New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-12
FREE SHIPS AND FREE MATERIALS.
THE GAMBLER AMENDMENT OF THE SHIPPING BILL
ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE. q
ADOPTED By THE HUUot.
TnY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRlBUSE.l


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUsE.l
WASHINGTON Jan. 1.-The friends of free
ships and fres materials " won victory to-day,
somewhat to the surprise and disappointment OK
their opponents who seemed unprepared for this
result The first three hours Of the days session
were spent in debate which, barring the excel
lent speeches of Messrs. Reed and Dngley
might have been prohtably omitted;
although in such an event Mr.. Townshend OF llli-
noIs would have been unable to rehearse his we'll
worn Grafton in which he describes how the Demo-
cratic Congress cleansed the Augean stables and
the House would have missed the modest Bunsbyap
speech of Statesman Belmont, which fell painfully
HAT.
Mr. Reed in reply to the Democratic outcry against
subsidies, reminded the House that the first ocean
subsidy ever granted by the United States was bya
Democratic Congress and President to the Collins
ne and that the same party introduced the policy OF
land grants to railroads by large subsidies OF that
kind before the rebellion. Opposing free ships"
Mr. Reed asked what sentiment can be " invoked In
favor of an American flag floating over monument
of British laborn and declared that he was noe
willing to restore tine American flag to the broad
ocean at the cost of the DEGRADATION OF American
labor.
Mr. Dingley denounced the Gambler amendments
as -" monstrous proposition to bury the snip Duid-
ing interests of this country and declared that IL
adopted it would nulify the drawback provIs-
IONS of the bill, and also section which
the committee proposed to offer providing for tho
admission duty free of materials TO be used in tho
construction of ssels for the foreign trade.
An amendment offered by MIR. Holman to provide
thai 80 Der cent of the drawback allowance IN each
case shall be paid TO the artisans, employed was
rejected by yea and nay vote-lOl to l2s.
The yeas and nays were then taken on
the Gambler free-shp amendment, and IL
was adopted-l26 to 'O4. Among those VINO
voted for il were the following RepuDlicans'
Messrs Aldrich, Anderson. Browne, Gambler, Can
non. Crapo. Cullen, Deering, De Motto, Dwight
Farwell 1owal, Guenther. Haskell, Hitt Jones
(N j., Lacey, McCoid, McCook. Parker, hice
(Mass), Robinson. Mass, Norcross, Payson' shcr-
win, Smith ill.,. Strait, Updegraf and Wadswonn
-2s IN all. o of whom arc from Massachusetts
from New York and l from New-Jersey. Fifteen
Democrats aud Greenbackers voted in the negative.
a. follows: Messrs Bliss Curtin, Ellis. Ernlen-
trout, Ford. Hardy, Klotz, Paul, Simonton. speer
and Wilsop.
Mr.. Robson Immediately offered an amendments
nroviding that ships bought ald brought in for
American registry nUder tho Candicr provisIon,
shall pay outy of 20 per cent al valorein IL wa
rejected by yea-and-nay vote, ioa 70 i~S chs.."
before the result announced, MIR. foosson
changed his vote and immediately afterward moved
n s,lleration but withdrew IL after the failure
of a motion 10 adjourn. =. ). Cox then offered an
amendment providing for the admission Tree duty
of materials 10 be useu Ia tue CONSTRUCTION
and equipment CT vessels for the foreign trade an
amendment which under different circumstanceo
would have received the votes OF nearly all Ir,enas
OF lhe bill IL was adopted-l23 to IO6-and tnS
House JOurned. ,.u IN, T.. h,o
IN p,e,erye tue fruits of their victory, or whetueI
thev will care TO- may be regarded as doubtful; As
the proposition now stands, " Is coupeo WIN slo
drawDack section which is still pending as snn-
| sutute for The original section OF tue ph
| This dra gback provision Is dcnouhesso
| hv nearly every Democratic Representative as onI
| Subsidy uuder another name, and 1t Ii d9uDtiui II
r,,ny ~ Them Will vote for IL even Win It's iroo
sh;n attac1ment Wrll-inf0rmed Representative
FREELY x prcss the Opinion that boil the SUBSTITUTE
and f,e or ginal section Ill be defrated. III nAs
eyent an effort to Insert al independent pr9yiion
for tee aims and free materials will undoubtedly
,e made. II the two things can DO separatcu' .ns
proyision for tree materials will undoaDtedy COM
mand majority. rhe future OF the other pro
is not as well assured. Ii 10 expected tnat Tue VI"
Will be disposed VI tomorrow
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO SOME OF The .IEAs
APPROVED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSE.I
WASHINGTON Jan. 11.--It Is understood that tns
report of the subcommittee on the Naval Appro-
prlaton bill will bc submitted to tho fuiieom''eeo
tomorrow, and that ii will recommend an appro-
vnaton of about $l0 ,00O as against @i s'sSo.
476 for the current fiscal year. an increase Oh nesv