The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-16
HOUSE UPHOLOS
TWO SHIP PLAN
PRESIDENTS PROGRAM FOR
FOUR BATTLEsHlPs DE-
CIDED AGAINST.
HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
BY Hohson and LongWorth Failed to
Have Number Increased to Four
Senate Considers Bills
On Calendar.

Washington, April l5-The senate
devot the entire time today In con
Isidering h''ia on the ea.endar. Amoag
4 the mcasrrcs passed were these sup
lprcsslng betting on races and gafBfs
lof varions kinds III the District Il
Columbia providing for the parehaf
of land b-tween Pennsy sylyania avenue
and the Mall in this city as sit $
for government buildings: creating
bison range IN Montana aud enlarging
homesteads on nonsirrigable lands.
| To Reclaim Swamps.
| At the request Of Senator Flint the
senate today had under consideratiol
a bin to appropriate receipts from
| the sale AMI die"csd, of public lands
| IN Alabama, mississippi. Arkansas.
| Floridr i.linois, Indiana. Iowa, Leu 3
| liana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri.
Ohio and Wisconsin to the construc
| tion of works for drainage or rccian
nation CT swamp aud overiIowed
lands belonging to the United States.
The bin provides also that mon"y
| from the drainage fund" to b.
created may b. loaned for the rcclam
nation of swamp lands In stat $
which have no public funds.
Opposition to the bill was made by
Senators Teller aud Bacon, the for
mer charging that the measure was
an "attcmpt on the part Of the fnrest
reserve people" to evolve the system
of drainage. Bacon said the propf 81
ton Is one OF the most stilpendons
projects fer emptying the treasury
OF which he had ever heard. lie said
1t did an Injustice to the states
which have no public lands Of their
own. After considerable debate tbs
bill was made unfinished business.
In The House.
BY n vote oi 1893 to 81 the horse to-
| day decided sgainst the presidents
yrogram FOR four battlcships and nj
hered to the recommendation of its
committee of naval affairs fer two
vessels of that type. This result was
reached after a debate which lasted
four hours and was received with an
nlause.
The entire session was devoted to
the consideration of the navy Increase
provision Ct the naval appropr alton
bill As this increase was provided
for in the last section of the bill, the
measure was practically ccncluaed
with the disposition of the provision.
The committee of the whole ccn-
clIded its work and will report 1t to
the house tomorrow for final vote on
it's passage The provision for bat.
tleships was the chief subject Of In
ferpst III, committees recommended
ton for two ships that type prevail
ing after hard fought effort TO IN
crease the number To four. The IN
crease was opposed by Tawney, chair
man of the committee on approprif
tiops. Foss. chairman OF the commit
tee on naval affairs, Willets, a mi
nority leader. and others, and was
advocated hy Hobson, of Alabama.
who declared that in relation to the
Increase ,.f ether nations four battle
ships would only keep the Amarican
navy abreast Of other great naVl $.
I,nneworth. ot Ohio. in vigor va
EnpRfn TOM tNf HVhof 'fnN ~
dent was more interested in this in'
crease than in any other question be
fore congress and rs practically all
of them h;a IN the last election de-
ciared they supported him. this was
a good onportunity to live up to that
declaration.
The amendment of Tawuey. to "a
duce the number Of new hattleshi:s ;
to one was voted down by even a
more decided majority than was
Hobson's pre- position FOR al Increase
to four
The pro, ision for two fleets Of col
liers 1G lncts aud ~ !. 500 tons caps
city. costing s1.S00.o00 each, was
adopted.
Amendments wer adopted that cne
of the baft'aships and one of the col
I,rrs shall ba built in navy ward.
The hill. as it stands. authorizes
the expenditure Of s107S73.000.