New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-22
ROOSEVELT WHACKs AMEs.

theodore Roosevelt took a leap into the
Massachusetts, Senatorial contest when IN
q telegram addressed 10 Joseph Walker
e,rcaker Of tho Massachusetts House Of
Representatives. he Championcd the cause
Of senator Henry cabot Lodge and charged
CONGRESSMAN Butler Amcs with deliberate
" rnisrcpresenting facts. Amcs was quoted
as saving that Colonel Roosevelt when
President. rcprimanded Senator Lodge in
The presence Of former Assistant Secretary
If the Navy Truman l.. NcWberry for an
ALLEGED attempt 10 force the purchase or
two golfers by the Navy Department at
cost Of S1,5OO.o00. Mr.. Roosevelt -2id
'The story told by Butler Ames as 10 the
alleged conversation between me, Lodge ana
0J.v,berry about purchase Of Golfers is
deliberate and outrageous falsehood. /
never made any such remark and no such
conversation ever took place To when
AEes replied: II do not question your de-
NAL. In fact. 7 expected you 20 do so. l
was authoritatNely Informed that You dld
7.se the words I nave credited you with;
but whether you did or not is Of minor i'm
pogtance.'
"C,barres that Neruilion County, Ill, the
home Of Joseph O., Cannon, Speaker OF the
ra7onal House Of Representatives, long had
been debauched by vote buying were maze
before n Grand Jury in Danville. The court
charged the practice had been carried on
Cor many wears by both parties and urged
q long and searching examination. large
number Of witnesses have been summoned
..2v a vote of 100 10 the Ohio House
concurred IN the Cction Of the Senate IN
a6opting tho resolution providing for the
srproval Of the income tax amendment e
TryiErE States Constitution. Ohio IS
the eleventh state 70 ratfy the income tar
amendment 10 tho Constitution, the Other
ter being Alabama, Illinois, Maryland, Ok
lahoma. Georgia Kentucky Mississippi
South Carolina, Texas and Kansas. IN five
states tho legislatures have refused TO rau-
fv the amendment They are New York
Rhode Island Massachusetts, Virginia anc
LOUiBisna.
'"rwo hundred and twenty Of tho 22'
Democratic members Of the next House, ir
caucus NJ Washington, nominated ChamI
Clark. Of Missouri, for Speaker, and ther
adopted the machinery by which the mem
bership Of the committees will be Choser
bv the Ways and Means Committee, which
thus becomes virtually O. committee on com
rnittecs, rs well having rejected the I1tz
gerald resolution, dolegating the appointing
power 10 tho Speaker by a vote Of l5N
10 20.
'The House passed a bill authorizing The
dropping Of army officers from the roll!
when they have been absent without leave
5cr more than three months This would
remove from the army list Captain Peter c
Hams. now serving a sentence for the Kill
tng Of william =. Annls civilian, thre,
years ago,
IAN increase Of the navy, costing about
100000, was authorized by the House
Naval Affairs Committee which voted fol
q programme Of two new Dreadnoughts Of
rot less than 1900 tons, equipped with
twelve i4-inch guns each.
'gThe army appropriation bill, carrying
approximately S93OoO,oO0 was passed by
the House after a debate on the future OF
aeroplanes, which finally won an appropria'
ton Of S125,OOO and an appropriation Of
$4,000 for field artillery.