Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-10
After a Lengthy Discussion It Is
Accepted as Modified.
Purchase Of Naval Supplies and Cost Of Coal Trans
pofation to Philippines Discussed in House.
IN THE HOUSE.

Washington. May 9.-Thc minority
leader. Representative Williams Of Mis-
sIssirpi. following his notice that it
would require il quorum Of the House
to be present if business was to DO done,
forced a roll call today, when the men
went into the committee of the whole on
The further consideration of the naval
appropriation bill.
Grosvenor. Ohio. offered the follow
ing substitute to The amendment of Mr..
Loud. Mich, which tn CHATTER accept
ed:
Provided, that no part of said sums
shall be expended in the manufacture
ing in any government navy yard Of
chains. anchors or cor,iaEC which can
be obtained in the free markets of the
country at u less cost than the manu-
facturc of the same article will cost in
the navy yards by bids at the sOliCita-
ton of the department or in such other
mannc. as the department may choose.
and provided further that all such ar
tiCleS shall be of ii standard quality to
he liked by the navy department"
The amcndmcn. WAS adopted by a
vote of 81 to IS.
FITZGERALD. n y, offered an amend
mcnt to the item in the naval bill ap-
propriating three and a half millions
for the purchase and transportation Of
coal. limiting the late on coal from the
Atlantic or Gulf coast to Manila to S.
a ton. The law requires that the coal
shall be- carried III American bottoms
with tn" result that. Fitzgerald claim
ed of costing the government an cnor-
NOUS amount.
Before the requirement that coal
must he carried in American bottoms
Fitzgerald said that the cost WAS $t.Na
Il per ton, hut since coal WAS being
carried IL the Philippines in American
buttnmS the price had gone up to 81
per ton.
The Amendment was defeated, yeas
~. nays 5S
81; ydcn, Tex. offered an amendment
limiting the cost of transportation to So
rcr ton. This WAS defeated. 81 to Ga
Adjournment until tomorrow at noon
was then taken.
Nearly the entire time of tn" House
WIS taken up by two propositions.
First whether the navy department
should 80 into The open market and
tuCiidS' dlt'libtS. tHdIilS dIin ttTudG'
~ continue To manufacture these ar
ticlcS in the government navy yards.
ana second. whether the cost Of trans
porting coal for Atlantic and Gulf ports
to tho Philippine Islands in .\mcri"an
bottoms should br limited to s. or So per
ton.
ON the first proposition. on" of the
prCttiCSt Legislative CombatS of the ScS-
sion occurred the dCbat" extending over
tn" major portion of the session. Rep
rcscntativc Loud. Mich, insisted tina [
there could he 4 saving Of $350,00O "a
year to the government if the navy dc
partncnt WAS permitted to 20 into tho
free markets and purchase anchors,
chains and CordaGc under regulations Of
he department. General GrosvcEor,
Ohio. and members of the Michigan
and Pennsylvania delegations. aided
Mr.. Loud in his fight, the opposition
being represented by Mr.. Roberts,
Macs. Mr.. Fitzgerald, y. Y, Mr.. Nc
May. MASS, and Mr.. Rixey Va
Mr.. GroSvCnor offered Il substitute to
Mr.. LIQUIDS amendment giving the sec
chase the articles above referred to in
free markets should it be demonstrated
that they could he Shad from manufac-
turnrs cheaper than they could be made
at government yards.
Tho substitute was adopted
So to Is. AS to the second
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