The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
REFUSES TO Be
THRILLED WITH
President Aroused BY Proposed
Naval Bill.

Washington, ID. G. Especially Pres
ident Roosevelt will veto the Naval
Appropriation Bill should the Sen
ate. as did the House, fail to make
any appropriation for the two bat
tleships which are authorized in that
measure. The prompt announcement
of this fact TO Senate leaders is re-
garded as responsible for the an
nouncement by Mr.. Hale that he
would propose an amendment ap-
propriating S7,000,000 towards she
construction of these ships.
The President stated his pos ition
on this point with equal emphasis
and suddenness upon learning that
the bill, as passed by the House was
simply paper" provision for naval
increase. Authorization of the ships
was made, but no money carried to
make the provision effective. Such
legislation as this, the President
made known to his numerous con-
gressional callers, was a travesty as
to effectiveness, as we'll as bearing
all the ear marks of legislative leger-
demain intended to make ridiculous
his campaign for the greater navy.
Hale Takes Warning.
That the Presidents quick and Wig
orous action is to be effective is evil
denced by the action of Chairman
Hale. of'the Senate Naval Committee,
in announcing that at the proper
time he will propose the $7,00O,0OO
amendment As to his threat of
veto, the President made it plain
that, should the wisdom of Congress
rac In hn nf
viding for no naval increase what
ever, he would have no ground on
which to veto the measure. Any at
tempt at what he regarded as a trav-
esty on legislation by authorizing
but not appropriating for ships he
declares he will defeat by the ex-
ercise of his constitutional power of
veto.
There is not the slightest indica
tion that the President has ceased
his fight for four new battleships, ac-
cording to the evidence of senators
who talked with him. Senators who
are with the President in his fight
on this proposition admit that a care
fIl survey of their strength in the
Senate gives but vote of 26 in that
body in favor of the Presidents naval
program LOT lOuT SLIPS.
Significance is attached to this poll
of the Senate in that it is said to
show a loss to the President of some
of his heretofore stanchest supporters
in that body. Senator Lodge is un-
derstood to have quit the fight for
the full naval program advocated by
the President and to have given his
reasons personally to the President
for so doing. The loss of the influ-
ence of the Massachusetts Senator
is regarded as responsible for the
weakness shown by the poll, as it is
believed by those favoring the pro-
gram that had the Presidents sena-
torial supporters entered the fight
with the vigor he has evidenced his
desire in this direction might have
been realized.
Naval Academy Professors.
The Senate made generous in
creases in the salaries of the instruc-
tors at the Naval Academy at Anna
polls. The revised salary list is as
| follows:
Professor of physics, $4,000; pro-
fessor of mathematics, $4,000; pro-
fessor of mechanical drawing, $3,-
600; professor of English, $4,000;
professor of French, $4,000; profess
sor of Spanish, $4,000; three addi-
tional professors, respectively, of
English, French and Spanish, $2,-
600; five instructors, S2,400; four
instrL ctors, $2,160 each; 10 instruc-
tors, at $500 each.