Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-14
GOVERNMENT PLANT REFLECTED.
Close Vote in the Senate on ArmOr
Into

BY close vote late Saturday afternoon
| the Senate rejected the proposition to erect.
without reference TO the price at which the
government could secure armor plate for
its warships. an armor plate factory. The
vote upon the direct proposition was - TO
"a, and subsidiary amendments We're re-
jected by about the same vote. When the
committees proposition was about to be
voted upon a filibuster was organized. the
quorum of the Senate was broken and the
question went over until today.
Mr.. Spooner (Wis) and Mr.. Hale CMe)
made notable speeches, dcprccating the war
talk on Friday by Mr.. Lodge (Mass.)-
Neither the senator from Wisconsin nor
the senator from Maine was fearful that
we might become involved in difficulty
with Germany on account of the Monroe
doctrine the latter declaring that the Unit
ed States and Germany We're bound to-
gether by indissoluble ties, and the former
that our relations with the German en-
pire were never more cordial than they
are today.
At 3 o'clock, by special order, debate
ceased and somewhat later the voting be-
gan upon the armor question.
The amendment offered by Mr. Penrose
to pay SOD for the armor for the Maine,
Ohio and Missouri was defeated.
Mr. Pettus (Ala.) offered an amendment
making it mandatory upon the Secretary
OF the Navy to erect an armor plate plant
at once at a cost not to exceed A.Uup.o0o
The amendment was defeated - to n, as
follows:
Yeas-Bacon Bate. Berry. Carter. Chand-
ler Cockrell. Daniel. Davis. Harris, Jones
(Ark). Jones (Nev), Mallory, Money. Nor
gan. Nelson. Pettus. Spooner. Stewart, Tel
Ter. Thurston Tillman and Vest-22.
Nays-Allson Baker Clark WyoO, De-
pew. Elkins. Fairbanks. Foraker. Foster
Frye, Hale. Hansbrough. Hawley; Hoar
Ledge, Mcbride, McComas. McCumber, Nc
Emery, Penrose. Perkins, Proctor, Quarles
Ross and Shoup-24.
Not voting-Aldrich, Allen, Bard, Bever-
idee Burrows. Butler: Caffery, Chiffon
Clark (Mont), Clay, Culberson. Culom. De-
Doe. Gallinger. Gear. Hanna. Heitfeld, kean,
Kenney. Kyle Lindsay, -McLaurin. McMi!-
Ian, Martin. Mason. Petugrew. Plat
Comm. Plat N.Y). Pritchard Rawlins'
Scott, Sewel1, Simon. Sullivan. Taliaferro,
Turlev, Turner Warren, Wellington Wet
more and Wolcott-41.
Mr. Tillmans amendment striking out
the committees proposition to pay $443 per
ton for armor fixing the maximum price at
$500 per ton. except for armor for the bat
tleships Maine, Missouri and OHIO, Tor
which s545 was to be paid. and making 1t
mandatory upon the Secretary of the Navy
to construct an armor plant, was defeated.
% to "a the vote in no respect dlfferlng
from the vote on Mr.. Pettus amendment.
Mr.. Tillman then offered his amendment
three times each time raising slightly the
limit Of cost of the armor. Each time the
amendment was defeated.
An effort was made by those opposed to
the committee to prevent Its proposition
from coming to a vote. Mr. Hale made an
appeal to the Senate that it should stand by
the unanimous agreement TO vote finally
upon the armor plate question at Saturday
session.
MIR. Chandler offered an amendment pre-
cisely similar to those proposed by Mr.. TIL
man. The vote on the amendment indi-
Gated the absence of a quorum, the vote
being II yeas to % nays.
A call Of the Senate was demanded apd
a quorum was developed. A vote on Mr..
Chambers amendment was taken again, re-
sulting ayes II. noes 22-not a quorum
TT is evident" said Mr.. Hale. that We
cannot dispose of this question today. We
are at the mercy Of the minority
On his motion the Senate then, at 4:lo
n m. adjourned.