Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17
'lRHOR PLATE FIGHT
MAN.; Representative in tho House
Charges Conspiracy
N, TWO WAR sclnrs PART OF IT


,,eroN, D. O., July l0'-lhe
"As ,aG.v sgreed to the psr'ia'
hsu as.,cs report on the general ue'
s s..".r appropriation bill and con,
fclen'' d the Senate amendments
e0i''u ,sa limit OF coat OF armor pave
hxl .t. wi hires battleships now building
''l , "o ,,r ton. This was the mani
81, ain in dispute between 'he W." y.
poln. "a A strong effort was made 10
n'u's. tina House to agree to a suost'-
inau' ",oro,ttion fixing the limit al
,a ,oo =, recommended by the secretary
'fV' Nv. bu, after a three hours'
o. sps In inc House ~ vote VI 80
oeI ~ .csncurrsd IN the Senate am Hai
10 20 Msssrs, Stone Il ~. Pa. }, pal
men; psn Pal. and Boulelle hep.
uh t'nnort,d the $500 propos't, N
Me- wa pas opposed by Messrs. ihhg.
when ,Tt'hl. Underwood Dem. .AR y
Dem. tpop. Gail, Simp.on Crop.
Psnl Gaines dem. Tenn'l' w neeie,
n MAN. "A,p.), smyers Dem. ieA.) anu
cannon tRep. NJ ,p
nn NATION OF BrOderick Hep, han')
v" SnU.ie resolution uileoling the
Tue 80 NJ war 10 Issue 900 tents
isc ' ,ns ose OF the Grand Army encamp-
%. a w. al LeavenworIh, Kau., next os-
,obet. was adepteJ'
'og Tannon then called up the confer.
,.s ,snor, on the general deficiency
NV vbich in the meantime had been
unh to ty The Senate. The House
san,rad iu the Senate amendment
'U OD,opriallng S5,0oO>for the removal OF
'pi.,,nc,lops ia the KOolenai river,
when the armor plate amendment
VIA, reached Cannon moved that the
Iouse insist 90 It's disagreement, ana
Stone rep, Pa. )moved to concur with
an ameuImeDt In the nature OF n
,ah,iitu,e, Uy the terms OF which the
.,,t nj inc amor plate for tho three
tsitleships was Increased from 81.
'a10OOO to $8,2l0,OOO and the limit OF
M cost for the amor from $500 to
$40.
Boulelle tRep., Me-, the chairman
IN naval afiAirs TOR the House, took the
foo, IN support OF Stones motion. He
,.plsined al length the history OF the
over the price Of amor
late. ..-,.
Boutelle denounced the proposition
10 have the government enter upon
tbs manufacture OF armor plate on Its
ryn sccou OF and expressed the opinion
that to manufacture srmor plate would
c,,t the government from 30 per cent
10 IS per cent more than private oor-
tofauons.
King (Dem., Uish) In opposing
s.une's motion declared that II would
ls di.grace for the government to
zeal longer with the Carnegie COM
p,Dy, which investigation proved hal
loist.d upon the & ,vernment fraudu-
lens ana improper work. "Rsscals"
,ad "scOundfels" were the terms he
bed In cpsrEclerlzing these COM
Tsnies.
DAlZell Rep, Ps.) supported tho
lnendmeht. The question at the base
y ibis discussion ne commended was
Thttuer or not Congress desired to
'utborize the completion OF their
now on the stocks. IIit
III the secretary OF the navy must be
Empowered 10 pay enough 10 secure
lfmor.
Ills not the late secretary OF the
livy now the private attorney OF tn.
carnegie Steel company" asked |
King.
~ do not know" replied DalzelI, |
but l should hesitate TO entertain
neh suggestion shout one who 10 no,
here to speak for himself"
W. A Stone Rep, Pal defended
ne Carnegie company.
simpson Pop, Ksn.) insisted that
mere wac pool q all lhe armor MAE
companies ia the world
20 charged that conspiracy was Ia
liog'ess &c coerce Congress into suI-
enaeIlng TO organized greed as repre.
en'eu by tueie cOmpaniep. The lyo
'af scar's now running In the new.
'asets, he SAID, made up part OF this
0 rue ueoate was concluded by Can.
~ VINO expressed the opinion that
ue senate would never agres To any
AoIe than $3.50. ~ "
oOne attempted at this point to no.
Wiz an AuJ iurument and thus delsy