The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
TW0-bATTLESH|P
PLAN DEFEATED
Appropriation Bill, Providing
for One Dreadnought,
Passes the House.
VOTE WAS ia TO l56
Fight Between Representative and
Sergeant-at-arms Enlivens
the Session.
VOTE WAS ia TO l56
BY JOSEPH T.. AMIN.

I;y a record vote. which they tried tc
and could not dodge. the House econ
"mists late yesterday afternoon passed
tie naval appropriation bill with pro-
vision for but one new battleship The
vote was ia to lJ6
The leaders of the Democratic organ
i7ation of the House, including Oscar w.
Underwood of Alabama, floor leader, and
Chairman John J. Fitzgerald of New
York. chairman of the Appropriations
Committee, spoke for and voted for one
hattleship in preference to two when the
hill was in the Committee Of the Whole
House.
Mr.. Underwood, the responsible leader
of the dominant party in the House, did
mot oppose the public buildings pork bar
l"l bill, which, as il left the House, au-
thnrized appropriations of S25.O60Ooo The
hill. among a long list of Alabama items.
ralls for a Sl.000.G00 public building at Bir
mingham. Mr.. Underwoods home town.
Chairman FitzSerald. of the -Appropri-
atiOns Committee. has loudly opposed
prodigal appropriations. and fought the
public buildings bill But after he had
helped his erstwhile enemies, the alleged
eCOnomists- to cut one hattleshp out Of
TN" bill. he turned around and put
through an amendment requiring in cf-
.'rt that the one ship authorized in
III" bill he constructed at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. thus Squaring himself with
his constituents for maintaining con-
Sistent economy course and for voting
against two ships.
Roll Call Demanded.
TIL" "m"-hattl.Ship amendment to the
l"ll Was put through without a record
N"t" in 'ummitt"e of the Whole House
When til" bill Lad been reported from
The committee for final passage. Repre-
>"ntati'"s Roberts Uf Massachusetts and
lI"hs"m of Alabama demanded an ave
aud may vote OH tk2 battleship amend
n"ut. Immediately there We're cries Of
'u". no" from all sides of tn" cham
i'"r. voiced by PORK barrel economists
VIII" had no desire to hc recorded on the
question. The roll call was demanded.
however. and showed nonpartisan
alignment, firSt-caSs testimonial tu the
I'"rspiCacIty tn, public buildings COM
.nIttec showed in spreading ont the sup
PLY "f lublic treasury pap. The follow
ing voted against the two battleships:
AIHir. Adamsor. Aiken 81 South Carolina Akin
"i New York. Alexander. hl"n. Anderson. Auiru:.
Nuthunv Ashhrook Barnl.art. K,uholdt. Bari
"tt RathrTk. BCall. Bell Berger. BaCkm"n.
H'a hur. E'r'r. Ro'h,r. Borlard. Burnsnan. Bur-
-,>> ETh -''n Burnett. R,rnc~. Byrn,. CalI"wa,.
'anil r. 'sntIil Carer ClayIool Clayton. Cimr.
'"l!i,r I"Iiu=r"u. Cox C'rlur. DauEh.r'y. Davis.
bert. bcn' p. Ii'knsn. li"'. Dfcndcrfer, Dixon.
Du+lght"rr. Daniel 4 DriscI. Edwards. EIlerbs.
E,ans Fais,'n. Fields. Fitzgerald. Flood Floyd
Foster. FnSlCr. Francis. Garner. Garrett. Gill.
TIile;t. 'ilss~. GuiNn. Cock. 'ionlwin Graham.
Gra'. Green. Greg uf TeNas Gudgrr Hsmn.
Hamm"ud. H.rjwick. HARDY. Hrui@nu Of Mis-
I-rIII. Hay. Hayden. Hcfn H,lgcstn. Helm.
Hnv IF TcNs~. Hcr>lCy. Hrustou. HnHari.
HumI hrs ~ Mississippi IscoVsl. lanes. Kent
hu"nm. krr'I. lamb Ire "f Georgia. I,enro0t
l W. Laui-. Limll. I-h Ll',i. Lolrct. Mccall.
M""y. MEiillic''idv. Mckenzie Madden Ma
= ire. Mann. NsuIrl. M"pu uf T'nncsScc; Moore
Ct Texas. Morgan d LoIi-iaua. Morrison. Morse
Mo-. Nc,IeN. Nei> Ii. y ms N,c. 0ldfcld. Pad
g'u. TaI Palmer. FeITsr. Pct. I'rinre Rainry
EHkrr. Ran.'i-ll. Eand"ll. EaUch. RHharis"n. Rcd-
- h,r,. II, '-c. Eutr,. Ruckor Of Cohorain. RucA
.r II Missouri. u,s.!l, saunders. Shakleford
SNarr. ShsrI',. >h"ru o,i Sim, Sissun Small
smith q" Tea. SIHrAmau. St--lman. ~teCnersun
S'"IhorS f Nebraska. stephens of Mississippi
rteI hens %: TcNI-. Sweet Switz,r. Taggart. Tay-
1r # Naham1. TAILOR "f Arkansas. TAYLOR of
'"r-sd". Thrk"r. Thomas Tribblc. TurnbIII In
'crhIIl. nderw"ard Vostcad. Watkins. Webb
Whitaker. White Willis. WitherIo,n. Young Of
ka.-a-. lnsm- Il Texas.
IN analysis of the vote shows that TWEEN
'igt Democrats votes for two battleships
and ffty-ciGht Republicans voted against
", hattleShipS