Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-10
TIE SECRET GOT OUT
The Senate Concludes That 1t is
Useless to Hold Executive
Sessions.
Details Of the Secret Session on.
the Soft Nosed Shell Are
Published.
5Armor Plate Question Discussed in
lublic-Tillman Wants Price
Limited to $500.

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& Washington, May ALPHABETICALLY the
was devoted to the section of the naval
appropriation bill relating to armor and
armament. The debate largely hinged
on the proposition that the government
should erect an armor plant of its own.
Senator TiIman presented an amend
msnt limiting the price to be paid for
arlaor to $500 per ton and providing also!
that the government should erect a
plant OF its own. Senators Tillman
Money and Chandler advocated the
erection of 4 plant, While Mr.. Hale sup
ported the committee amendment pro
siding for a plant in the contingency
that arnor could not be procured fo,
$4i5 per ton. M action was taken on
the proposition, the bill going over till
today.
| At the conclusion of routine business
! Mr. Hale called up the appropriation
lsblN. Ii, a statement to the senate he
said that when the bill vas last undea
consideration the senate was III secret
sessioli.
I'm View of present conditions irefer-
6rins. evidently. 10 the publica ton OF the
isresults of the secret session., / leave tG
/ the senata. from South Carolina mir.
I Tillman) whether he deems it wise or
! esirable ii proceed With the measure
lin secret session.
Remembering what occurred in thss
senate during ths secret session yes
ltterdaS. Nh. s'iillnan replied. and
,5Mhat appeared in tbs, pers this
morning, ] am persuaded it would be
aInos; impossible TO prevesit the news
papers from getting the information
altho they did publish more than oe-
Cured i'll the senate. and.
MIR. Vest ii Missouri tiiillkthe sem
ate would better go into secret session
Mr.. Tillman-I hope the senator will
tions.
Mr.. Nest-1 make the motion for a
secret session. The senator's remark $
paper reports.
Nj. Chandler Of New Hampshire sec
ondsd MIR. Vests motion and a 1920 -.
Nh Tillman then reiterated suiostan-
italy the statement concerning the In
Iiian Head tests of armor plate which
he made Tuesday. He arraigned the
navy department. for making public the
inch gun. in which one of the soft noaed
lit would have pierced oak, declaring his
Il inf bnt Ia te.sf had ~ fr,y
4 this effect it might have upon the sem
i ate debate on the pending bill.
4 After some brief discussion it was de-
lseided, inasinuch az the salient facts had
been published, that the arnor plate
matter might as We'll be considered in
open session.
At o'clock the senate resumed con-
! sideration of the naval bill in open ses-
sion. During the debate Mr., Hale, in
charge of the bill, presented a memor-
fandum from Rear Admiral o Neil, chic,
of the naval bureau of ordnance, giving
the latest availab Bile Information on the
Subject ofsarmor and particularly or
"soft-nose projectiles.'' The men.oran.
DUN stated in part:
'tNo arnor that exists today, regard
Hess of its thickness or quality can re
4 sist the power of the modern gun a
short range Therefore. the fact tina
i arinor can readily be perforated a
sI5short range must not be considered al
4 indication that ii Is of inferior quality
4 1t simply means that 1t is oNermatche,
A by the gun. Naturally, that which i
4 the most difficult to perforate is TIL
most desirable.'
All tests Of armor, the memorandum
states, are made With uncapped pro
u, jectiles and are exceedingly severe. Tn
memorandum adds:
1T is a Weil-kiiuwn fact that a sol
steel cap attached to the point of 2
II armor-piercing projectile increases j,
+ efficiency to a marked extent. anywher
) from Is 70 20, and otter to % per cen
: and all such projectiles fox the Unite
states navy are fitted With caps.
few days ago at Indian Head a six-inc
# capped shell was easily driven thr
fourteen inches Of Harve5tzed armt
and the same has been done thru eigf
inches Of krnpp armor. Z
!. Mr.. Money said he would support til
4 proposition of Mr.. Tillman for a go,
eminent armor plate plant believing
the best way to solve the problem.
A joint resolution making the seIet
tion of site and the erection of
y bronze statue in Washington, D. c..
honor of the late Henry Wadswort
! Longfellow was passed.
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