The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-04-26

SlOu1u de I)eTIOfLleu ny Lie NOasL q HI
geodetic survey, which, he said, could
do the work better and cheaper. In the
end the house sustained his view,
adopting an amendment offered by
him to appropriate only the regular
$40, 600 for ocean surveys. The CHAIR
man Of the committee Of the whole, Air. !
Payne, oyerruled the point Of order
against the appropriation for the new
naval academy. but an amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Cannon was adopted pro-
Tiding that that before the money approRri- I
ated by the bill for the academy be
expended plans for the whole improve
ment. not to exceed ST. 900, be sub
mitted and approved by the secretary
of the navy.
The House. IS "A
# Washington, April d. - AS ID result
OF protracted struggle in the house
yesterday the provision of the naval
appropriation bin to enable the secre-
tiary of TIL: navy to contract for ar
NOR plate for the battleships Maine,
Ohio and Missouri, now awaiting their
armor equipment, at $50 per ton, the
price asked for ISrupp armor, is out
Of the bill, as is the provision to repeal
the $500 limitation placed upon the
arInor by the current law. The fight
came at the end of the consideration OF
the bill. Although the provision was
obnoxious to the rule, all the minority
members OF the committee had agreed
to lit, but when the majority declined
to allow the discussion OF a proposition
for the establishment Of an arlnor
plate factory they retaliated by raising
d point of order against the two pro-
visions above referred to, aud they
were ruled out The exact effect q.
the action Of the house is disputed.
The appropriation OF So GOO under
the head of sarnlor and armament re-
mains on the bill as well as the Ian
guage Of the l,roFiso authorizing the
secretary of the navy to contract for
armor Of the best quality for the
Maine. Ohio and Missouri, the words
stricken out being .;lt d cost not to8 eX-
coed 1915 a ton, Including royalties.
It's co1itended by some that this en-
powers the secretary to contract for
the armOf without regard to cost. By
Others it is claimed that the provision
will be ineffective unless the senate I'M
serts the price. So much bad feeling
was aroused by the Wrangle over the
arn,or plate provision that AIr. Under
wood Of Alabama began q tilibuster
after the bill was reported to the
house. and finally forced an adjourn
lnent without final action on the BILL.
Before the arnlor plate question came
I'D two amendments to modify the pro-
vision for the increase of the navy,
which authorizes two battleships and
SIX cruisers, were defeated One pro-
posed to- add a provision for six gun
beats and tile other to strike out the
provision for the battleships. The
question OF building ships in govern
ment yards did not reach 4 vote as the
amendment offered to this end was
ruled out on point Of order.
as The Senate. 8e5 #
The senate had under consideration
during the greater part OF the days
session the conference report OH the
Hawaiian civil government measure.
Mr. Cul1om made an extended eXplana-
ton Of the changes IN the bill. The re-
port was the subject Of sharp criticism
Final action upon IL was postp uu-
\ till tn da he "A las kan civil code bill
\ WAS up for d brief time, Mr.. Bate ofs
Tennessee delivering q speech III 3oppo-
sitiun to the pending Hans brough
:ilGe ndment relating to the rights Of
niien miners. Mr. Foraker of Ohio
pronounced an eulogy upon the late
Lorenzo Danford, q representative
from Ohio. aud the senate adopted res-5
#olutions expressive of its sorrow
The House. Il
II Washington, IA pril % The animated
controversy over the naval appropril-
ton bill which began Friday, was re-
sumed Saturday, and after a brief con
sideration this important bill was
passed. MI. Underwood of Alabama,
whose filibuster had brought affairs to
ID temporary standstill, explained there
was no purpose to delay, only to in-
fsist that time be given for considera-
ton and that a vote be taken on the
government arlnor factory proposition.
Mr.. gandiver submitted this PROPOSE
ton In a motion to recommit the bill
with instructions to the naval commit
tee to frame provision for a govern
tment factory The Instructions were
ruled out and subsequently the mo-
ton to recommit was disagreed to
without division. The bill was there
upon passed without record vote.
The Bill provides for two battleships,
three ar1nored cruisers and three pro-
tected cruisers. The S545 figure on the
nrnor is stricken out. At / p. m. the
house devoted itself to eulogies on the
late Representative Settle Of Ken
lucky.
The Senate.
Without the formaiity Of q vote the
senate adopted a resolution directing
the secretary OF war to inform the SEN
ate whether any officer of the army
who is now or has been on duty
\ in Cuba or Porto Rico since the dec
laration Of war against Spain has re-
ceived any compensation for services
other than his regular pay as an army
officer. and to give the facts in regard
3 to expenditures alleged to be extrava-
giant in fitting up the governors palace
and government offices at Havana.
STORMS ARE PREDICTED.
weather Bnrtau Warns the PeopIs
Of the Gulf Coast.
Washington, April "a. The weather
bureau last night ordered storm sig