Evening star., 1922-04-16

Both Sides Below.
When the moment came for vote
on the SS.Qoa-amendment the question
was put and there was a loud shout
of ayes and an even louder shout Of
noes. No presiding officer could have
decided which side was stronger in
numbers. So great was the below
of the noes" that Representative
Ware. on the winning side. jumped to
his feet with . demand for rising
vote. Before this could be called the
whole House shouted for te1lers and
in a moment members were jammed
at the head Of the center aisle. wait
ing for chance to crowd through
and be counted.
Every seat filled. the galleries
Joined in the tumult- Guards who
had kept the crowds in order during
the day let them shout as they
pleased.
Just before the vote was announc-
ed, the House halted a moment to
permit Representative Mansfield,
democrat. who had been ill, to be
counted without going through the
ordeal of going down the aisle in the
wheel chair in which he has been
attending House sessions.
Representative Kelley as chairman
Of the subcommittee which framed
the bill with its provision for a Navy
with an enlisted strength of $1,000
men-less than a navy under the
arms conference treaty should have.
opponents claimed-had the last word
in the long debate. Half of the
House stood as he started to speak.
As the gavel tapped the warning that
his time was up the chairman, swing
Ing away from the point he was seek
ing to drive home-namely, that the
demand for the increase came from
navy yard sections, exclaimed:
Let me say this, we must not permit
any group of individuals or any COM
bination of localities to throw them
selves across the path Of the world in
the goal of world progress and peace
as set by the armament conference"
Warns OF Election.
Breaking into the debate toward the
close, Chairman Madden Of the appro-
priations committee, said he wanted to
warn the republicans that il the right
verdict did not come then on the vote
it would come in November, when they
would be forced to explain why they
had failed to bring about economy. one
of the objects hoped to be obtained by
the arms conference. Mr.. Madden as
serted the amendment as adopted would
add $60.ooo,ooO in one lump sum to the
total Of s233. .o00. 900 carried in the bill.
Representative Padsett Of Tennessee.
the former democratic chairman of the
naval affairs committee. which form
erly prepared the naval bills. made one
of the principal arguments for the in
crease, asserting the efficiency of the
Navy could not be maintained without
it. The movement for the increase on
the republican side was in the hands Of
Mr.. Macarthur. Mr.. Ware and Repre-
sentative Rogers Of Massachusetts,.
After adopting the Ware amendment
the House. without division, adopted
one offered by Representative Macarthur,
increasing from $4,000. 900 to $1o7. .o0o.-
600 the amount carried for pay Of Of
ficers and enlisted men for the next
fiscal year.
There was an unexpected wrangle
at the outset before the agreement to
vote was reached, caused by two MEM
bers, both standing for the bigger en-
listed force, who presented amend
mentS
The first was offered. by Repre-
sentative Macarthur. proposing an in
crease in the provision for enlisted
personnel. which the committee fixed
on the basis of $1,000 men. Repre-
sentative Ware, republican, Pennsyl-
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