The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-13

| Mr.. Lodge Of Massachusetts. Neither
the senator from Wisconsin nor the
! senator from Maine was fearful that
we might become involved in Difficult
ties with Germany on account of the
Monroe doctrine.
Statue of Lafayette.
When the senate convened, Mr.. Davis
reported from the committee on foreign
relations joint resolution respecting
the unwilling of the statue of Lafayette
at Paris July f. 1900. The preamble re
cited that the school children of the
United States had contributed $4,000
for the statue, and that the United
States had added $4,000 for the pedestal
of the statue. The resolution follows:
THAT the people of the United
States anticipate and appreciate this
ceremony with feelings of the greatest
satisfaction, and they regard the statue
as expressing the honor and grats ude
with which they cherish the memory
of Lafayette and those of his country
men who, by their arms and counsel,
assisted in securing the independence
of the United States.
THAT the president of the United
States is hereby requested to transmit
a copy of these resolutions to the gov
eminent of France"
Mr.. COckrel (Mo) gave notice that on
Saturday, the 18th inst, he would ask
the senate to receive formally the stat
ues of Benton and Blair, and Missouri s
contribution TO Statuary hall Of the
capitol.
Chandler Creates Sensation.
Consideration was then resumed of
the armor plate section of the naval
a mn a TIovs
speaking of the navy departments ad-
vocacy Of contracting with armor plate
manufacturers, said that Commander
Folger, after the adoption of the Har-
veyized armor by this government, re-
signed and Joined the Harvey company
at salary or $1,000, with an addition
of $4,000 Of stock in the company. At
the conclusion Of Secretary Tracey's
term he became Immediately counsel
for the Harvey company in defense of
the Harvey patents. Continuing, Mr..
Chandler declared:
I believe l am prepared to show
that the Harvey patent was a fraud
and that 1t was imposed upon the pat
ent office and upon the government by
subterfuge, If not by dishonesty When
the government refused to pay more
than $500 a ton for Harvey armor the
combined armor manufacturers of the
world endeavored to obtain by subter-
fuge or by injustice another armor.
Il do not believe that the Krupp ar
NOR which they offer US has any merit
whatever, except that it is hardened
deeper than the Harveyized armor by
the we'll known means of hardening
steel by means of carboniZation. There
is no patent about it and there is no
secret about it that is worth dollar
in any court"
Construct Our own Plant.
Mr. Chandler concluded with the
statement that the proposed govern
ment armor plant could be erected for
$1,500,e00 and steel plant alongside
it for half a million dollars, and he be-
lieved the plants ought to be con-
structed. He thought that Admiral
O'NeiI, chief of the bureau Of ordnance,
could build such plants, and build
them well.
Mr.. Stewart Of Nevada urged the
construction of a government armor
plant. not only to prevent the armor
manufacturers from milling the gov
eminent. but TO enable us to do our
own work i it should become neces-
sary in taking and maintaining our
place as a world power.