Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-01-06

service. Attempts have been made
before to learn the facts in the case.
but they have met with failure
Plan for Vast Naval Show.
In connection with the proposed
Panama Canal exposition, which will
be held doubtless either in New Or
leans or San Francisco, the govern
ment has plan which 1t is expect
! ed will excite the lively interest OF
the world
Uncle Sam proposes to ask all the
foreign governments which have ma
ytes to assemble as many of their
great warships as possible at Hamp-
ton Roads at the time of the opening
of the Panama canal. 1t is expected
that II the government finally makes
up its mind to make the request there
will be a naval show off the Virginia
coast such as the eye of man never
has looked upon. There was a goodly
assemblage of vessels at the time of
the Jamestown exposition, but 1t is
believed that the great feet which
will come together in 1915 will out
number tenfold that which was at the
Virginia capes in 1907.
1t Is intended that as many of the
war vessels as possible shall leave
their anchorage at Hampton Roads,
proceed up Chesapeake bay and as
far up the Potomac as possible and
that then the vessels shall send dele
cations Of officers and men to Wash
ington to greet the president of the
United States.
After this It is proposed that the
president shall go to Hampton Roads
and there review the warships of the
world. Such a spectacle as Is prom
Used could not fail to be of unrivaled
naval grandeur and one which would
draw visitors from all over the Unit
cd States and large attendance of
foreigners.
Following the parade up the Poto-
mac, the demonstration in Washing
ton and the review in Hampton
Roads 1t Is proposed that the vessels
shall form in procession and proceed
to the east coast of Panama and then
to move In single file through the
newly opened canal to the waters Of
the Pacific.
Vote on 5aIiInger Demanded.
An attempt is to be made by mem
bers of congress who take Gif-
ford Pinchot's side of the contro-
yersy with Secretary Ballinger to
force Il record vote at an early date
on the report of the investigating COM
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the secretary was guiltless even of the
charge of lack Of sympathy with the
conservation movement
1t Is certain that the senate will be
forced to go on record in the Lorimer
case, and the house probably must do
likewise in the Ballinger-P inchot case.
1t is said that the members of neither
body have any strong desire publicly
to cast their vote on either OF these
matters Of controversy
Representative Hitchcock of Nebras-
ka, who soon will be a United States
senator from that state, has introduced
resolution in the house asking for
the discharge Of the committee on ag-
riculture from further consideration Of
the BallingerPinchot reports. The In
vestigating committees findings were
referred to the committee on agricul-
ture as soon as they reached the house
and there has been feeling that the
committee might not find 1t convent.
ent" to report to the full house II no
report is made by the committee the
house will not be compelled to vote on
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tary Ballinger and he would be forced
to rest content with the knowledge
that the investigation committee by
majority vote had found him absolute
ly free from the faint of wrong doing,
and of non-sympathy with the conser-
walton movement.
Would Put House on Record.
II Representative Hitchcock's res
olution prevails and the agricultural
committee is discharged from further
consideration OF the reports, the mat
ter, of course, will carry its vexations
to the house. The committee on rules
has the Hitchcock resolution in its
keeping and the chances are that 1t
will decline to report the resolution
favorably. Then 1t viii be possible
under the new rules of the house for
Mr.. Hitchcock to move to discharge
the committee on rules from further
consideration OF the resolution. 1t can
be seen readily enough that vote on
measure of this kind would dis
close at once the relative strengths OF
the Ballinger and the Pinchot forces
In the house of representatives. From
this vote it will be possible to learn
which one of the reports of the inves-
tigating committee, the majority re-
port in favor of Ballinger, or the MI
nority report against him, would stand
the best chance of adoption.
What tae friends of Mr.. Pinchot
want to have doEe is to put the men,
hers on record one way or the other,
and they believe that vote on the
| Hitchcock resolution would be practi-
cally as valuable from their point OF