Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-02
SENATE VOTES IN FAVOR OF A GOV.
ERNMENT ESTABLISHMENT.
LIMITS PRICE TO $500 A TON
SENATOR TILLMAN MAKES A SENsA-
TIONAL SPEECH.
says Government Is ReinK Robbed
Amendment Adopted Providing
Tint IL Makers Won't Sell
ut x:;UO u Government
Plant he Put In.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-The senate is

WASHINGTON. March 1.-The senate is
rapidly clearing It's decks fo- final adj
jouinmsnt. The naval appropriation bill.
| which ordinarily consumes the tine Of the
senate for several days. was passed this
afternoon after less than five hours OF de-
hu.t. In that time. however. il wss amend
ed radically In one respect. TIE price to
be paid by the government for arTnor plate
! was fixed in the bill at 500 a ton, "A r"iic-
ton of the amount nNed by the house of SID
Il ton. In addition. III" secretary OF the
navy was authorized. in the event of the
refusal of the armor plate companies TO
supply arnor at $50 u ton. to proceed TO the
construction of an armor factory TO cost
81 .tCc..t". and placing in the secretary's con-
troll 10000 with which TO operate the gov
eminent plant. The fight for these amend
merits was made by Mr.. Til!man. of South
Carolina. who made Il Enthusiastically
sensational speech in support OF the propo-
sitions. The senate adopted reSo .utionS OF
regret at the death Of Lord 1lersthcli. ard
concluded the days session by pronouncins
~euloSies upon the late Representative Ding
ley.
Shortly after the senate convened. Mr..
Allen. of Nebraska. called up the resolution
of Mr.. Yes, N relation 70 the acquisition OF
foreign territory by the United States and
delivered upon it his va.edictory- Six years
ago. he said. he had entered the senate
chamber as the single member in this body
of /; new political party. .
TO be Il pioneer or Il new political party.
SaiC he, was by no means an easy task.
but he would retire from the senate with
the consciousness of having done his duty
as best he could. and of not having com-
mitted an act or said II word that he would
not repeat in like circumstances. he h'd
| lived. he said. for forty years i'll the west
and was essentially Il product OF that re-
| Sion. He would return to it with sladness
and take up his work among his friends OF
Consideration of the naval appropriation
bill was then hegun. the amendments of the
committee being acted upon as the measure
The reading of the bill was concluded at
$50 y. M, all the committee amendments
having been agreed to In the course OF the
reading.
After some formal amendments were of
fercd by. the committee and agreed TO- Mr,
provision OF the bill! appropriating Sl:,rN
TAO for the purchase and manufac'ure. OF
smokeless powder. He deemed it a policy OF
our people not to bring the government m
70 competition with private industry. lie
Therefore offered an amendment provia!.,S
that an,I not Of. NOR Gnnrds IN" N mInnfac gl shs sum
Mr.. Hale accepted the amendment ana II
was agreed to.
An amendment was agreed to authoriZin,
rrwo submarine boats of the Holland type.
at n cost not to exceed Sl:3.rt1 each.
The controversy over the price of arinor
plate was then precipi;ated by Mr.. TILL
man. who offered an amendment reducing
the price fixed by the bill from S" per
ton to $500.
Speaking to his amendment. Mr.. Tillman
| declared that millions Of dollars We're be-
ing sGnandsssd by the tn N, s%oS armnr trust n
and he felt that III" senate and country
ought to know what kind OF a steal was
III, said in the course of his speech that
he proposed an alternative proposition 10
.stahliSh a government armor plant 3" thit
the United States could say to the armor
trust that ii it did not supply armor at Il
proper price the government would man
ufac'ure its own armor He said II WIS
perfectly evident that the tw" Pennsy'-
vania arror plants had a pull, whatever
that nigh, mean" in the house "f CON
gr.ss. and We're able TO hold up the price
of armor:
work by the government. even at ar in
creased price. for then labor ard not cap
itnl would r%ecGiv" the her.fYs- ,,,
(" these armor thieves: these robbers" Are
We to permi, these people to order US 10
stand and deliver? have deemed il my
and. therefore. have Offered my amond-
msnt reducing the price to $500 n ton"
Mr.. Chandler. of New Hamnshirc. in
supDort Of thr amendment. said the Car
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combination. and together in combination
with European manufacturers. They Were
making a desperate effort to holi ur the
price of armor. and tn" device had been
resorted to OF bringing forward "A new ar
NOR. which they maintHined could not 10
manufactured for less than Si3 ii ton. lie
did not propose. he said. to he led away
from his OuinionS by these statements He
did not believe that It would cost 800 more
II ton TO make tho krupp armor than to
make the Harveyized armor. He would
wait before purchasing more 1Tmpr far
another careful Investigation of the whole
armor Mate question.
Mr.. Ti!Iman,s amendment was adopted.
,T.as-Allen. Racon. Bate. berry. Butler.
caf"tv. Chandler, Chiffon Clay. cockrcII.
Drniels Hnnshrorsh. Harris. Kanncy,
PettiGrew, Pot,us. RlwlinS. Roach. Ross.
Stcwart. Sullivan. ThurStor. TilIman. Tur-
N~ays-Auison Rurrows' carter. cl"rk.
Dcb5e. Fairbanks Faulkner. Foraker,
GRAY. Hale. Hanna. Hawley Hear. Ne
| Bride. McE:ncrv Mcmillan Mantle. P.u-
well. Shoup Sroou"r. TelI"r. Wlrr.r-2a.
Mr.. Butler, % North Carolina 1hou Of
fered an amendment providing Ih:'t If tn"
companies refused t" accept Soo 4 ten.
the secretary of the ray should proceed N
! erect m arm"r factory at - cost % 81 SO =
o0 and aup'oprIa;ing S2.oo""" for operat-
NJ. buffers amendment was adopted. 20
to =. as follows:
Versailles RitOr- is'f". f'TrE. F.iticr.
CATER Chandler. Cock-ell. Dauiel. Fprlk-
r.r. Foraker IiaUsirough. Harris Jones
! ~ invade. I.irdsny M,I.rurin. Mallory.
| Martle. Martju Money Nelson P,:cne.
Perkins. P"c'!crew Fr''r-. I:rwIins,
Roach Ro-e Simon. Stewart. T"'lor.
Thurston Tilcrr. Turtle. Turner. T.st.
| Wpr-nn. Wellington Whitr-"9
Sav-.Hi>or T:Urrow- Carter Chiffon.
! Clark Clav- 'rllon b-tO" Fairbanks.
Frye CatIfnccr. CRY. H"le Hanna. IIoar.
" yrIev. E.~ucv XVI. Mcbride. MCFusrv.
". MILAN peurov-. pla't :. 'Gnn., ...rut.
Pr,-ri.ara. Proctor Shoun. Spcon@r-21.
This bill was passed wiihou' division.
BOWMAN ACT CLAIMANTS.