Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-17
House Republicans Agreeing on
DaIzelI Measure but Its Fate
Is in Doubt.
NAY PROBE NAVY ACCIDENTS
ueoartment Reused by Many Recent
pisasters--speaker cannon's Hour
G;ass-MIHe Fatalities More
Numerous In America
Than In Europe.
ey GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
hlngton.-Members Of the ways
and means committee having refused
sanction to the Longworth tariff COM
mission bill and having endorsed one
said 10 be more to their liking, the
Republican leaders of the house are
now more In afmood to pass the
legislation which the president has
mked
There are some wide differences be-
tween the Longworth bill and the Dali
Eell bill which has supplanted II, but
Tiers Is feeling that the progressive
Republicans viii not refuse TO vote
for the substituted measure, believing
u they do that Il is an advance along
lines which they have blazed. The
difhculty win come In the senate,
where the chances are very much
against the passage Of any tariff legis-
lation at this session. The progress
sives say that their conservative Re-
publican brethren will not be In the
least sorry If the bill fails to become
law
In the meantime Democrats are
jabilant because of the disagreement
which has come to the Republicans
over the form which the tariff COM
mission legislation should take. Un-
questionably the Democracy in Con-
gress believes that the party viii be
better of II no commission bill Is
passed this year. The progressive
Republicans accuse their conservative
brethren Of playing into the hands of
the Democrats. and the conservatives
: retort by saying that the progressives
have been nlaying into the hands of
the opposition for two years. All is
not peace in the Republican ranks
and recent discussions on the tariff
BY the Democrats have shown that
tne spirit OF amity is not dwelling
entirely unmolested in their camp.
Army to Get AeropIane Fund.
The house Of representatives has
put into the army bill an appropria-
ZION OF $125,000 for the use of the sig
nal corps Of the United States army
in aeroplane experiments. For year
The signal corps officers have had an
aeroplane on their hands and have
not had money enough to put Il to
use. II was not the war department
alone which urged congress to grant
money for flying purposes, for petit
tons came from all over the United
states from persons who are interest
Cd in the new art, and from other per-
sons who thought that II Great Brit
am, Germany. France and some Of the
osher nations were making arrange
ments to fly and to drop dynamite
bombs into the enemy's camp. the
United States ought to be prepared in
some way to check the game provid-
Cd i should come when some foreign
nstion intended to try to play It "in
our back yard"
To Probe Navy Disasters.
Accidents have been of such fire.
Qent occurrences on the United
STATES men Of war recently that 1t is
probable the navy department will or
aer comprehensive investigation to
and out II there is not something back
= the disasters which can be cor
fccted.
The recent peculiar explosion on
ne battle hip Delaware. resulting in
me killing Of nine men, Is now being
naoe the subject of inquiry by
'0ard consisting of eight naval off,
GERS 81 high rank and standing. This
PaFucular accident is the first of the
And which has occurred in the navy,
ana machinery experts and engineer
'hs ofncers are puzzled as to it's
sAuse IL will be remembered that
recently there has been an overhaul
ls Of the different bureaus in the
.@'y department and that changes
nave been made. The thought is that
= possible the shifts In the super
''s'ng bureaus may have been detri-
mental to the proper inspection OF
original construction work. The whole |
1Atler Is TO be gone into thoroughly
sea II may be that scme OF the
changes which were made after in
ante pains and study Of the navy
bureau management must of necessity
% made back again"
Cannon Uses an Hour Glass.
mere is fine old clock in the
house Of representatives whose hands |
frequently are turned back on the last
s OF The session in order that the
Nuon OF adjournment at a certain
toar may be maintained. Speaker
- mon. however. does not trust to
.ne Clock to let him know when a rep- |
.ssentatiye Z. has reached the end Of
nse minutes allowed him in which
. speak TO measure under the FIVE
y" ae rule. On desk In front of
cannon stands an old fashioned
4, soaf glass. but one from which nearly |
Ae sands of time" have been re
.aesed 80 that which is left takes f,ve |
nu'es TO the second to run through |
nnen member arises to talk the |
.r ssher turns the glass and starts the |
I. = 70 moving. He keeps one eve
ne glass and one eye on the
.ssn sooss When the last grain has run
'oash the tiny aneratpra -