Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-07

WAsHINGToN, Jane 2 - When the
house last night about 1880 toek II -.
cess antii 10 o'clock today the two
chambers Of the national legislature
with heads down and horns licked
were ia d desperate struggle over the
item IN the naval appropriation bill re-
lating to ocean surveys The Gna. adj
3ournment Of congress is postponed
uatil II is over.
The proceedings IN the house during
the day were tame and without era,
matte incident. This was partly due to
the fact that the firm position taken by
the house on the armor plate provision
transferred the fight to the floor of the
senate, and to the obstinate refusal ef
Mr.. Lentz, an Ohio Democrat. to per.
nit any unanimous consent legislation
until the Republican leaders agreed &c
allow the testimony in the Couer
Alene investigation to be printed
Mr.. Lentz held the house by the throat
all day. and except for privileged matters
things legislative were al a standstill
But last night there was enough ex.
citement TO compensate for the dullness
of the day session. The house got its
dander up over the failure of its confer
rees to abide by their instructions on the
ocean survey item and, after an exceed
!ngly sensational debate, in which Mr.
Cannon. the chairman of the appropria
tons committee, made some startling
disclosures as to the manner in which
Commander Todd, the photographer of
the navy, had waged his campaign
against the stand taken by the house in
favor of the coast and geodetic survey
doing ocean survey work, the house re.
jected the conference report by an over.
whelming majority and the speaker took
the almost unprecedented course of ap.
pointing new conferrees on the part of
the house who are not members of the
naval committee.
During the debate the conferrees de-
Tended their course as best they could,
and Mr.. Foss, acting chairman of the
committee, resented with bitter Ian
guage the charge that be had betrayed
the house. Hot words were banded
back and forth, but the house was in an
ugly mood and was resolved to fight the
senate TO finish.
The appointment as confeTees of Mr..
Cannon, Mr. Moody and Mr.. Shafroth,
all of whom We're i'll sympathy with the.
houses position, assured no surrender
on their part until the house itself
should direct them to yield.
ft was day of strife and turmoil in
the senete Early the eonferrees ON the
naval bill reported disagreement, and
the senate was told plainly that the
house would not consent to the amend
ment providing for an armor plate fac
tory to be operated by the government.
a compromise proposition was pre-
sented by Mr.. Penrose (Pa.) and, after
hours of debate, finally was adopted by
vote of 80 to 30. The discussion of the
proposition developed an unusual bitter
isess of feeling, and charges of robbery
- corruption were hurled about the
chamber with an abandon which, if they
had not fallen from the lips Of grave
senator's, would have been regarded as
reckless Little worse ever was heard
in the heat of a political campaign.
Three o'clock, the hour agreed upon
for final adjournment, was passed and
still the senate wrestled with the armor
question. When the Penrose PROPOSE
ton finally was agreed TO, it was sup
posed the way was clear, but late last
night another disagreement was reported
on the naval bill, and the senate took an
adjournment until IL O'Clock today
Mr.. Penrose's amendment was as fol-
lows:
That the secretary of the navy is hereby au-
thorized to procure by contract armor of the
best quality for any all vessels above re-
ferred to, provided such contracts can be
made at price which, in his Judgment, is
reasonable and equitable, but in case he is un.
able to make contracts for armor under the
above conditions, he is hereby authorized and
directed to procure site for and to erect
thereon factory for the manufacture of
armor, and the sum of s4,000,000 is hereby ap-
propriated toward the erection of factory.
The evening session presented a bril-
liant scene, the galleries being thronged
with gay and fashionable assemblage.
All were immensely entertained, as Sem
ators Carter (Mon.), Mason (Ills,), Tur-
ner WASH and Money Miss kept the
senate on edge with rattling political