The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-17
The "Skeered 0'Nothin'
 War Vessels Name.
MR. WILLIAMS HAS SOME FUN
He Ridieules Proposal for an
 Enormous Battleship.
Landfs Jokes Cockrsn over New Yoriss Fear of Invasion by the spaniards. Naval Bin Under Consider
 tion By the House.

Washington. May ls-shalI the . United States have a battIeship, the. peer If not the superior of any battles ship in the world, carrying as heavy armor and as powerful armament as any known vessel of it's class7 was the question which presented itself to the House today when the further oon- sideration of naval appropriations was, resumed
 The first paragraph under .Increase or the Navy provides for an aupro- priation of ss.00o.0ae for a battieship, that will be superior to the Dread- ! naught provided for by the English armor
 The fight agains. this provision was preeipitated by Mir. Burton of Ohio. who moved to strike out the paragraphs | In support of his motion, Mir Burton
 said that the present program of the navy in the way of building new ships | had already been provided for until January 1910. and in view of the de- iays which may cover period of two years the program of the navy was outlined until 1912.
 He further insisted that the relations between the government of the world might be vastly changed before 1912 comes around and that the leading na- tions might decide in favor of reduc-
 ton of their navies and in favor of international arbitration The "skeered O,Notbsprv MT Williams, (Miss.) the minority leader at this point satirically suggest ed an amendment that in view of tho British having decided to name their sea monster Dreadnaught, the Ameri- can sea monster be named "Skeered O'Nothing," as being typical of the na- tional spirit. that on it's completion the captain in command be authorized to challenge the Dreadnaught to duel foutrance fto the death )and that the president and his cabinet with the ex- cepticn of the secretary of agriculture. who is non-combatant, be Invited to places on the Squartertecix- as evidence | of the strenuous life. The sea fight to take place off Newport" The amendment was ruled out of or | der. but MT. Williams as well las the House. had good deal of fun out of it. ~ MT. Bartholdt (fo.) offered an amendment, giving Ao the Secretary of the Navy discretion to defer tho construction of the sea terror provtd- ed in the bill in the event the second Hague conference should adopt q res- oiution for the limitation of the naval forces of the great powers.
 MT, Slayden (Tex) spoke in favor of arbitration. We ought at once to agree to treaties of arbitration with every civilized government on earth,'' he said. We ought to begin by nak- ing such treaties with all the other American republics. IL would be an act of generosity and justice from a great, strong government to weaker States that are sincerely trying to de- velop the same political ideas"
 Mir. c. B. Landis Und) asked Mfr Cochran if 1t was not true that dur ing the spanish-Am war New York had not sent out prayer for the entire navy to be stationed of tho Atlantic coast to protect the metropo- lis of America from invasion by the spaniards
 "oh, fairy tales we'll told always amuse the thoughtless." replied Mir Cockran.
 The amendment proposed by Mfr. Bsrtholdt was defeated
 The Burton amendment was then de- feated. the vote by tellers being yeaM 103. nays 1S6.
 An amendment offered by Mir, Tawney , was agreed to. providing that no part . of the appropriation for the construc- ton for new ships shall be expended for arnor for vessels authorized ex- cept upon contracts let by the secretary | of the navy to the lowest responsible bidder. having in view the best results and most expeditions delivery.
 MT. Rixey (Va) presented an amend ment calling on the secretary of the navy for a report on armor plate. The amendment was defeated.
 MT. Rixey presented an amendment limiting the cost of armor plate to ssss per ton The amendment was defeated.i
 At 5:55 D m. the bill was completedl and the committee rose.
 The previous question was then or dered on the bill. After some sparring over the parliamentary status of the bill. the house at s;lo adjourned until noon tomorrow.