The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-16
HOUSE FOR BATTLESHIP
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NCOntlnued rom First Pagel ening us; no nation on the globe will think lightly of engaging in war with us"
 He declared that "in England to-day king, prime minister, parliament and the great majority of the people are ready and anxious to stand with us in a movement for the limitation of arna- ment,'' and concluded withthe deciara,- tion that Greatness does not consist in the strength of government, but in the happiness and opportunity of each individual citizen, a thing far prefera- ble, far more to be desired than the triumph of war or the empty glories of imperial dominion,
 The speech was loudly applauded.
 MT. Crumpacker of Indiana said he favored the big ships for the protec- tion of the Philippines T believe" he said, that the Philippines are the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of this republic, and he contended that they imposed responsibility that we should be prepared to meet in the right way.
 
 MT. Ilongworth of Ohio, who said that while very generally he relied on the good Judgment of his colleague (Mr. Burton) in this particular case he was obliged to disagree with him land yield to the opinion of a higher au thority," especially, he proceeded, as the opinion of that higher authority" agreed with his own.
 MT. Longworth said the adoption of MT. Burton's amendment would be all announcement to the world that we had taken a backward step.
 MT. Slayden of Texas spoke in favor of international arbitration and the re- duction of armament.
 Mir. Underwood of Alabama in SUD- porting the amendment, opposed the building of big battleships, but insist cd that submarine boats should be built for coast defense purposes.
 4Tr. Sulzer of New York presented an bill should be built at the New York navy yard. He supported the recom- mendation for two battleships, insist ing that the ship to be built at the New York navy yard, if his amend ment be adopted, should have ton mage of 22,500 tons and speed of nine teen knots per hour and that it's name should be the Perry" MT. Waldo of New York and MT. Weeks of Massa- chusetts, opposed the amendment in- sisting that its adoption would be step backward.
 The chairman of the appropriations committee, Mr. Tawney of Minnesota supported the Burton amendment on the ground of economy. He did not share MT. Burtons dream of world peace, by international arbitration, but he thought the United States was al- ready expending a sufficient sum on account of past wars and wars to come,
 We are now spending" said MT. Tawney, lon wars we have had and wars we are hunting up a larger pro- portion of our revenues than any other nation on the face of the earth. In 1905, the government of the United States expended 57 per cent. of it's ag- gregate revenues exclusive of postal re- ceipts 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 the current fiscal year expend- ing as a necessary consequence of car rying arms about 62 per cent. of our revenues exclusive Of the postal service, and this expenditure is necessary annu- ally. He compared the desire for big ships to tn eambitlon of boy to have bigger toys than other children.
 MT. Hull of Iowa took pronounced stand against the amendment of MT, Burton. He said that there was an impression abroad that the bill passed two battleships when as a matter of fact the bill only authorized one ship of the type authorized in last years bill Referring to a statement by Mir. Burton that the isolation of the Unted States is the best protection MT. Hull said that "he seemed to have forgotten the. events of the last eight years when our splendid isolation was left behind with the result that our flag now touches the interests of the world at so many points that we are no longer an isolated nation"
 He said that preparedness was the best argument for peace and that he was in favor of fighting for peace if necessary.
 MT Kitchen of North Carolina favor ed the amendment of MT. Burton and Representative Grosvenor of Ohio spoke in favor of an increased navy,