Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
House Republicans Agreeing on
OalzeIl Measure but Its Fate
Is in Doubt.
MAY PROBE NAVY ACCIDENTS
Department Reused by Many Recent
Disasters-Speaker cannon's Hour
Gass-Mine Fatalities More
Numerous in America
Than In Europe.
Rv GEORGE CLINTON.

| Washington Members Of the ways
and means committee having refused
sanction to the Longworth tariff com
mission bill and having endorsed one
said to be more to their liking. the
Republican leaders Of the house are
now more in a mood to pass the
! legislation which the president has
| asked.
There are some wide differences be
tween the Longworth bill and the Dial
zell bill which has supplanted It, but
there is a feeling that the progressive
Republicans will not refuse to vote
| for the substituted measure, believing
as they do that it is an advance along
lines which they have blazed. The
| difficulty will 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 viii not be In the
least sorry If the bill fails to become
law.
In the meantime Democrats are
jubilant because of the disagreement
which has come to the Republicans
over the form which the tariff COM
mission legislation should take I'm
questionably the Democracy In Con-
gress believes that the party will be
better off 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 playing 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
the spirit OF amity is not dwelling
entirely unmolested in their camp.
Army to Get Aeroplane Fund.
The house of representatives has
put into the army bill an appropria-
ton of s125.0 for the use of the sig
nal corps Of the United States army
In aeroplane experiments. For a year
the signal corps officers have had an
aeroplane on their hands and have
not had money enough to put It to
use. 1t was not the war department
alone which urged congress to grant
money for fying purposes, for petit
lions came from all over the United
states from persons who are interest.
ed In the new art, and from other per.
sons who thought that II Great Brit.
ain, Germany, France and some of the
other 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.
ed 1t should come when some foreign
nation intended to try to play 1t 'in
our back yard"
To Probe Navy Disasters.
Accidents have been of such fire.
quent occurrences on the United
States men of war recently that 1t is
proha the navy department will or
der comprehensive investigation tc
find out If there is not something bach
of the disasters which can be cor
rected
The recent peculiar explosion on
the battle hip Delaware, resulting in
the killing of nine men, is now being
made the subject of inquiry by a
board consisting of eight naval Off
GERS of high rank and standing. This
particular accident is the first of the
kind which has occurred In the navy
and machinery experts and engineer
ing officers are puzzled as to It's
cause. 1t Will be remembered that
recently there has been an overhaul
Ing OF the different bureaus in the
navy department and that changes
have been made. The thought is thai
II is possible the shifts in the super
vising bureaus may have been detri
mental to. the proper inspection oil
| original construction work The wholC
matter is to be gone into thoroughly
and 1t may be that some of the
! changes which were made after in
finite pains and study of the navy
bureau management must of necessity
be made back again"
Cannon Uses an Hour Glass.
There Is a fine old clock In tht
/ house of representatives whose hand,
frequently are turned back on the las
day of tire session In order that tn,
fiction of adjournment at a certain
hour may be maintained. Speake
Cannon. however. does not trust t.
the clock to let him know. when rep