The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-04
WILLIAMS HAD HIS SAY.
Democratic Leader Beat Out an OBJ
lection by Mr.. Payne.

Washington. May AT the beginning
of the session of the house today MT.
IittIefieId OF Maine presented reso-
luton authorizing the committee on ex-
Denditures of the agricultural depart
ment to send for persons and papers
in the proposed investigation OF that
deDartment. Mr.. Williams OF Mlssls-
sippi reserved the right to object. said
while this investigation was exceed
iDglv important, it was not half so
inDOrtant as providing schools for the
children of the Indian Territory con-
templated in the statehood bill.
Mr.. Payne of New York rose TO OBJ
iect but Mr. Williams had ms say
before the Republican floor leader could
Il do not care about the gentleman's
reasons for objecting; l want to know
whether he Objects said Mr. Little
ie'1 Williams Did Not Care.
.And the gentleman does not care #
the gentleman cares or not opJecI,
said Mr.. Williams, and the resolution
Mr. Foss of Illinois then moved that
the house resolve itself INTO the GoIll-
. r1ittee of the whole for the consldera-
ton of the naval appropriation Dill;
Mr. Williams called for a division ana
fthen raised the point of no quorum
The doors We're ordered closed ana
the SerS e6rJ-aI-arTnS was oAu0lSO ~
bring in the absentees
Almost an hour was consumed oeIore
2 quorum was reported, the final vote
ooinp into the committee of the whole,
being ayes 21S. noes o.
Naval Bill Explained.
NIr. Foss of Illinois, chairman of the
naval committee, said in explaining
the provisions of the bill that 1t carried
S21 600 600 less than asked for Dy the
naval department and was very cOnsld-
years bill ma
The navy department asked for 5000
additional men. but the committee al
ter exhaustive hearings decided 10 pro.
vide for the present quota or 5f,OOO
men. the prosperous times making IL
difficult to enlist men in the navy as
the rewards for labor are much great
er in civil life.
Speaking of the personnel OF the
navy. he said i'm January last the num-
her in the navy was 31.541- OF the A.
coo men seeking enlistment last year
2S. 600 men were rejected
Making Navy American.
He said that the department was put
ting forth every effort to increase the
efficiency of the navy and American
ize IL" Getting rid of the foreign ele-
meDt a he called it, was the part1cu-
lar aim of the department. AS result
of this effort % per cent of the petty
officers are now citizens of the United
states and 80 per cent of the enlisted
men are naturalized citizens.
Never has the navy been in so splen-
did condition Is now" said Mr. FOSs,
land its esprit has never been
equaled-"
Mr.. Foss said that the highest naval
opinion of the world, growing out of
the recent naval conflict between Japan
and Russia was that the battleship
was the real fighting ship.
The chair held a point of mo quo
rum made by Nh. Williams in order.
and there was a scurrying of pages to
committee rooms and lunch rooms 10
bring in the absentees.
Within a few minutes a quorum was
counted by the chair CMr. Crumpacker
Of Indiana)-
Tariff Injected.
Debate on the naval bill had pro-
ceeded Iistlessly for sev$ral hours when
suddenly an exceedingly interesting
coIIoduy occurred during the address of
Mr.. Bates of Pennsylvania. He had
been talking about the dumping" pro-
cess which the Democrats were urg-
ing as an example of what the tariff
does for the foreign market as against
the home market. He gave as rea-
son for selling steel rails In Canada and
Mexico cheaper than in the United
States they were sold under the sharp
est competition.
4 Mr.. Williams of Mississippi asked for
Ahe authority that the English sell
Atbrcad cheaper than at home
Mr. Bates replied that information
dane from Mr.. Gary of the United
States Steel corporation
AN interested Witness replied Mr..
Williams ''I- challenge the gentleman
to give me another Witness
What Tom Johnson Said.
Then the name of Tom Johnson of
Ohio was injected into the debate. Mr..
Clark asked if the second largest man
ufacturer of steel rails in this country,
when sitting on the floor of the house
as a member, had not said that, with
the tariff off steel rails could be made
at So a ton and sold at SIG. Mr.. Bates