Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17
lRN0R PLATE FIGHT
NM, REPRESENTATIVE in tho House
Charges Conspiracy
,ro WAR sclnEs PART OF IT.
:. s,n,,.l D, ll,lerc, appropriation
~ Bill cop,urr'd In After a
Long Debate

WASHINGTON, D. ca July iO' ..r,,",
wA'' ,aSsy agreed to the paI' 10.
H'u'e WV ,eoOrt on the general os'
son's,'1' appropriation bill ana con.
fci'noy T., ''r The Senate amendmen's
salt's ,b IN limit Of cos. Of armor plate
fixing 'n ,s ,, battleships now building
i'I .no ,.r ton. Thl. was the man
sS'' III. IN in dispute between the Two 70
p'lu' '''I a strong effort was made 70
a'a ,.. ,s "a i House to agree to .uo't, i,
iraa' ', ,mo fixing the limit at
lo'e r.Y Commented by the secretary
wv w. navy, but after three .s h n9 1sa
Of tne T., zine me House py vote Oh i'A
dsbs'e ~ asn,reJ IN the Senate amen1'
10 % eo M.s.rs s!one Rap. Pa. }. Dal'
msn';; Rsn. PAL. and Bouleile rep
nll (hep p,,t,d the $500 proportion
Me,s was opposed by Me nam A Ala
'n"%, Ut.h), Underweoo DEM H pnn
ps .iu. POP. CsD, simpson rop.
BailOW aimee (Dsni. Tenn.), Wheeler
Asn'h 'ra, smyers Dem. rex.) ana
Cannon U,o,,on OF Broderick (Rep', kan)
VI MIA resolution directing the
The o. nj war to Issue 1000 tents
sse' ,hs nae Of the Grand Army encamp-
S y. ~ a, Leavenworih, han.' next os-
labsr was adopteJ. a.. ,,,,.
W., then called up the CONFER
o .anor, on the general deficiency
tn'' wsIeh IN the meantime had been
w, an In ty the Senate. The House
's'.s ,,,aa Ina the Senate amendment
eUOs,ortialing 5000 for the removal Of
'ssiructlons in the hootenh fiVer'
whan The armor plate amendment
us' ,,ached Cannon moved that the
H'nss insist on Its disagreement, ana
l,ons rep. Pa. moved to concur with
an,suimept In the nature OF
,a.,liIu,e, oy the terms OF wnich the
c,,t ot the armor plate for tho lhree
s.,,,s.bIus was increased from So
no GOO to sS,2l0,0O0 and the limit OF
,ns coz, for Inc amor from $500 to
$40. A., .
an naval afiairs for the House, took the
sao, 10 support OF Stones motion. He
s,plsined al length the history OF the
soplroyersy over the price OF armor
plate.
IN have the government enter upon
The mapuiscture OF srmor plate on Its
avn sccou ct and expressed the opinion
lbs, 10 manufacture srmor plate would
eyt the government from 80 per cent
10 is ter cent more than private COR
porsnonr.
King (Dem., Utsh) In opposing
Isvne,s motion declared that 1t would
he ditgrsce for the government 10
tesl longer with the Carnegie COM
p.Dy, which investigation proved had
,iosi.d upon the & ,vernment iraudu-
!; lent anu improper work. "Rsscals"
',nd "scoundrels" we're the terms he
lusd 10 cnsracterlzlng these com.
,Iinies.
Dslzsll (Rep., Ps.) supported the
'snsndmeiI. The question at the base
~ iuh ulrCurolOu hc cuhtohuoa WINS
whether or not Congress desired to
lsutborize the completion OF their
'battleshiIs now on the stocks. Int
uit The secretary OF the navy must be
empowered 10 pay enough 10 secure
'hfmor.
"ls not the late secretary OF the
navy now the private attorney OF the
Carnegie Steel company" asked
King.
~ do not know" replied Dalzeli,
,"out should hesitate TO entertain
such suggestion about one who 10 NOT
here TO speak for himself"
W. A Stone Rep, Pal defended
'lhe Carnegie company.
simpson Pop, Kan.) insisted that
,neie was pool Of all ihe aTmor pis,e
manufacturing companies in the world
hnd charged that conspiracy was Ia
piogfess to cOerce Congres, into SUI.
.ienaeilng TO organized greed as repre-.
seh'ed by tue,e companies. The Two
var scat's now running In the news.
;papefs, be SAID, made up part OF this
conspiracy.
H., ,ne debate was concluded by Can.
'' M VINO expressed the opinion that
'ae senate would never agrees to apy
'nsp'siIion iiriug the limil OF cost a,
more than $500.
o.One attempted at this point to se.
''e Ah AoJJ urnment and thus DELAY