Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-17
COM HlTTft's RECOMMENDATIONS
they Did Not Allow For Anything But
the Holland type of soat-Frcnds
of the TWO Submarine Boat Con
Germs INDUCED in a Lengthy and
Lively Debate.
Oly Assoc!ated prnssl
Lively Debate


When consideration of the naval ar-
hopTiation bill WAS resumed IN tic
House today Mir Madden, Illinois.
made po.nl against the proyislon
relating 10 the method OF contracting
for the ten torpedo boat destroy ers.
The chair sustained the point ans. She
woods went out.
y proposed amendment BY Mi.
lirghes. New Jersey. mailing the eight
hour law applicable to laborers or
mechanics doing any part of the WORK
oil new construction authorized by the
bill except in cases OF national cinc.g.
cncy was lost on point OF order b.
Mr.. Foss.
When the section relating to the
eight submarine torpedo boats was
reached. Mr.. Hill, Connecticut. made a
point of order against the prov.so
restricting the secretary of the navy
to the selection OF ALI such boats
heretofore determined TO be superior
as the result OF competitive tests"
MIR. Hill vehemen,1y declared that
the proviso was change OF existing
| law
The chair ruled against Mr.. Hin,
maintaining that inasmuch as these
beats were appropriated for it was
| legal TO describe the boats.
Mr. Hill thereupon made a point Of
order against the entire paragraph,
and the chair ruled in his favor.
Several amendments were onctcl.
among them being one by Mr.. Olcot;.
New York. slightly changing tie
phraseology of the submarine pro-
vision and another by Mr.. Bonyigne,
Colorado, authorizing the contract of
or purchase OF eight submarines. bur
| that before doing so he shall deter
mine the comparative efficiency oil the
different types of boats.
Mr., Roberts declared tina, the lin
itation on the secretary in the original
submarine amendment was practically
identical with the battleship proyl-
sion requiring him 10 build these Two
ships along the lines Of the Delaware,
Scored the Lake Company.
The only people" said Mr. Rob-
erts. who have got any encourage
mcnt out of this matter OF favoritism
is the Lake Company, whose boat was
discredited In the trial last spr:ag
The Lake boat, he declared, was
found to he radically defective. ana
yet. Notwithstanding that fact that
company came up and got a contrac,
for sl50O0O for one OF those discrcG
tied boats and in that contract the
secretary OF the navy encourages that
company to the extent of $3.50 900. be
ing for interest on the money they
are going TO put into it.
And the only encouragement The
committee got was from The Holland
people" injected MI. Lamlls, Illinois.
There is where the gentleman from
Indiana is following the lead hi the
gentleman from Connecticut" (Mi
Lnley)
Mr.. Roberts maintained that the
records of the committee on naval
affairs showed that ii had provided loy
competition
Here is the defeated man" he ex-
claimed. coming up now whining that
he has not had fair play. when ne
agreed in writing that he would abide
by the results OF the tests and ac-
cept them as final"
Mr.. Bonyingc inquired if the naval
committee had examined into the
Denver boat, but Mr.. Roberts declar.
ell he did not know what that had tu
do with the whining OF the Lake peo-
pie. He asserted that the language
of the Bonyinge amendment was IL
the language of Simon Lake. but Mr.
Boyninge sharply rstorted that The
words were from the act of 1868.
Left to Secretary Of Navy.
Mr.. Uderwood, Alabama. presented
an amendment striking out the a:o-
viso of the original provision. leaving
it discretionary with the secretary OF
the navy as 10 the type he shall Sc
lect
| The need for submarines was EN-