A Chance For Two Ships.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 30, 1912:
    Mr. Sulzer and his associates now have a chance, it seems, of inducing the House of Representatives to heed the will of the country and do their duty by the navy. The members of the majority have now come over to the idea of building one new battleship this year. With a little more urging they will consent to two. Mr. Sulzer has ample support from all parts of the country, and he has few equals in Congress as an effective advocate, especially in the committee rooms and in private argument.
    The willingness of the men who were determined to have no battleships built this year to compromise on one indicates that they have heard from their constituencies. The people want two battleships built. They want our navy kept up to its proper standard, to be a fit navy for the defense of our coasts east and west, of the Panama Canal, and our island possessions.