The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
WILL HAVE A TOP-HEAVY ARMY
GORMAN SAYS TOO LITTLE HAS
BEEN DONE For THE NAVY.

Thinks senate's Action Will Prevent
the Completion of Any New War
Vessels Within Reasonable Time.
A Conference on Naval ApprOpria-
tiOns BiIl-Justice Building and
FOrtIGcatiOns Bills Passed.
Washington. March 2.-The chaplain of
the Senate. in his invocation at the open
ing of to-day's session, paid a tribute to
Lord Farrer HerscheI of the Joint High
commission, who died In Washington yes
terday.
The prayer was ordered to be printed In
the Record.
The conference report on the bill au-
thorizing governors of states to be REIN
bursed for expenses incurred in raising
and equipping the volunteer army, was
agreed to.
Mr. Hale OF Maine presented the CON
ference report on the naval personnel bill,
and 1t was agreed to.
Mr.. Faulkner of West Virginia presented
the protest of forty-nine out of the seven
ty-nine members of the West Virginia
legislature against the seat of ". b..
Scott. elected for a senator for the term
of six years, beginning March 4, 1899. The
protest was filed.
House bill, authorizing the erection
of a public building at Winston, N. c., 10
cost moi more than $4,000 was passed.
MIR. Carter of Montana secured consider
alton for the bill providing a code of Grim
jnal laws for Alaska. The Senate com
mittee amendments were adopted, and the
bill was passed
Under special order. the Senate devoted
fortv-five minutes to the passage of priv
ate pension bills and bills to correct mill
tary records.
Mr.. Carter presented the conference re-
mort on the census bill and 1t was agreed
t..
The Labor Bill Taken Up.
Mr.. Turkey of Tennessee moved to take
mn a. House measure limiting the hours of
daily services of laborers, workmen and
mechanics employed upon the public works
Of or work done for the United States or
any territory or the District of Columbia.
The motion prevailed, 30 10 20.
A conference was agreed to on the naval
anproprtation bill, and Senators Hale, Per-
kjns and German were named as con-
ferees.
Mr. Perkins OF California then moved
IN take up the fortifcatrons appropriation
hill and Il was agreed to, 80 TO IL.
The vote upon the fortihcations Dill as
pInrad
zion Of the fertilization bill number OF
measures were passed, among them one
authorizing the Freedmans Trust and
saving Company to pay 60 per cent div
Idends 20 depositors; also the House bill
To encourage the exposition at Buffalo.
The Senate then proceeded with the for
tpacations bill, the bill being In precise
lv the same form In which 1t passed the
House. 1t carries A,774 798.
Need of a Larger Navy.
In the course of an argument on the
prices paid for fertilization guns Mr.. Cor
man adverted to the action Of the Senate
Yesterday on the armor plate question
when the price of armor plate was reduc-
"a 10 $500 a ton While a large army had
been provided, yesterdays inaction indi-
Gated that no effective provision had been
made for the navy. The action Of the SEN
ate on the armor plate matter would, in
Mr.. Germans opinion, prevent the COM
pletion of any war vessels, the armor for
which had not already been contracted
for
"so.' said he, I'VE shah have until 1901