Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-27
Angry Scenes Attend Closing
Debate Between Advocates
Of Bigger Appropriations for
Building Dreadnoughts.
CONGRESSMAN THROWN
FROM SPEAKERS DESK
Democrats Mostly Voted for
a More Economical Outlay
While Practically All Repub-
IicanS Favored Measure.

lIiy Morning Iournai Speeiai Tensed wire /
Washington. Feb. 2G.-After four
days of debate. accompanied al times
{ hy scenes OF disorder seldom seen at
the capitol the house tonight passed
the naval appropriation bin. carving
approximately slsS.000. 600 and au.
thorizing the construction Of one bat.
tleshln six torpedo boat destroyers
and four submarines An amendment
to provide for one battleship. instead
Of two as recommended hv tho com-
mlttee. was carried hy @ vote of ia
to 1866.
An amendment offered hy Repre-
sentative Calder. OF New YORK. and
adopted. requires that the battlcshlp
shall be constructed In a government
navy yard. As reported by the cont
mitiee. the bin carried appropriations
aggregating t14G.0O00 000 and provd-
cd for two hattleshlps, transport
and supply ship
Points Of order by Representative
slssion. in the committee Of whole
struck out the transport and supply
ship. Representative Alexander Of
Missouri the chairman. holding there
was no authority for the approprla-
tions because no vessels Of this type
ever had been authorized before.
Untii today he sbig navy" men.
headed by Representative Hohson. Of
Alabama, and Representative Ayers
Of New York, hat been confident that
the two-battleshfp program would go
through and The result was hy no
means certain until the final roll calf
on the amendment.
Democratic Leader Underwood
spoke for one battleship and when the
vote on the amendment came. 40
democrats voted for the amendment
and only % against Il. OF the fepuhl-
cans, t02 voted against the amend
ment and 2S for Il. There was no roll
can on the passage of the bin. as
amended, but Representative Rodden-
berry. Of Georgia. held up the vote
long enough 10 predict that the sem
ate would send the measure back with
the provision for two bnttleships in
serted. While the amendment for
one battleshin. which was offered hy
Representative Tribhle. Of Georgia.
was pending, Representative liobson
introduced amendments to authorize
four hattleshps. three battleshps and
one battleship and dreadnought
cruiser.
Each proposition was lost by an
overwhelming vote. Throughout the
consideration Of the bill. there were
heated exchanges between members
and frequent disorder. The climax
came when Representative Murray Of
Massachusetts. standing before the
speakers table demanding recogni- |
ton by the chairman. was thrown
bodily down four steps and dragged |
toward his seat by an assistant SER
geant-at-arms
Mr. Murray demanded recognition
to make q parliamentary point OF or I
der against two members having the F
same views acting as the tellers ON |
one battloship proposition. Rcpresen-
tative Alexander, of Missouri prcsld- +
ing over the house, repeatedly ordered /
Mr.. Murray to the floor and finally f
by his direction, Mr. Murray was force
IDLY removed from the rostrum by q
deputy scrgeant-at-arms.
Speaker Clark took tho chair and
order was restored.