The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-02-08
JINGOS DOWNED
HOUSE MAJORITY DECIDE NOT
TO VOTE APPRO-
PRlATIoNS
A SAVING OF s4O,O 900, 600
Party's Economy Plan Is Carried Out
at a Spirited caucus-Steel
Bill Passed, 21o
to 1909.

Washington, d. C.-There will be
no appropriations for battleships or
public buildings at this session OF
congress. This was the decision OF
the Democrats of the house after a
spirited caucus. Elimination of a bat
tleship appropriation vas a surprise,
the caucus having been called for the
purpose of considering a $4,000, zoo
public building bill, recommended by
the committee on public buildings and
grounds.
Representative Hobson Of Alabama
headed a bitter attack on the action,
but it was passed SO to 68.
The savings resulting from this &C.
ton of the caucus is estimated by the
Democratic leaders to aggregate about
100000 900; $4,000, 900 to be required
for two modern battleships and $751;
100000 for public buildings. In the
case of public buildings, however,
there may be ONE appropriation for
emergencies.
The Democratic metal tariff revi'
Oloh " o. lCuuNllOho oNSi o5AAo W
per cent passed the house by a vote
of 210 to 100.
Twenty insurgent Republicans vot,
ed for the measure, while the Demo
cratic delegation from Colorado, Rep.
~resentatives Martin, Rucker and Tay-
lor, dissatisfied with the great reduc-
ton proposed in the lead tariff, voted
against the Democratic majority. The
Republicans who supported the bill,
all insurgents were:
Representatives Davis and Lind
bergh, 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;
L~enroot, Morse and Nelson, Wiscon,
sin.
Insurgents Opposed.
The insurgent Republicans who vot'
ed against it's 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 a stormy reception
In the senate. 1t will reach the sen
ate today and be referred to the
finance committee. Both Republican
and Democratic senators have beer
deferring other legislation with a view
to concentrating attention on the tar
if measures as they emerge from the
house, but no course of action ha.
been mapped out.
Hope for Coalition.
The Democrats expressed hope tina
the progressive Republicans woult
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 I,
the president. The progressive Re
publicans have not held any confer
ence as to their attitude. There ar
differing individual views among then
as to the steel tariff that may inter
fere with a full alignment on thi
measure when it comes up for a vote
Senator Cummins has a bill whicl
he is ready to propose as a substitut
for the house measure, largely base
on his opposition to the house bill
transformation of specific duties int
ad valorem duties. Other progressiv
senators have propositions to offe
when steel revision Is ready to b
fought out on the floor of the senate.
Lorimcr Is Cross Examined.
Senator Lorimer's relations wit
Lee O'Neill Browne, Democratic LEAF
err of the Illinois legislature, and OIL
ers prominent in the senator's ele'
ton, was the subject of cross exam
nation of the senator before the gel
ate Lorimer investigating committee
The senate refused by a vote of !
to 80 to pass a bill authorizing tn
sale of 100, 900 acres Of fertile III
allotted land in the Standing Rock Il
dian reservation in North and Sout
Dakota.
The bill was criticized by Senator
Bacon, Bailey, Hepburn and Root, an
supported by Senators Gamble, era,
ford, Dixon and Gronna.
Washington, d. C.-Secretary /,
War Stimson, acting upon an exhaus
i've report from the general staff, hs
decided that no less than sixteen, an
probably eighteen, existing army pos
should at once be abandoned "in ordt
to put an end to the extravaganza al
ineficiency resulting from improp,
distribution of the mobile army"
The posts condemned are: Apach
Ariz.; Boise barracks, Idaho; Brad
Mich; Clark, Texas; George Wrigh
Washington; Jay, New York; Lincol
North Dakota; Logan H. Roots, Ark
Three Ohio Banks Close Doors.
Columbus, Ohio. - Because Of II