The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-22
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After . spirited debate On Tho senate
amendments relating N retlfemen' ~ naval
oH1cpra With civil war services the Houar,
IN motion N Mr. Hui voted 10 cpnc,it with
IN amendment substituting thersfor the
law a. n applies 10 army officers under like
cundtluna.
The Ho,as insisted upon its disagreement
Ia tho amendment authorizing The CON
~ ruction 81 q million dollar dry dock ~
the Pensacola Navy Yard.
Nearly an hours dlecussloH ansued upo n
Mr. Burton'a motion 20 oncur In the Senate
amendment forblddine q contract for the
proposed battleahip until after the Secre-
tary n the Navy shall have reported TO
Congress at he next session full details o
the ship. the arguments for and against its
construction made OF the time the PROPOSE
ton was originally before the House being
repeated.
Opponents OF the motion TO conour
pointed out that the only effect Of its adop-
ton would be TO delay the construction Of
the vessel. On this point Mr.. Hepburn
said,
Il understand that In this bill there was
complete authorization for the oonstruc-
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vided for. This amendment simply pro-
vides that before a bid may be accepted a
report shall be made to Congress. When
that report shall nave been made will not
the Navy Department then have the power
and the duty to comply at once with the
statute and construct this vessel? What
is the efficacy Of this report to Congressf
Why should we delay In this manner? II Ia
simply advertising TO the world what
ought, perhaps, to be a secret carefully
guarded by the Navy Department-that is
all. II does not interfere with the con-
~struction of the vessel. II does not change
the line Of duty Of the Secretary. What
do these gentlemen want with his amend
ment?r
Mr.. Dalzel-Delay.
Mr.. Hepburn-Is not their mission as
peace advocates carrying them some
what to extremes? Ia not the gentleman
from Ohio MIR. Burtonl and his colleague
from Missouri MIR. ~Bartholdtl in his new
gospel of peace a little of their base? Are
ticular form Of legislation? 1t seems to
me not. am not her to criticise the pur-
poses OF these gentlemen. We all look for
ward to a period, perhaps not in our life
| time, when the theories they advocate may
be made applicable in the affairs OF nations.
All the doctrines Of the Church teach US
to look forward to the era when men will
love one another az they love themselves,
when the brotherhood Of mankind will
really mean something more than mere
defamation or rhetoric; but that time has
not vet come. We find the same seffishness
among nations as among individuals: We
are far from the era that the Church
promises US, that period when the lion and
the lamb shall lie dow together. side by
side, not one inside; we are all looking for
ward to that time; but will 1t not do for
these gentlemen TO wait until there is some
evidence of it's approach?
My experience and my observation have
taught ME that that man Ia safest from
assault who has the greatest muscular
development and the greatest skill in its
shown that hat nation is least assaulted
hat has the largest armies and the most
skillfully constructed and controlled navy.
1t is the power to resist that secures men
from the necessity of resistance. And l
am like the gentleman from Ohio CMr,
TO see at least one battleship added to our
navy every year, and that Of the best posi-
Bile type and construction. ~tApplause.l
The motion to concur in the Senate amend
ment was agreed to-, 127 to 1l3, Speaker
Cannon voting in the negative
The House further insisted upon its dis
agreement to the other Senate amend
ments and asked a second conference, with
Messrs. Foss, Loudenslager and Meyer as
conferees on the part of the House.