Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-14
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, July Z, 1910.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tuesday, July Z, 1910.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL"
The ouestion recurring on Mr.. Petrikin $ amend
mon 4, 10 strike out the clause making appropriation LOT
n dry dock at New York, the ayes were 40, the noes CO
No quorum having voted, the question was aga'n put,
and decided in the negative: Ayes -, noes ~.
Nh. JONES now moved that the committee rise, and
report the bill: but,
Mr.. Mckay of North Carolina, wished to move an
amendment, proposing that ne-sourti of the warrants
hereafter 10 be issued for midshipmen be gwen 20 'h"se
enlisted as BOYS, who, by uniform good conduct IN that
capaci,y, had ent,led themselves TO promotion.
Mr.. GIDDINGS also wished to offer an amendment,
making appropriation for the repairs and preservation
Of certain harbcrs on Lake Erie.
And Mr.. DILLET Of Ala, was equally ANXIOUS 10
get in an amendment for completing the improvement
And Mr.. TILLINGHAST, for similar improvements
III SarraganSeit Bay.
But all these amendments were ruled TO be out of or
der in an appropriation bill, which must SIMPLY appro-
pirate money for objects already provided BY law.
MI. HOLLEMAN earnestly pressed an amendment
for the erection Of marine barracks in the Navy Yards
at y. York, Gosport, and Charlestown, Mass, but IT was
opposed BY
MI. JONES, chairman ofthe Committee Of Ways and
Means, on the ground that it had not been recommend
ed BY the Secretary of the Navy, nor included in the
estimates.
The question having been taken, the amendment vas
rejected. +.
Nh. NJ. A. COOPER, of Georgia, moved 10 strike OF;
- per cent. from all the appropriations IN the bIil Tor
improvements at the respective navy yards.
Mr.. HOLMES of 5. Carolina, warmly resisted this
motion, protesting against il, as founded in narrow
views, and unworthy Of the scale on which the affairs
Of this nation ought to be conducted.
Mr.. JONES opposed the motion, observing that the
appropriations for navy yards had already been greatly
I reduced. and were 10000 less than those OF last year.
The amendment was rejected.
The bill being reported to the House, and the cues
ton coming up on concurrlng in the amendment re-
uorted in committee
Mr.. WELLER moved the previous question.
Hr. HABERSHAM earnestly pressed hun 10 with.
draw the call, but he refused.
The call for the previous question was seconded
Ayes II, noes G6.
And the previous question being put
Mr.. H~ABERSHAM, BY leave, made an explanation,
stating that the two steamships now in the process OF
construction would lie Of such draught OF water that
they would not be able 10 enter the Southern rivers,
and he therefore was very DESTROYS that the third steam
vessel provided for IN this bull should be so DUH as not
10 draw over 10 feet.
The previous question was then agreed to.
And the main question being on concurrence in the
amendments o; the committee
The amendments were then read n order,
And the first amendment, appTopEiat'mg SG1o,ota for
the increase OF the Navy, was concG:rcd IN, By yeas
and nays, rs follows: Yeas io3, nays -.
the items Of expenditure from on" head ofaypropr!a,Ion
10 another, was agreed TO without a count.
The third amendment, making an appropriation for
a ,hird stcam-yessel, was carried b. yeas and nays
Yeas =, nays ~.
The fourth and las; amendment, providing for the dis
%tributIon o. prize money among the crew Of the brig
Gen. Armstrong, was concurred in.
The bill was then ordered to It's third reading, and
read a ,hird time.
And the question recurring on its passage
Mr.. PETRlklN moved 10 reconm.t the bill 10 4
Committee oflhc Whole, with instructions to strike out
( ~. clause rr,s fDr concentration for n dry dock al \.uy
York, and supported the motion by Il speech, III which
he called upon his political associates TO act out their
professions Of economy, and not sanction wild and
~profigate expenditures while the Treasury was hank
rupt.
Mr.. HOFFMAN made a brief reply. He said that
Mr.. Pitt, in the British House Of Commons, after very
brilliant speech had been delivered in opposition to a
bill, moved that the House adjourn before the Yste was
taken, lest they shonld be carried away from The pos
session Of their cool Judgment BY the torrent Of over.
whclning cloquence 10 which they had listened. Mr..
Fl. would not make such a motion, hut was willing that
the vote should be taken at once, and he demanded the
previous question.
The House seconded the call: Ayes %, noes %.
The previous question was then put and carried;
and the question recurring on the passage OF the bill, it
was decided by yeas and nays, as fol!ows-yeas l5i,
nays 10. -
Uciac>day, JnIp :, $50.
The question recurring on = Joint resolution from the
Senate touching the reception and disposal Of the pre-
stit9 I!'lI bHc - lhNIdl-
Mr.. ADAMS who had the floor, resumed and CON
tinued his speech in opposition to the resolution. He
spoke till the expiration Of the morning hour without
having concluded his remarks when the House, on
motion of Mr.. KEN, passed to the orders Of the day.
Mr.. moved Il reconsideration of
the vote by which the naval appropriation bill had
yesterday been passed; with a view to its rcco,nmlt-
ment TO the Committee of the Whole, with instruc-
tons to strike ont the clause making appropriations
for
DRY DOCK AT NEW YORK.
lie supported the motion in u speech OF great car
ncstness and animation, under the impression that new
ground must be purchased adjoining the navy yard at
Brooklyn, and that great spcculatIons would IN conse-
quence be made at the expense of the Government.
The House refused TO reconsider.
Mr.. JONES, of Virginia, moved to suspend the rule
Of the House for a motion TO 90 into Committee OF the
Whole on the state of the Union.
The motion prevailed: Ayes -, noes DO.
The House then went into committee, (Mr. Evans, of
Maine, IN the chair and took up the
ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.
The bill having been read through, it was again read
by sections for amendment.
A number of explanations were made by the Chair
man Of the Committee OF Ways and Means in reply to
inquiries from Mr.. STANLi and Mr.. r. GARLAND.
When Mr.. ClkliS Chairman Of the Committee on
Commerce. moved Ia amend the bill BY inserting an
appropriate on ot So, 900 10 paw for seven sites pur-
chased by the Government for the erection of marine
hospitals on the Western waters.
This motion led to an extended debate, an outline of
"llLH IluSl W. t"S ~ Az " "it ilNh,b u NIllh SoH
tinued with much animation and interest down to TIE
hour of recess, at which time no vote had yet been ia
ken.
Wednesday,, Julu S-I continuation.
MARINE HOSPITALS.
The Army Appropriation bill being under discussion,
and the clause providing for incidental expenses of the
Quarter masters Department having been agreed to
Mr.. CURTIS, of New York, chairman Of the Com
mittec on Commerce, moved TO amend the bill by in
sertlng an appropriation of $4,000 to pay for the sites
Of seven Marine Hospitals on the Western waters of
the United States, which had been ordered to be select
ed by the President.
Nj. c. stated that the President had selected six out
of seven points at which these hospitals were 10 be 81
tuated; that, in regard to the seventh, there was some
doubt as to whether it should be placed at Pttsburg or
Wheeling, the President having revised a former decl-
sion in favor of ~Pittsburg, and still holding the question
under Amusement. This, however, need not delay the
the House in making the appropriation, since there
would be no great difference in the cost of these two
sites.
MI. JONES, Chairman OF the Committee of Ways