The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-11
Connecticut Representa-
tive Presents ReSolu-
ton Calling for In
Spection of Yards.
Says Work Done at
Enormous Expense
Does Not Bring Fair
Returns.

With the openina, I'D OF the submarine
scandal already 10 his credit. Eeore-
sentative George /. LiIIey today star
tied the House BY revealing more fam
iiy skeletons from the closets OF rba
naval Affairs Committee, OF which he
is a member.
he charged that there had been lam
entable misappropriations OF So.oo0
Wy Of public funds. and gross exrrava.-
gaIce IN providing for navy yards and
navai stations, and introduced a raso-
luton that the President appoint a com
mission 70 report on the advfsa biIftv Of
aOanoonlng the yards and stations AZ
h4I1eEJ' Ne; Port Royal and Charles
ton ;. C. Rev West Fla; New Or
leans, ana Mare Island, Cal.
he demanded that no member sbo11I5
De appointed 10 the Naval Committee
VINO had yard or station in his dis
'ilct' and cast reflections on the soma
tors and Represe entatives who had b...-
members OF Conferences between r-s
Two houses on naval appropriation I5Us
in the past
me Connecticut Representative hack
Cd his demand that the yards be abe--
ooned. on the recent statement % rss-
Admiral Stephen B Luce. L \
Lilley gave the House some a~o,,-e-s
facts in reference 10 the six var5s s-.7
stations, that no doubt Of the 7ea- ,e
business reorganization Of the navy MAJ,
linger in any mind
Mare Island Inadequate
Ihe Mare Island navy yard. said he
cosI me people SlTo5o,o50 and had a
ll..1 ~ S'il'icent stone dry dock costing s. 40
= nave letter, however" said LHiey.
from the Secretary OF the NJ 4,
which he states that The sr,resa-- s-,---
dry dock al Mare Island viii no, -s---s,
the docking OF a battIesHt7. Not o-ry,
Is this true but a batt!esaiD c7nno-
get 10 the yard" He told The F4or-se
mat ten years ago Admiral II. T. Eudi-
I COLI IN MS annual report. recommende.5
tne abandonment OF the yard.
" what use IS this navy va-d % d.
--LfAnCec 4<l-leys with its Channel Of
twenty feet 20 the battleship SQUADRON
oI To-Day, 20 say nothing OF thar az -be
future-' Then he referred 10 the .v,-ar,fy.
Seven-foot draft Of the Connectfcu- ana
ne IWenty-nine-foOt draft of the No~-E
Daho1a- IN 1907. he said S16l0. 90 had
OSen expended az the yard for labor
Whlle the total value OF worlr done -.
OUT Ss-S.oD- In other words the work
men alone t-ith consideration Of rba in
-Tass. -Tasst and and depreciation on a S17.O00.O00
pant were paid in one year SS92 G)1 more
man the value OF their product said
Liley.
Key West Assailed.
AT Key West We have aro-ba- -
those labor expenditures, the Connecti-
cut man explained, that yyou15 b-lne
Carnegie out OF his chair with =
jump In 1897 there was expended 50 600
/ Ior labor, and the value OF their
product was but $500. Or, there might
Just as well have been tossed upon thu
1 coral reefs. 5000 LilIey shouted. s.as
iar as any return 10 the Government
was concerned, and yet last session Con
sress voted 70 throw S44.5lO mora OF
good money after the bad"
de said the establishment AZ Porfz-
mouth, y. H, or Kitteri. Ne having
voters IN two States was OF particuIsr
interest In 1907. he said, $4,000 had
bean expended for labor there and the
value Of the work done was s4ISOO0.
r OF most corporations that would mean
bankruptcy before the end Of one wear
ne added He told Of the darger of a
DatJieShlp getting into the yard thara
Of the Charlesto nyard. Iillev said
not only was the channel too slallov-,
but there is no berthing room for YES
sels, ana no snip OF any description has
ever Deen oocked there. He stated Thar
Z the naval station at Port RovaI y-ss
removed 10 Charleston in I9Ol-I919 b-T
as late as 1901 appropriations were r,s5e
Tor Port Royal and expenditures viii
so on 70 the end OF time. unless rba
property is sold, given away. or blown
up
Attacks ConfTeres.
He then attacked the naval bin con-
ferees- To-day political fnesse Is no.
dead. nor confined 10 one section. % ha
declared, with a glare. II refer TO the
committee Of conference which by +irns-
honored custom in case Of disagreement
between the two branches Of the Les
islature may fix this navy bin TO their
Own satisfaction. and usually thew a.
not overlook their own distress
There are six cOnferees five Of WHOM,
nave yards or stations in their districts
all OF which ought TO be abandoned and
one OF these gentlemen has two in his
district, neither Of which. eminent nav-z9
experts have testified. should have been
started"
The conterees for the past few ses-
sions were Senator Hale, Republican. OF
Name Senator Perkins Republican -
California: Senator Tillman Democrat
Of South Carolina: Representative Foss-
Republican, OF illinois, Representative
Loudenslager Republican. OF New Ter
nd he "a "a ~