The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-02-07
BIG NAVY ACTION
URGED BY WILSON
President Insists on the Three
Year Program.
CABLE is SENT TO DANIELS
Text of the Message Secret, as 1t In
wolves More than U. s. Domestic
Policy-Might Affect the
Peace Farley.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Insistence by
President Wilson upon the admins
tration's policy of naval expansion led
to the unanimous approval given by
the house naval committee to another
three-year construction program.
This WIS disclosed by Chairman
Padgett of the committee when the
house began consideration of the $780,
100000 annual naval appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Padgett told of cablegram sent
by the president from Paris to Secre-.
tary Daniels. saying nothing had oc-
CURED over there to change the rec
concentrations he made In his annua!
message to congress. =
The message was brought to the at
tention of the committee by Mr.. Dan
fels. s.e.# H@
"The president was, very .earnest."
! Representative Padgett said, "and
very insistent that the three-year. pro-,
gram be carried out"
Mr.. Padgett refused to make public
the cablegram, and 1t was under a
cross-fire of questions from Repub-
lican members that she referred to its
substance. .:--.z<7 NJ
did he say in substance that lack.
of the program would hef fatal to his
negotiations?' asked Representative
Rogers of Massachusetts tRep.).
excuse me from a statement re-
piled Mr.. Padgett,, = will neither af-
firm nor deny word that was in
the cable. I will not give the words
that he did or did not use" -
Representative Graham of Illinois
(Rep.), asked about the receipt OF the
cable, and Mr.. Padgett replied that it
he'd been. given -himsin. confidence by
Secretary Daniels " So
els that not ones reason that the re-
port was unanimOusl asked Graham.
!. ''Yes, SIR responded Mr.. Padgett.
Mr.. Graham insisted then that CON
gress. should have the information so
that it might act -intelligently on the
proposed construction.
Mr.. Padgett answered:
II cannot give it because it involves
more than our own domestic policy"
Leak in Naval Committee.
Representative Butler of PennsyI.
vania said before new construction
could be started different conditions
might make larger navy unnecessary.
Representative Blayden Of Texas
(Dem.) asked why an executive SEES
- hn h0Id
but Representative Butler answered
that it would do no good, saying that
the message was read to naval commit
tee members who were enjoined not to
mention it, but. thatrit became known,
During the. debate in the senate on
the league of nations proposal before
the peace conference, Senator Hitch
cock, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, said he felt sure that at
the proper time and before committing
the American, government, President
Wilson would advise the senate re
garding the agreement for such a
league. @.an121 s. :,iF ~' .s.@, ''1i ..1
II Sherman Ia, New Assault.
Senator Sherman of illinois (Rep.)
delivered another address in the sen
ate assailingi President Wilson and his
administration. ~. .
He took the subject s'superman gov
eminent and self-g0vernment," and as
serted that the president was a super
man by virtue of usurping authority.
Much of the speech was devoted to
an attack upon Henry Ford who SEN
;atOr Sherman said, was "an alleged
superman" because he invented an i'm
ternal combustion engine.
ss'The United States" said Senator
Sherman, lis no longer republic OF
self-governed people. It. is the rule
now of the alleged superman at thu
head Of a group or class aggregations
seeking their own advantage.
Neither is it government of law
1t is a rule of some men, selfish
greedy, ambitious, impractical and
dreaming Others build "a class des
potism founded on spoliation. Anoth
err group shout revolution and pillage
unrebuked in public places"