Show BATTLESHIP BIG JUST THE TUE THiNG United States Will Go Our Brit British British ish Co Cousins sins One Better in Warship Building j i DEBATE ON THE NAVAL BILL 4 MR MAKES FUN FOR FORTH FORTHE TH THE E HOUSE May ra the Unit eti StAt St tOs s hWe haNe a battleship the p r rIt rIz Iz It not the superior ot of any b battleship In Ine e world Wend carrying as a ho heavy vy armor I as pOW arMament as s any mown known vessel of its It cless w w the question which presented itself to the house today when the further consider Uon of naval was re Ti first st und under r as s sot ot the navy provIdes for tor an t Of for a battleship that will wUl b hO r to th thO pr f for r by th the government ex of arMament and armor Fight Led by Burton The fight against this provision was pt j b by Mr BUrton Of Ohio wh moved to strUt strike out the para paragraph ra graph In support rt Of f his moti notiOn n Mt Mr Button Burton s said ld that th the pt present sent ot of the navy in be the WT w ff i new w snips ships had d Jre already y been d for until 1110 rut nd In vi w of dO de Jays ays which may a 8 period of two tW years yeats the of t the ty was outlined Until 1912 H He further Insisted that the r relations between the Of the world might De be changed e before 1 ii 1 com s ar around and tb that t the l ling na nati natiOns ti nt might decide in f favor vor of a r re n of t their Myles and nd In faor or of arbitration Sarcasm of o Mr Williams Mr Williams of f MIsSIssippI the ml n rity leader er at this point s ly Bugg st d an amendment that in view of the British having decided to name their sea s monster the Am sea be named Skeet d o as b being typical of the national spirit that on Its ith OOin th the in command be b au authorized to challenge hllen e the thO Dr naught to a duel l to the death and th t th the pr nt and his cabinet I with th the exception of the tary e agriCulture who Is a b be I t d to places on the quarter quarterdeck deck as evidences of th the strenuous lire Ure Ureth th the s sea fight to take plate place off Newport The amendment was ruled out ot or or order order der but Mr Williams as well as the house had a 2 g gOd Jd deal of fun out ot of it Mr Tawney of chairman of the appropriations committee e op opposed opposed posed the proposition Mr of Missouri offered an amendment giving the secretary of the I navy discretion to defer the construe construction tion of the sea se terror provided tn In the bill in the event the second Hague con cen conference ference should adopt a resolution for forthe the limitation of the naval forces ot of the great powers The amendment was ag de deBurton feted Burton Amendment Defeated The Burton amendment was then de defeat defeat feat cl d t the e vote by tellers being Yee Ye e 10 n nays l Mr Hays of California offered an providing that any bid the of any or Yes upon the Pacific co st coast shall have a dif differential differential of 4 per cent in us its favor which shan shall be considered by the secre secretary tary of the n navy vy in awarding contracts for the construction of such ve vessels ls I and it wu was accepted Yeas iS 78 nays 76 ire Mr Rixey of Virginia presented an amendment limiting the cost of armor annor plate to PS aS per ton The amendment ws wes defeated is S to At 55 i the bill was WS c nd and the committee rose The previous question was wIs then 0 or ordered dared dered on en the bill After come om over the st Of Ute the bill the th hOuse at adjourned until tomorrOw t w noon |