The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-06

being prompt and
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Fowler Bill to the Front.
The opposition to the Aldrich cur
rency bill in the senate has reached
the Republican side, and the speech of
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota was q
cause Of no little disturbance to Sen
ator Aldrich and his friends, and II
now seems probable that the bill will
not be brought to a vote for several
days. In the house the Fowler cur
rency bill has been adopted by the
committee on banking and currency in
practically the form in which it was
introduced, and 1t is expected that II
will be favorably reported to the house
at an early day.
Submarine Scandal Aired.
Representative Lilley, the Republican
Is on the committee on naval affairs,
has created tremendous sensation by
his innocent looking resolution asking
for the appointment of special COM
mittee to investigate the Electric Boat
Company of New Jersey in seeking to
sell its submarines to the government.
Lilley was quoted as saying that at
least five members Of the naval COM
mittee were influenced by material and
personal considerations in voting for
the purchase of twice as many sub
marines as the department had asked
for, while reducing the number of bat
tleships wanted by the administration.
the press as being in the pay of the
Electric Boat company. This charge was
taken up promptly by the standing
committee Of the press gallery, and two
members, Erly and Lord, were exclud-
ed after being brought face to face
with Lilley. But the house was slower
to act, as Speaker Cannon and his adj
visers. on the rules committee said that
the charges were too general and want
ed Lilley to give them the evidence in
his possession. Lilley finally gave the
speaker an outline of what he would
prove. but withheld his facts until the
Investigation should be begun. One re-
POIt hud IL tndl hiilCy Sdlu thC
boat company had contributed to the
funds Of both the congressional cam
paign committees, and this was hotly
denied by both Chairman Sherman of
the Republican committee and by
Chairman Griggs of the Democratic
committee.
Other House Topics.
The race question came up when
Heflin of Alabama moved TO amend
the District of Columbia street car
trackage bill to provide for "Jim Crow"
cars for the exclusive use of colored
people. Foster of Vermont protested
against it as un-American, and Madden
of Illinois said the house was not there
to legislate against any class. Clark of
Florida said the question was not So
cial or political, but purely economic.
The amendment was rejected-104
to 81.
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, whom
Champ Clark characteriZes as the
chief Of stand patters, had his say in
the house, on Feb. 2G, in defense Of
the tariff system created by his party.
He denied that the panic was a party
panic, but the result of the prosperity
wave. He admitted it might be well to
recognize the claims of those who
wanted some revision of the tariff and
said the Republicans were unit for
the nomination of Bryan by the Demo
Gratis.
Negro Dismissas Upheld.
BY vote of IL to . the senate com
mittee on military affairs refused to
report the views held by Senator For
aker to the effect that the negro SOL
diers dismissed for the night shooting
raid on the Texas town OF Brownsville
had not been proved guilty. This ends
the investigation which the committee
has carried on for more than year.
On the final resolution Bulkeley alone
voted with Foraker. 1t was that the
weight of evidence shows that none Of
the dismissed soldiers took part in the
ARRAY.
Reuterdahl Repudiated.
Before the senate committee on naval
affairs Rear Admiral Converse testified
in defense Of the American warships
and contradicted many of the state
ments made by Henry Reuterdahl in
his magazine article He said that the
United States is making the best ships
In the world and upheld the bureau
system of the navy department