The pioneer express., 1910-04-15
| NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
CARRYING $12s,o37, COZ
Is PASSED.
VOTE IS NON PARTISAN |
Tawney's Amendment for One Battle.
ship Lost by Vote Of 1o4 to 13s.
More Wyoming Land
Withdrawn.

vote of 162 to 10, IA being present
and not voting, the house authorized
the construction of two battleships to
cost $6,000,0O0. Thirty-three Demo.
Gratis voted for two battleships and "a
Republicans against the proposition.
This action was taken just prior to
the passage of the naval appropriation
bill carrying $12S,O37, ,6O2. This amount
is about $3,000,000 less than was rec
commended by the navy department.
In addition to the battleships, the bill
also provides for the construction Of
two fleet colliers and four submarine
boats.
AS amended, on motion of Mr.. Fitz.
gerald Of New York, the two battle
ships and two fleet colliers must be
constructed by firms operating under
the eight-hour law.
! Mr.. Gronna of North Dakota moved
to strike out the authorization for the
construction of any battlsships, a viva
voce vote showing there were not a
handful of advocates of a mo battle.
ship" policy.
| Speaking in favor of his one-battle.
ship plan, Mr.. Tawney reiterated his
| statement that 70 per cent of the rev.
enue of the country was being expend-
| ed for wars that had passed and for
preparation for wars to come. He said
one battleship was sufficient to main
tain the proper strength of the navy.
Mr.. Thomas of Ohio proposed an
amendment for four battleships, but
the house voted it down almost unani.
mously.
Mr.. Tawney's amendment for one
battleship also was lost by a vote of
l04 to 1873. At least 30 Democrats
voted with the Republicans against
Mr.. Tawney's plan.
The rivers and harbors bill as IL
and harbors appropriation bill. as it
will be reported from the senate COM
mittee on commerce next Monday will
carry $52.566,41S in actual appropria-
tions of cash and amounts involved in
continuing contracts. AS the bill was
passed by the house 1t carried $42,558,.
176, of which $35,351,746 represented
cash and $7.026.430 continuing con.
tracts.
No increase was made by the SEN
lte committee in the appropriation Of
$1,000,000 for the lakes to the gulf
waterways project or in the appropria-
tion Of $5O,000 to pay the expenses Of
the board to be appointed to investi-
gate the project, although the provision
was made to widen the scope of the
boards activities.
Increases made by the senate com
mittee covering both cash and appro.
priations and sums involved in con.
tinuing contracts by states include:
Michigan, $709,000.
Wisconsin. $4,000.
Minnesota, $1,000.
Mississippi river, $S3,755.
Missouri river, 1926, 900.
Oregon, $763,S6O
Washington, $2O1,60O
Alaska. $4,000.
Several small decreases were made
by the senate committee in certain
house items affecting several states.
Because about 80 per cent Of the
mine laborers in Alaska have no lien
for the labor they perform, bill in
dorsed by the administration to pro-
tect the miner in this respect has been
favorably reported to the house by the
territories committee. The bill gives
the laborer a lien on the dump or the
mass of goldbearing gravel and the
gold and gold dust therein which he
removes from the mines.
The Scott bill to prohibit futurea
transactions in cotton, recently acted
upon favorable by the house commit
tee on agriculture. was reported to
the house. The committee says the
purpose of the measure is to restrict,
as far as possible. those transactions
on the cotton exchanges of the coun.
try which are recognized as dealing
only with the fluctuations in the price
of cotton and which do not involve the
actual transfer of the commodity.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
withdrew from all forms of disposi.
tion under the mineral or non-mineral
land laws approximately 27,736 acres
of land in Wyoming which are sup.
posed to contain deposits Of oil. The
withdrawal was made in aid of legisla.
tion affecting the use and disposal OF
petroleum deposits on the public do
main.
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