The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-08

TO STOP THE STEAL
That Is the Object Of Senator
TiIIn7an's Amendment TO
THEAPPROPRiATIoN BILL.
He Is Willing to Complete Every
Battleship Now on the
Stocks, but Without
Robbery.
That Is the Object Of Senator
TiIln7an's Amendment TO
THEAPPRoPRiATIoN BILL.
He Is Willing to Complete Every
Robbery.

SASSNSS
Robbery.
The controversy in the United States
Senate Wednesday over the price OF lar ar,
n@ mo1 nIate was then precipitatea by Nr
Tillman. who offered an amen1HTHfs S:II fro,o
5ncing the price fixed by the 9lil frT;" on
s445 9er ton to $500. SpeaSlng o. ~, hl
smsDSm ment MIR. Tillman declared thS'
Millions Of dollars were being squano
cred ere bv the government in featneG3hs ali,
the nests Of the armor trust anu nS+ otI ~, +r
that the senate and country ousHo ~
know what kind Of a steal was soiGs
ON" He said in the course OF nlS
snoech that he proposed an alterna'l'.
proposition to establish a go'eIT4;6 Tn;sa6
amor plant so that the Cntseo 70
States could say to the armor trus. aa, sna,
ifit did not supply armor at proper
mice the government would manulac'
t.ra p,-s' ;ts t own armor. He said 1t wa
perfectly evide>t that the TWO TeHnss LSst
wanna arnor plants had pui' WA WA,
ever that may mean, IN the oSne; 1s
bonse Of congress and were able TO noio
nv noI tho mice of armor. Mr. TillmaD
became involved in sharp co!io4ui
with Mr.. Gallinger over the suoJecs ..
doing government work IN private VI -
government cover factories. The latter nam; II !;
fsine6 the navy department ana helo
that its work could be done cheaper Oy
private concerns than by the govern e. q,
ment and that accounted Tor 'ne laes
that private shipyards were busy AM a1o
government shipyards idle. Mr.. m
man favored the doing of the work oy
the government. even at an increased
price, for then labor and not sap esp!ta, !,
would receive the benefits. W ny,
he demanded, :'are we to yield TO enese
amor thieves, these robbers? Are we
to permit these people to order US to
stop5 " p ID deliver? l have deemed 1t
my duty to protest against these meth
DDS and therefore have offered .505 my
amendment reducing the price to soVV
ION Mr. Chandler Of New Hamp-
shire supported the amendment. Mr; y;
Tillman's S amendment was aoopteo-o7
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Cafery, Chandler, ChlItoiI'
Clav. Cockrell, Daniel, Hansbrough1,
Harris, Kenney, Kyle, Lindsay, MAJ
lory, Martin, Money, Paseo, PesugTeE'
Pettus. Rawlins, Roach, Ross, stewart
Sullivan, Thurston, Tillman; Iuriey'
Turner, Vest, Wellington, White-34.
Navs-Allison, Burrows, Carter,
Clark, Deboc, Fairbanks, FauIk1er'
Foraker, Gray, Hale, Hanna; haT5ey' 9!IIy
Hoar, Mcbride, McEnery, MeMllIan,
Mantle. Penrose, Perkins, Piatt OF
Connecticut, Proctor, SeEell, Shoup,
Snoonsr Teller, Warren-26.
In the course of debate Senator III
man said he was willing to complete
every pattleship on the stocks and pay
s4O0 ton for the arnor, but he wanted
congress to proceed to the erection OF
an armor factory aud thus free the
country from the clutches OF the aFmol
Mr.. Butler Of North Carolina then
offered an amendment providing that that II
the companies refused to accept S9Oo
ton the secretary Of the navy should
cost of $500, 600 and appropr'atlng
50 600, 900 for operating the plant;
Mr.. Buffers amendment was ad"p'cc
80 to 27, as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry
Butler, Cafery, Chandler, CocSreD:
Daniel, Faulkner, Foraker, Hans
brough, Harris, Jones Of Nevada, LIno'
say. McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle, Mar
tin, Money, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins,
Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins, Roach,
Ross, Simon, Stewart, Teller, Thurston,
Tillman, Turley, Turner, Vest, War
rem, Wellington, White-39.
Nays-Allison, Burrows, Carter,
Chiffon, Clark, Cullom, Deboe, Fair
banks, Frye, Gallinger, Gray, Hale,
Hanna, Hawley, Hoar, kenney, kyle:
Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan, Pen
rose, Platt of Connecticut, Prltchard'
Proctor, Shoup, Spooner-N.
After the bill had been reported tc
the senate from the committee OF thf
whole Mr.. Pettigrew objected TO the
amendment regarding the authorize
ton of the Gothman gun and proJectlle
Mr.. Bacon Of Georgia also made al
argument against the amendment
quoting from the report on the suoJec
Of tests of gun and projectlle oy Capt
O'Neill, chief Of the naval bureau o
(, ordnance.
Mr.. Hanna replied to the statemen
made by Mr.. Bacon declaring that boti
gun and projectile had passed beyon'
the experimental stage and was sue
cess beyond doubt.
The amendment was agreed to witt
the amendment that the secretary o
the navy was authorized in his dis
cretion" to use the gun.
The bill was passed without division
Give Bryan His Due.