Show I Two Battleships of Largest Type L PlAN Of TAfT fiNDS fAVOR Naval Nav Appropriation Bill Bifi Pass Passes es Cs 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 Adminis Administration Administration Administration Mr Depew Told by I II II I I WAR NARROWLY AVERTED May 23 Voting WASHINGTON down don 26 6 to 30 io nn an amendment offered h Ity Ur Mr Burton to au an authorize only one inC new nea battleship instead In Instead stead of two 10 the Senate today the thc naval appropriation bill hili The hill bill carries carrier an flu appropriation of almost H OO W It Jt wan aN before the tIle Senate for two u da the debate dehate hew being con confined confined confined fined almost exclusively to the hattie battle battleship ship hip question quention Tt 10 Important amendments were today tOlla One of them offered by b Senator appropriates oOOO for the purchase of III torpedo hosts boats where here vitals are below 1110 the nor normal mal mail load lent line the other eliminates railroad county nod anil municipal bund bonds hondL from securities that may wn be deposited by It contractors contractor The naval increase for the fiscal year ending June 30 1511 1911 provided by bythe b bythe the bill is as follows Two battleships to cost not exceeding each and when equipped with armor and armament about each Two fleet neet colliers to cost not exceed exceeding exceedIng ing in each Five submarine torpedo boats not ex exceedIng exceeding a total of Six torpedo boat destroyers to cost not exceeding J bill provided only four our submarines and no torpedo boat de destroyers destroyers destroyers The Senate also adopted a a resolution that not more than one of the thC battle battleships battleships battleships ships should be he built by b the same company com corn compan party pan The provision inserted in the House requiring that the battleships and fleet neet colliers should be built under the eight hour law was retained by the Senate Some Sonic History Recited The closing hour of t the debate served to elicit two important historical reve revelations revelations lations by Senator Depew which were given from his own store stor of information information information tion One of them bore on the war with Spain The statement regarding the Spanish war was a elicited by an assertion by b Senator Heyburn Heburn that the people them themselves themselves themselves selves did not want war but generally generall were compelled by their rulers to sub submit submit submit mit to their will Taking Issue with the Idaho sen senator senator senator ator Mr Ir Depew said that popular de do demand demand domand mand had forced the war with Spain en cn the country and that President McKinley Mc McKinley Kinley 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 that but for the pressure of that time the President would have negotiated Spain off the American continent asked Mr Hale I do responded the New ew York sen senator senator senator ator I know of my m own knowledge that Spain was prepared to abandon Cuba and Porto Porte Rico to prevent humiliation hu humiliation humiliation If she could be assured in ad advance advance advance vance of the acceptance of ot the proposition proposition He said President McKinley had not been a strong enough personality to resist the popular will Episode Mr Ir Depew also related some his history history tory ton concerning the Venezuelan epi episode episode episode sode of the Cleveland second adminis administration administration An intimate friend of mine who also was an intimate friend of Lord Salisbury then the British prime min minister minIster mm ister he said told me when the Presidents message was promulgated Lord Salisbury said to him I 1 believe because of the rancor coming down from the revolutionary war and ac accentuated accentuated by certain occurrences in the civil war America means to have a war with Great Britain at some time and an I believe now is the best time when hen America has no naV navy The view of the prime minister was overruled by Queen Victoria but if it Lord Salisbury had had Imd the power possessed possessed pos possessed by b some of the English prime ministers the lie issue certainly would i have bavo been tried out I Mr Depew used the last incident to enforce an argument in favor of a strong navy and the authorization of two battleships of the Dreadnought type Mr Ir Heyburn Reyburn expressed pressed e the opinion that there should be a continued In Increase Increase Increase crease of the navy until the comple completion completion completion tion of ot the Panama canal The Democrats voting for two bat battleships battleships were Clarke Ark McEnery La and Taylor The Republicans voting for one battleship were Bris Bristow Bristow tow to Burton Clapp Crawford Cum Cummins CumI Cummins mins Dixon Dolliver Hale Bale LaFollette I and Page |