The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-28

Narrow Votc-Mr. Cannon Moves n Re-
with instructions for an
immediate Report-Tho Virginia. Dele
CATION Oppose tho Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. a7.-[Spcciall-
The House, in committee of tho whole.
resumed the consideration of tho ship
ping bill to-day. The House substitute
for tho Senate bill was read by para
graphs for amendment. Mr.. Herbert,
of Alabama, offered an amendment
withdrawing subsidy from sailing YES
sells and combining it entirely to ships
propelled by steam
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, in general
opposition to the bill, said that the ap-
preparations made by the Fittieth Con-
gress amounted to Ss1s, 600, 900, and that
the appropriations made by the present
Congress would amount to $500, OOO, 900.
The Fiftieth Congress had appropriated
So ,O0O,O 600 moro than tho Fourty-ninth
Congress and the Fifty-first Congress had
appropriated SlT2, coo, 900 moro than tho
Fiftieth Congress.
MIR. Cultivate offered an amendment
providing that the owners of vessels on
titled to he bounty under this bill shall
make rebate on freight charges of any
American products of 40 per cent. OF
the amount of bounty received by them.
Mr.. Hcrbert's amendment was defeated.
81 to SIS.
Mr.. Bland offered an amendment pro-
viding that when American agricultural
products are shipped upon vessels sub
sized under this act and exchanged for
foreign products, such foreign products
shall be admitted free of duty. Ruled
out OF order Mr.. Outhwaitc's amend
mcnt was rcjected-5G to 80. Mr.. Clunie.
of CAL, offered an amendment proyid-
ing that payment shall not be made for
moro than 1000 miles sailed on either
an utwar or inward voyage, tho bill
limits it to 1000 milcs.) Mr.. Clunio
argued that the bill.as it at present
stood would discriminate against tho
Pacific coast. Tho amendment was
lost.
Mr.. Struble, of Iowa, offered an
amendment, providing that the measure
ment of distances sailed by vessels
benefited by this act shall be made in
accordance with the shortest practical
bic route. Lost or q tie vote.
MIR. Rogers, of Arkansas, offered an
amendment providing that one-half of
the crew OF vessels enjoying tho benefits
OF this act shall be citizens of the
United States. or persons signifying
their intention to become so without re-
gard to race, color or previous condition
of servitude. Agreed to-02 to 90.
Mr.. G%rosvenor offered an amendment
providing that no sailing vessel of less
than 1000 tons gross tonnage shall be
entitled to receive tho benefits of this
act. Tho amendment was agreed to
Us to IS, the opponents OF the bill voting
against its adoption. On motion of Mr..
Covert, of New York, an amendments
was adopted providing that the record
OF the American shipping, by which the
classification and standing OF vessels to
be benefited is determined, shall be an
proved by the commissioner of naviga-
ton and Il majority Of the boards of
underwriters of New York, Boston,
f~hliadclphia New Orleans and San
rancisco..
AT ) o'clock tho committee rose and
reported the bill to the House without
amendment, no vote having been taken
IN the committee on the substitute. Mr..
rarquhar then formally offered the
House substitute for tho Senate bill.
MIR. Flthian obtained permission to
ohera free ship substitute, which was
lots; yeas lit, nays 172. Tho House
substitute was then agreed to; yeas la,
nays AZ, tho vote then recurring on
ordering the Senate bill, as amended by
the substitute, to tho third reading.
The roll was called amid intense OK
element. Every response was anXiously
awaited, and as the call came to a close.
ana 1T was known hat tho motion had
been defeated, there were many mani
festations OF pleasure on tho Democratic
side.
AT tho last moment Dingley changed
his vote to the negative, and the
Speaker announced the vote to be yeas
l42, nays las. Tho announcement was
greeted with wild applause by tho
Democrats, and then Mr.. Dingley
moved to reconsider the motion, which
Mr.. Mcmillan promptly moved to lay
on the table. This motion was de-
feated. yeas l46, nays $40, and tho Re-
publicans were jubilant. Then came
the vote on the motion to reconsider.
The motion was agreed to, yeas l4S,
nays l43, and tho question again re-
Cured on ordering the bill to tho third
reading. The third reading of the bill
was ordered, yeas l47, nays l45.
Mr.. Cannon moved that the bill DO re-
committed to tho committee on mer-
chant marine and fisheries, with in
structions to that committee TO report
back forthwith a bill similar to the
oenate bill on the same subject, to pro-
vide for ocean mail service between tho
United States and foreign ports. After
a long debate this was agreed to, yeas
l43, nays l42. The bill was immedi-
q fnlv rnnAptn1 "a tho IIArco