The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-02

Washington. June THE senatorial |
debate today WAS caustie and as warm
as the weather out doors. At times the /
exchanges between senator's bordered
on personalities. Much of the discus
sion was of a political nature, although
in themselves the questions involved
were not essentially political
soon after the senate convened a
memorial was presented from the PEG
pie of California asking that the gov
eminent DrOvide some relief for the
starving people of India. Mr. Hale of
Maine, with this as a, text, severely ar
raigned Great Britain for eXDendlng
hundreds OF millions of dollars in
crushing liberty and freedom in South
Africa, instead of caring for the help
less and dying people of England's CHIEF
colony
Mr. Aldrich of Rhode Island charged
Mr.. Hale with making political
speeches on irrelevant matters, and
little later when Mr.. Hale reported
further disagreement on the naval ap-
preparation bill, an exciting discussion
arose over the armor plate question.
Hanna Is Assailed.
sharp political twist was given TO
ma of Ohio delivered in favor of leav-
ing the whole matter in the hands Of
the senate conferees and of comforting
discretionary power upon the secretary
of the navy in accordance with the
house proposition. He became in
volved in a controversy with Mr.. Till
man of South Carolina and Mr.. Allen
of Nebraska over the governments
ability to manufacture armor satisfac-
tOriiy, in which the sparks few.
Mr., Teller of Colorado, Mr.. Allen and
Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota replied
10 Mr. Hanna, all speaking in a pOlit-
ical vein. The bin finally was returned
10 conference.
Seventy mine private pension bills
were passed, and also the military
academy appropriation bin. The mill
taTy academy bin carried amendments
making General Miles and all future
commanders of the amy lieutenant
generals and Corbi-l a major general.
Consideration Of ne last of the ap-
preparation bills, the general deficiency,
was begun, but was not completed.
famine Question Brought Up.
Mr.. Perkins (Cal) presented the pc
titiOn from organizations and individ-
Eals of his state asking congress to
make an appropriation for the relief Of
the furnishing people of India, and he
asked that il be referred To che com
mittee on appropriations. Heswas not,
he said, in possession of sufficient in
formation to enable him to prepare
proper resolution dealing with the
question. Ia 1897 lie had asked for and
procured shiDs % carry 10 India pro
visions gisen by the citizens of Cali
fprnia, Oregon. Washington. Nebraska,
Kansas aud Iowa. The provisions ag-
gregated 4,900 tons Ne official ac-
acknowledgements had ever been received
at ia do f1rs he
aware.
lie hesitated now. therefore. To press
4 resolution looking TO the relief of the
people of India, lest the government of
Great Britain might not look with
favor upon the action of congress i'll
sending to India unsolicited aims, as it
might not look with favor on a friendly
intervention by this government in The
South African war
Hale Makes His Attack.
The resolution brought from Mr.. Hale
(Maine) = bitter attack on Great Brit
ain.
The world has been horrided-aI-
most stupefied, INTERCEPTED Mr. Hale
speaking with deliberate emphasis
at the suffering now being. endured il
India. That is the chief OF England
colonies. The .pestilence and famine
are appalling TO the Imagination
eXistence-the babe lies dead beside it,
mother. The situation is awful Now
the senator comes here with a propo
sitiOn that we should appropriate
money Tor the relief of these people.
II should like to ask the senator
what England has done for the peopl
or India. She has spent tens, anC
hundreds OF millions of dollars in strik
ing down and crushing republics. I
IS the most brutal manifestation o
strength against liberty and weakness
that the world has ever seen; and
am moved, therefore to ask the sen
atOr what Great Britain has done {
relieve thee suffering of her mdial
subjects. What has he in the way o
information upon this point? What in
formation has he as TO England's &C
ton in this matter, while she is spend
ing hundreds of millions in destroyin
the Boer republics.
Alr. Aldrich interiected some causti
remarks about making pTO-BOer. an
political speeches every time a peti
ton was presented. and then Nj
Perkins replying TO Mr.. Hale said u
fully realized the force of Mr., Hale
question.
Il am not asking the senate to TAX
action at this time. [ ask that tn
memorial be referred to the committe
on appropriations in order that tn
members of the committee may care
fully consider the subject
II was so referred.
Armor Plate Is Considered.
For the conferees on the naval al
preparation Mr. Hale reported an0tht
disagreement upon the subject
armor plates. surveys and course
studies al the naval academy. He sal
there was on absL;ute deadlock b
tween the conferees of the two house
and he expressed a. desire. that SCI
atOrs state their views freely in crd'
that the senate cOnferees might hay
The benefit of their opinions and sul
gestiOns.
Mr. Tilman Is. o.. one o. the con
ferees. declared he would rather tt
bill should fail than that the sena
should yield To the house proposition.
Mr. Hanna (O).. a member of Il
committee on naval affairs. said thi
since his advent into the senate he Ia
devoted considerable time 10 stud
of the srmor plate question, He w
familiar with manufacturing and Ia
some knowledge of the armOF matt
from personal investigation. He VI
in favor of the construction of
formidable navy as rapidly as possib
and was satisfied the delay IN Il
Nays building now was due IN
great degree TO the opposition Of q
senators from South Carolina (Tillma'
and New Hampshire (Chandler), to L
payment of reasonable price f
armoT
on his responsibility as. q senator
was satisfied 10 say that S440 per t
was not only a reasonable but L
price for armor.
Asks About Lower Offer.
t.r,s. 80 49, Tgls,oss CfaaI comma n.