Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-14
ON THE NAVAL BILL
Committee Amendment on Armor
Plate Adopted.
HAWAIIAN CUSTOMS COLLECTION
Mr.. Brosius Speaks on the Cur
rency Law.
DEFICIENCY BILL REPORTED

Mr.. Hanna (Ohio). at the opening of to-
DAYS session of the Senate. reported Ia
yorably a concurrent resolution directing
the Secretary of War to make q survey OF
the harbor at Cleveland. with view to Its
further Improvement. 1t was agreed to-
A bill was passed 70 fix the terms OF the
circuit and district courts of the western
district of Louisiana.
A bill was reported from the commerce
committee. and passed. relating to the
anchorage of vessels in the Kennebec river
at or near Bath, Me.
A concurrent resolution was adopted
directing the Secretary of War to appoint
a board of officers of the Engineer Corps TO
prepare plans'fo the improvement OF Snake
river. in Washington and Idaho
bill for the establishment OF a lsnt
house and fog signal at Slip Point, WASH
at cost of $12,oD. was passed. ,
Concurrent resolutions were adopted
directing the Secretary of War to make sur
veys of Boston harbor. with view TO es-
tablshng channels 1000 feet wide and 10
feet deep: and of the outlet of flathead
lake, Mont, with a view to Keeping the
lake full
A bill providing for the appointment OF a
collector of customs for the customs c's-
triCt of Hawaii at a salary OF S4upp per
year and for such deputies as may be nee
,ssary was reported by Mr.. Foraker from
the committee on Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico and passed
An acr To provide for sittings of the cir
cult and district courts of the United States
of the southern district of Florida. at
Ocala, Fla. was passed.
Naval Bill Taken Up.
Mr. Hale then called up the naval appro-
priatinn bill and the Senate resumed Its
consideration the pending question being
on the amendment of Mr.. Chandler substi-
tuting in Mr. Tillman's amendment $40 for
$500 as the price of armor
The amendment was rejected. % to p.
Mr.. Hoar Offered the following amend
ment To the committees proposition with
respect to the construction of an armor-
plate factory: That if under the opera
ton If III. above provision no government
armor- plate mandatory Is begun or bull'
the Secretary OF the Navy snail submit 10
Congress at the beginning of its next ses-
sion a detailed report, in which he shall
estinat. the entire cost of a fully equipped
government armpr-plats mandatory. IN
Guiding site and the probable time at which
the best modern armor plate could be pro-
duced at said factory and ready for dellV-
cry" The amendment was accepted by the
committee and agreed to by the Senate. As
amended the committees proposition was
then agreed To. - to 10. the detailed vote
being as follows:
Yeas-Allison. Baker, Carter. Clark CWyo-
mngl. Davis. Depew. Elkins. Fairbanks
Foraker Foster Frye. Gear. Hale. Hanna
IIanshrough, Hawley, Hoar. kean. Lodge
McComas. McCumber Nelson. Penrose
Perkins, Plat N. W, Proctor. Ross, Sew
ell. shoup. Simon. Thurston Wolcott.:2
Nays-Berry, Butler. Chandler. Cockrell
Daniel Harris Heitfeld. Jones t-Ark}. Nal
lery. Morgan. Pettigrew. Pettus. Spooner,
Stewart. Sullivan. Teller. Tillman, Turner,
Wellington-19.
The next proposition of the committee pro-
vided for the purchase of five Holland sub
marine torpedo boats at price of S170.O0o
each.
Ten Submarine Boats.
Mr. Stewart New offered amendment
increasing the number of boats to be pur-
chased from five to ten and addressed the
Senate In support of his amendment.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Stewart
expressed the belief that the Holland boats
were more valuable harbor protectors
than battle ships and that they were the
greatest insurance of peace in the world.
Mr. Teller explained that some remarks
he made few days ago had not referred to
the navy ordnance board. but to the army
ordnance board. He reiterated against the
army ordnance board his charges of incom-
potency.
The board" said he ''is rot equal to the
demands made upon it. This Is realized by
officers in the army. who are not satisfied
with the work Of the board. II ever
have a great war We will have to change
that board. The proper way to do it is to
make that change now"
Mr. Daniel thought the Holland boat pre-
sented the solution Of harbor defense.
III 1t be true" said Mr.. Daniel, land may
say l do not share in the fancy, that some
foreign nation has its eye on US. and pro-
poses. as has been feared by some senator's
to test the Monroe doctrine: If It be true
that which has not happened is to happen.
then this boat is the thing We desire for the
defense of our harbors and our coasts"
He would, he added vote for twenty of
the Holland boats To be built to allay the
sensitiveness and apprehension Of our sea
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the amendment of Mr.. Stewart