The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-17
NAVAL BILL
IS SUBJECT
FOR DEBATE.
,.,,sr Of the Republican Hosts,
?, - I'ro Toss. Pays a Splendid TFib-
- ute to Mr.. BOutelle'
a7lDIyG A NAVY FOR PEACE.
-,,.,,,s Recognize No Virtue Un-
~ y, "A. Accompanied by FOrce-TFuo
= r,b,rtyis Liberty Under Law.


80.
s,r entered upon the consideration
',,.a ,sa naval appropriation BILL with
.. q ". a.,.pcrt OF Il severe struggle ahead
= y. .,l me- question of the armor plate
y,nlirr r' ships in the government yards
,td tn, provision IN the Di'' M, rvt ,.,1 ~,
'.-l, o. ,ls.o0o.OOO more than any pre-
''',,', ,oyol b!ll To-day Mr.. Foss, the
u.-s ,.,,a, 90 chairman of the committee, and
,,""S !, Cummings. the ranking minority
rsnber Of the committee defended ina
lf'''' N tn, latter declared himself in
sr,r ~, or paylng S5i5,OOO for Krupp ar
-or ~, until all the ships authorized were
S1llt and said that the committee had
I,,ormauon, the source Of which h.
s,s no, at liberty to reveal, showing
ma, we could obtain Krupp arlnor al
, orIcs lower than any other country In
ne world.
An Efforts to secure an agreement
slel. and the house went into COM
rl,,sa Of the whole (Mr. Payne, OF
ysr York In the chair. with an indeh-
,,,s pprlod for general debate ahead.
NJ Foss made q general preliminary
,,,seh
IN oparinc. Mr.. Foss paid n tribute
II Mr. Boutcllc, lMalne), chairman OF
N, committee, whose illness had pre-
vented him from attending the sessions
q, the house since the Christmas holi-
t,ys
Carries a Large Appropriation.
m, bill. Mr.. Foss explained, carried
,,,,, appropriatlon Of Ssl, 100000, the
n-sps, naval appropriation ever re-
r,r,pl 10 an American Congress.
After explaining the various items In
IL, bin, Mr.. FOES said:
we are building a navy for peace;
We are building 1t not to provoke war
but to conserve International concord
We arr building it in order that the ma
tons may take warning that II Amerl-
an honor Is assailed American vaior
vii DEFEND The nation which IS
armed and ready to tight Is the least
likely to be called upon to do so. Ihe
b:si peace conference is a strong ana
tfelent navy, Sea power Is reeog-
nlEed the world over as the strength OF
grat nation. We are building u
Evy 10 maintain our foreign poucy; q
defend the Monroe doctrine and TO
TasT! ihe proposed Nicaragua CANAL
Eh!eh' l trust will never be built uE-
l'ss the American navy has the right
Is It has the ability, to defend 1t III
TIM otwar
Different Watchword for the Future.
Wall, protection to ourselves was
the Ua,chword of the past century,
commerce will be the watchword OF the
coming century. We will not only
eos,!apc IA bnnd our own ships OF
An't!aa material, fashioned by
American hands, but at the same time
We VII build as We have been building
H'eaiy ships for Japan and Russia'
and IN time, by reason Of the decreased
'9'p'y Of iron and steel in other coun-
tT'e', We will be building the naVies Of
England Of France, OF Germany and
'ae o'heF great naval powers. Men
VIII not embark in commercial enter
p''Ses beyond the seas unless they know
'Aa' Walr own country has the ability
70 protect them in every port and har-
OoF IN the world, and when an Amerl-
van tns'ehan'maa goes to foreign ports
lf w'I so there backed, II necessary by
that he had the rights and privileges