The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-08

reason, Secretary Taft took up in detail
the appropriations of the Government Tor
1904 in order to explain the increase OF $780,
900 900 over 1885, the year In Mr.: Cleyeiand,s
the lowest OF this amount $50 900 600
went for the Panama Canal and $40, 600 600 for
the st. Louis exposition. or the increases
Of ss0,O0O,0O0 in the Navy Department,
$4,000, 900 for pensions and ssl 600 600 in the
War Department, Mr Taft said.
In 1886 the first shi ps of the new navy were
anta, the Boston and the Dolphin , The sx,
tho cost OF maintaining the old naval vessels
plus the. cost of this new construction m
vessels s' Of and i'y auxiliary . to the deet The
present enlisted strength Of the navy Is 81 900
men. Without dispute by the Democratie
the new navy have gone on from year TO year,
Rnd are likely to 20 on IN iarSer pp0por rhi";
nave ave 'b been for Formulated and approved are
carried out. The $500 900 of increase be
tween 1886 and 1905 is to be explained as ioi-
lows:
In the increase in the number OF ships. OF
coluse. IL became necessary TO increase the
number Of men so that the Strength t o 0t 't e
round numbers. to 81 900 men,, and the cost
OF paying and maintaining these has in
sss?ssu od r0m nm ndreasa Of ss
cost Of looking otter the new ships repaaar r.
Yesses IN sS was over
900 The same expense connected with
stl vessels in 1904 was s27 900 900, an increase
Finally there is the increase in the cost
of construction of new vessels of, u round
numbers about s39,Ooo.ooo. In addition 10
structcd, and the increase in cost OF that
hatween the two years is q 7oo.o 600 Neither
obnSt to p't Es ne NOR navy its
DO they object to the increase in apDropria-
ton necessary for its construction
peises Of 1904 over those Of 1855 is in the
tensions for the soldiers Of the civil war.
Judge Parker recommend that the pensions
he cut down? On the contrary, has he not
pledged himself to policy that shall AL IN n
s4o.Ooo,oOo j., there any possibility, there
fore. the DHm3crats come mo NO , G1Wbr y
There il an increase Of $4,000 men in the
army o which aa means SaM an our
opponents intend to decrease that numhrr !
There is, authority under the law TO 0 carry Try
duced to its present figures by the Presi-
dent in accordance with the authority given
30 him by Congress. The Democratic plat
form says:
e1peud HS to ,hs poin, h,sotealy demonstrated
to be safo and sufficient.
10000 700" men ain in 1855 under a. Democratic Ad:
minstration, and long, after, A plan OF
1Ortlf1CatlOns is now 10 ne CaTTieu out Mh'u
already has II 600 men engaged In manning
them and which requires $4,000 artillery
men. -,
since 1886 the country has grown. The
number of people TO be protected and the
property to. be protected have increased
an increase TO 90. demonstrating, too. the
necessity now for using troops In Alaska
81 d DIGESTION ps HG es in ths &ss o9s
81, 600 an excessive figure at which TO keep
the standing army? What is meant by
sufr'cient"? The Democratic party con-
stantly appeals to jefferson as its chief
pis maintained by the Government in JEFF
fersons time demonstrated 70 be historically
sufficient? Is 1t In Washington's time?
II Is at the present time