The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-20
CAPITOL NO
 BALL LOOM
 --y House Turns D(s n ResO-
 lutioIs
 -s. .. BOTH SIDES .pRorEs1ED Refused to ReinState Dismiss
 ed MiddieS. Lower Branch of Congress will Not Al- low Inaugural Bai, to Be Giv- en in HaIlowed Seat of Government.

Washington, Dec 1s.--The House of Representatives today emphatically disapproved the proposition to hold the inaugural ball in the Capitol building.
 Tie committee having the matter in charge had substituted for the Pension Building as provided for by the Senate resolution, the Congressional Library. but MT. Morrell (Pa.), who called the matter up. announced that the opposi- tion to the latter building was so great the committee had concluded to substi- ute the Capitol building. A storm of protests came from both sides of the chamber. The resolution offered by MT Morrell was voted down, the re- suit being to delay action until the next District of Columbia day in Jan- uary.
 The House also voted down a resoIu- ton making a special order on Janu- ary 5, the bill to restore to the Naval Academy three naval cadets who were dismissed for hazing. The House pre- scented a deserted appearance today. The resolution for adjournment for the Christmas holidays does not become eff fective until Wednesday, but great | many members already have departed for their homes and the consequence was slim attendance. At the opening of the session 1t was agreed to adjourn from today to We'd nesday. The House then took up the bill. recently passed by the Senate to incorporate the American Red Cross. MT. Fitzgerald (N Y) interrogated MT. Longworth. O.. ), who called 1t up, regarding the reasons for the disband- ment of the present Red Cross organi- zation. Mir. Longworth answered that there was a great many reasons, one of which was that the records of the pres- ent Red Cross Society has been loosely kept; that 1t was impossible to tell just who were and who were not members. | Mir. Williams, tMiss.), the minority 1 leader, was" emphatic in the declara- tion that the protection given the in- s1gnia in the present bill could not ex- tend to those already using 1t in their business. Mir. Longworth agreed with that view. saying that no rights were forfeited. The bill then passed.
 resolution by Mir. Lacey (Ia. ), making the bill to restore three mid shipmen. John Henry Lifiand. Earl wor- den Chaffee and Joseph Drummond Lit tie. members of the first class, U. s. Naval Academy, who were dismissed for hazing, a special order after Jan uary 5, caused some criticism. MT. Lacey sought to pass the resolution un- der a suspension of the rules, and Messrs Mann Ull.), Fitzgerald (N. Y.) and Williams (Miss.), contended that the case of these midshipmen could not be given preference where there were so many matters of vast public i'm portance which could not, get time for consideration.
 Would Lay Bad Predicate.
 After MT. Sheppard (Texas). said he would expect the same treatment to cadets dismissed from West Point as was, granted those from the Naval Academy, MT. Fitzgerald called atten- tion to legislative action by Congress regarding hazing as the result of "the great scandal at West Point some few years ago." He said after Congress had decreed that haZing should be stopped. If the bill under consideration should pass. there would be a constant stream of applications from dismissed cadets for reinstatement
 Mir. Mann Ill.) said that if the bill pa ssed, the cadets at Annapolis would slap the officials of the academy in the face and tell them that while we talk against hazing we restore those who are dismissed"
 Declaring that hazing was subver- sive of all discipline. MT. Adams (Pa.) repeated a statement made to him by military academy officials that If Con gress would stand by us, we would put this hazing down."
 The House refused to adopt the reso- lution, 35 to IT.
 The Philippine Government bill with Senate amendments. was referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs. Mir Morrell (Pa.) moved the passage under suspension of the rules of the Senate bill providing for the Inauguration of the President, amended as to provide that the inaugural ball shall be held in the Capitol building instead of the Congressional Library. The bill as passed by the Senate authorized the Pension office to be used for thIs pur- pose. The House amended 1t so as to grant the use of the Congressional Ll- brary. but MT Morrell said that the opposition to the latter plan had been so great that the District Committee now urged the Capitol building.
 MT. Morrell gave several reasons for not agreeing with the senate to utilize the pension building, among them being the enormous number of valuable doc uments which would have to be disar- ranged. the risk of fire and the fact that business would be practically sus- pended for a month. The Capitol building. he argued, was an Ideal place for the ball. MT. Williams (Miss.) said 1t would be petty and spiteful to raise an obiection at this time to using a Government building for tneball. but called attention to a promise by the people of the District of Columbia given to committees of Congress that they would build a suitable building in which this quadrennial function could be held.
 He scored the inaugural committee for having failed in the past to restore to their original condition reservations or public spaces coupled by stands or other structures. An amendment by him was adopted requesting the inaug- ural committee to give bond guaran- teeIne to repair all damage done.
 Explaining that his objection was not hased on President Roosevelt's person. aIitv- MT. Baker (N. Y.) said that if the custom of mixing up of public duties Jyitb social functions" was wrong one, if was the duty of the House to oppose that function regardless of the fact tha, if had. been the custom 100 years or more. What he objected to, he said, was that of a few individuals getting together flor their own social pres