Show VOTES LORI fOR LOR TWO I Y O W WASHINGTON April 9 By D.-By By a decisive decisive decisive de de- vote of to fourteen being being be be- ing present and not voting the the house house authorized the construction of f two battleships battleship battleship bat bat- to cost each Thirty- Thirty three Democrats voted for two battleships battleships battle battle- ships and twenty four twenty four Republicans Republican I voted against the proposition This action was was taken just prior t tc the passage passa-e of the naval appropriation bill carrying This amoun t is is about less than was recommended rec recommended om mended by the navy department I Ir In addition to the battleships the bill alse als 0 provides for the construction of tw fleet colliers and four submarine boats As amended on motion of Mr Fit Fitgerald Fitz Fitzgerald gerald of New York the two battleships battleships battle battleships ships and two fleet colliers must be constructed con constructed constructed by firms operating under the th e eight hour eight hour law |