he a disgrace FOR the government to detN
longer with the Carnegie company.
which investigation proved had foisted
upon the government fraudulent and
improper work. "Rascals' and 'scoun-
drels' were the terms he used in char
actcrizing this company.
Dalzell supported the amendment.
The question at the bass of this dis
cussion he contended was whether or
not congress desired to authorize the
completion OF their battleships now on
| the stocks. II II did, the secretary of
the navy must he empowered To pay
| enough Ia secure armor. IL had been
demonstrated that no bids could be oh
tained at the price authorized by the
senate amendment.
simpson. popullst OF Kansas, Insist
I'd that there was "A pool of all the
armor plate manufacturin. companies
OF the world, and charged that a con-
spraCy was In progress to coerce a
congress into surrendering TO organ
| ized greed as represented by these COM
panies The two war scaTes now run
ming in the newspapers, he said. made
up part of this conspiracy
The debate was concluded by Can
non, who expressed the opinion that
the. senate would never agree to any
proposition fixing To limit OF cost al
more than $500.
Sayer moved concurrence In the SEN
ate amendment. In a rising vote Gsere
| was plainly large majority for the
motion and Boutelle made a demand
| for the ayes and nays.
"The record may be valuable when
the next Cuban resolution is brought
In. he cried.
Sayer's motion to concur was carried
\ -li2-i5.
The house then At e:s5 adjourned un-
! Ill Monday.