New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-05
A CHEAP ARMY AND NAVY
WHAT DEMOCRATS WANT.
German Says NE Are Spending
Too Much for Military Purposes
60 - -rrrrNE 49,

,,--,,.,.e- T,ah- The Senate devoted an
.,,b-r dav 90 political debate. ans when ao'o1fh-
.,eu- VS. taken This evening nothing hao oeeA a.
.o,,r,,,,.d on the Urgent Dcnciency Bill which csf-
-. -. .,,-oo-sati ION FOR the St Louis Fair. The
,uor,inr hour was occupied BY Senator IihInah
-yho secured the passage OF BE reroiuuon ea-AnE
on he judiciary COMMITTEES 20 oenne se'eE' u
The Senate. ~..-
when ,he regular order resumed. Senator
Lodge spoke st some length, replying 70 Senator
csorTnan's political argument o. yesterday. NJ
sodre's remarks brought the Democratic leaHer 20
his feet once more. and he again aitetn,-eo "
show ekt-avagance the part OF TIE k.ep1OAcai-s
IN building I'D the navy and maintaining me army
ct its present standing Senator FORAKER rHsNs an
ahle reDlv 10 MI German. and was foAO"so os
Senator Pettus who tired 20 bring the debate odoA
80 the question Issue. He Was unsoeoessLuI ~
this however. a. Senator Bailey ifnlneciaue.y
launched into a carefully prepared 9oiAcaL speecil
COMPOSED largely OF statistics. which occupied tie
-eraaiusrg portion q tho Senate to-day. There Is
no doubt regarding the final disposition OF tae POl
~ order The St Louis Fair viii get Us apBEOp'@-
Won and Senators on both sides are merely usAs
the present question as an excuse TOT P.--L0
.r..cbe- offended Tor home consumption during
tho campaign $500,
Ar Lodge coutended that instead OF being
Failure Republican fnanciering has been sreN''
success lie said that ia the last three yea takes
had been reduced the extent OF slo'S0.e'o Gnu
added that no such REDUCTION had been 4laSe -
she administration OF ny. Cleveland
Canning 10 the question Of the proposed loan %
"a. ST Louis Exposition. Mr.. Lodge SAID he hao
merely Intended TO call attention 10 inc lacI 'l'
.bere were greater needs than the ExposiuoA- I19
cid not agree with Mt. Morgan that the Ekpoe-
ion should Re preferred 20 tho Panama canal Inc
,..ter er+err4se he considered the most important
"a which the United States could possibly engage
Re also defended the Republican administration
seainst the charge OF neglecJng other ahaiIs an
sbe interest OF the army and nav. he ooIsioele
#tuowq O. -ffr
lions in Importance and that IL was me 60 >,
Mace 20 ecoaorize. and the first place 70 spe"U'
TFe would economics. u economic we must On eA
Dcsstious ard fairs. and not On the oefenees OF
the country.
VIII. n. had no, intended 10 open up party poll
sics n such a question was TO be opened up nOuh-
to- co,fla be more wholesome than a comparison
q te last eight years with The four years OF Dem
ocratic supremacy preceding
Commenting on the present condition OF mo
countrys finances MIR. German said that IL was Que
90 the immense expenditures made IN preparation
Tor war2 90 900 last year for the navy and sllS-
10000 FOR the army. q time OF profound peace
Be denied that he had beer an enemy OF the up
building OF the navy. On the contrary. he would
have e navy ample to guard American interests
.veryyhere. But he had idea Of a navy TO COM
pete with that OF Great Britain or Germany, be-
cause our conditions did not require such navy.
lie did not navy Tor display. but FOR service
u want economy in It," ne said and he called
attention the effectua2 AID given 10 NthezUela
during the Clevelans administration
We die that" he said, 'at the cost OF z6.0oeo
= year and now we pay ~ 10000 for a navy with
which 90 threaten Colombia Re would reduce ne
oxDenditures IN the navy and he would scale the
amy down from one hundred thoEsal3o men, as
row authorized. 10 mfty thousand
Mr.. Foraker announced his support o. the expo
EftiOn amendment and expressed regret that the
question should have received a political hue. lie
expressed surprise al AR. Germans remarks con-
corning the condition OF the finances q the country
the close OF the Harrison administration Every
knew. ne said. that the country had enjoyed
unprecedented prosperity in that administration
end until after the election OF Mr. Cleveland IN
November the prosperity Of the country continued
hno the conhdencs OF the people generally was
supreme. He attributed the change in conditions &c
the election OF Mr. Cleveland and a Democratic
Congress. all pledged 10 repeal the Mckinley Law
and give approach TO free trade-a tariff Tor
revenue only. The panic. which eliminated in 1888
began ne said. the morning after the election OF
1892 II then that bankers began 10 call in
their loans. importers 10 reduce their orders and
manufacturers 10 shorten their payrolls There was
o. consequent falling of IN the revenues but the
conditions were not as bac as had been represented
and ne hac read letter rom the late Charles
Foster President HaTTisOn's Secretary OF the Treas
ury. giving his version OF the situa ton at that
time. and explaining the steps he had taken look
ing 20 the issuance OF bonds TO maintain the gold