Arizona republican., 1904-02-20
New York Man Scared by
 Naval Programme
A CAMPAIGN ADDRESS
Fears the President in Event of Eiee- tiOn in His Own Right Will Precipi- tate the Country Into War-Fright. ened by German Compliment.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The house to- day began the consideration of the naval appropriation bill. ten hours being al- lowed for general debate During the general discussion Mir. Fitzgerald democrat, of New York; declared that our naval programme was to procure naval force greater than that of Ger many. He then gave figures sh owing the strength of the German nary and what it will be in the immediate fu- ture. Admiral Dewey, he said, in the hearing before the naval committee, made this statement: T think We ought to be a little ahead of any coun- try that is likely to attack us. I think if we were to have forty eight battle ships in twenty years they would let us alone"
 Continuing, Mir Fitzgerald said: There is a growing feeling of unrest in this country. There Is almost universal belief among it's friends that the present administration is dominat- ed by an unsafe man. In all sections of the country. the conviction, rightly or wrongly, is firm that the present occupant of the White House is apt to involve us in a war with some other nation. The same belief has been with respect to the head of another great nation. which may act, from the fact that at dinner on Lincoln's birthday at Grand Jiapids. Mich, the highest compliment that Baron Steinberg. the CN. n. could pay to President Roosevelt, was to declare that he very greatly resem- bled the emperor of Germany.
 If prevailing belief is justified and if the president is to be given four yeays of power in his own right, now that the great representative of the conservative force in the republican party, the late senator from Ohio. is gone to his reward. it may be wise for us to outdo even Great Britain in our naval programme. Is it the part of wisdom to encourage an unsafe and impetuous and adventure loving exc cutive bl loose talk and with big appro- priations? Should he not be made to feel that the sentiment of this country is for peace. not for strife? It always has been so and 1t always should bc.
 Since the Spanish American war. it is true, the people seem to have been carried away by the gl1mor of mil:- tary achievements. So stupendous have expenditures for naval and military es- tablishments become that important and needed public improvements have been indefinitely deferred"
 Referring to the statement of Admir- al Dewey that the sea forces should consist of forty-eight battleships. Mir. Fitzgerald said that confirmed his as- sertion that the naval programme was based on the theory that our navy should be larger than that of Ger many. It was time to call a halt on much talk of an inflammatory charac- ter that was heard throughout this land. declared MT. Fitzgerald, adding Public officers are the chief offenders by their loose and indefinite state ments. The naval committee in it's report is not entirely free from the disease.
 Referring to a speech by Secretary Moody and that of Mir. Bede, of Mime sota, concerning the Monroe doctrine. Mir. Fitzgerald said that President Cleveland never would have issued his universally praised Venezuelan mes sage" if he had stopped to measure the relative strength of the naviess of tn" two countries. Tn conclusion he asked Are we to have a great navy merely [" furnish summer holidays that high of ficers may play at war;"