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HOUSE.

Washington, u. c., Feb. 2s.-
Representative Browell CRep., Ohio)
today introduced in the House the fol-
lowing resolution:
That the secretary of the navy be
and Is hereby authorized. whenever IN
his judgment 1t shall become expedient
for the best interests of the country to
do so, to secure options upon and con-
summate the purchase of such battle
ships, cruisers, rams, torpedo boats or
other form of naval vessels as are OF
the most modern type and ready for
Immediate use. together with the neces-
sary armament and equipment for the
same as in his judgment are necessary
to place the naval strength Of the coun-
try upon a proper footing for i'm
mediate hostilities with any foreign
power with which the same may he
threatened, and. for the purpose of con-
summarizing such purchases there is
hereby appropriated s20,o0o,o00 to be
Immediately available"
The resolution was referred to the
naval committee.
Mr.. Browell said he introduced the
resolution to call attention of the naval
committee to the necessity for provd-
ing such a CONTINGENT fund in the naval
appropriation bill. If the committee
does not include such a provision In
the bill when 1t Is reported, he win Of
fer II as an amendment In the House.
The provision In the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill relating to the Paris
exposition was ruled out on a point of
order.
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
the consideration of which was re-
sumed in the House today, displaced
the regular District of Columbia day,
which by consent was postponed I'M
til next Monday. Before the House
went into the committee of the whole,
(I}nn IpNyul chairman pf
the military affairs committee. asked
unanimous consent for the considern-
ton OF a joint resolution providing for
the investigation, by joint commit
tee OF the House and Senate. of the
expenditures for river and harbor
work Mt Savannah, since January 1.
1899. Mr. Cox Dem. Tenn.) called
attention to the fact that this whole
subject was being investigated by the
court martial now sitting in the case
OF Captain Carter. The reputation OF
civilians was involved as well as that
of an officer of an engineer corps, and
until the court martial returned It's
findings. he saw no necessity for n
congressional investigation. He there
fore objected. and the resolution was
referred to the military affairs COM
mittee.
When the sundry civil bill was
taken up the pending amendment,
appropriating $4,000 for building n
road from NatcheZ to the national
cemetery, was adopted.
An amendment requiring the clerks
OF Federal courts In Arizona and New
Mexico to report their fees annually
was also adopted,
The sundry civil appropriation bill.
after a political debate as to railroad
influence in the last national election,
was completed In committee of the
whole md on Mr.. Cannon's motion
reported to the House, Votes ON two
propositions were demanded in the
House on the amendment striking out
the fund for. "informers" of violation
of Internal revenue laws and an
amendment adopted today giving the
employees of the House an extra
months pay.
The internal revenue fraud fund was
restored to the sundry civil bill,
103-67.