The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
VOTE FOR NEW BATTLE SHIPS.
THE HOUSE ALSO TAVORs NINE
MORE TORPEDO boats.

The Construction of Gable 90 Ha-
svnii by the Government Not Yet
Finally Disposed of by the House.
Information a. TO the Dismissal OF
Oid Soldiers From Government
Positions since 1893 Called For.
Washington, Feb. $50 far as the
House is concerned the navy will be fur
Their Increased by the construction Of
three battle ships and nine torpedo boats.
At the close OF the four days dellbera-
ton on the bill making appropriations
for the navy and naval establishment for
the year ending June 30. 1896, the House
passed the measure practically as 1t was
reported by the committee. after having
refused by a vote Of 1879 10 81 to recommit
the bin, upon motion Of Mr.. saysrs. with
Instructions TO strike out the provision
for the bsttieshiDs.
An amendment offered by Mr. sayers
was agreed to. providing that the Sec
rotary Of the Navy should not contract
to pay a higher price for armor plate or
gun steel than is paid for the same arti-
Gle by private parties or foreign govern
ments. It was also provided that two Of
the nine torpedo boats should be con-
structed on the Mississippi river.
Efforts by Mr.. Cannon. rep, OF Illinois
to make The bin carry an appropriation
Of S2oOoo,ooo or Of S5.OOo,O0O toward de-
fraying the cost of the battle-ships. were
unavailable. In this connection a letter
was read from Secretary Herbert stat
ing that If the construction Of the battle
ships was authorized in the pending bin
there would be expended ia the year end
ing June 90 1896, on that account only
$4,000.
The naval bin being out Of the way the
House spent an hour or two discussing
the Hawaiian cable project upon The re
port OF the conference over The diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
Mr.. McCreary. dem. OF Kentucky OPP
posed the construction Of the cable as
government enterprise. and moved that
the House insist upon its disagree ment TO
the Senate amendment authorizing the
President to contract for laying the cable.
Mr.. Hit, rep, Of Illinois. one Of the con-
ferees moved that the House concur in the
Senate amendment and forcihly advocated
the construction of the cable. He read
from the annual message Of President
Cleveland In 1886 and 1883 20 show that as
fsr back as that period the President adj
vlsed congressional action to secure tel
egraphic communication with the EIa-
wailan Islands. The matter was not dis
posed Of when the House adjourned.
A bill was passed over the unfavorable
report Of the committee Of the whole, hav-
ing been previously passed by mistake.
and recalled from the Senate TO increase
the pension of Thomas Corrigan.
A resolution introduced last December
by Mr.. Picker, rep, Of South Dakota and
referred 70 the committee on civil service
reform. was called up by its author, that
committee not having acted upon IL. and
passed II directs the Secretary of the
Treasury TO inform the House how many
old soldiers have been dismissed from that
department since March 3, 1898 and the
reasons for their removal
An mfavorable report was made by Mr..
Richardson, dem, Of Tennessee, from the
committee on printing. upon the joint
resolution authorizing the publication of
the dairy tests made at the Columbian
exposition. The tenor Of the adverse re
port was that the matter was in no sense
or connection a government affair, and
that the expense would be about $4,000
The House, at SIS o'clock, adjourned tn
tomorrow at L o'clock.