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Show PERKINS!1 TO MAKE llLfi jL4 it He Resents Atttack Made Upon Him by the President Wnshlngton, Feb. 8. In view of tho attack which President Roosevelt has made upon Senator Perkins, the senior sen-ior senator from California, for his at- I tltude on the Japanese agitation in " his state, friends of the Pacific Coast senator believe he will defend hlui- i self on the floor of the senate. Sena- tor Perkins consulted with several senators sen-ators on the subject today. It is urg- ' ed that while there may be a differ- j ence of opinion between the senator ' and his colleagues as to the rights of a state to take certain action, regardless regard-less of treaties entered Into by the federal government, he will receive support on account of the disapproval among the senators of an attack upon one of their number by the executive at this time. Senator Perkins claims that the criticism of his attitude on the naval program Is unwarranted. "In 1803." he explains. "I becamo a member of the senate naval affairs committee. At that, time we did not have a plnelo battleship In commission commis-sion and very few first-class cruisers. Today we hae, twenty-seven, battleships battle-ships in commission and five in course of construction In addition to the fleet of first-class cruisers, torpedo boats and other modern vessels of war. "The appropriation of 1893 was only $23,000,000 for the support and building build-ing of the navy and everything else. The naval bill now pending In the senate carries more than $125,000,000. "In 1893 we had but 15.000 sailors and marines. Today we have about 45,000 sailors and marines. "I have voted for every increase in the naval appropriation that has come before the committee with tho exception excep-tion of the last proposal to build four battleships in one year, which I did not think expedient, believing it 'tho part of wisdom and wise business policy pol-icy to profit by our own experience and the mistakes In naval construction of other countries. "As a verification of what I pay; I would refer to the congressional record, rec-ord, which records every vote for and against any pending measures." |