Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-30
may UNITE ON BILL WARSH|PS CUT OFF
Senate Likely to Pass One Re- Democratic Caucus Puts Ban
vising Metal Schedules. on Naval Increase.
INSURGENTS WOULD HELP MAY BE FATAL MISTAKE
Impression That President Taft By Vote OF 80 to 6S 1t Loses Chance
Would Veto It. at This Session.
MEASURE IS DISCUSSED NO NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS
to Have It Based on and Of Resembling
Boards the Action Is Heard
Democratic Caucus Puts Ban
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on Naval Increase.
MAY BE FATAL MISTAKE
By Vote of SO to 68 It Loses Chance
at This Session.
NO NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Fitzgerald Resolution Goes Through
and Now Talk Of Resembling
the Action Is Heard.

In the cold gray dawn of the morning
after. the democrats of the House, who
| in Caucus last night put the ban on pub
lie building and battleship appropriations
at this session of Congress, are wonder
| ing If they haven't made a fatal political
| mistake. The assault on the naval in
| crease was by way of an afterthought
| After the caucus had been in session
| couple Of hours it became apparent that
the resolution introduced by Chairman
Fitzgerald of the appropriations commit
tee. declaring 1t to be the sense of the
caucus that the present state of the gov
! ernment's finances and the fact that the
supervising architects office is several
years behind in it's work, made it inadvis-
able to authorize additional public build
ings at this session.
In retaliation the public building advo-
Gates. angered by seeing the pork barrel
| rolled out Of sight just when they were
hoping for a grand distribution. insisted
on a declaration against battleships.
Speaker Clark, Majority Leader Under
wood. Mr.. Fitzgerald and their friends
fell into line, and both propositions went
through. Representative Burnett: of Ala
bama, a member OF the committee on
public buildings and grounds, offered the
battleship amendment to the Fitzgerald
resolution. which, on roll call. went
through. 80 to IS.
Although a new caucus rule adopted
just a few weeks ago provides that such
record votes in caucus shall be published.
a good many Of the democrats were very
averse last night to making the economy
roll call public. But Mr.. Underwood read
the caucus rule and lifted the lid. Follow
ing are the democrats who voted to effect
a saving Of approximately S4O.OOOOOO at
this session at the expense, of federal
structures and warships:
Those Who Voted for Saving.
Adair. Adamson. Anderson, Beall,
Boehne. Buchanan. Burgess. Burle-
son. Burnett. Galloway. Clark. Mis-
souri,; Clayton, Collier. Conry. Covington.
Cullop, Davis. West Virginia; Denver.
Dickinson. Missouri: Dies. Dixon. In
diana; Doremus, Daniel A. Driscoll,
Evans, Ferguson. Fitzgerald, Food, vir-
ginia; Foster, Illinois; Garner. Garrett.
Cooke. Goldfogle, Gray. Gregg. Penn
wick. Hay. Helm. Helm. Henry, Texas;
Hensley, Hughes. New Jersey Hull,
Humphreys, James. johnson. South
Carolina roll kitc ni,;onn KOenig: k aSfdy
Mccoy. Morrison, Moss. oidfeid. Page,
Palmer. Patten, New York; Pepper.
Peters. Rainey. Raker. Rauch. Riley,
Richardson, Riordan, Rubey, Rucker.
Missouri: Russell. SABBATH. Saunders.
wood. sisson. slaydon. Stanley. steph-
ems, Mississippi: stephens, Nebraska:
Stephens. Texas; Stone, Sulzer, Taylor,
Alabama; Taylor. Colorado: Thayer.
Witherspoon and, Young, Texas. :.
iEhose members who resisted the econ
Oily policy of the leaders were Aiken Al
exapder. Ashbrook. Ayres. Bathrick. Bell
consin: Byrnes, South Carolina. Byrns,
Tennessee: Carlin. Garter, Clark. Florida;
Cfayens. Daugherty. Ellerbe. Faison. Fer
ris, Finley. Floyd, Arkansas; Fowler, Fran
els. Gala CHER. Glass. Goodwin. North Caro-
lima: Goodwin. Arkansas: Gudger. Hamill,
Harrison. Mississippi; Hobson. Holland.
Hughes, Georgia: Jacsway. Jones, Lee,
Georgia: Lee Pennsylvania: Legare.
Lever. Littlepage. Lttleton. Macon. Mar
ray. O'Shannessys Post: Pou, Rodden-
berry. Rucker. Colorado Sharp. Smith
New York; Talcott, Towmend. Tribble,
Turnbull. Undernill. Z Watkins. Webb.
During the progress of the. caucus last
night Representative Frank Clark OF
Florida emerged from the hall of the
found disgust. Mr.. Clark, It might be
mentioned, is one of thu most indie
pendent members OF the, House, without
regard to politics. who ever, stepped in
shoe leather. He thinks freely and says
- s0eo
Calls Them Peanut Economists.
"These peanut 4 economists make. me
weary he remarked last night '.Of
course we can save money If We don't
spend it when necessary. +. might have
become wealthy by this time II hadn't
bought food and clothes when neces-
sary. but instead had permitted my
family and myself to go hungry and rag
ged. l don't believe the people of the
country want to see money saved In this
way"
Representative McDermott of the stock
yards district of Chicago also had COM
ment to make.
We've been out in the cold for sixteen
years" he said. looking obviously
through the windows, and now when we
get inside the house we find there isn't
anything to eat
Representative Hobson of Alabama an
nounced today that he would Immediately
begin circulating a petition for special
caucus on the battleship proposition and
make a determined effort to have the ac-
ton of last nights caucus in this regard
rcscinded. The public building advocates
say they will not agree to this unless
they are taken care Of
no public buildings, no battleships." is
their ultimatum
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