The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-23
ADVICE is LOST
UPON THE HOUSE
Republicans Wouldn't Listen to
WashingtOn's Address.
ATTACK UPON NAVAL BILL
BURTON, OF OHIO, OPPOSES his
PARTY'S POLICY.

Washington. Feb. 22.-The anniver-
sary of the birth of washington
was observed by the chaplain of
the house when that body opened to-
i day. Mr.. Williams, the minority lead
( eT, in accordance with the notice he
gave Saturday. moved that the clerk
read the farewell address of Washing
ton. and that Immediately thereafter
[ the house adjourn.
\ point of order made by Mr.. Payne
was sustained on the ground that the
motion embraced two propositions.
/ Mr.. Williams then moved that the
( house adjourn and pending that un-
/ animOus consent be given for the read
/ ing Of WaShiRgtOn's farewell address
/ Having coupled a request with his mo-
! ton, Mr.. Williams motion again was
/ held not to be Ia order, when he asked
unanimous consent that, this being
I WashingtOn-s birthday, the farewell
address be read. Upon the demand OF
! Mr. Payne for the regular order, Mr.
/ Williams moved to adjourn.
! ON roll cali the motion was lost %
/ 10 -. Three Republicans. McCreary.
! Patterson and Sibley, Of Pennsylvania,
/ voted with the minority for the mo-
| ton. Otherwise there was q party
/ alignment with the Republicans oppos-
/ ing adjournment
/ The house then went into committee
/ of the whole and resumed considera-
ton of the naval appropriation bill
/ Boom For German.
AR Hdxey of Virginia, a member Of
/ the naval affairs committee, said he
Z was surprised that the secretary Of the
IN - MT q Il eb
/ the support of the navy in a partisan
| way. He added that the secretary was
reported to have said at a recent BAN
! Quet in New York that he viewed with
/ apprehension the observations recently
/ made III the senate by the senator from
( Maryland, Mr. Gorman)- Mr. Rixey
| said il was difficult to understand why
/ the observations Of the senator from
Maryland, who, the secretary said. is
/ easily the leader of his party, should
! cause the secretary such serious appre-
/ hension. He said it could be accounted
/ for only by the fact that the secretary
! remembers that the two political parties
! viii meet in a few months to nomin-
/ ate their candidate and that with his
prophetic eye he sees that this SEN
I atOr will be selected and then at the
| general election, which follows, that
/ this standard bearer. viii be successful
and be transferred from the forum in
which he is at present in a minority to
| one in which he viii be in a position
| to shape to some extent the policy Of
/ the country.
Armor Plate Scandal.
He said he was willing TO accept the
/ statement of the senator from Mary
| land as giving the position of the
/ Democratic party on the question of the
| navy, He said that contracts for armor
( plate had recently been let to the Car
( negie and Bethlehem companies at 500
| a ton in excess of that paid the Midvale
{ company, the only other competitor
and charged that it had been shown by
the evidence Of Admiral O'NeiH that
| these two companies have agreements
and are in combination. He asked why
/ money should be appropriated for the
/ prosecution of trusts when in PennsyI-
/ vania there is a combination to con-
/ troll prices. Why has not the attorney
! general instituted some proceeding
/ against the Carnegie and Bethlehem
companies. he asked. declaring that the
government instead of prosecuting
[ them, is rewarding them He said he
would propose an amendment TO the
D bill limiting the price to be paid for ar
( NOR to that paid the Midv3le. or 500 a
! ton less than the price offered by the
/ other two companies.
A New Departure.
Mr.. Burton of Ohio opposed the ma
( val policy expressed in the bill as a
/ departure from the policies which have
/ been like the honor and bulwark of
/ the country. He said ne could not sup
/ port bill which carries so great an ex-
pendirure for a navy as the one under
/ consideration. He asked what was the
! necessity of 50 great navy; what ma
/ ton was threatening and what nation
| was attacking US, and what nation had
! questioned the control of the United
! States over the Philippines. Continu-
/ ing. he asked what country held back
I when Panama broke away from Co.
/ lombia. Turning TO the Spanish war he
/ declared there was ample opportunity
/ 70 foreign powers to have formed COM