The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-24
NAVAL. Bill B | 4 |
IN HOUSE.
Virginia Members Fight Tn
availingly Against Extrava- @
n gant Expenditures.
AMENDMENTS VOTED l'IE DOWN NJ
Fight Over Great Lakes Train
ing Station Promises Lively
Debate To-day.
,f,,y .Associa ted rress.)


& Washington, & lreb 25.-.Aithough tha
House devoted tho entire day to consd5
GRAFTON OF the naval appropriation bin
under tho fivc.minutc rulo email pro gross
was t1le.Ae. Mr.. Legare (souti Carolina1
secured the adoption OF MI anendmen9
for tile Charles ton navy yard as follows
$4,000 for machine shops. $4,000 to coni-
3pleto power house. 100000 for the dry
dock, $4,000 FOR, work shop, s62, soy TO CONT
Splete equipment building $4,000 for,
building for ship shop, So. ooo 4 fo O.,
foundry. mixing a total Of 1855 40 iii
Mr.. Lcgare, lii proposing the amend.
Sment. declared that contracts for these
improvements wore already signed and
that the contractors could recover In the
Court Of Claims should the amendment
not be agreed to. ga vi Z. 5I S
e. Mr.. Foss, III reply. said tie approprla-
ton for Charleston had always beer
added TO the bill In tho Senate. and thcj
committee had not seen 1T 70 included
1T. II was apparent, he added, that
not made this year, this appropriation
would have TO be made next year.
N Mr.. Rixey (virginia1 endeayored TO
amend the bill by eliminating the approo-
5priation for II naval station at Guantan-
n,no. Cuba. He wanted only a coalinE
sta ton In Cuba His amendment was 1,ii de-
freated. IS TO shT. 8i ls .,f5
.s5 OF Il notion to strike out the approprl-
alton for tho naval station at OlonguHA
Ell, Mr.. Jones (Virgtnia) spoke against
7,nr,sing such largo appropriations for the
Sphlippinc Islands He declared tha E Dee
sforctthts naval station was co pie ted az
would cost from twenty to thirty million
dollars, and this iii the face OF state.
ments that wo were to give up tho ". vs.
lands as soon as the people we're sdl-
cnted enough for sclf-governmant. ME- =.
Jones IS amendment wns defer ted $
I Igs An amendment proposed ~ Mr. ! ! ~.
4 (Georgia)I TO give the Secretary Of the
Navy d authority to consolidate the rari-
sous bureaus and plants II navy ards.
was defeated 30 to 10o .
Fl Tho fight over the proposed 0reae
Lakes naval training station was begun
during the last half hour Of tho session
end promises a lively debate tomorrow.
The House authorized the printing OF
800 copies of "a Few Directions for De-
stroying Mosquitoes. ia
The Senate. i5s
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WASHINGTON p. c.. Feb e5.--AtteF
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senate. to-day, consldcra ton was begun
IN ,l1c agricultural appropriation bill.
More than two hours vas consumed "
tbe discussion OF on amendment max
ins al appropriation for crinon Ii+s ~
stock feeding, against which q point Z, @
order was made by Mr. Lodge ana sus1
%tnfrnd. s,rhe polnt was finally Withdrawn
ana tho cndnent adopted.
Mr. Tillman protested against the Tul-
ling On Mr.. Lodges point Of order Win, VI
n,,1 submitting It to the Senate. at least.
( no said untIl he could have ai1 oppor-
unity 10 say something about farming.
which ho said rs the only bu b, 5,ea = !
ever made a living at" He conl,n nue., Y
| defense Of the Secretary OF Agriculture.
And said hc should be given the means y,
Of carrying out "this work. whiel. Is Is
amendment to permit the importation Q o. Z
rev breeds of animals. On closing, he
said sepator Teller had given the wrons
dafinition of the difference between IAN
asriculmris, and "farm sg,;a. l a1a sa aa
a farmer works With his nahos a, anu MAJ al
there arc too many agr'eulturists N t ne
L Senate.