Show ivvoouous v ruirv 1irlmiM ninny icndota may not tinder ntalld wuj a ropOHilloii 11 ploy 20 270 for linrfni < i stud onto of tho luonitor Itonnoko hM hueuoo I mndo in CoiiRrcm The Government Govern-ment lund been piyliiR whnrfnte on tho II uuuto eke which was out of commission for II Rood whllo when In 1877 n contract was mdo with John Jtouch te Soon to giro the shIp wlmrfngo and earn in tho Honcb ship yard It wnn left thero six years when it wns sold A shipyard is a costly place and to big monitor takes up a good deal of vnlu bio room moreover it I ban to ho covered and continually watched ihouch tho ship woe sold no part of the bill to Itoaoh has > ccn paid tho Secretary of the Navy bold bog that thero must bo a special approprin trlIt nrt i prIr rhrnol aly then for it Doe whole matter was fully ox plain cd In the Now York IViltinc loot fall Ike other appropriation I of 33840 is what th nglfw E t Is l duo Koacu on a contract which was open to nil bidders for putting a now frnmo in ho Puritan The foregoing taken from the editorial oliimns of our Republican contcmpo rar is as empty of reasoning as a sucked egg Why did Chandler pay wharfage on the Hoanakc when ho had League eland a few miles above at which to keep her frco of ill cost if there was no jot in it Z Why 01 all men who would bo glad to keep her for tho mono offered did Hoaeh get her flicro was no bu for contracts on her Hoachs yard al hcstcr is simp 3000 feet of tho river jank fenced in and tho 0111 > valuable room Is In the immcdiato wako of tho new ships launched The Hoanoko was birth up to tho bank and occupied room never before or BIIICO used 1 for auy othe uirposo Chandler ship experts know ho Iuritan was worthless and unsca worth Then why did i ho advertise for bids to rcfruno an ironclad nt a cost Urn would repair a firstclass frigate and see that Roach got the work Because with tho caro of tho Itoanoko ho IHoach could make good perquisites and tho Bureau of Construction ind 1 Itcpairs had a large 1 contingent fond at tho disposal of the Secretary TIle ind I upon which HoichB yard 13 loc itci c in bo purch ised for 50 per acre for miles up mil down tho river adjoimn blue yutrul but Jet even if It was worth one million dollira per acre how eouli 1 that fact bo mule to excuse Iho charge for wharfugo which the ship never loath 7 In all these years wh die not Uoich obtain his pi from Chandler rh does our Itejitiblican neighbor distort dis-tort tlio facts in this ciso0 Is it for futur political capital We hope 60 for an institution in-stitution with tint lass of capital is i milv bmkrupted |