The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-22
Senator Advocates Government
Armor Plate Factory-Piies Mas
sachusetts for. Production Of Ex-
Secretary of the Nayy-Endorses
Daniels Administration.
Describing William J.

but unthinkable of adoption, except
BY. wild. men from .Borneo.
"Mr. Bryan, the evargel Of peace.
at any price, Is bitterly opposed to-
any and all increase. He seems to be
simply obsessed :oa this: subject and
has lost his usual poise. E1-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, on the other hand,
who snorts and roars Ike veritable
bull of Bashan,- poses as the god OF
war and clamors for very large
standing army and great reserves.
He reminds one Of the giant In
Mother Goose 60 Z
"'I smell the blood Of a German
man
Be he alive OF be he dead
I.1I- grind his bones to make my
bread"
The South Carolina senator said he
realized the necessity for greater
army, but that the navy, "our first
line Of Defence" should come first.
"I favor. such navy as-will make
our country second to nore on the
water, except England said the sen-
ator. "It stands to reason that the
stronger and more efficient navy we
have: the less need there will be for
q great. enlargements ct the army.
for as our: country is not, likely to
enter ipto.a war; OF aggression any
where, or:condition any, provocation,
and only Seeks Ito defend s:self, and
maintain the new Monroe Doctrine
as enunciated by President Wilson,
il no enemy can land on our shores
we would not need an army, to de-
fend, but could depend on volunteers
and the National Guard in an emerz
gency. But as see 1t, no emergency
can possibly arise II VIC should have
an adequate navy.
"Such a navy Is an Imperative
necessity not only to national life
an6 honor, but to maintain the new
and nobler Monroe Doctrine, America
for Americans (
One question which should be set
tied speedily, he asserted, was con-
struction Of a government armor
plant. .,--s'7ssslz-e-7 - -:
"The country ought to regard as
public enemy any senator or mem.
Der OF congress WHO tric3, to. delay or
thwart this purpose" the; senator coa-.
tinued. "Any delay In beginning
work would be criminal unless a con-
tinuation Of the Republican program
heretofore followed OF having the
treasury robbed, right. along /. to go
on. I can not believe there are such
Republicans here.
"The country is at present In the
grasp Of an armor trust, as It has
been these twenty years. The con-
struction Of an armor plant, built and,
owned by the government, is the only
protection, against The robbers to-
which the government has been COM
pclled to submit for twenty years. J,
"I came into the Senate in Decem..
ber, 1895. and Was assigned. to the;
naval committee Ut my request and I
have served: on It ever since: I speak
advisedly when I say that all these
years the United States government
has been robbed numerically by the
armor makers.
eve have 6. armor trust just as
we have had all along, and 1t. Is do
ing business at the same old stand
Bethlehem, Carnegie, Mi6vale. The
war in Europe and the enormous
profits made In the manufacture Of
munitions Of war has, brought about
the absorption Of the Midyale COM
pany by the Bethlehem company, I
hear, and Mr.. Schwab, who was Car
.negie's foreman when the first -frau I'd
was exposed by the House committee
in 1894, Is now president Of and
largely owns the Bethlehem Steel
company"
Senator Til1man praised the navy.
department and Secretary Daniels.
"The. critics Of the navy depart
ment under Secretary Daniels have
been unusually active and outrageous
in their work.. not hesitating. to, even
make false statements"
zone man active in this criticism
has been his immediate predecessor,
Mr.. Won L. Meyer. Mr. Meyer seems
to be- unconscious Of the fact that In
indicting the navy as he has under
Secretary Daniels, he in truth Is in
dieting himself. an1 his Republican
predecessors.
Congress has appropriated enough
money, Cod knows, but it has been
souandered, misappropriated orsspent
unwisely. II Mr.. Meyer should con-
vict Secretary Daniels OF gross negH-
gence-which he can not do-he. viii
damn forever, in the estim.tion Of
right-thinking men, the Repubifcan
secretaries of the navy who preceded
him. Poor old Massachusetts,, how
unfortunate in giving birth to such a
man as he! The grand old. state de.
serves a better opinion than he has
been giving it, to. the aversgesmahS I
nsys msn faa@ En0T5 that snS @ p4ss asa lsi
on this floor with ewo or her gTeatess
sons, Hoar ard, Lodge, and, feel
sorry that she should be held up to
scorn-if such a: little and. mean:man
can hold up to scorn-by the :actions
To-