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between real and bad money VIII
get q fne premium. But 1t hasn't
yet been DONE.
Washington. March 10.-when con-
gress ordered the construction OF the
two great Office buildings. one for the
senate and the other for the House.
admitted that it has outgrown the
capitoTs facilities for sessions
The House chamber has long been
crowded uncomfortably In order to
seat h nearly 400 members of that
body. Fac member has a desk and q
space Is all occupied. Oklahoma came
In with five members recently, and was
taken care of. The Philippines were
given two commissioners with seats
on the floor. But there isn't any pos
sibl1ty OF much more expansion.
Now, the census Of 1910 is loom
Ing close in sight. It is going to indi-
cate a big Increase in population, and
will be followed by an increase in the
number of representatives. This is
has necessitated this. Reduction of the
number Of members has always
been found utterly impossible. Increase
of the ratio of representatives pre-
vents the growth of the House In pro-
portion as the country rows. But
SNS~' oA0" e. 6oool al q
decade. Others grow little or not at all.
No state will consent to an apportion-
ment which reduces it's number of rep
resentatives. So in order that the
states showing slow growth shall re-
tam their former number of members,
those growing rapidly must be given
considerable increases.
The census of 1910 is certain to show
great dfsparities in the rate Of growth.
and the House is likely to expand, in
tho naYf onrNrfiOr voor I~r.~~ A.
400 mark. When that happens the
question of finding seating space for all
them in the House chamber will
be more serious than ever.
The proposal to remove the desks
and provide only benches, such as are
used in English house of
is coming to be more favored. With
out facilities for writing, members
would at least have to attend to the
proceedings so long as they We're on
the foor. That this condition must
be reached before many years and also
that some step must be taken to pre-
vent the indefinite growth of the House
membership is fully realized. The
House is too big to do business read
lily now. With another 100
as 1T will certainly have in another
80 or 40 years Of the present policy,
it would be hopeless.
oNE-FlFTH OF
PANAMA CANAL DUG
Washington, March 1O.-One-ffth Of
n excavation for the Panama canal,
2s,4l4,S34 cubic yards, has been COM
plcted. The entire excavation, esti-
mated May 1, 1904, will be 142, 600. 900.
At the present rate the excavation
could be completed in three years, but
1T Will be interrupted for the con-
struction Of locks SO that all parts Of
canal can be completed at about
the same time.
Excavation in February was 1885,
$50 cubic yards, or 233,312 greater than
January.
WAS MARkMANSHiP
AT SANTIAGO POOR?
Washington, March 10.-The unpublished
reports of the engagement at Santiago
show 5 per cent of hits. The showing
was so poor that the navy department
never published It. The hits made by
the gunners of the Atlantic and Pacific
fleets last year as a whole reached 50
per cent. One division Of the Pacific fleet
scored rs per cent.
When the battle of Santiago was fought
1t was possible to fire a Finch gun once
in five minutes. Today 1t is possible to
fire 1t twice a minute.
In response to a request for a comment
on these statistics, Rear Admiral w. S.
Schley, one Of the heroes of the battle
of Santiago, said:
II must decline to be drawn into this
unfortunate controversy. / have no de-
sire to fight the battle Of Santiago over
again. l would say, however, that during
my active service l commanded a number
of vessels. and in every instance l have
found them, class for class. comparably
equal to those Of other nayieo of the
world"
Two other officers replied as follows:
A Santiago the navy maintained its
highest reputation by quickly destroying
the Spanish feet. The smoke from black
powder and sights inferior to those now
In use prevented the accuracy which has
since been obtained with smokeless pow
der and telescope sights. But in this
respect other navies were as badly off
as our own. The American navy has al
ways been accustomed to shoot straight,
and no criticism can deprive 1t of this
reputation, won IN many d victorious
fight.
Thomas O.. Selfridge. Rear Admiral"
Compared with present standards the
accuracy and rapidity of fire at Santiago
was not good. Yates Stirling:
Rear Admiral (Rettred)."
The exports Of manufactures of the
United States averaged more thar 81
100000 q day during the entire year
including every day in the calendar
year..
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