The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21
HOUSE LACKS
PATRIOTISM
Would Not Have Washington S
Farewell Address Read.
DOCUMENT is TOO STRONG
WARNING AGAINST ENTANG-
LING ALLIANCES.

washington. Feb. 20.-The house to-
day went into committee Of the whole
and resumed consideration Of the ma
val appropriation bill. Mr.. Dayton CIV.
Vs-) spoke for the bill
Taking up the declaration of Mr..
Fitzgerald of New York, that it was the
purpose Of the government TO procure
a navy greater than that Of Germany.
Mr.. Dayton asked If there was any
American citizen who would say that
this nation should not. il the occasion
came, defend itself against either Ger
many OF Great Britain. He charged
that Mr.. Fitzgerald favored improve
ment for the naval establishments in
New York and in this connection he
said there We're too many navy yards
many Of which could be cut out.
Mr.. Dayton said that the navy on its
present basis could not compete with
any of the great powers.
Public Money Wasted.
Mr.. Hitchcock CNeb) opposed the
spirit of extravagance, which, he said,
prevails. He declared that this re-
public was more extraVagant than any
power on earth. With the coming Of
militarism and Imperialism had come
that spirit which had come with every
monarchy of wasteful extravaganza for
the army and navy. He spoke of the
gigantic and wasteful annual appTo-
priatiOns The army and navy, as
serted Mr.. Hitchcock, were absorbing
81 for every s. taken from the people
in taxation"
Mr.. Hitchcock asserted that the lar
ger items in both the army and navy
bills went TO the trusts-the Armour
trust the railroad trust, and the snip
building trust The largest item in the
army bill out of a total Of $l5.O0O,O00
was $40. 600. 900 for transportation. In
the naval bill there was an item OF
So. 000 600. which was to 90 to the ar
mour plate trust. There was only three
armour plate factories at the most TO
receive this money and two of these,
the Carnegie and Bethlehem plants, ne
declared. were controlled by the same
men, who united and cOnspired every
time they made a contract with the
government to make the same price Tor
srmor.
Against the Trusts.
Mr.. Hitchcock said at the proper time
he would offer an amendment making
il mandatory on the secretary Of the
navy to build an arTnOr plate factory,
although he had no hope that his
amendment would prevail. These APP
preparations were made for the benefit
of the trusts. he said, in the face OF
antitrust legislation and an appropri-
alton of 100000 by the last congress TO
destroy them.
Mr.. Hitchcock said the government
/ was supposed to be after the trusts,
vet was making large contracts with
them itself and was paying them the
money
There was a discussion between
Mr.. Cooper chairman of the insular
/ committee. and MessrS. Hardwick and
I Cochran over the retention of the phil
/ ipDines and the position Of the Repuo-
/ Iican administration on that subject
/ Mr. Cooper declined to say whether or
not the intention Of the Republicans
was to vi thdraw from the Islands.
Cleveland Dragged In.
/ Mr.. Bates of Pennsylvania said he
! was glad TO see the Democrats coming
/ together and thought it significant. in
/ view of the present magazine article,
/ written by Mr. Cleveland, that mem
bers of the minority were taking up
/ the question of the retention of the
/ Philippines. Mr.. Bates said a Chicago
/ and New York newspaper had con-
| sidered Mr.. Cleveland as a receptive
| candidate. in view Of the article. He
/ added that the Democratic members
! apparently were following the advice
/ of their former chieftain (Mr. Cleve-
! land). whom Mr.. Bates said he now
/ viewed as a receptive candidate He
/ quoted from several newspapers state
/ rleut commenting on Mr.. Cleveland 5
( article.
/ Mr.. Cooper Of Wisconsin asked Mr..
! Bates if il were not true that Mr.
/ Cleveland, while president, had sold
! bonds at a figure less than the price
| quoted in the open market.
/ Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee exclaimed
that the statement was right, and that
( every honest Democrat condemned It.
! Mr.. Bates concluded by saying that
Mr.. Cleveland had put himself on rec
/ ord by giving Hawaii back TO Queen
! Iiliuokalani and now proposes 10 give
the Philippines back to Aguinaldo
A Missouri Opinion.
Mt. Vandiver Of Missouri. said it was
a waste of money! TO spend 81
100000 for a battleship when that sun
/ would construct forty torpedo boats
any one of which would destroy a bat
tleship. IN future. he said, more great
naval battles viii be fought under wa
ter than above water
Mr.. Townsend Of Michigan arraigneC
the minority for their action toward
the Panama canal.
Mr.. Thayer, having asserted that the
! Democrats were not opposed TO the
canal. Mr.. Townsend said that tho
minority leader, Mr.. Williams, haC
found il necessary TO make such
declaration. Mr.. Townsend said be haC