Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-20
Provision Abolishing Com
merce Court Retained
and Second Veto is Ex-
pected; One Battleship.
ONE BATTLESHIP
PLAN is ADOPTED.
Agreement Reached on Ma.
val Bill for Building 81
Boat Which May be
Named Constitution. I"

washington, D. c., Aug. After
spirited debate the senate today re-
passed the vetoed legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation Bill.
sun carrying provision for the aboli.
ton OF the commerce court. ma.
Jorlty OF the appropriations committee
reported the bill with provisions for
the retention Of the court and when
TINS was eliminated Mr. Taft's
friends predicted that the bill again
would be vetoed :, -
Inc senate agreed with the house
IN leaving out the provision to limit
tenure OF Office of civil service EN-.
ployes to seven years, to which the
president also had objected.
Warren Draws Opponents Fire.
Inere 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 Il
just question OF whether we want
to get thorugh here and get home or
stay here and pass bills and get We
toes ad inf1nitum.''
Senator Clapp OF Minnesota leaped
Ito his feet. s3s5 So
! 'Mr. Presidents. he s6id, this q i,
not question of getting through and
getting home. This Is question 81
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 oi
the United States have signified their
desire that the court should be abol
ished. The president OF the United
States Is now lined UP against the
people. The house will insist on abol
ishing the court and protest that we
should stand by the house."
Senator Bacon OF Georgia objected
to the stand OF Senator Warren.
II rise to a point OF order" he ex.
planned. II believe that 1t is abso-
lutely out oforder to attempt to IN.
fuence thevotes Of senators by
threatening them with what the pres
ident will or will not do"
Senator Warren protested that he
was only stating facts.
Senator Overman's substitute con.
tanning a provision to abolish the
court was adopted, 35 ITO %. The re.
publicans who voted with the demo-
Gratis to pass 1t were Senators Borah,
Bourne, Bristow, Clapp, Crawford.
Cummins. Hepburn, LaFollette, Mel.
son, Poindexter and Works.
Senator Thornton of Louisiana was
the only democrat who voted against
the substitute to abolish the court.
One Battteship Agreed To,
Conferees on the naval appropria.
ton bill agreed today to provide for
one battleship at cost OF not greater
than $15,O00,O00. An appropriation OF
$2,535 900 is to be available for the
beginning of the work. No aggree-
ment was reached as to size, dimen-
sions or armament. The naval bill in
other respects was adopted as approx
ed by the previous conference and il
now acceptable to house and senate.
The naval bill as agreed to also pro-
vides for eight submarines, the origin
al number, six torpedo boats, two col
liers and one machine ship.
1t was agreed that the new battle
ship should not be super-dread-
nought but a vessal Of standard size.
The question of armament was left to
the naval constructors and the secre-
tary Of the navy.
May Name Boat "cbnstitution.n
A movement to name the battleship
Constitution has been started. To-
day is the centennial Of the battle be-
tween the old Constitution and the
Guerriere. Under the law the secre-
tary Of the navy would be obliged u
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 pro-
vides for round-theworld wireless
system by which the navy department
could keep in touch with it's ships in
virtually every part Of the globe.