Show NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL THE SUBJECT OF DEBATE IN THE SENATE I I 4 Washington Feb 15 Senator DIxon of Montana provoked sharp criticism of naval methods In the senate today toda when he referred to magaz magane ne articles making special strictures upon con construction construction construction at navy yards ards He quoted an article charging that ten or twelve members of the naval affairs committee of the senate had navy nalY yards in lu their states Mr Clapp said if the senate com corn committee committee continued to protest against these appropriations without cutting them down the aggregate would con eon continue continue to increase Mr Hale defended the tho appropriations for navy yards saying that while In fourteen years the United States had spent on such works Great Britain spent on its navy na yards In this bill but he said was for tor the navy yards It was true he admitted there were but two or three of the yards that could dock battleships provided for Cor in inthe Inthe inthe the pending bill but that was because there had never been any an Idea that there would be such cuch great ships The whole hole country he continued Is In a furore and fever under the circumnavigation of the globe by our oar lf navy na and he added that under such suek conditions It was as difficult to check cheek the appropriations Mr Ir Newlands advocated the placing of much of ot the executive work of the nation in the hands handi of such sueh men man as M J 1 J lull Hill III and Judge Gary of the United States Steel corporation Mr Tiliman Till man declared that for th tha complete realization of the plan advocated advocated advocated by b Mr Dixon there should be bo boan bean bean an emperor and the legislature of Cal California California California should hould not be allowed to meet et while hUe congress Is considering a naval appropriation bill Senator Lodge Senator McEnery Senator PUtts Piles Senator La Follette Sen Senator Senator ator Gallinger Gahlinger Senator Hale and oth others others othera ers era joined In a general discussion not of the relative merits of the several naF na yards ards Mr McEnery Insisted that a U Iu i ex isted feted in the navy department for build Ing two great navy yards one at New NewYork NewYork York and the other at and he said they want to displace the navy yard at New Orleans by a great naval naVil station at Guantanamo Cuba In closing the debate Mr Hale saM sald If tho the naval bill bIH were ero not passed to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow he would ask that the senate hold bold a night session t t 7 f c t |