The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-06
| | TO THE FRONT No Investigation of Mine | Explosion. DEFEATS THE AMENDMENT Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill tn
 the house.
 An Amendmeat to PurcAsse Additional
 Land for Fort Met<iniey Is Alec | Defeated. - 4 Rap For Gea- l eral weoa.

I Washington. May S.--Whsn the con sideration of the sundry civil appropri- ation- bill was resumed in the House today. MT. Gaines, of Tennessee. offer- ed an amendment providing for the in- yestigation of the causes of explosions In mines located on public lands and urged its adoption. There was consid- erable confusion at the time. This seemed to irritste Mr, Gaines and he appealed to the chair for order. MT Chairman" he shouted.
 Mr. Watson, of Indiana, who was in the chair. evidently did not hear him. and becoming exasperated. Mir. Gaines yelled to MT. Hines, the officiai parlia- mentartan. who is not a member of the House. to come to his relief.
 MT. Hinds. Mr. Kinds" he cried.
 Mir. Watson this time heard him and laudly rapper for order. This unusual incident created general laughter.
 MT. Geines's amendment was lost on point of order by Mir. Tawney, as was also practically a similar one by Mr. Chaney. of Indiana.
 Underwood Defeats It.
 The subject later was revived by Mir. Chanoy, Finally Mfr. Nwney said he would not object to an appropriation of $50, 900 to initiate the Investigation and ascertain for the next session what would be . reasonable cost for oontin. uing 1t for the next fiscal year. The amendment by MT. Chansy provided for an appropriation of $is0.000. but an objection by Mir. Underwood defeated the whole propositon. Mir. Underwood explained his action by stating that | the amount proposed was insufdcient | to carry on the work for a whole year when the provision of the bill was reached appropriating siso,ooo for the l purchase of land as an addition to | Fort William Mckinley, Philippine Is- | lands, Mir. Hay moved to strike 1t out | He nfaintained there was no military | necessity for 1t, and especially So since | the army bill provided S211,000 for ad- ditional land for the fort. In that view of the case Mr. Slayden eoincided | At the instance of MT. smith. or Iowa. | there was read q letter from Secretary Taft urging strongly the purchase of the land based on the recommendation | of General Wood.
 The proposed appropriation was bit tArly opposed by Mir. Fitzgerald, (N. Y. He said that Fort MeKiriey already had 800 acres and he col ,nded that 900 acres was sufAcient for enective drill uiIrposes for all the troops in the PhiiIppines. The recommendation foi the purchase, he said. was made bJ "DocteY Wood" the commanding gen. eraI in the Philippines. Mir. Fitzgerald read a letter from General Wood rec ouaYnendinR the purchase of l7.OO' acres of land as an addition to For Keithiey. which he said already con tained a similar average. where wal stationed one regiment of infantry ant one battery of mountain artillery. 'l undertake to say" said he. That judg ing from pr. Woods recommendations he would finY 1t utterly impossible tt drill a single regiment of the army |
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