The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-27
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! ened.
The amendment was lost.
! Another amendment was offered by Mr..
! Foote Rep., n. " to increase the ap-
preparation for arms, accoUtrements, etc.
Of naval reserves from 100000 TO $1000 900.
INTERVENTION COMES UP.
Mr.. Boutelle Rep., I'D, in supporting
| the amendment, argued that it was the
| duty of the United States to intervene in
/ Cuba. His remarks aroused several out
/ bursts Of applause, but he was repeated
/ ly called to order under the ruling of
yesterday, limiting the debate to the sec
! ton under consideration.
! Mr.. Lewis Dem, Wash) also argued
in favor of intervention. War, he said,
was already upon US. We were fools to
! disguise it. 1t was not patriotic to delude
/ ourselves further. The Spanish torpedo
! hotilla was sailing toward our shores.
! He asserted that it was the duty of the
| government to intercept that fleet and
blow her from the seas. When he quot
ed John Randolph's utterance delivered
in the house in 1922, ''as we would not be
bullied by the British lion, so we refuse
to be frightened by the Spanish jackal."
the house broke into cheers.
The amendment was defeated, 1851.
An amendment was adopted to permit
| the secretary of the navy to use any
portion of Michigan's naval fund to re
pair the damage to the. Yantic.
paragraph to transfer the hydro
graphic office from the bureau Of naviga-
ton TO the bureau of equipment. which
had been recommended by the navy de-
partment. went out on a point Of order.
PROPOSED DRY DOCKS.
Mr. Elliott Dem, S. c. made point
of order against the provision that none
Of the money appropriated for the naval
station at Port Royal S c., should be
available until the United States acquir-
ed title 70 the land claimed by Agnes \.
Niver, adjacent 10 the Port Royal dry
dock The point Of order was overruled.
Thereupon Mr. Elliott moved to strike
out the provision.
Mr.. Lentz Dem, o. argued that it
was criminal to suspend an appropriation
for a naval station with a proviso at
such a time as this. War was at our
doors. We had appropriated S5OOoo.oO0 TO
prepare to meet it. The Spanish flotilla
was approaching the country.
ct is boys play" said he at is COW
ardice to talk about acquiring title to
land at a great naval station now. The
naval station should be prepared for &C
ton" applause.
Mr. Dayton Dem, W. Va) said:
eve could lick six countries like Spain
in the time necessary to build the pro-
posed key wall at Port Royal"
The amendment was lost. 1853.
When the paragraph providing for the
construction OF four timber dry docks at
Portsmouth, y. H, Boston. Mare Island,
Cal. and League Island. Pa, was reached
no point Of order was made against X,
but Mr. Cannon. chairman Of the appro-
priations committee moved 10 reduce the
number Of timber dry docks 70 he author
lied. 10 three. and to be located at such
navy yards as the secretary Of the navy
might direct.
The findings Of the Bunce board and
the recommendations Of the secretary Of
the navy with regard 10 dry docks, were
discussed at great length.
Mr.. Dockery Dem. MOI said he was
willing TO vote for all thedocks deemed
urgently necessary buI Portsmouth
was not one of them.
EFFICIENCY THE TEST NOW.
Mr.. Cannon discussed in a general way
the proposed increases in The navy. dry
docks and batt-eships- He said he was
willing. as he thought every other mem
Der Of the house was. TO be liberia. in
voting all the money necessary for the
naval establishment. Win reference 10
dry docks. there were, he said, four docks
in the United States which would accom-
m05a,e batleships now. at New York.
Port Royal. HGdder's Point, Cal, and
Puget Sound. For three years 10 come,
If a battIesA.o was locked az san Fran
cisco Bay. il would nave 20 be Al Eud-
ders Point. He read from the report OF
chhe chief of engineers % show Snat i
would cost $Slo0ao 10 deepen the channel
from san Francisco 10 Mare Island 50 INA.
a battleship could gel 10 the yard. Three
docks were enough Let Jhe secretary To-
cate them. This was 10 time fog locality.
II was the time for efficiency.
Personally. ne disclamed any interest
in any locality. But ne begge5 gentle
men 20 remember that dry dock neces-
sarily meant a naval yard. and because he
believed this was no time 20 establish new
naval stations. ne gave notice that re
would MAKE = poin, OF order against
The proposed steel dry dock at Ayers.
La. and a'so ssalnst the investigation OF
the Ges.rab.,iJy OF locating a dry dock
AZ Galveston He was opposed be de-
clared, 10 any attempt to foist upon the