The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-24
Naval Appropriation Bill Pass
es the Senate After Debate
of Two Days, Most of the
Republicans Voting for It.
BURTON AMENDMENT
GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT
Some History Concerning the
Venezuelan Episode of the
Second Cleveland Admins
tration Told by Mr., DepeW,
WAR NARROWLY AVERTED

XTAssHINGTIs9NS; ., NAY y S sS; enGmsns
Offered by Mr.. burton TO aU-
tborfze only enc new battleship in
stead of two, the SENATE today passed
the naval appropriation bill. The Dit
carries an appropriation of almost
xI34OOO, 900. IL was before the Senate
for two days. the debate being con-
fined almost exclusively to the battle
Two important amendments were
adopted today. One of them, Offered
by Senator Johnston approprtafeS
s45O,OOO for she purchase OF torpedo
hosts s.xvbere yitaIs are below the nor
NAL load Iine:" the other eliminates
railroad. county and municipal bonds
from securities that may be depOshed
by contractors.
year ending June 80, 1911, provided by
the bill is as follows:
Two first-cIass battleships TO cost
not exceeding S6.OO0,OOO each, and When
/ equipped with armOr and armament
about SI2.5O0,00O each.
Two fleet golfers TO cost not exceed
/ ing s, 000, 900 each
! Five submarine torpedo boats not eX-
| ceeding a total of $2,5O0.O00.
Six torpedo boat. destroyers TO cost
not exceeding $4,000: nj. 3o,,r
submarines and no torpedo boat de-
| stroyers-
/ that not more than one of the battle
ships should be built by the same COM
The provision inserted in the House
| requiring that the battleships and fleet
Golfers should be built under the eight
hour law was retained by the Senate
some History Recited.
The closing hour Of the debate served
| to elicit two important historical reve-
Iations by Senator Depew which were
| given from his own store of infOrma-
ton. one of them bore on the war
| with Spain.
| The statement regarding the Spanish
war was elected by an assertion by
Senator Hevburn that the people them
selves did not want war, but generally
were compelled by their rulers to sub
Taking issue with the Idaho sen
ator, Mr.. Depew said that popular de
mand had forced the war with Spain
en- the country and that President Nc
KinIey had been opposed to it He
said also that terms as favorable
could have been obtained from Spain
without a conflict as with war
| Does not the senator believe thar
but for the pressure of that time the
President would have negotiated
Spain off the American continent?
Z do responded the New York sen
ator. 81 know of my own knowledg'
that Spain was prepared TO abandon
Cuba and Porto Rico to prevent hu'
initiation if she could be assured in ad
vance of the acceptance of the propO
! sition.'
He said President Mckinley had no
been a strong enough personality t.
resist the popular will
TaI.-Twisting Episode.
Mr.. Depew also related some his
, tory concerning the Venezuelan cpl
sode of the Cleveland second admins
| tratiOn-
IAN intimate friend of mine. wh'
| also was an intimate friend of LOrl
Salisbury, then the British prime min
! ister7 he said, told me when tn
| Presidents message was promulgated
O Lord Salisbury said to him: I believ
| because of the rancor coming dow
q from the revolutionary war and &C
t centuated by certain occurrences in tn
Y civil war, America means to have
| and L believe now is the best time
when America has no navy
S THE view Of the prime minister wa
e overruled by Queen Victoria, but
IL Lord Salisbury had had the power pos
:. sessed by some of the English prim
u ministers, the issue certainly Woul
d have been tried out
n Mr.. Depew used the last incident I
enforce an argument in favor of
s strong navy and the authorization {
: two battleships of the DreadnOugf
/ type.
y Mr.. Hepburn expressed the opinio
e that there should be a continued il
n crease of the navy until the compile
Y ton of the Panama canal
The Democrats voting for two bat
tleships were Clarke (Ark-), McEner
- 0aD and Taylor The Republican
e voting for one battleship were Bris
e tow, Burton, Clapp, CRAWFORD Cum
: minis, Dixon, Dolliver, Hale, LaFollett
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