Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-16
MRS. CARMACK Called PROGRESS VERY SLOW
Near Collapse as She Gives Naval Appropriation Bill Again
Brief Testimony. Before Senate.
IFRST WITNESS AT TRIAL DIXON HOLDS THE FL DOR
Craig Tells of Threats Made Denies Charge That He Engaged
by Col Cooper in Flibuster.
ACTED AS AN INTERMEDIARY MERELY ASKING QUESTIONS
Timan
Had Said-Defendent Against
Wrote Death Of
DIXON HOLDS THE FLOOR
Denies Charge That He Is Engaged
in q Filibuster.
MERELY ASKING QUESTIONS
Tillman and McEnery Utter Charges
Against Navy Department.
Make Mention Of "Clique."

make mention OF Clique"
With increased v1gor the fight against
the naval appropriation bill was renewed
in the Senate today by the insurgent re-
publicans.
The appropriations for navy yards were
the center Of the controversy. Senator
La Toilette. who led the fight yesterday.
was absent. but Senator Dixon Of Mon
| tana took his place.
Mr.. Dixon had on his desk a magazine
open at an article on the Navy Depart
ment and the methods OF spending the
governments money for the maintenance
OF navy yards.
In very pointed terms he denounced
what he called the keeping up of yards
of previous generation at a great an
nual waste Of public money. instead OF
maint aiming several large naval bases
completely equipped for overhauing the
| largest vessels Of the navy.
Sitting next to Mr.. Dixon was Senator
Cummins. who from time to time re-
ferred to the magazine article and whis-
pered suggestions to Mr.. Dixon.
Mr.. Dixon Begins Fight.
1t was the navy yard at Portsmouth.
| N. H., which 1t is proposed to equip by
| the present bill with a new foundry at .
cost of quarter Of a million dollars. on
| which Mr.. Dixon began his fight He
demanded to know Of Senator Hale. chair
man Of the naval committee. exactly why
that amount Of money was needed at this
| time for such a purpose.
1t was. according to Mr.. Hale. to en-
| able the yard to better take care of ships
/ In the navy coming from southern voy-
ages and In need OF cleaning and fumiga-
ton. He said It was the great sanitary
resort" for the vessels Of the navy on the
This did not satisfy Mr.. Dixon, however.
and that Senator wanted to know what Q
foundry had to do With sanitation.
Senator 0allingsr Defends.
This was enough to bring Senator Gal
linger. who halls from New Hampshire.
to his feet In defense Of the provision.
Mr.. Gallinger said that there is the
Portsmouth yard now an old foundry
building that is menace to the other
structures there and ought to be torn
down at once. This was recognized by
the Navy Department, according to Mr..
Gallinger.
duplication of these plants all along the
Atlantic coast that he objected to: where
| upon Senator Gallinger asked that Mr.
Dixon would not pick out Portsmouth,
upon which to make his attack, as that
was one Of the best yards In the country
Mr.. Dixon called attention to the fact
that the Boston navy yard was only six
ty-five miles away from Portsmouth, and
he asked Mr.. Gallinger to state whether
he did not believe that there were too
many small navy yards up and down the
Atlantic coast.
Il will say frankly" Mr.. Gallinger re-
piled, the contention OF the senator that
the yards should be consolidated into one
! big yard is not we'll taken.
Say three" suggested Mr.. Dixon.
Does Not See the Point.
Mr.. Gallinger was not able to see why
vessel being repaired at Portsmouth
| should have to wait until castings could
be brought from Boston or from other
navy yards along the coast.
II understand that not more than two
vessels can be accommodated at one
time at any OF these yards Mr. Dixon
said. and that means that If We had
war our vessels might be scattered all
along the coast.
The reference to a possible war and
Mr.. Dixon's general attack on the At
lantfc coast navy yards had by this time
aroused Senator Tillman. who Is MEM
Der of the naval committee and in whose
| state the Charleston navy yard Is located.
Senator Tillman Aroused.
THAT magazine article from which the
senator Is reading" Mr.. Tillman declared.
has fired his zeal. Suppose we did get
into war. and suppose the British
should lick our fleet. and then suppose
they should beat us in a race to this one
big navy yard which the senator proposes
and blockade 1t. Then what would we do?
Our vessels would have to sneak up and
down the coast, and would have no place
to go.
ITS all right for the senator to sit UP
on top Of the Rocky mountains and tell
us how to run the navy on the Atlantic
do question his knowledge OF this subject.
He Is getting his information from q
magazine article that is full of lies"
Here Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island
know what Mr.. Dixon proposed. Did he
wish to abolish all Of the navy yards on
the Atlantic coast?
Senator Dixon Has a Plan.
Mr.. Dixon said that he had a plan in
view. He thought that it would be a
very good thing to empower the COM
mission which it is proposed to create by
the bill to investigate the Navy Depart
ment methods SO that it could recommend
sites for large naval bases. Mr.. Aldrich
said he understood the commission
would have the right to report upon that
subject without further legislation other
than that contained in the bill
Mr.. Dixon insisted that ii was the be-
lief Of the majority Of the Senate that
millions of dollars are being wasted
every year the little navy yards.
That remark made Senator Hale a little
angry, and he said that vote Of the
Senate would soon show whether that
statement was true or not. He asked
that a vote be taken at once. Mr.. Dixon
sidestepped this suggestion and went on
to say that twelve Of the members of
the naval committee have navy yards
in their states.
We'll. there are ninety-two senator's
Mr. Tillman shouted. "and that leaves
twelve against eighty.
Indulges in Comment.
If the legislation for the reclamation
service should be considered by a COM
mittee made up entirely OF western sena-
tors. Mr.. Dixon suggested. that commit
tee would report unanimously big appro-
priations for that service
1T comes with Ill grace" Mr Ttllman
retorted. when all Of the senators vote
for these reclamation projects In which
western senators are interested. for them