The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-16

/ the opportunity of each individual citizen,
la thing far preferable. far Tbore 10
/ be desired. than the triumphs Of Wy or
/ the empty giories of imperial dominat0n~
! loud applause
/ Mr. Crumpacker. Of Indiana. favored
the big ships for the protection Of the
Philippines. L believe" he said, that
the Philippines are the sword Of Damocles
/ hanging over the head of this republic.
/ They impose a responsibility which the
country should be prepared to meet in
( the right way"
! Mr. Longworth. of Ohio aroused some
interest by declaring that while he usually
deferred To the good judgment OF his COL
t league, Mr.. Burton. he was obliged In
1 this instance 10 disagree with him, and
yield to the opinion of higher author
/ ity,' especially, he said as the opinion
Of that higher authority" agreed with
/ his own Mr.. Longworth said the adop-
/ ton of Mr.. Burton's amendment would
/ be an announcement to the world that
we have taken q backward step. Mr..
Slayden. of Texas, argued for interna-
tional arbitration and the reduction Of
armament MIR. Underwood. supporting
/ the amendment. opposed the building Of
/ big battle ships, and favored the COnstruc-
/ ton of submarines for home defense. He
showed the progress and development Of
/ this type Of boat and what other nations
We're doing toward the acquisition OF sub
marines Mr. Waldo, of New York, and
Mr.. Weeks. Of Massachusetts,, opposed
/ the amendment.
Hunting for Wars.
Mr.. Tawney, chairman Of the Appropria-
tions Committee. made a strenuous speech
against more ships on the ground of
economy. Ne did not share Mr.. Burton's
dream of world peace by international ar
bltration, but he thought the United States
was already expending a sufficient sum
on account Of past wars and wars to
come.
We are spending now" said Mr.. Taw-
ney, ION past wars and wars we are
hunting for, a larger aggregate Of our rev
enues than any other nation on the face
of the earth. In 1905 the government uf
the United States expended 81 per cent Of
its aggregate revenues. exclusive Of postal
receipts on account Of wars and warlike
preparations. The only government which
approached our expenditure was Great
Britain. whose expenditure was a per
cent Of her revenues. We are. during tho
current fiscal year. expanding as a neces-
sary consequence Of carrying arms about
81 per cent Of our revenues exclusive Of
the postal service, and this expenditure IS
increasing enormously annually Eight
years ago, exclusive Of postal revenues. if
we had expended on account of wars we
have had and wars we are looking for
what we are spending to-day We would
have a deficit of SIS 600. Think Of the
growth of this expenditure and the ra-
pidity Of that growth. This proposition is
here as the ambition of boy who has
secured more costly toy than some other
boy, and therefore, If we can prevail
upon Congress 10 purchase another toy Of
equal size and splendor to that which the
government Of Great Britain has given to
her child-the British navy-We will be on
a par so far as exhibition purposes are
concerned"
Mr.. Sulzer gave notice of an amend
ment which ne would offer providing that
one of the battle ships authorized shall
be constructed in the New York Navy
Yard. and that it shall be Of - 80 tons
and Of a speed Of not less than twenty
three knots. and named the Perry.
Ar w W KitChin- Of North Carolina,
made a vigorous speech i'm favor Of limit
ing the number OF ships 10 one. as pro-
vided by the Burton amendment. He was
~ laAoi OF Llft DlleN states taxing lIe
first step toward disarmament and uni
versal peace. Mr.. GrOsvenOr opposed the
amendment.
on a vote by telIers the Burton amend
ment was lost-l42 to H. Dir. Suffers
amendment was lost without division
Mr.. Foss offered an amendment, which
was agreed 20 without debate, that the
cost of the battle ship shall not exceed
100000 exclusive Of armor and arma-
ment- The cost Of the torpedo boat de-
stroyers, including those authorized last
year. was fixed at SS00e9 each. An
amendment was also agreed 90 providing
that contracts only for one battle ship
and one torpedo boat destroyer. OF two
torpedo boat destrOyers. shall be awarded
To one bidder
Mr. Hayes, of California offered an
amendment TO give Pacific Coast bidders
an advantage of ( per cent differential.
Mr. Fitzgerald made q point Of order
against the amendment. which was over
ruled The amendment was lost by a
vote Of g 20 So.
An amendment by 8Ir. W. W. Kitchiu
20 limit the cost OF aunor 90 the price
paid for the armOr Of the South Carolina
and the Michigan was lost-& 10 l2L Mr.
Burton moved 90 strike out the provision
for submarines, but the amendment was
lost. The bill was then passed,
After an agreement had been reached
TO close general debate on the post-ofiice
appropriation bill at L o'clock Tuesday,
the House went into Committee Of the
Whole for the consideration OF the
measure. The first reading of the bin
was suspended and Immediately the COM
mittee rose. and the House adjourned
at J-45 O'Clock until to-day at II o'clock