The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-14
CAPITOL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

CAPITOL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
The Naval Appropriation BiIi.-The
conferees On the Naval Appropriation bill
are already seeming difficulty in reaching
an agreement The first meeting has not
yet been held bur there seems to be trou-
bIe in the wind and a determination on
the part of the House membcrs Of the COM
mittee to force their points. The great
fight viii be upon the question of the
Holland submarine boats The opposition
to having any appropriation made for the
purchase Of these boats is supposed to have
originated with the officials al the head Of
the Naval Construction Bureau. and TO be
based upon jealousy. The officials of the
Construction Bureau according to those
who have been watching naval matters for
some time. have great aversion to let
ting anything be awarded TO people not in
the ring and raise a good deal of trouble
for anyone who tries 10 get the favor OF
the Government The Holland boat IS now
recognized to be Of great value. and 10
mark an enormous forward stride in naval
matters Il is expected to do away with
all torpedo boats and may. in the end rev.
olutionize the entire art Of warfare on wa
ter. Recognizing this, the authorities in
have felt II a sort of personal insult that
someone else should have done the invent
ing first and should now be asking the
| Government Is accept his invention and
| build ships upon il. Hence they have op-
POSED including any legislation concerning
| the Holland submarine boat in the Naval
Appropriation bill
The question Of an increased navy which
| the House bill favors. and the Senate bill
/ does not. viii be also a source Of cOnten-
! ton, while a decided split viii come upon
! the subject of commissioning the naval
| cadets of the present classes Immediately
| upon their graduation
The St I.ouis Fair-The faction that
| had such success with the anti-canteen
amendment to the Army bill is at work
on the st. Louis Fair bill They propose
/ that there shall be no liquors sold on the
/ fair grounds. certainly a terrible provis-
! ion for beer drinking St Louis people. and
! that the exposition shall be closed on Sun
/ days This legislation is to be in the
/ form of amendments TO the bill apprO-
/ priating s. 000, 600 in accordance with the
promise made that the Government would
| help il the State and city authorities
/ showed their ability to raise s.. 600, 000
/ It is not expected. however, that the esti-
/ mable agitatOrs will be able to make
! their point. Representative Tawney, who
1 is chairman OF the committee having the
matter in charge, thinks it would be
/ manifeS1y unjust TO make any restriction
! whatsoever. When the money was prom
J ised to St Louis there was no reserva-
! ton made concerning the right to control
( the sale Of liquor. What right have We
now then. to make any such provision as
! the temperance agitatOrs ask2' said he
( this morning 4 do not think the matter
/ viii have any support. it seems so unjust
/ from ali points of view"
\ New StRtue.-Statuary Hall was
/ filed with ropes, derricks. and rigging
( yesterday a gang Of laborers were en-
/ gagged in putting up a new statue of Sen
] ator Kenna of West Virginia to take the
( the place OF the old one. The figure put in
Z place yesterday is by the same sculptor as
{ that taken away, Alexander Mcdowell, but
is a vast Improvement. Those who knew
/ Senator Kenna say that it is really a
. very good likeness which the old one was
/ not. In many ways il is better than the
I first. especially in the dTaping cf the
/ clothes the collar, and the pose Of the
! hands and feet
OIeomarGarine Legislation. 1t is
! barely possible that some legislation on
! the oIeomargarine question may be
( brought about by amendments to the Agri-
/ cultural appropriation bill It is gener-
ally admitted on both sides that there
/ should be something done on this matter
/ but differences on the way the law should
! be drawn have interfered- Rather than
/ not have anything at all done at this ses-
/ sion, it Is thought that the supporters OF
/ the Grout bill and the minority may agree
! to some compromise.
If such an agreement is reached it is
possible that an amendment can be at
/ tached to the Agricultural Appropriation
| bill It is admitted that such d proceeding
would not perhaps be exactly according TO
/ rule and that point Of order could be
made against II, but should the minority
! and majority OF the committee come to an
agreement it is considered not at all like
/ " that the point would be raised
In the discussion OF the bill in commit
( tee an attempt was made TO attach the
/ GTout measure as an amendment Though
I this could have been done by the majority.
I the minority raised the question OF the
pr0prIety Of putting a revenue amendment
on an appropriation biIl and promised to
( contest the point on the floor OF the Ser
! ate. For that reason no attempt was male
( 10 DO anything with the matter Nov how
ever, seeing that there is but little tin g
left and that there is but a remote posi-
I bility Of getting anything done should an
/ Oleomargarine bill be reported for separ-
/ ate consideration the spirit Of Cancellation
has begun to rise and It would give no
/ surprise IL something we're done through
! an amendment to the appropriation bill
/ now under discussion. 4 long while ago
/ the advocates or the GrOut bill were prom
ised q day. but it is SO long ago and the
1 situation has changed so much since then
/ that they have lost all hope
/ PROGRAMME AT ANNAPOLIS.
The Visit of Secretary Long and Adj