The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-25
SENATOR nuRToN's AMENDMENT
REJEcTED-sENAT VOTES FOR
TWO NEW VESSELS.
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED
Which Carries si3o.737,e34 Showing
An Increase Of Three Million Dollars
over the Measure Passed by the
House.

battlcships
Hy vote OF 2G 10 80 the senate this
areuoo. rejected an amendment OF
fcrcd by Senator Burton Of Ohio re-
due ng the number to one. Two bat
.lcships were recommended by the
president In his message
After the question of the hattl,ships
had been settled the senate. making
unimportaut changes passed the
naval appropriation bill As passed
by the senate the bill carries $3.50.
1881. being S3,uO0.OOu more tina. as
passed by the house.
Only zen republican votes against
the bill were mustered after two
ays' contest Seven OF these were
Insurgents who are opposed To the
president The other republican yot ng
against the hill were Senator Hale
Of Maine. Senator Burton of ohio and
Senator Page Of Vermont. Three
democrats voted for two battleships.
They were Senators Clarke of Arkan-
sas. McEncry Of Louisiana and Taylor
OF Tennessee.
Coming prominently in the front in
the debate which preceded the vote
d was the disarmament speech OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt at Christianna. Nor
way. Efforts were slyly made to
Smoke out" Senator Lodge as to VIVA,
p steps MIR Roosevelt IS taking to bring
= about n limitation of armament. These
were without result.
- The naval Increase for the fiscal year
b ending June 80. 1911. provided by the
e bill Is as follows:
r Two iirst.class battleships to cost
'- not exceeding $1,000 900 each, when
y equipped with armor an! armament,
about $I2 500 900 each
TWO fleet collicrs to cost not cN.
cccding sl,OOOO00
IS Five submarine torpedo boats not
IS exceeding a total OF s2,jOOO0o
II Six torpedo boat de,troycrs to cost
u not exceeding s750.O00 each.
IA The house bill provides for only -four
lr submarines and no torpedo boat de,
," stroyers. The senate also added a
" provision that not more than one oi
=. the battloships should be built by the
,r same company The provision insert
a. cd in the house requiring that the bat
C. tleships and fleet colliers should be
~ built under the eighthour Law was re
tanned by the senate.
le The closing hour OF the debate serv
Il cd to elict two important historical
revelations by senator Dcpcw. which
n We're given from his own store OF in
n formation. one OF them bore on the
war with Span and the other on the
- Venezuelan cmbroglio with Great
IL Britain in the second administration
of President Cleveland.
Ii The statement regarding the Span
ish war was ELECTED by an assertion
lr by senator Heyburu that the people
themselves did not wat wars. hui
H. gecnrally We're compelled by theii
rulers TO submit to them.
Taking issue with the Idaho senator
!, Mr. Dcpew said that popular demanC
had forced the war with Spain on IN,
country. and that President MckiulaN
had been opposed to it. lie said also
| that as favorable terms could hav,
been obtained from Spain without war
| Does not the senator believe that
but for the pressure of that time, IN,
president would have negotiated Spain
OF the American continent asked
| Mr. Hale
Il do responded the New York sen
ator II know of my own knowlcdg,
thar Spain was prepared to abandon
| cuba an Porto Rico 20 prevent hum
ilalion and could be assured In ad
vance OF the acceptance of the propo
sition
| He said President Mckinley had not
been a strong enough personality t.
resist popular will
Mr., Depew also related some history
concerning the Venezuelan episode OF
the second Cleveland Administration
An intimate friend of mine. wnt
also was an intimate friend of Lord
Salisbury, then the British Prime
| Minister" he said. told me that When
the presidents message was promul
gated Lord Salisbury said To him 4
| believe that on account of the rancoI
coming down on the Revolutionary
War and accentuated by certain oc
currences in the Civil War. America
means to have a war with Great Brit
J ain AT some time, and believe now