Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-16

ain addition, the senate bill author
ICES one submarine to be equipped
with tho Ncff system of submarine
propulsion and to cost, exclusive of
armor and armament. s25O.00o.
Mann Cites Need of Act.
In brief speeches. number Of re-
publicans called attention to the fact
that they were the ones who would
force the democratic majority to adopt
the senate naval program. Represen-
tative Mann OF Illinois. showing how
the republicans had attempted pre-
vousl@l to convince the democrats of
the wisdom of their plan for eight cap
i,cl ships for the coming year, closed
by saying: ~
II never felt q greater responsibility
in my membership in this house than ]
do today. With the world in n mael-
strom OF war, with nations billions of
dollars in debt. and with immense In
terest charges to pay after the war;
with the knowledge that at the end of
the war we will be the greatest nation
on earth, st seems to me that ordinary
wisdom requires that we prepare for
what we hope will not but what we
know may come"
Showed Wilson Way.
Representative A. P. Gardner of
| Massa chusetts vigorously assailed the
| efforts OF democratic speakers to make
| it appear that the president had forced
| through the preparedness program. lie
| read extracts from the presidents
messages and speeches to prove that
the president was primarily little
| navy man and that he had/been con-
verified to the cause of an adequate
| navy after the house minority had
| shown him the way.
The bitterness of Majority Leader
| Kitcnin over the fact that his demo-
cratic colleagu were reversing them
selves on the bill and adopting the re-
publican plan found expression in a
| speech in which he did not mince
words.
II do not hesitate to profess en-
| barrassment as a member of the house
and as a democrat today he said. u
remember two months ago the chair
man of the naval affairs committee
the membership Of the house and, as
understood it, the administration, APP
proved my course when as a stralgh,
up democrat I voted against the ex.
traya CANT, wild and reckless building
program presented by the republicans
II denounced this building program
two months ago and cannot see any
difference now. If it was wrong then
| II is wrong now and more so, because
since then two great naval powers
have lost 100000 tonnage each in bat.
| ties"
Closing the debate on his motion t
concur in the senate building amend
met, Chairman Padgett told the house
that 1.-The president has put the power
and force of his great prestige in sup
port of this program and he stands
for it today and asks the congress t
agree to it and to do it's patriotic
duty, regardless Of partisanship."
One of the interesting things in tn
house compromise on the bill was thu
fact that the house committee agreed
to strike out the provision for the eX
penditure of s1,250,000 on the Charles
ton navy yard. Representative Brit
! ten of Illinois has been conducting
fight against this item, pointing on
that the harbor is suited only TO
small craft, and was prepared to assai
lit at length today. Word was sen
him. however, that the item would b.
illuminated if he would say nothing
about 1t.