The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01
MILLIONS Fur DEFENCE
The House Passes the FortificatiOns
Appropriation Bill.
Nr. Richardson's Criticism of In
creased War Expenses the Matn
Feature of the Debpte-Mr- shaftuc
Takes Occasion to Advocate En-
pansion and Protective Tariff.

pansIon and a Protective Tariff.
The House yesterday passed the Fortifi-
cations and Coast Defence Appropriation
bill, carrying total of about seven and a
half millions.
Less than three hours were occupied in
consideration. the pressure for debate hav-
ing been materially reduced. There was
but one notable feature of the debate a
criticism by Representative Richardson Of
Tennessee, the Democratic leader. of the
increased expenses occasioned by the
Spanish-American war and the war in the
Philippines. He conceded that under the
policy OF The Republican Administration
these expenditures were necessary, but
argued that the country ought to get away
from that policy.
The first bill considered by the House
was one authorizing the construction of 4
dam across the Mississippi River between
Coon Rapids an the northern limits of
Minneapolis. This was passed.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the bill making appro-
| priations for fortifications and coast
defences for the year ending June
| 20. 1891. Mr.. Hemenway, in charge Of
the bill. briefly set forth its provisions.
! The total amount carried for the work is
| s7,O93.i .iSS. Since and including 1899. the
| appropriations for this purpose aggregated
$o3,61l ,649; of this sum s31 iS2. .425 was car
ried in the acts passed by the Fifty-fourth
and Fifty-iifth Congresses.
The Amounts Appropriated.
The following are the amounts appro-
priated under each subdivision of the bill
Gun and mortar batteries $2,000.000:
pneumatic dynamite batteries, s1SO,0OO;
installation of range finders, S150,000
sites for fortifcations, 100000; preserva-
tion and repair, 100000; plans for foc-
tificatiOns. $1,000; tools, etc, for electric
plants, S25 goo; sea walls ans embauk-
| ments. 100000; torpedoes for harbor de-
! fence, $4,000; armament of fortifcations
/ s4,002, SIS; proving ground Sandy Hook.
! S62. 100; Watervleit Arsenal $1S,S00; Ord
nance and Fertilization Board, $1O0, ,000
Mr.. Hemenway, in reply to a reques, for
information regarding the progress of
the work. stated that there were at pres
ent mounted and in course of construction
S5 l2-inch guns. 11S 1o-ihch 81 S-inch. 2S3
rapid-fire guns including 20 6-pound guns.
Mr.. Hemenway said. could now be con-
structed and placed on disappearing car
riages for $3.50, 600, while formerly IL cost
$500,000 to put single pieec upon a gun
. lift.
Mr.. Shattuc, taking advantage CT the
latitude permitted In debate on general
appropriation bills. delivered a speech in
advocacy Of expansion and protective
tariff. ae attributed the alleged prosper
iry in ha of fo
Mr.. shattuc denounced what he termed
the Inconsistency of certain Southern
statesmen in demanding that the natives
in Amei lca's insular possessions be given
all the immunities of American citizen
ship while they were using all their in
senuity 10 rob thes Soathefh negroes OF
the constitutional rights conferred upon
them. He took as his text an extract
! from recent speech of Senator rillLnan
CT South Carolina.
This distinguished Southern Senator"
he said, in part. while pleading for the
people in the Philippines who are by com
parison so per cent less capable of self
government than are any OF our people
while claiming for them alleged constitu-
tional rights; while claiming that they
have no right to be governed without their
consent is at the same time admitting and
boastng of it, too, in the face of the Gov
ernment itself that h sanctions the cp-
preston of our own people who, under
our Constitution, have the same rights
exactly as they have themselves.
'' Would you shoot poor Filipino into
submission?' he asks. Would you force
them to become citizens OF the United
States?' he queries. No, Not if every per
son in the Philippine Islands should pc
tition to become citizens. if they were to
receive the same inhuman treatment. after
submitting and after becoming citizens of
the United States. that millions of our
people who are citizens now receive in
the South at the hands Of the Democratic
party. in shooting submission into them
and forcing them to give up their (po-
iiticaD citizenship.
III you want TO learn how the consel of
the governed is obtained in a larger fe al
right here at home Just read the reports OF
The contested election eases which come IN
here annually from the Southern States.
Why sir they vote men down there who
have been dead for five years They stuff
ballot boxes. They bulldoze and they adopt
any measure and go to every extreme tn
accomplish Their purpose.
so Mr. Speaker knowing all these facts
as | know them, ! do not attach any i'm
pOrtance whatever to the Inconsistent ar
suments of these constitutional eXpound-
ers or TO the sympathy racket OF the Op
position.
Criticism From Richardson.
Mr. Richardson followed Mir Saattuc and
criticised the operation OF the Dingley
tariff He declared that il had no effect on
the wool market in the United States. un-
less it was to depress the price, for the
price IN the United States had not adj
vanced nearly so rapidly nor so greatly as
In Europe.
Turning to another matter Mr. Rich
ardson said that the expenditure and the
appropriation for the three years ending
June 30 1901. were 1901 zoe 600 annually.
greater than those OF the two years pre-
ceding he war with Spain. That was what
the Republican Administration was cost
ing the Government year by year to main
tain empire over and above what the Re
public cost.
Mr.. Hemenway-D8e rhe gentleman op-
pose the expenditures fOr the war with
Spain? -. I--
Mr.. Richardson-Np,
Mr.. Hemenway-YG include them in
the figures you have given
Mr. Richardson--Hes.
MIR. Hemenway - Does the gentleman
thinl, that is fair? 'a
Mr.. Richardson do
The minority leader asked what portion
of the expenses now being appropriated
for the year ending June 80 1901, were
properly chargeable % the war with Spain.
Mr.. Hemenway replied that the expen-
ditures in the PHILIPPINES We're due to the
war with Spain, and asked Mr.. Richardson
if he favored disseminating them.