Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-07-22
combine of armor plate makers t.

combine of armor plate makers to
hold the U. S. government up
and compel the payment Of fancy
prices for arinor for the ships
now being constructed, the seiiate
decided with only half a dozen
votes in the negative to strike out
S425 and insert $500 in the clause
of the general deficiency appro-
prlatiou bill prescribing the price
that may be paid per ton for
armor plates. Senator Stewart
referred to Andrew Carnegie as a
candidate for the British Parlia-
ment, and declared that he should
not be allowed to dictate prices
to this government. Senator
Teller declared that it would be
a greater surrender of national
dignity to bow to the arn1or
contractors than to let the ships
stand on the stocks, and said he
would let them stand unarmored
for all time rather than be held
up by the armor combine. 1t is
stated that the Carnegie and the
Bethlehem companies, which have
the only armor- making plants IN
this country, willrefuse to furnish
armor for $500 a ton, although it
has been proven by expert testi-
mony that it would be profitable
to make it at $3.50 ton.
Senator Butler this week intro
duced bill providing for the
establishment of postal savings
banks under the supervision of
the postmaster general aud the
secretary of the treasury, every
postoffice to be a branch bank and
deposits of ten cents and upward
to be received.
Representative Robertson, of
La, who has spent the greater
part OF the extra session of con-
gress at home, returned to Wash
ington this week to take part in
the closing vote on the tariff bill.
He says there is very little talk
among his constituents about the
tariff bill, nothing approaching
the general interest that was
shown when the Mills and Nc
Kinley bills were before congress,
aud that there isn't any more talk
or interest displayed about silver.
This lack of interest caused Mr..
Robertson to think it impossible
to say at the present time what
will be the issues in the next
presidential campaign.
The refusal Of President Nc
Kinley to furnish the senate
copies of the Behring Sea CORE
spondence with England, which
were asked for by a senate resolu-
tion adopted some weeks ago,
although based on the usual
ground 'incompatibility wit h
public interests s'---has resulted in
starting a number of wild rumors
concerning the belligerent tone of
that correspondence that may re-
suit in doing much more harm
than the publication of the cor
respondence would have done.
Heretofore the present admins
trat1on has been conducting its
foreign policy open to the inspec-
ton of senators and representa-
tives, and this return to the
secretive methods of the Cleve-
land regime is not fancied in
congress, nor, in fact, anywhere
else; it breeds too many sensa-
tional rumors, which are not
lessened by the publication of
Secretary Sherman's instructions
to Ambassador Hay, which plain
ly say that Lord Salisbury has
not been acting in good faith.
There is but one opinion in
Washington about the orders sent
to Admiral Beardsley, to hoist
the U. S. flag over Hawaii and
take possession in the name of
this government, in case there is
any indication of an attempt on
the part of the Japanese, or any-
h0dv else To infarfara .,,;t1. ~.