| Show WILL BUILD TWO 10 BIG BATTLES H senate nate Is fully expected to sanction the naval program PARTY LINES MAY BE SPLIT plan to put Pos tollice on civil service basis aa means a great change chanec Perl tent rumors rumor about roose rooe volt velt and 1912 washington Washing toll when the house bouse ot of represent stiven at vea did the expected thing bod and sanctioned the appropriation to build two big battleships during tho the next fiscal year it put itself on record as being in favor of maintaining the present position of the united states as a naval power and on record in a measure an aa believing that this country should surpass certain other countries in naval natal astren strength at h it la in fully expected that the senate will sanction the two battleship apropo notwithstanding that senator lale hale one ot at the mout moat mem ws bers of the upper house probably will oppose the increase senator lisle hale no conger to la chairman of the senate committee on naval affairs for or recently he was wag promoted to tho the of the commit committee iee on appropriations when the battleship building paragraph in tho the naval bill passed the house the party lines were split many democrats voting for tho the alon and some republicans voting against it it Is in probable that the same alne thing thine will happen in the senate aad that several of at the seacoast eta t a democrats will vote tot or the he tatt taft becom ardeal ter t arlor for 0 state ti to brats will vote against tt it comparison not liked in the lower house one of the members in speaking of the proposed battleship increase mado made a c comparison 0 m carlson between the strength of the united states navy and that of japan a sort of comparison which some of the members deprecated ble because cause recently there has bag been a revival of the llie talk that this country might possibly become embroiled with japan representative padgett Pad gott democrat of tennessee had this to say about japan and the united states in the matter of naval strength 1 I want to call attention to another fact speaking of big guns the united states has baa of theae big guns of the caliber of 12 and 13 inches japan has big guns of at it 11 and 12 inches now as to the tonnage of the vessels reB sels I 1 want to call your attention to the tonnage of the fighting ships that Is of the battleships and armored cruisers ers and I 1 shall first call your atten tion to the ships that are completed and alfr ward to the ships chiq which fire are completed and provided for of the number of battleships and armored cruisers that Is in the fighting implements of the th naya the united states has 44 such vessels with a tonnage of japan has 25 such vessels with a tonnage of at 55 taking the completed and provided for vessels the united states has 48 such vessels with at an aggregate tonnage of japan has 30 30 such vessels with an aggregate tonnage of tons sees advantage over capan pan so that in every phase at 0 the question that looks to the fighting efficiency in the guns and in the size of the ships because we WB have two of tons and the largest that japan Is building Is tons so go that in any aspect of the case casa in which you may consider it you can call divide the american fleet by two and either ball of it Is larger and more eOl eff clent lelent in fighting capacity that the japanese navy the opponents of bir air padgetts views say that the united states must have a much larger navy than japan if it intends adequately to protect the philippines and hawaii the philippines it Is said by tho the advocates of 0 two ships lie ile near the doorway of japan and it if we should put a fleet ot of sufficient strength to meet japan in the tar far eastern waters we would of 0 necessity leave our own coast lines ties the atlantic and pad pact he practically call y unguarded and it we got into trouble with japan there to Is no telling what might happen for japan has some european alliances which might give this country cause for concern in emse case hostilities tili ties break out in the he east tho the administration is bringing its Jol influence luence to bear to receive the sanction of the senate for the two additional dread civil service in Post offices it has become known that president tatt taft and postmaster general hitchcock have in view a change in post office department procedure which will be of the utmost interest to postmasters and in fact to nil all posto dlce ince employees employ pea all over the united slates State ii it to la believed that before president tafts term terin ends all poat postmasters masters ot at the second and third claar will bo be put upon pon a civil service basla basis in consequence ot of an order or rather no an nr ran gement similar to that made with ref reference e rence to fourth class cabs postmasters postmaster wb when en theodore theodora roosevelt was president tt it la Is known definitely that the postmaster general la Is in favor of a change and tilso also that it meets with the approval of tho the president there are reasons why the arrangement cannot be put pill into effect just at tho the present time for the change means much anil and reaul rei a good deal of thought but it isi Is certain that one day dar the postmasters of all classes below the first class will wh hold bold their offices under what will practically amount to the civil service rule moreover the postmaster general has in mind a plan by which ultimate ly perhaps not during mix administration ad mints but later when political oplie jon ion tins has leen been educated to the innovation to make it within the power of 0 any subordinate official in the 1 tl branches of the pos department all over the country to 0 o profit by civil service rules to the extent that lii toy attention lorl to business and tt a showing of ability they may advance in the he different grades until finally they pan din become postmasters by promotion rathor rather than by as to Is the cis case e n naw W direct appointment I 1 f it if the second isei ond and third class r dav offices are put on a civil service basis along with the fourth data class it means that me roon now IP in the and who do their bi r work to faction of tho the department and people can hacop places until death rc them or old ago unfits thom them for their work vork the civil cates cats for many years have bave ha ba ve of this kind bo be botio anil it seems probable that during hh present tt it done dona and tt it to la said that mr does doea not tear fear that there will be tnuett objection elther cither from rota democratic members ot of cc congress g ress 4 S jj morel boeck frost elba fet I 1 ax of 0 fim deudor and d gifford clifford alix plix chot hot and tea t a t report part aport seemingly authentic but which liter met with a partly conclusive denial to the effect that mr roosevelt had broken hla his friendship with mr air tot have started stories again to the effect that there Is to bo be a real back proem I 1 elba 1 aba ending to 0 o mr floo sevelVa four yours years of retirement from public af office fitce ahli thil Is A matter which best beat can be treated plainly train from the standpoint of manyet many of the washington friends of the former president who think that they know his views on a second elective term for himself or for a third term as most people generally speak of it there oro are many close friends of the former president who would liki like to see nee him in office again but those friends say ray that they do not believe he be would consent to run ruil although it rt be that it if the bartys demand was unanimous he might be induced to become once ce again thel candidate ot of his party for tho the presidency dency there are men in washington waa lilington who talked with mr roosevelt Koo sevelt about the tha second elective term teim proposition arl or to the time that mr tatt taft was an avowed candidate for the nomination it will be remembered that mr roosevelt issued two statements saying specifically that he would not mot be a candi date for the nomination in 8 lle iio did not say in these statements that bo be never would be a candidate again and it should be said that its as far as ai can call bo be learned he never told any ot of his bis frienda directly that he would not consent to run mi ngath for the prest dency at some future time but lie he did say some come things that made them belleve believe it was not his intention ever again to become lp cono a candidate for the tha presidency mr roosevelt Roosevel ts position those who talked with mr roosevelt about the possibility of hla his again seeking the presidency say explicitly implicitly that he gave no positive expression of personal per nonal feeling on the subject of th propriety of a third term or a second elective term it you will for any man but that be did say certain things which led them to believe that lie ile thought that the american people would not like tho the idea of putting any man in the tha white house for the third time from what can bo be gm gathered from those who talked to mr roose velt about this matter it seems he felt fell that the people at heart were opposed to third terms democrats see victory it seems beems to be alo settled belief to in certain political circles la in the capital that unless the present congress puts into effect most moat of the th legi lation which mr bit tatt taft has recommended tho republicans in the middle west and the far west becoming tired tiled of delay deay will start an actual movement for the th nomination of theodore roosevelt in 1912 the democrats say any that they would like nothing better than to have this done for they seem to feel that a third term prejudice although as aa thay ex it attempts might be b made to weaken it with second ee cond elective term excuses will prevail with the tha people and that event a man as aa popular as theodore theodora roosevelt would go don a to defeat GEORGE CLINTON |
