Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-04
A GREAT NAVY.

Washington. May 1.-The senate com
mittee on naval affairs reported the naval
appropriation bill when the senate con
vencd. The bill as reported carries SOB,
l2S,Gl6. an increase over the house bill
of S2,21l 900. The principal increases
are: Naval academy at Annapolis, 50.
ooo00D: public works at navy yards,
S3J2.4OO; Gathman gan equipment,
S2JO.OOU: ocean survey. $4,000.
The senate struck ont the provision
appropliating 100000 for emergencies
in the island possessions.
The provision relating to armor APP
propriates the S4.000,000 carried in the
house bill for the purchase of armor d.
reefs the secretary of the navy to pay
not exceeding S545 per ton for armor for
the Maine, Ohio and Missouri and to
contract for other vessels at $443 per
ton, and if it cannot be purchased at
that price he is to acquire Il site and
erect an armor plate plant to cost not
more than S4,000,00O, of which sum 50,
100000 is made Immediately available.
Another proviso is that no contracts for
armor for vessels provided in the present
act shall be made at price higher than
$500 per ton.
BY another amendmcn.t tie president is
authorized to purchase from Spain the
floating dock in Havana harbor at $215.-
900, and $4,000 is allowed for trans
fcrring the dock to such point as may be
determined upon.
The senate aasTEac n -,siion by Mr..
Hoar to take up the resolut on declaring
that w. A. Clark was not duly elected to
the senate from the state of Montana
and then. in accordance with Mr.. Hoar's
further suggestion. postponed further CON
sideration of the subject for a week.
A Spirited Controversy.
Before this agreement was reached
there was spirited controversy over
some remarks made by Mr.. Chandler.
MIR. Bacon took exception to the fact
that Mr.. Chandler had said he had heard
it stated that there was purpose to de-
lay the consideration of the resolution in
order to prevent the governor of Montana
making an appointment of Il senator to
succeed Mr.. Clark in case the seat now
occupied by him should be declared va
.ant. The fact. Mr. Bacon said. that Mr..
Chandler had stated that he had heard
this talk outside of the senate chamber
lid not relieve it from its Objectionable
character, for he could see no motive for
the statement of the senator from New
Hampshire unless some implication of
senator's was intended. AS for himself
he could not say what his own action
would be on the Clark resolution. He
regarded himself as n judge sitting in
that case, and he would, he added. claim
the right to investigate it thoroughly be-
fore entering Judgment
Mr. Chandler said that his remarks re-
garding Il desire to delay the considera-
ton of the resolution had not been called
out by anything that Mr.. Bacon had
said, but that he had had especial refer
ence to Mr. Stewards threat to read in
the senate, if not given time to read out
of it, the testimony taken by the COM
mittee."
Mr.. Stewart said he had made no such
statement as threat, but he had said
and he would repeat. that if time was not
given to read the testimony outside the
senate chamber, time would be taken to
read it in the chamber. The case should
be considered deliberately and decently
and especially in view of the fact that
much of the testimony was irrelevant, it
was not unreasonable to ask for time for
II don't propose to be lee
tured," he continued. IL don't like it.
and l particularly don't like it from the
man who has gathered up all sorts of
hearsay matter and printed it as testi-
The senate then passed the house bill
for the amendment of the census law.
The bill was amended so as to provide
for $3.50 additional compensation to CEN
sus supervisors.
The army appropriation bill being taken
up. Mr. pettigrew continued his criticism
of the treatment of The volunteer soldiers
in the Philippines. He read number
of letters from members of the South
Dakota regiment complaining of their
treatment there,