Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-06
ONE BIG BATTLEsH|P
FOR UNCLE SANS NAVY
Fs. mI
Senate Passes Naval AppPopPIa-
ton Bill and Makes Only a few
Changes In The Measure.
CONGRESS WANTS TO SEE PLANS
Naturalization Bill is Passed in the
House Where the Members TO-.
Once Laid Aside Their Petty Diff
ferences to Do the Business That
They are Paid for.
tBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. June 5.-The Sen
ate today passed the naval appropria-
ton bill and also save considerable
attention 10 the conference report on
the railroad rate bill. The only i'm
portant amendment made 10 the ma.
val bill was one requiring the secre-
tary OF the navy 10 present the plans
Ter the proposed big warship to Con-
gress before proceeding with it's con
struction.
The yprovison for the vessel sup
piled the basis for the only discus.
sion in connection with the measure.
The bill carried total approximation
of s103,1l767O
There is no doubt that the rate
bill Will be sent back to conference.
Senator Tillman admitted that Their.
were some changes in conference
which could not be justified under
the rules, but said they had been
necessary in order to make the bill
harmonious.
Senator Foraker criticised the
changes in the anti.pass provision,
the adoption compelling connections
with lateral lines and the omis-
sion of provision regarding lin
Crow cars. Senator Gallinger took
exception to the increase in the sal
airy OF the secretary of the commits
sion.
"Streak of Yellow in Senate"
AS Senator Tillman suggested,
there was "streak OF yellow in the
Senate today, due to the fact that
practically every statesman in the
chamber had been flooded with tele-
grams of protest covering the anti
pass amendment in the railroad rate
bill.
Senator Hopkins announced that
there were 5000 names attached TO
the batch of messages sent up by him
and as several others forwarded as
many. the total number received was
formidable. They were all from rail
road men and in each case consisted
OF protests against cutting off the
privilege OF riding free. In addition
there was formal statement on be-
half of engineers, firemen. conductors
and trainmen saying that they rep
resented 100000 railway employees
While the messages were raining
upon the chair Senator Tillman made
protests. saying that the kilograms
could and in the interest of time
saving, should be presented through
the secretary
u hope,@ interrupted Senator For
aker. that the senator will not insist
on his point, as by so doing he would
suppress all knowledge of the popu-
larity Of the rate measure"
Good Many 80. H." Messages.
lie also made the statement that
the kilograms bore evidence of the
possession of n coed many telegraph
franks in the country. He called at.
tention TO the fact that the bill ap-
plies only to interstate business and
expressed the hope that if the Senate
would proceed with business there
would yet be "a sane, reasonable and
Just measure"
stnator Tillman made an appeal
for the consideration of the confer
ence report on the railroad rate bill
We expect that the bill will be sent
back to conference" he said, "and it
should not take long to do that"
Mr.. Tillman proceeded by calling
attention TO the changes made in the
billSby the conferees. He said they
were made only for the purpose of
making tire bill clearer. He closed
by. moving to disagree to the report,
thus sending 1t back to conference.
NATURALIZATION BILL PASSED.