Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-08-20
[ Clause Limiting Tenure of Office is
Stricken Out.
AGREEMENT ON NAVAL BILL
Provides for Battleship to Cost Not
Over Fifteen Millions.
VESSEL OF STANDARD SIZE
Question of Armament IL Left to the
Secretary of Navy-To Name
New Ship the COnsti-
tuition.
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-After a
spirited debate the senate today repassed
Z the vetoed legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill. still carrying a
provision for the abolition of the COM
nerce court. A majority of the approp-
riations committee reported the bill with
provision for the retention Of the court
and when this was eliminated Mr.. Taft's
friends predicted that the bill again would
be vetoed.
The senate agreed with the house in
leaving out the provision to limit tenure
of office Of civil service employees to
seven years, to which the president aia1
had objected g.
There is no secret about the fact"
said Senator Warren, that if this bill
goes to the president with this clause left
in, we will get another veto. 1t is just
question of whether we want to get
and pass bills and get vetoes adopted
infinitum'
Senator Clapp of Minnesota leaped to
his feet
MIR. President" he said, this is not
question of getting through and getting
home. This is question of doing what
We believe to be our duty"
Senator Overman also protested.
Both the house and senate have
voted by large majorities to abolish this
court he said; ''the people Of the United
States have signified their desire that
the court should be abolished. The presi.
dent of the United States is now lined
. up against the people. The house will
ydnsist upon abolishing the court and /
insist that we should stand by the house p
Senator Overman's substitute containing
provision to abolish the court was
adopted, Sc to 2s. The republicans who
voted with the democrats to pass It were
Senators Borah, Bourne, Bristow, Clapp,
Crawford, Cummirs, Hepburn, La Fol-
lette, Nelson; Poindexter and Works.
Cummins Wants six-Year Term.
A single term of six years for president
and vice presidents was advocated today
by Senator Cummins when the Works
resolution for constitutional amendment
providing for such tenure was brought
up for consideration. The proposed
amendment would not be effective until
the presidential election following its
ratification by three-fourths of the state
legislators.
Agreement ON Naval Btll.
+ Confefees on the naval bill agreed today
to provide for one battleshp at cost
of not greater than $l5,0O000O. An appro-
priation of s., ,5S5, 900 Is to be available for
/ the beginning Of the work. No agreement
was reached as to size, dimensions or
armament. The naval bill in other re-
spects was adopted as approved by the
previous conference and now is accept
able to house and senate. '.
The naval bill as agreed to also provides
\ for eight submarines, the original number;
six torpedo boats, two Golfers and one
machine ship.
1t was agreed that the new battleship
should not be a super-dreadnaught, but a
vessel Of standard size. The question Of
armament was left to the naval con-
structors and the secretary of the navy.
A movement to name the battleship
Constitution Today is the centennial Of
the battle between the old Constitution
and the Guerriere. Under the law the
secretary Of the navy would be obliged to
christen the new ship Arizona or New
Mexico, but the senate and house con-
ferees will be urged to amend the bill
with a provision that the new ship be
named after ''Old Ironsides."
The bill as agreed upon also provides
for a round-the-werld wireless system BY
which the Navy department could keep
in touch with its ships on virtually every
part of the globe.