The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-15


passed the Naval Appropriation bill. The
Naval Affairs Committee armor plate
amendment, paying s545 per ton for
sheathng, was adopted. Five Holland
submarine torpedo boats were incorporated
in the bill
The much maligned and strongly con-
demned Gathmann gun project, carrying
$3.50 900, was, to the surprise of those rot
on the floor passed with the bill. The
item was not taken out of its seclusion,
and in the rush went through. The sum
for the completion of the equipment of
the naval vessels ordered was increased
from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
The House provision for eight new YES
sells, two battleships, three armored
cruisers and three protected cruisers was
| retained The limit of cost for rebuilding
the Naval Academy at Annapolis is in
creased from s6,00O,O 900 to ss,0O0,OO0. An
other amendment appropriates $4,000 for
purchasing from the Spanish Government
the steel floating dry dock in Havana
Harbor and transferring it to some port
in the United States.
After brief discussion a vote was taken
on Mr.. Chambers amendment providing
that the price of armor plate be fixed at
| S425 per ton, and that Government armor
plate factory be constructed.
The amendment was defeated by a vote
Of 81 to 25..
| Mr. Hoar introduced an amendment pro-
viding that the Secretary of Navy shall re-
| port to the Senate complete estimate of
| the cost of an armor plate factory. The
| amendment was adopted without division.
| A vote was then taken on the Naval Az
| fairs Committee amendment which pro-
vides that the Secretary of the Navy shall
! be instructed to procure armor for the
| naval vessels already ordered, the cost OF
the armor not to exceed $i45 per ton OF
2.240 pounds, including royalties. 1t is
further provided that:
IF, after advertising for the armor, the
| Secretary of the Navy should be unable
to contract for such armor designated
above, then, and in that event. the Secre-
tary of the Navy is authorized to procure
| armor OF the best quality for the battle
ships Maine. Ohio and Missouri, now
| awaiting armor and to pay therefor not to
exceed s545 per ton Of 2,2i0 pounds; pro-
vided further, that II the Secretary OF the
| Navy has found. after such advertisement,
| ~. - ~ s
| turers of armor plate for s44s per ton of
2,240 pounds. then, in that event, he is
| hereby directed to procure or purchase a
| suitable site and erect thereon an armor
0oo ooo. and tn carry out the purposes of
this provision the sum Of s., 000, 900 is
hereby appropriated"
The amendment was adopted by vote
OF 81 to Is, as follows:
| Y.as-AIlisou. Baker. Carter. Clark of WON
| ing, Davis Depew, E.sins, Fairbanks. Foraker.
| Foster, FRYE Gear. Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough.
Haviey, Hoar. hean. Lodge McComas, McCumoer.
p, paas Ill Sionn sn VI T,,rs,on
| WoIco,,-
| Nays-Berry, Butler Chandler, Cockrell, Dan
iel, Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Mallory,
Morgan. Pettigrew, Pettns, sPooner, Stewart, sui
h''h' leier' liiihah' luiher' "eiiletoh-i'-
The amendment providing for the pur-
| chase of five of the Holland submarine
| torpedo vessels was then taken up. The
| amendment states that the vessels must
| not cost more than s1700 900 each. Mr..
Stewart offered an amendment changing
the number Of boats TO be purchased to
| ten instead OF FIVE.
| Mr. Stewart spoke in favor of having the
| Holland boats and stated that twenty
| should be ordered instead of ten.
| Mr. Dnnicr. Sarcasm.
| -,
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Two op)ectohs 10 the purchase OF lhese
vessels. One was that they were not con-
| troIled nv a trust and the other that thew
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| and stated that the vessel had solved the
| question OF how to protect our coasts.
Instead OF keeping great. expensive
navy on the rolls" said he, we can get
she sac Ia 'ai mn las. ~ sA M
| We can build one of these vessels in sly
months and they are not speculation like
a battleship. Again. We can get forty OF
enese ooats' enough 10 protect the entire
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| Lodge on Thursday. in which he expressed
| his fears of the dangers of war, Mr.. Dan
| iel said: The address of the Senator from
| Massachusetts, may be summed up in the
| following: Resolved first. That We are in
the hands of the trusts: second. that the
trusts are damnabIe institutions. third
therefore LET us surrender to the trusts
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