West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-29
wAsHINoToNLErTER.
SENATOR SUBSIDY" HANNA MAKES
ANOTHER SPEECH IN FAVOR OF A
BIG CORPORATIONS GRANT.
The Maclay History Ruled Out Of The
Naval Academy.


WAsHrNcroN, May 20. Ioo7.-
IL is sad commentary on the
perspicaci,y or the reliability of
the Washington correspondents
that SO little news has gone out to
the country in regard to the infamous
measure which recently passed the
Senate at the ins,igatlon of the
Pennsylvania Railway Company.
This bill, which conveys to tae
company named funds and privileges
estimated as being worth nearly 81,
900, 600 provides for the erection
of "union" depot AMI the elevation
of railroad tracks within the city
limits. It's the second measure in
favor Of which Senator Hanna has
seen fit to speak at this session of
Congress, the first having been the
Ship Subsidy bill. The bill passed
by an almost strict party vote, the
only republican who voted against
1t being Senator Hansbrough of
North Dakota who had fathered a
substitute which provided for NUM-
cipal ownership of the station.
The measure is also a practical
ratification of the merger of the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
railways. If the funds paid out for
the construction of the depot, ETC.,
came out of the municipal treasury
and municipal taxes there might be
some ground for the correspondents
to treat it as local matter but as it
is, at least half of the expenses of
the District of Columbia arc paid
out of the United States Treasury
and the bill, which Subsidy Hanna"
engineered through the Senate, will
cost the tax payers of the nation a
pretty penny.
!
The House, after days of con-
sideratlon, has at last passed the
Naval Appropriation bill. An
amendment which makes ii illegal to
purchase any copies Of Maclay's
history for use in the Naval Academy
at Annapolis was adopted and also
one changing the title of what are
now "naval cadets" TO "midship-
men,. The most significant feature
of the debate which led TO the
prohibition Of The Maclay history
was the sta,cmea! Of representative
Dayton of West Virgii a that after
the record of the Sch!cy Court of
Inquiry had been read by the mem
bers of the House there might be Il
Congressional investigation of Ad-
miral SchIey's case. This is con
sidercd 4 direct aGrout TO the
President who has ordered that the
Schley affair be considered closed.
The adoption Of the amendment
of Representative Roberts Of Mass
achusetts, which provides that three
vessels shall be built by the Secretary
of the Navy in government navy
yards, was an overwhelming dcfea,
for the republican leaders. Chair.
man Foss of the Naval affairs Com.
mittec had originally opposed the
provision that one ship be built in
the navy yards and the leaders were
all opposed to the idea. They
opposed it because they appreciate
that it will be thrown out by the
Senate, as Senators Hanna and
Mcmillan are stockholders in the
trust which builds the battle ships,
and the members do not care to
have TO answer the inquiries of the
labor organizations who have'labor
ed industriously for this end, when
they learn that republican senators
are responsible for their defeat.
/ /
There are various stories going
the rounds at the Capitol, the ac-
tual truth of which | have not yet
been able to ascertain, in regard to