Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-22
IN THE HOUSE.
The Naval e,Irs Building Program
viii Cause Lively Fight Tuesday.

Washington Feb. .i.-The naval ap-
prorriatien bill was considered at great
length in the House during an after
noon and night session Monday. and
practically all of the provisions Of tie
measure were agreed To with the e&-
coption of the new building program.
which will come up Tuesday and
which is expected To preciritato live
~ fight.
The hill provides for two battlcshipS
of the superior DrcadnouGht type.
carrying l. 14-inch guns: two fleet
golfers; eight torpedo boat destroy
crs and four submarines. An effort
will be male both to decrease and in
crease this program, but the commit
tee believes II has enough votes to
cary it through.
4 proposed repeal of the clause in
last years ILL that all ships let out by
contract must be under the S-hour
labor will be fought on both sides 81
the chamber. There will also be a fight
te have one of the new ships con-
struCted at navy yard. Chairman
Foss Of the naval committee said
Monday that of two sister ships now
under construction the one at the New
York navy yard is costing $6,4oe,oo0
and the one by private contract, 3d.
qlo Goa. Representative Fitzgerald Of
New York asserted that this was due
largely To the practice of charging
overhead" costs at navy yards Ia Ia"
ship under construction and he sue
ceedede in having stricken from the
bill, on a point OF order. the provi-
sion that both direct and indirect
charges be included in the cost of Il
ship.
The House adopted an Amendment
offered 10y Representative Hobson Of
Alabama requiring the navy depart
ment TO continue experiments with
high explosives recently used against
the monitor Puritan and the ram ka-
tahGin.
One OF the most interesting pairs re-
corded in the House of Representatives
for many years was arranged TO cover
the absence from Monday nights session
of Speaker Cannon and Champ Clark, the
Speaker-to-be.
In the general debate on the naval APP
preparation bill Representative Morris
Sheppard of Texas congratulated the tri-
umphant Democracy and condoled with
the Republicans. lie had the House III
an uproar when describing the stand
patters" and ''insurgents,' and there
were renewed shouts Of laughter when
he said:
Even Roosevelt, the human seidiitz
powder, who for seven years held MS
party In an undivided and resistless mass
who while President evaded the revision
of the tariff with a skill that made MN
the noblest stand-patter of them all. and
ceased to hunt wild beasts in Africa to
hunt stand-patters In the United states
Mr.. Sheppard said that the Democratic
party would more than Justify the re-
awakened confidence of the American
people.
The House of Representatives Monday
night set a precedent by adjourning n
Friday session out of respect 10 the mem
ory Of a member who died the following
Monday. AS a result of the omnibus
claims fiibuster the House had declined
to take more than a recess at any time,
so the legislative day of Friday contin-
ued up to 915 o'clock Monday night. when
adjournment was taken until 10 A. NJ
Tuesday out of respect to the late Repre-
sentative Amos L. Allen of Maine. who
died early Monday.