Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-17
COST OF ARk0R PLATE
Warm Discussion in Congress Over
Cost Of Armor For War
Ships
Strong Speech Of Cummings Favor.
ing the Best Armor at any
frice.
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Senator Hoar Makes His Long Ex
sected Speech on the
Philippines.

Washington. April 17.-C Consideration
of the naval appropriation bin was re-
.sumed today. Dayton, of West Vir-
ginia, member OF the naval committee.
said the bill was not as liberal as had
been predicted ana larger appropria-
itions would be required in the future.
Cummings, Of New York, the rank
ing minority member of the committee
said the people in all sections OF the
country recognized that a navy was
vital to the United States as to all 9th.
er maritime nations And what was,
going to be done, he asked. Three bat
tleships were on the stocks without
armor. Three We're authorized with a
string attached. They were not even to
be contracted for unless armor could be
procured for 5000 ton. This bill rec
commended two more. Was string to
be attached to that? 1t would be like
voting for a declaration of war and
then refusing to provide the ammuni-
tion.
Why buy rotten armor plate?" In
lterrupted Ridgely. why not make our
own armor plate??"
Rotten armor plate?" circulated
Cummings Indignantly. You paid
s4OO a ton for 1t after proved it was
full of blow holes. / spent three months
Lin yonder committee room night and
day taking testimony, investigating the
subject and my report was unanimous
lily Endorsed by this house. But IT was
buried In the senate. 1t is time the
i5country should understand that the
Lives of our sailors and marines are en-
dangered by the action of this house
and senate. The men who fought with
Dewey are entitled to the best protec-
l3tion that can be given. especially as
they are no longer to be given prize
money"
Continuing Cummings raised burst
of applause by stating he believed ir
keeping the navy and the army in the
A philippines as long as single rebe
defied the authority Of the Unitet
4 Estates.
But when We have conquered them
i he added, I'm in favor of treating
tEtheIns as we propose to treat Cuba. OF
4 the whole think the Filipinos wer
d more gallant than the sCubans and GER
4 ltaiEly deserve as fair treatment.
4 Speaking of the building of ships il
i the government yards, he said that l.
ships as good as the Oregon, Massa
i lchusetts and Indiana could be built a
the government yards under an eigh
sIhour rate he favored building then
there even if they cost s5OO,ooo NOR,
each.
Later on Cummings. reverting I,
1.-The question of armor plate made thi
3Icommittee in way that can not be re
|Nealed here, that in paying s545 TO
4 Krupp arnor we We're paying less thai
lany nation in Europe or Asia. England
1 was paying s5s7 for the same arinor
Russia s5G5, France $3.50. Japan $500
i Until the ships already authorized ar
#Iisupplied am in favor of the buying q
4 Krnpp armor at s545 When we ar
1 |even up will be willing to talk ahou
4 an arrnor plate factory
4 Kitchin of North Carolina argued tha
q a government factory was the only re
slief from extortion. Krupp arnor, in hi
q Iopinion. could be manufactured a
I z[cheaply as Harveyized arrmor could fiv
years ago.
II am in possession of Information,
interrupted Wheeler of Kentucky, 9Th
source Of which l am not at liberty t
ldisclose, which shows that Krupp ar
q NOR can be manufactured hundre
s. dollars cheaper than Haryey!zed plate.
"rhe secretary of the navy says tha
is Impossible. observed Barber Q
], Pennsylvania.
..The secretary of the navy" retorte
q Wheeler, knows no more about 1t tina
tho man in the moon
Honr on philippine Questions.
. Washington, April IA bill wa
passed today granting soldiers of tn
Mexican war pensions of So month
certain cases. After the transaction
routine business Hoar addressed II
: senate on the Philippine question
:, strongly advocating self-government
ALTGELD AGAINST DEWEY.
Says Bryan is Only logical Candl
z