The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-13
SUBSIDY BILLS PASSED.
TIE SENATE FINALLY DISPOSEs
OF THE SHIPPING MEASURES.

OF THE I06Abo ~ Nnos
senstor Vest Opens the Days Debate
With a Speech Against the Propo-
sitions-senator Call Explains How
Florida stood on the Question-A
Few Amendments Offered.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-In the Senate
to-day the remonstrance Of the board CT
trade of jackson, Tenn, against the federal
election bill was presented by Mr.. Harris.
The two shipping bills were taken up, and
Mr.. Vest spoke in opposition to these sub
sidy bills. as he characterized them. He
showed how former subsidies had ended in
failure and scandal, and illustrated his
argument by reference to the Collins line,
which, with a large subsidy, had been
driven out of business by the rivalry of the
unsubsidized Inman line.
THE PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY.
He also related the history of the Pacific
Mail subsidy. taking his facts from a
pamphlet written by Capt. John Goldman,
and quoted from speeches by Senators Sher-
man and Morrill, aga nst subsidies and in
favor of free ships, and from statements by
John Roach and Mr.. Cramp advocating the
removal of the duties on iron and other build
ing materials aud declaring their ability lin
that easel of competing with foreign ship
builders. To sum up the whole question, he
read an extract from speech of Represent
ative Cannon, showing an expenditure Of
over $21, 900, 900 in sui sides between 1S4S
and 1878, and asserting that ~ ,OOO, 600 would
buy all the American steamships that were
then adoat.
STEWART SUPPORTS 1T.
Mr.. Stewart gave it as his opinion thst
the plan proposed In the pending bills was
"a only mode of reviving the ocean carry
ing trade of the United States, and that
free ships would simply destroy American
shipbuiiding yards without affording any
relief.
Mr.. Vest made a correction of his state
ment in reference to the Inman Line
having been a rival of the Collins Line
He ought to have stated, he said, that the
Inman line, unsubsidized, had competed
with the Cunard line and had taken
away a large part of its business.
Mr.. George addressed the Senate in oppo-
sition to the bills, the scheme OF which, he
said, was to tax the people in order to make
remunerative a business carried on by few
individuals (and mostly by large corpora
tions), and which was now unremunerative.
Such a proposition ought to meet the con-
dennation of every fair minded man.
FAVORED BY FEW IN FLORIDA.
Mr.. Call said that several boards of trade
in Florida had expressed favorable opin-
ion of one of the pending bills, and, to some
extent, of the other. Although he con-
CURED in good deal of what had been said
by the senator's from Missouri and Missis-
sfppi, still he should have no objections to
vote for well-considered system
by which official aid should be given to the
construction of ships, and to the running of
ships He stated that hes would give his
vote for the postal subsidy bill, and that
he would be glad to vote for the
tonnage bill if the rate of
into a talk as TO the West India Islands,
expressing a hope that public opinion would
induce action on the part of the United
States government for the establishment Of
independent government there whose re-
lations of trade would produce mutual ad-
vantages.
HARRIS AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Harris said that, while he was op-
posed to subsidies in every form, if they
were adopted they should at least be
adjusted so as not to discriminate between
American ports-so as not to benefit one at
the expense of the other. He therefore
offered an amendment providing that
the total sum paid to any ves-
sci sailing between any American
port and foreign ports shall in no case ex-
ceed the sum paid to vessels of the same
ports and the nearest American port thereto.
The amendment was rejected by vote of
Il yeas to q nays, a party vote.
GUARDING AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
Mr.. Teller offered an amendment provid-
ing that no vessel shall be entitled to pay
ment under the act that MAKES any discrim-
lnatlon between or gives unequal facilities
to competitive transportation lines in the
receiving or forwarding of freight or bag
gage at any American port or at any
foreign port.
Mr.. Frye said that he had no objection
to the amendment. 1t was agreed to-
A vote was then taken on the amend
ment offered yesterday by Mr.. Vest pro-
vldlng for the foreign trade, but not for
the lake or coastwise trade for free ships.
Inc amendment was rejected by vote of
49yeas TO ~ nays. strict party vote.
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill was then passed by vote of 2s
yeas to Is nays
1hls was the tonnage bounty bill OF the
American shipping league. The only ex.
ceptlons to the vote being strictly party
One " ere that Mr.. Payne voted with tie
republicans in its favor. and that Messrs.
Edmunds and Plumb voted with the demo-
era against it.
Inc vote was then taken on the postal
SUBSIDY bill, and it was passed by % yeas to
40 nays Mr. Payne voting aye, Mr. Ed
m9nds no and Mr.. Plumb not voting.
The tariff bill was, on motion of Mr..
Morrill, taken up, and has become the
unfinished business"
AFTER an executive session the Senate. at
oo'clock, adjourned.
COUNT OF THE CENSUS.