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Show BAB TO KNOX IS HNALLYJEMOVED So Far as Congress Is Concerned, Con-cerned, Senator Can Become Secretary of State. CHANGE OF HOUSE RULES AND TWO VOTES REQUIRED Opponents Fight to the Last Ditch; Some Sharp Criticisms Criti-cisms Made. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 By a vote of 17?. to 117, Jho house today passed the bill removing the bar to Senator Knox's eligibility for the office of secretary sec-retary of state. . This was tho second vote of tho day on this measure and the two were separated sep-arated only by about two hours' time. Tho first voto was taken on the bill under general order for tho suspension of the rules, and under that order, according ac-cording to the standing rules of the house, a bill must Tcceivc a two-thirds majority to insure its passage. The first vote stood 171) to 123, the majority thus failing considerably to got. the two-thirds required. Immediately Immedi-ately after this result was announced. thcTiousc committee on rules met. this resulted in Mr. Ualzell's bringing in a rule, making it in order for the house to again take up the bill and act upon it under conditions that -would onlv Tcriuire a majority vole to pass it. Opponents Still Tight. The opponents of the moasuro did not cease their antagonism, which, on tho provious accasion, had brought out a number ot1 sharp criticisms, but immediately im-mediately demanded a roll call on the previous' question on the adoption ol the rule. , , , ., . M"r. Olmstead (Penn.) contended that the bill docs not accomplish an evasion of the constitution. Among several other precedents. Mr. Olmstead cited the case oC Senator Morrill of Vermont, who was appointed secretary of. tho treasury. . Tn the opinion ot Mr. Williams (MissO. who opposed tho bill, that was the only reputable authority alluded to. Senator Morill, ho said, he. had been confirmed through senatorial courtesy, which, he said, "overrides alt bars, constitutional con-stitutional and otherwise." The bill, ho declared, was "a clear, plain, palpable, obvious and manifest case of a direct and expressed constitutional constitu-tional inhibition." Champ Clark Emphatic, Mr. Clark (Mo.) opposed tho bill, saying congress was making itself "tho laughing stock of every intelligent man on tho fnco of God's green earth." He referred to a famous oxpression by tho lato Tim Camnbcll of New York, who had said, "What's tho constitution constitu-tion bctwoou friends?" and said that if the bill under discussion should pass, Mr. Campbell would stand justified as a constitutional lawyer. In adding his voice against tho bill, Mr. Caulfield (Mo.) declared that it was a case of constitutional jugglery or legislative favoritism. Tho debato wa.s closed by Mr. do Armond (Mo.), who argued for tho passage of thu bill. How tlio Voto Stood. Twcntj'-six Republicans voted against, and thirty-ono Democrats for, tho bill: Republicans (against) Bedo, Minnes-sola; Minnes-sola; Birdsall. Iowa; Calderhead, Kansas; Kan-sas; Gary, Wisconsin; Caulfield, Missouri; Mis-souri; Chaney, Indiana; Cook, Colorado; Denby, Michigan; Fuller, Illinois: Gil-hams. Gil-hams. Indiana: Hayes, Californa; Kuestonnan, Wisconsin; Lindberg, Minnesota; McCall, Massachusetts j Mc-Crcary, Mc-Crcary, Pennsylvania; Mann, Illinois; Marshall, North Dakota; Millo, Kansas; Murdock, Kansas: Nelson. Wisconsin; Nyo, Minnesota; Prince, Illinois; Roberts, Rob-erts, Massachusetts; Stafford, Wisconsin; Wiscon-sin; Waldo, New York; Wheeler, Pennsylvania. Democrats (for) Adair. Indiana; ana; Clayton. Alabama; Craig, Alabama; Ala-bama; Crawford, North Carolina: do Armond. Missouri; Fitzgorald. New York; Goldfoglc, Now York; Hackney, Missouri; Hammond. Minnesota j Howard, How-ard, Georgia; Humphreys, Mississippi; Johnson, Kentucky, Jones, Virginia; Lassitcr, Virginia; loc. Georgia: Lover, South Carolina; Maj'itard, Virginia: Moon. Tenncssoo; rtansdell, Louisiana; Richardson, Alabama; Robinson, Arkansas; Ark-ansas; Small. North Carolina; Spight, Mississippi; Sulzor, New York; Taylor. Alabama; Touvollq, Ohio; Walk ins, Louisinnun ; Wiley, Alabama, and Wilson, Wil-son, Pennsylvania. POWDER TOR NAVY SUBJECT OF DEEATE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Tho houso provision in the naval bill that 110 part of the appropriation for powder should bo paid to any trust or monopoly "except in Iho event of an emergency,'' was the subject of considerable criticism criti-cism in iho Hcnale today. That it was for tho purpose of hoodwinking hood-winking the public and would not reul-)i' reul-)i' affect tho purchase of powder to any appreciable oxtont, was charged by Senator Cummins. "Tho provision of the bill as passod bv the house," said Mr. Cummins, "is keeping tho promise to the car and breaking it to the hope." He said ho understood the navy department de-partment under this provision would buy from others except the trust only powder for loading shells, and such powder, compared with all Iho powder used by tho government, ho said, is so small as to be almost beneath notice, lie charged the houso with an intention inten-tion of deceiving. Wcaknoss Apparent. "If that be true," Mr. Cummins 'said, "we have hero a bill which has been heralded to tho. world as one which prohibits the United States from buving powder from combinations in re-btrainl re-btrainl of. trade, whiJo iu fact it con- .Conlinued.ou.PagO' Two.' i- BAR TO KNOX IS FINALLY REMOVED 1 t Continued from Pago One. tains no substantial limitation what-over. what-over. ' ' Senator Stono suggested the Dupo'nt Powder company was tho only source from which powder could bo obtained. "So." said tho Missouri senator, "the powder trust is tho solo source of supply except so far as tho government govern-ment itself manufactures powder at Tudianhoad." "If tho secrelar3 of the navy should find he could buy powder from no ono hut the trust," Mr. SI ono wished to know whether that would be an "emergency" "emer-gency" as provided for in the bill, and if so, bo wished to know whether the house provision was not. "a pretense and a fraud on tho fnco. " Mr. Halo declared ho did not believe it was "a pretense and a fraud." Senator Tillman then Haid tho senator sena-tor from Pennsylvania had had the con-stit con-stit u( ion revised in hi behalf in order to make him eligiblo for tho cabinet position, po-sition, and that, a distinguished man had boon relieved from tho treasury-ship treasury-ship of the Republican campaign committee com-mittee " because, he was supposed to be president of the powder trust." Senator La Follcltc said thero had been a good many resignations from the campaign committee and ho did not suppose the senator from South Carolina Caro-lina was going to "skin his cat" in the senate. " Tf you undertake to skin vour cat. T will underlain to skin ours.H retorted Mr. Tillman, "f hope 3-ou will not give us sheet lightning, but a concrete proposition, to voto on." Might Build Factories. Mr. Halo said of 3.000.000 pounds of powder used annually, about one-third was mado by tho government, tho rest, being purchased. Ho thought it was wise to build factories for the manufacture manufac-ture of powder by private linns. as well as at, a government shop. Mr. Hale pointed to tho lower price for powder lixed by the bill, being 64 cents a pound, compared with 60 cents last year. Mr. Halo said the navy was now burning up powder iu quantities that, in tho past would havo been considered con-sidered sufficient for war. "Does the senator not think that moro powdor is burned in firing salutes than in tiring at targets?" inquired Mr. Bacon. Mr. Hale, did not reply; but. answering answer-ing Mr. Stone, insistod that tho houso had restricted the purchase of powder in good faith. Mr, Cummins declared that the restriction applied to only one-hundredth one-hundredth of tho powder bought. Several senators mado suggestions respecting amendments that may be offered of-fered to provide adequate facilities for tho manufacture of all the powder needed by tho navy in government factories, fac-tories, where Mr. Tillman said powder could bo mado for 33 cents a pound. |