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should be sustained rather than over
ruled. As one who had voted against
the bill on it's original passage, the
message had confirmed his convictions
of its undesirability as whole at the
present time. He regretted that the
Constitution did not give the President
more power to veto political items in an
appropriation bill. Such a power had
existed for many years in New York and
other States, and there was no disposi-
ton anywhere to abandon it. He in
troduced joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution giving
to the Peresident power to veto items in
an appropriation bill. It was read and
laid on the table
Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina
thought that Hills proposed amend
ment was quite consistent with that
Senator's action and vote yesterday
against the bond bill. Butler had also
proposed a constitutional amendment in
regard to the veto power-giving a ma
jority in each house the power to pass
the bill over the Presidents veto.
At the close of Buffers remarks the
vote was taken, and the river and har-
Dor bill was passed over the Presidents
veto by the necessary two-thirds major
ity-yeas 56, nays 5-as follows:
feas-Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, Berry,
Brice, Burrows, Butler. Cannon, Carter,
Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Du-
bois, Elkins, Faulkner, Gallinger, Gear,
George, Gibson, German Hale, Hans
brough, Hawley, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada, Lindsay, Lodge, Nc
Bride, Mills, Mitchell of Oregon, Mitch
ell of Wisconsin, Morgan, Nelson, Pas
coe, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt,
Pritchard, Pugh, Quay, Sherman,
Shoup, Squire, Stewart, Teller, Tillman,
Turpie, Vest, Walthall, Wassen, Wet
more, White, Wilson and Walcott-56.
Nays-Bate, Chiffon, Hill, Smith and
Vilas-5
There was group of more than twen-
ty members of the House standing in
the space back of the Republican seats
While the vote was in progress. They
showed lively interest in the vote,
ana withdrew as soon as the result
was announced.
The conference report CpartiaD on the
naval appropriation bill was presented
by Hale (Rep.) of Maine, who explained
that the only matters still unadjusted
had reference to the number of new
battleships, certain provisions in ref
erence to their construction and the
places where they are to be built, all
being involved in the question of num-
Der. The only other question remaining
open was as to the arnor plate for un-
completed ships.
Chandler spoke of the price to be
paid for the armor plate. In view Of
the fact that the Bethlehem Works
contracted to supply armor for other
countries at $500 a ton, the Committee
on Naval Affairs had realized that the
Secretary of the Navy could make a
contract for the armor for those ships
at an average price of $3.50, instead of
5000; no contract should be made for it
prior to December, when he is to re-
port to Congress. He hoped that the
Senate would insist on that amend
ment and so extricate the Navy De-
partment from the clutches of home
and foreign combinations.
Lodge (Rep.) of Massachusetts, ex-
pressed the hope that the Senate would
recede from its amendment reducing
the number of battleships from four
to two and agree to the bill as it came
from the House.
Quay Rep) of Pennsylvania made
the formal motion that the Senate re-
cede from the amendment reducing the
number of battleships to two
At this point Morgan Oem) of Ala
bama asked unanimous consent to offer
a resolution calling on the President
for information and action in the mat
ter of United States citizens captured
on board the Competitor by the Spanish
authorities. tried by courtmartial and
sentenced to death
Objection was made by Hale Rep.)
of Maine, and the resolution was not
offered.
After long discussion on the price
of arnor plate TiIlman Dem) of South
Carolina, being a member of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs. said that he
had very positive opinions upon the
question. He argued that the prices
paid to Carnegie and the Bethlehem
Company were extravagant, and that
it was not possible that the production
of the armor could have cost those
works as much as 5000 a. ton. He de-
clared himself in favor of protection
to American products, but the Gov
ernment should not be robbed by those
whom it protected. He characterized
Carnegie and the Bethlehem works as
'armor robbers" and described the
armor plate furnished by them to the
Government as fraudulent spongy
and plugholed." He asserted that those
institutions had a lobby around the
Capitol. and he asked: Have we Sem
ators here who are interested in hav-
ing those contracts given out?"
AT the close of Tillman's speech the
conference report went over without
action.
Hale asked unauimous consent TO
have the vote taken upon the confer
ence report at / o'clock tomorrow,
but objection was made by Morgan
Dem) of Alabama-appar in re
taliation for Hale's objection to his
resolution about the prisoners taken
from the Competitor.
An arrangement was, however, eff
fected by Allison (Rep) of Iowa, under
which Morgan was allowed to offer his
resolution-which was laid on the table
and withdrew his objection to Hale's
proposition to have the vote on the
conference report taken tomorrow at
/ o'clock, after discussion under the
ten-minute rule.
The Senate then adjourned.
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