The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-07

| tend that they shall know it. II you want
| to foster the trusts, do II like men, not
| like sneaks who go under the protence that
this great Government cannot make armor
plate
Mr.. Hanna Replies.
Mr.. Hanna then got the floor.
THE basis of all Of the arguments made
! by the Senator is the report of the COM
! mittee,' SAID he, land the bitterness OF his
| speech has attracted my sympathy. He
| has said that he would rather see the Ma
| val bill fail than have the Government In
the hands of monopoles. Now, would
| like to see that matter taken out Of the
hands of the legislative branch of the Gov
eminent, SO that it is taken out Of poll
| tics
Il deny the charge that any man on this
| side of the chamber has been influenced
by the armcr people. ! refute the state
| ment Now, if the armor people refused
| to show their books to the Government,
| that was their business, not ours
Don't you think 1t would have been
| right for them to show their books to the
Secretary of the Navy when he claimed
| that they were selling armor to Russia
at S225 per TOM? said Mr.. Tillman.
No said Mr.. Hanna, II don't think
that they had any business showing their
books
What price do you think is fair?' asked
Mr.. Daniel
Let the Secretary of the Navy find
out said Mr.. Hanna.
| You have just advised the armor peo-
| pie to keep num-" said Mr.. Daniel. land
1 suppose you want US to appropriate mon
ey blindfolded.'
I'VE don't need to do this. Let the
Secretary of the Navy fix the price" said
| Mr.. Hanna Everything that goes into
armor plate has increased 100 per cent,
| particularly labor.
Now, is this bill to be passed at this
session? If 1t is We should make con-
cessions to the House. There is nothing
to this matter. but a logged determine
ton on the part of the Democrats to build
Government armor plant. The Senator
from Colorado says that the Republican
party is the agent of the Armor Trust.
Well, We are willing to go before the
country after passing this amendment and
We will get the votes of the people, too.
Il deny that any Republican member of
this body has been influenced by any
trust. The amendment of the Senator
from Pennsylvania is a good one and
ought to be passed"
Mr.. Elkins, as usual, followed the lead
OF Mr.. Hanna, and repeated the remarks Of
the latter
Mr.. Quarles stated that he wished to
| warn the Senate that the armor plate dis
cussions and speeches had been regarded
| by the people as dyspeptic echoes. He then
argued in favor Of the Penrose amendment.
He said that the charges of coming scam
| dals in the Navy Department were all
| wrong.
Danger of n Scandal.
Il said that there was danger of a scan
dal because there must be this result. The
Republican party is trying to hide behind
the skirts of John D. Long" said Mr.. TILL
man. Congress has investigated this
matter. Are we too cowardly, as Senators.
| to fix price for this srmor?''
I've have heard that i,750 times" said.
| Mr.. Quarles
Yes, and i: makes no impression. It
| takes diamond drill to get an iiea into
| some mems heads" said Mr.. Tillnan.
Mr.. Hawley argued in favor O: the
amendment Mr.. Money spoke against it.
Mr.. Thurston said he disliked TO see so
much discretion placed in the hands of the
| Secretary of the Navy. He argued in ia
| vor of the Penrose amendment.
Mr.. Daniel said that he would not vote
| for the Penrose amendment. We should
stand up to the fight which has been OH
| for the past FIVE years. said he 1.-THE
| majority of men may be honest, but the
men who left blowholes in the arn,or plate
were not models of this virtue. The Sena-
tor from Ohio tMr. HANNA, and The Sena-
tor from West Virginia tMrS ElkIns), talk
about business principles and know some
thing mysterious about these business
principles which no other Senators can
understand.
THE bogy of impending war has been
brought up We are at peace with all the
world, and there is no danger. We are at
peace with ourselves, and have prestige
with all the world. Our most dangerous
enemy is this Armor Trust. The Senator
from West Virginia says Follow the Eng
lish method Yes, and in every instance
wherein we have Jumped the appropria-
tions, as We did in the case of Commits
sioner Peck, the Administration has added
no favor to its record.
Nothing could be more unfortunate to
our republican principles than to insert
INTO our methods those of Great Britain"
added Mr.. Daniel. II will stay here I'M
til Christmas before / will give up this
fight with the Armor Trust"
Mr.. Buffers Position.
Mr. Butler stated that he would not
surrender and would vote against the
THE Arnor Trust has held us up every
year for FIVE years and has got what 1t
wanted said he. I'VE should stop this
monkey business. This is the most alb
surd proposition ever put before any Leg
islative body in the world. 1t is robbery
and loot
A vote was then called for and the Pen
rose amendment was adopted by vote
Of 80 to 35, as follows:
Yeas-Allison Baker, Carter, Clark, Cullom,
Davis, Deboe, Depew, Elkins Fairbanks, Foster,
Frye, Gallirger, Hanna. Hansbrough. Hawley,
Hoar, Kean Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride, McComas,
McEnery, Mcmillan, Mason, Penrose. Platt IN
", Plat Comm, Pritchard, Proctor, Quarles,
Ross, Scott, Sewell. Shoup, Thurston, Warren,
Wetmore, Wolcott-39.
Nays-Bacon, Bard. Bate, Berry, B-.eridge,
Butler, Chandler, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, |
Daniel, Foraker, Harris, Heitfcld Jones ARK,
Kcnney, Lindsay, McLaurin Mallory, Martin, |
Money, Morgan, Nelson, Perkins, Pettigrew, |
Pettns Rawiins. Simon. Spooner Sullivan, ITALIA |
feHo, Teller, Tillman, Turner, VESTS.
Mr.. Hale then moved that the Senate in
sist upon the other two amendments, re-
lating to ocean surveys and length of the |
term at Annapolis. The bill went back