Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-16
Sixtieth Congress.
Washington, Feb. Is.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Consideration OF the naval appToprla
ton bill was resumed 10 the Senate
today, but one-third of the reading hav
ing been completed. The 'insnrgents'
began their inquiries st the first opPor
tunity.
Ssnft)r LaFollslte wGs not presen
but Senator Dixon tsked what kind o
castings wonld be mtde st the Ports
mouth navy yard which necessitated
| $3.50, COO foundry building.
Mr.. Hale said it va, required In con
centrsting the work Of the yard The
chief work he said was In the nature o
repairs and building boats. The Ports
mouth yard, he said. wss busy place
Senator Dixon said so many navy yard
we're being equipped on the Atlantic
coast that they we're becoming useless.
Mr.. Tillman said Mr.. ID xon bad beer
reading magazine articles which BAG
fred his zss. 1t was a good thing, HI
ssid, for a senator to come down here
from the rocky mountains and teach tb'
Senate wisdom regarding naval matters
f. was declared by Mr.. Dixon tba
twelve members Of the Senate naval af
fairs committee have navy yards in Their
states. No rocky mountain senator bad
sn' thing to do with it,
Senator Tillman rearly lost his tenn.
per, shouting at Mr. Dixon, "yOu can
not get the PREJUDICE against southern
yard out of your heart, sir".
"That is not true'', said MIR. Dixon,
al am q southern man myself and GER.
tainly not prejadiced".
Mr.. Tillmsn begged pardon ssying he
did not know Mr.. Dixon was from tie
Sluth.
Mr.. Tillman declared there was a con-
spirscy in the Navy Department against
yards Oh the south Atlantic coast in
favor of building up tgrea! naval
station at Guantance, Cuba
Senator Bale gave warning that nigt
sessions were inevitable If delay con-
tinued. Senator Dixon then began
na1ing a magazine article asking st the
end Of each paragraph if the charge con.
tanned in it we're true.
On point Of order raised By Senator
Burketi, that the provision In the uaya
appropriation bill looking to the acquisi'
tiou of the jamestown Exposition
grounds for q naval training station, was
general legislation, the paragraph was
stricken out.
The surest sign of the near approach
of the close of the present session of Con.
gress was apparent today, when the
House met at ii o'clock, one hour
earlier than usual, after a recess over
night. The first bill passed under sus-
pension of the rules was one providing
for an additional judge fer the western
district Of Pennsylvania.
The earlier minutes of the session
we're enlivened by several sharp clashes
between Msssrs. Sims, ard Macon, and
a spirited bit of orstory from Mr.. G zines.
Mr.. Sims raised his voice in protest
against the way in which legislation was
passed under suspension of the rules,
He said that there was hsrdly an objsc.
ton to big drains on the Treasury aud
the creation of new positions but wher
it came to giving some poor clerks 8
small increase objections were thunder
Gus and immediate.
Mr.. Macon tJOk bis remarks to heart
and declared he tried to do his duty in
the matter of objections.
The two members argued the question
for several INMATES until the speaker
shut them of
Then Mr.. Gaines gave the House q
discourse on his iavorite topic-the lach
OF prosecutions under the Sherman a1li
trust law
The House this afternoon passed thu
bill rCquiriDg all steamships carrying
passengers to be equipped with wireless
telegrsphic apparatus, by a vote Of 81 to
%.
Ohsracterizing New York Stats a.
the "mensgerie of great monopolies'
Mr.. Gaines continued his TRADE against
the courts for laxity 10 the enforcement
Of the Sherman act, and recittd the fol-
lowing bit OF poetry IS applicable thereto
Wherever Gods people erect a house ofprayer
The devil also erecis one there;
An it will be found upon examination,
Thst the latter always has the largest CON
gregation.
The House applanded Mr.. Gaines to
the echo.
A sign ofa coming fight 10 Congress
Tor the enactment OF an income tax law
was aforld by resolution introduced
in the House today by Mr.. Hull, (dem.
TENN 1t directs the secretary CT state
to ascertain the experience Of foreign
countries 10 dealing with an income tax,
how the tax is assessed, its effect on
business and whether it causes money to
be locked up. The resolution was re-
:erred to the committee on ways and
means.
Wireless telegraph was taken up in
the House today. Mr.. Greene called
up the bill requiring all ocean-going yes
sels carrying over so passengers and
steaming over 200 miles, to be equipped
With wireless telegraph apparatus.
Mr.. Hitchcock submitted an amend.
ment, which hiss agreed t., that the sp.
pars tus should not cost more than the
present price. The bill was then pass
ed by vote Of 81 to %.
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