The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-02-15
Congress Not Likely 10 Authorize
Two BattleShipS.
DEMOCRATS ECONOMY BENT
Vessels Become Anticipated Rapidly
but Majority in House Says Naval
Force VIII Be Kept, Up to the
Fighting Standard
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

~ Ia d" house OF representatives, 70
deny Tie request Of the navy depart
meu' for the construction OF two big
bb.ursalps during the coming year
officials OF the department were con
vinrct some time ar1 that their re
quest hid I.ttlc chance " sanction by
touse which IS economically in
rIiucd II seems hardly probable that
The senate viii Insist that the house
aC'rde 20 ID" wishes Of the navy de-.
rGr'm"nt although such II thing s.
within the range Of possibilities.
Five years ago Mr. Roosevelt, then
president asked congress to author
i2c tho building Of four big battle
ships in single year. 1t was ger
orally believed at the time that the
colonel asked for four ships in order
that be might be sure that be would
ge' two.
The year Of the Roosevelt request
the Republican majority In congress
let # be understood that the inten
ton vas to build two battleships a
Year each succeeding year until the
Panama Canal was opened, and By
'''' '.i'' II was urged the navy
'"''' W. p'S enough Ior oHehS'''
anu "''', ~" purposes ana 'hht ].
qua only De necessary Z" bul''
ships as other ships became anuqua'
'' ana passed out OF service
Soon Become Out ofOate.
eE.rs are Iorrm.rg arngparod ran
Nrv Tho, ,..D f., r,, ipto tnr.-
Fraurf rfHgl..I before fBcy bo,,
r,..0., tho ar. ng yoy,b Tho las.
rrr.~ rs f.ar tno E.ar.o~ra and thn
t.i.uH rr..,r.ss h,f.roehlrg or,,
20 '.@ y,ar- ola. are nearing the on
"'d1'o coalition The navy depart
mont officials say that If no ships
aF" built for some roars we VIII have
20 begin building the navy all over
again a proposition to which some
mon do not acccdo. Tho peace ad
'nra'o5 hope that II no more vessels
are built tho necessity for future
construction will pass and that with
Hague tribunals and arbitration iro1.
Ties. turrets and twclve-inch guns viii
go 10 the scrap hemp.
Some OF the members Of the ma.
jority In the house say that they do
not agree with the peace advocates
ana that there Is no intention OF let
ing the navy go TO the scrap heap
ana that the Democrats can be de-
pended hpon to Keep tho navy up TO
lhe hghuhE standard. Inc program
however, docs not necessitate the
building ot two great ships this year
nj cost OF something like thirty
million
Still Quote the Classics.
Northern senators and rcprcseDta-
ives are rather chary in their use of
,lasgIcnl allusIops when making thelr
,paochos Tho soptheruors arc fond
II their classics though growing less
'ond OF them year by year us the new
members win IN" eHucaNoh 'hAt IS
broadening III the south. as II Is broad
hinE IN the NORTH como into ei1ce.
NJ tmes, however TO near on" OF the
ionihoruers speak Is az good Tor the
Of the cooWcbS from mem
'ry as Is the re-r'adinr AFTER many
Years OF IN" pages Of smith ana An
mons Classical Dictionary.
The northern mon draw compari-
IONS and sharpen their points from
modern instances, and yet Their" is a |
harm about tho utterances Of the |
men Of the south. They pass from |
Homer TO the Rlen2i OF Miss Milford |
Is readily as II month rather than |
'enturIes lay between. Ulysses wan
Icrs In the senate chamber ana the |
'oice or the siren is heard from the |
corridor Regulus again defes the
Jarthhgenians' While the domes OF
he African city are burning with
no spiendor OF MONDAY.
Gems From John Tyler.
searching tho records one ends
hat in the elder DAVIS the classic
.abit was stronger than II IA today.
o strong. indeed, that a man OF sixty
ears ago. writing OF one Of the
peeches OF John TYLER Of yIrginin.
elIvered eome years before. said
hat there were more Greeks and Ro-