The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-04
ARMOR PLATE INQUIRY VOTED
HOUSE AGREES TO SENATE
AMENDMENTS TO NAVAL BILL.
Indian. sundry Civil and Post once
Measures 60 TO the Decentralization
ROuts Pennsylvania Delegation In
Fight on River and Harbor Bill.

Routs Pennsylvania Delegation in
Fight on River and Harbor Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 3.--The House to-
day agreed 10 conference reports on the
Indian Post Office and Naval Appropria-
ton bills. thus finally disposing Of them.
The House agreed to the Senate amend
ments TO the latter bill, increasing the
marine corps by about / 200 enlisted men
and non-oommissoned officers and di-
reoting an investigation Of the armor plate
question, with view to determining the
expediency of the Government establish
ing factory by the Secretary Of the Navy.
These reports were considered amid
much confusion, such as is common on
like OCCASIONS despite Speaker Cannon's
efforts to sccure and maintain fair de-
gree Of order. If ever there IL an OCCASION.
he said "wher II Ia necessary for members
to exercise great caution ard good Judg-
ment, It il upon the last day OF the short
session Of Congress The enunoiation
of this statement was greeted with gen.
eral applause and yet minute later there
was as much noise as before.
The almost marvellous control exercised
over the members Of the House by Mr.
Burton rep. Ohio, chairman of the Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors, was again
manifesto to-day, when, by vote of ls9
TO TO- he routed the Pennsylvania delega-
ton upon the matter Of an additional appro-
priation for the Delaware River below
Philadelphia put on the River and Harbor
bill in the Senate.
Mr.. Sibey of Pennsylvania charged
Burton with preventing full, free and fair
conference by his attitude toward the
amendment,and asserted that he had written
TO Senator Penrosa before the bill reached
the Senate. that II amended there, as de-
sired by the Pennsylvania delegation, 1t
would not pass. Burton denied the correct
ness of Mr.. Sibley's quotation, but the letter
was not produced.
continuous absence from the floor, and said
he appeared only for the purpose of making
trouble This was resented by several
members Of the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors, Mr.. Lorimer saying that II Mr..
Burton was absent from the floor it was
because he was attending in the commit
tee room 10 his duties a legislator, TO the
discharge of which he gave more hours
day and moro days in tho year than any
other member Lorimer knew.
Mr.. Burton, replying to Mr.. Sibley. spoke
with great vigor and freedom. saying that
it, after all that the bill had done for Penn
sylvania its delegation desired TO defeat
il because their monstrous proposition
could not secure favorable action, let the
responsibility lie upon them By the
vote indicated the House ordered a further
conference on the matters remaining in
dispute on the River and Harbor bill.
Ats o'clock the house took a recess until 8
Immediately upon the reassemblinR of
the House Chairman Hemenway pre-
scented the conference report on the Sundry
Civil bill. After a short discussion OF the
provision limiting the allowance and ex-
penses OF Judges while outside their dis
tricts, the report was agreed to.
Az finally greed TO these Senate amend
ments are included Providing sea wall
at Sandy Hook proving ground, 20 cost
$4,000: fixing the salary Of the District
Attorney for the Southern District of New
York at $40 900 n wear and abolishing fees,
The River and Harbor bill was disposed
OF and then Representative andiver Dem,
MOI called up as privileged matter his
resolution asking the Attorney General
what he had done toward bringing either
civil or criminal proceedings against the
so-called arnor plato trust.
Representatives Payne Dalzell and other
Republican leaders undertook to have il
ruled out on points Of order, but the chair
decided against them A roll call was
demanded and on straight question the
House refused TO call for information on
that subject The House a. 1885, took a
recess until 10 O'Clock Tomorrow.