The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-13

to pay S545 for the armor for the Maine,
Ohio and Missouri was defeated.
Mr.. Pettus (Ala.) offered an amendment
making it mandatory upon the secretary
OF the navy to erect an armor plate plant
at once at cost not to exceed $4,000, ,O00.
The amendment was defeated, % to "a, as
follows:
Chandler. Cockrell Daniel, Davis, Har-
rison, Jones (Ark), Jones (Nev.). Nal
lory, Money, Morgan, Nelson, Pettus,
man, Vest-22
Nays-Allison. Baker, Clark Cwyo), De-
pew, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster,
Frye, Hale. Hansbrough. Hawlev. Hoar'
Lodge, Mcbride, McComas. McCumber,
McEnery, Penrose, Perkins Proctor,
Quarles, Ross, Shoup-24
SENSATIONAL ALLEGATION.
During the consideration of the nava,
appropriation bill, Mr.. Chandler made thA
following statement:
believe, and l am prepared to show
that the Harvey patent was a fraud. and
that 1t was imposed upon the patent of
zee and upon the government by subter-
IuSe II not by dishonesty. When the gov
eThment refused to pay more than S3OG q
ton Tor Harvey armOr, the combined
drhor manufacturers Of the world en-
deaVored to obtain by subterfuge or nv
injustice, another arInor I do not believe
IHdt the Krupp armor which thev offered
US mas any merit whatever, except that Is
Is hardened deeper than the HarvevIzei
drihor' by the well known means of hard
enlng steel by means of carbonization
iIieIe Is no patent about it and there IS
no secret about it that is worth a doIla,
in any court" '-''1'
GOVERNMENTS PARIS POSTOFFICF
FNl.
The first letter mailed at the United
states postoftice at the Paris exnositfon
was addressed to President Mckinley bv
commissioner General Peck. In the LET
ter, Mr. Peck says:
III seems fitting that you should re-
celVe the first letter ever deposited in q
pOstotlce of the United States located in
Il foreign land. 1 therefore have the hon.
or OF informing you that this comnuni
cation Is the first ever transmitted
through such a channel 1t is registered
"A complete postoffice, under the direc
ION OF the postmaster general of the
United States is now in full operation in
the national pavilion established by orr
government at the Paris exposition Yo,
wlil be Interested In knowing that in This
building Is located, in addition tn the
postoHlce, an official bureau of irforna-
1on Tor the benefit of our American Deo-
pie; also the American chamber of com
hlerce organized In Paris; the reception
rooms of the commissioner general as
slstant commissioner general and the sec
retary and eighteen national commits
sloners appointed under the act of con-
gress. One floor will be known as states
headquarters. Rooms are also set apart
lor the military order of the Loyal Legion
or the United States and for women's
organizations. The entire building is the
nome of our American Citizens
MR.. DAVIS RESOLUTION.
When the senate convened today, Mr..
Davis reported from the committee on
Foreign relations a joint resolution re-
specting the unveiling of the statue of
Lafayette at Paris, July T. 1900 The
preamble recited that the school children
or the United States had contributed $50
VUO Tor the statue, and that the govern
ment of the United States had contribut-
ed $4,000 for the pedestal for the statue
The resolution follows:
That the people of the United States
anticipate and appreciate this ceremony
with feelings of the greatest satisfaction,
and that they regard the statue as ex-
pressing the honor and gratitude with
which they cherish the memory of La
fayette and those of his countrymen,
who, by their arms and counsel, assist
ed in securing the independence of the
United States.
That the president of the United
States is hereby requested to transmit a
copy of those resolutions to the govern
ment of France"
The resolution was agreed to.