Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-02-01

Z SAVING OF s4o,ooo,ooo
tys Economy Plan is Carried Out
At Spirited caucus-steeI
Bill Passed, 21o
to 1O9.

washington, Jan. 3O.-There will be
NO appropriations for battleships q,
PUBIC buildings at this session OF
songress This was the decision OF
ene democrats of the house after q
SPIRITED caucus. Elimination of bat.
uosnlp appropriation was surprise
we caucus having been called for the
purpose OF considering $4,000. 600
public building bill, recommended hv
the committee on public buildings and
grounds -
representative Hobson of Alabama
headed q bitter attack on the action,
out It was passed 90 to 68.
Inc savings resulting from this &C.
ton OF the caucus is estimated by the
democratic leaders to aggregate about
y4o,O0O,OOO; $24,000,000 to be required
Ior two modern battleships and S16,.
$4,000 for public buildings. In the
case Of public buildings, however,
there may be some appropriation for
emergencies.
The Democratic metal tariff reyi-
sion to make reductions averaging IS
per cent passed the house by a vote
Of 210 to 100.
twenty insurgent Republicans vot-
Cd for the measure, while the Demo.
cratic delegation from Colorado. Rep
Fesentatives Martin, Rucker and Tay-
lor. dissatisfied with the great reduc-
don proposed in the lead tariff, voted
against the Democratic majority. The
Republicans who supported the bill.
al insurgents were:
Representatives Davis and Lind
Dergh, Minnesota; Haugen, Hubbard
and Woods. Iowa; Helgesen, North
Dakota; Jackson, Murdoch, and
Young, Kansas; Kent and Stephens,
California; Kinkaid, Norris and Sloan,
Nebraska; Lafferty, Oregon; La Fol
lette and Warburton, Washington:
Lenroot, Morse and Nelson, Wiscon.
sin.
insurgents Opposed.
The insurgent Republicans who vot-
Cd against its passage were:
Representatives Anderson, Miller,
volstead and Stevenson, Minnesota;
Cooper, Esch and Koop, Wisconsin,;
French, Idaho; Good, Green, Kendall,
Kennedy and Pickett, Iowa; Hayes,
California.
The bill will face stormy reception
In the senate. It will reach the SEN
ate today and be referred to the
finance committee Both Republican
deferring other legislation with view
TO concentrating attention on the tar
III measures as they emerge from the
house, but no course of action has
been mapped out.
Hope for Coalition.
The Democrats expressed hope that
the progressive Republicans would
join with them in the same coalition
that enabled the senate to put through
the tariff bills at the extra session
and to leave the issue squarely up to
the president. The progressive Re-
publicans have not held any confer
ence as to their attitude. There are
iiffering individual views among them
Rs to the steel tariff that may inter
fere with a full alignment on this
measure when it comes up for vote.
Senator Cummins has bill which
be is ready to propose as a substitute
for the house measure, largely based
IN his opposition to the house bills
of specific duties into
I'D valorem duties. Other progressive
senators have propositions to offer
when steel revision is ready to. be
fought out on the floor of the senate.
Lorimer is Cross Examined.
Senator Lorimer's relations with
Lee O'Neill Browne, Democratic lead
pr Of the Illinois legislature, and 9th
ers prominent in the senator's cleo
lion, was the subject of cross exam
nation Of the senator before the SEN
tie Lorimer investigating committee.
The senate refused by a vote of II
y 80 to pass a bill authorizing the
sale of 100000 acres of fertile un-
allotted land in the Standing Rock In
lfan reservation In North and South
Dakota.
The bill was criticized by Senators
Bacon. Bailey, Hepburn and Root. and
by Senators Gamble. Craw-
ford. Dixon and Gronna.
Grand Opera Receipts Large.
chicago, Jan. 30.-A statement OF
the receipts Of the Chicago Grand
Onera company for the season just
c,oaed shows an increase over 1910