The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-17
Appropriation for Holland
Boats Stricken Out and
Reinserted With
Proviso.
GIVES LAKE BOAT A CHANCE
Lilley Denounced as Having
Grossly Misrepresented the
Facts-Representative
Hill Precipitates
Action.

washington, April lO'--Alltl SAih'h7 ]
out the provision for eight Holland
submarine boats as called for by the
naval appropriation bill, the house to-
day rclnserted the article but with a
restrictive provso This restriction
takes away from the secretary Of the
navy the authority to select tho Hol-
land boat, thereby furnishing oppor-
unity for competition by boats of other
makes
A number of members were on
their feet seeking recognition when
the section relating to the eight sub
marine torpedo boats was reached,
Mr.. Hill of Connecticut, however, got
y the chairman's eye, and at once made
q point of order against the provlso
I restricting the secretary Of the navy
\ to the selection of "all such boats
I heretofore determined TO he superior
n as the result of competitive tests.
Y Mr.. Hill vehemently declared that the
provision was a change of existing
n law If he could have his way, he
n said he would strike out the whole
n able to do that, he would seek partly
I, to strike 1t out.
~ The chair ruled against Mr. Hin,
maintaining that inasmuch as these
4 boats were appropriated for it was
1 Legitimate to describe the boats. Mr..
y 1ill thereupon made a pointfof or
4 der against the entire paragraph A
Il long wrangle ensued, but the chair
ruled in his favor. and the author
i iizatlon for submarines went out of
the bill
d The paragraph having gone out an
ii (samendment was offered by Mr.,
II lRBonynge (Colorado) authorizing the
II llssecretary to contract for or pur-
4 chase" the eight submarines, but that
Hlhefore doing so he shall determine
&Ithe comparative efficiency of the diff
type of boat.
K Despite vigorous objection hy Mr.
xfHill, the chair overruled point OF
Eorder made by him, and the amend
|Bment was discussed at length
W Mr.. Roberts bitterly opposed the
EBoNnge amendments declaring that the
loop imitation on the secretary of the navy
~ n the original submarine amendment
'''Yas practically identical with the bat
e& leship provision requiring him to build
SS hose two ships along the lines of the
"rhe only people, said Mr..
E<stoherts, "who have got any encourage
t1ineut out of this matter of favoritsm,
VI IS the Lake company, whose boat was
q liscredited in the trial last spring THE
N AXE boat, he declared, was found to
|Nbe radically defective, 'and yet" he
'Mlsaid Notwithstanding that fact the
#tompany came up and got a contract
SIN'o or $450,000 for one of those discredited
boats and in that contract the secre-
airy Of the navy encouraged that com
8VIpany to the extent of $4,000 being for
I'll interest on the money they arc going tc
N NIput into it,"
A And the Only encouragement the
committee gM was from the Holland
sS people, hotly interjectcd Mr.. Lands
..M Ind).
WI There is the gentleman from In.
Llama following the lead of the gcn-
lemun from Connecticut." retortcd
Mr.. Roberts. This reference was tc
n Mr.. Lilley and that gentleman jumped
's lip to reply, but Mr.. Roberts declined
~ 0 yield
w Mr. Roberts maintained that the
records of the committee on naval at.
airs showed that it had provided fol
3 Eompetition. Here is the defeated
Inan," he exclaimed, coming up now
81 whining that he has not fair pa,
~, L. tl,,l l.,
!, would abide by the results Of the test
ind accept them as final"
ieD Mr.. Bonynge inquired il the nava
# ommittee had obtained into the Den
{s9n yer boat but Mr., Roberts declared h
S Hid not know what that had to d.
eH' With the whining of the Lake people
Ie asserted that the language Of tn
81 3onynge amendment was in the Ian
III ;uaEGe u. SnlN
's nge sharply retortod that tho word
IL we're from the act of 1903.
YS Mr., Underwood (Ala) presented d.
1i' amendment striking out the proVis
bf the original provision, leaving
ulscretionary with the secretary Of tn
ss ii lavy as to the type he shall select
4 HI khaslzed by MIR, Grcggs (TcXas) an
3Nle expressed himself against 'pape
4And modelboats and the Lake boats /
&Havor of the Holland type, which tn
Eommittee recommended.
AS finally amended, the bill autho
ICES the eight submarines, but stril
he secretary Of the navy of the lin
utaton to contract only for boats
N he Holland type
In brief speech Mr., knoWland,
california, denounced Mr., Lilley fl
naking "palpably false and misleat
ne" statements in his speech of la
week regarding worthless navy yard
A In which he stated that the Ma
Island yard was one of them, M
knowland said
wi "When, like Don Cs&!ote, Ma. l.
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