Show IS DISPUT II ED D Exact Effect of E Action of House on Naval Bill I QuestionN1 I I I II I I I I ARMORPlA I WRANGLE II I i Provision Authorizing Contracts Con-tracts for Plate Struck Out i HARD FIGHT OVER MATTER I Struggle Was Continued All of Yesterday Yes-terday Much Bad Feeling Was Aroused and Mr Underwood of Alabama Began a Filibuster After the Bill Was Reported to the House l and Finally Forced an Adjourn ment Without Final Action on the Measure Before tho ArmorPlate Question Came Up Two Amendments Amend-ments to Modify the Provision Authorizing T Battleships and I Six Cruisers Were Defeated Question Ques-tion of Building Ships in Government Govern-ment Yards Did Not Reach VoteS Vote-S Washington April 20As a result of 1 protracted struggle in the House tony to-ny the provision of the naval appro bill as Is the provision of repeal the the Navy to contract for armor for the baltkshlps Maine Ohio and Missouri now awaiting their armor equipment at 315 per ton the price asked for Krupp armor Is out of tho bill as Is the provision of repeal the 300 limitation placed upon the price of armor by the current law The fight came at the end of Ihc consideration of the bill Although the provision was obnoxious ob-noxious all the nilnotlly members of the committee had agreed to 11 but today to-day when time majority declined to allow al-low the discussion of an amendment regarding an appropriation for the establishment es-tablishment of an armorplate factory they retaliated by I raising a point of order against the two provisions above referred to and they were ruled out EFFECT OF ACTION DISPUTED The exact effect of the action of the House today Is disputed The appro prlallon of 1000000 under the head of armor and armament remains In the bill as well asIhe language of the proviso pro-viso authorizing time Secretary of the Navy to contract for armor of tin best quality for the Maine Ohio and Missouri the words stricken out being be-ing at t cost not exceed 515 a ton Including In-cluding royalties It Is contended by I some that this empowers < el lmt powers the Secretary contract for the armor plate without regard to cost By others It Is claIrrd that the provision pro-vision will be Ineffective unless the Senate Inserts the price FILIBUSTER STARTED So much bad feeling was aroused by the wrangle over the armorplate provision pro-vision that Mr Underwood of Alabama Alaba-ma begun a filibuster after the bill was reported to the House and finally forced an adjournment without final acton on the bIl Before the armorplalc question came up two amendments to modify the provision for the Increase of the navy which aulhorlzes two battleships and six cruisers were defeated One proposed to add provision for six gunboats gun-boats and the other to strike out tho oroYlslon for the battleships The question ques-tion of building ships in Government yards did not reach a vote as the amendment offered to this end was ruled out a point of order FIGHT OP13NS This was the day devoted under the rules to the consideration of war claims I but the Naval Affairs committee desired de-sired to go ahead with lie naval appropriation ap-propriation bill Foss acting chairman chair-man of Ihc committee moved to proceed pro-ceed with Us consideration bul the motion mo-tion was contested by the Committee on War Claims and a rollcall was forced The Naval committee was sustained sus-tained 100 to 97 and the consideration of the naval bill was resumed Mr Cannon chairman of the Appropriations Appro-priations committee asked unanimous consent for a modification of the language lan-guage of the amendment adopted yesterday yes-terday relative to the naval academy The proposed modification made only one substantial change authorizing the Secretary of the Navy after plans havo biHMi approved to contract for all or part of the Improvements at Annapolis An-napolis within the S6000QOO limit The amendment was agreed to A prolonged debate then followed on an amendment providing for the erection erec-tion of 1 Government armorplate factory fac-tory In which several appeals were taken from hue decision of the chair An amendment offered by Mr Roberts Rob-erts Mass to authorize the construction construc-tion of a metalworkers shop at the Boston yard and appropriating 100000 therefor was adopted Without further i fur-ther amendment the bill wag reported to the House Mr Underwood Dvm Ala demanded demand-ed a separate vote on each amendment and on the first rollcall made tho point of no quorum The Speaker was un ible to count a quorum whereupon Mr Underwood moved 1 an adjournment The motion was lost but the quorum failed on the next vote and at 025 without House adjourned finally disposing of the bill the |