The record-union., 1892-05-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE SIIP-BULDING BILL PASSES
TIE SENATE.
The River and Harbor Bill Goes
Through the House by a Vote
of 1876 to O:5.
Special to the REcoRD-Uxrox.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
WAsHINGT0N, May 9.-In the Senate
this morning, after routine business.
! Frye, from the Committee on Commerce,
| reported the House bill to encourage
American ship-building. He said the re-
port was unanimous. and he was in
/ structed to move immediate considera-
! ton, which was agreed to. After the bill
was read in fun Frye stated that. al
though it was general in its provisions.
! two ships only were to be admitted to the
! American register to be excluded from
coastwise trade, and might be used by
! the Government (by charter or purchase)
! III case of war. That, he said, was the
/ full extent of the bill. The two ships to
/ be admitted were the City Of New York
and City OF Paris OF the Inman line.
! vest member OF the Committee on
| Commerce, supported the bill, although
! it lacked good deal of meeting his con
! yictions on the question of free shipping.
| The steamships would not receive large
! subsidies under the postal subsidy bill.
Mills expressed the opinion that the
ships would be entitled to subsidy.
! Vest persisted in a contrary opinion.
because the subsidy bill applied only to
American built ships. The Sherman
! bill would confer upon owners OF ships
! the right to make q contract under the
/ postal subsidy law. Vest remarked that
| II that construction be put upon the bill
1t would be to repeal by implication the
postal subsidy bill, which actually re-
/ CURED American built ships.
Mills moved to amend the bill by
| striking out the clause which would en-
| title the two ships toCcontract under the
! Postal Subsidy Act. The amendment
was rejected without division. The bill
| then passed as it came from the House
! yeas II, nays 10, as follows:
| 1eas-Allen, Allison, Barbour, Brice,
/ Butler, Call, Cameron, Cockrell, Coke.
| Cullom, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois,
Frye, Gibson ofMaryland, German, Hale,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Hill, Kenna,
Kyle, Mcmillan, Morgan. Paddock. Per
kins, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Proctor.
Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Sanders. SAWYER.
Shoup, Stockbridge, Vest, Villas and
! Wolcott-H.
Nays-Bate, FELTON,, George, Harrisg
Mitchell, Morrill,. Palmer, Teller, Voor-
hees and Walthall-1O. -
The resolution for the payment of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for in
terest in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
| reservation was taken up as unfinished
business. After debate the resolution
was agreed to-yeas 43, nays ID.
After an executive session the Senate
adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
w AAh MAY S.-AItor routine
business, the House resumed cousidera-
ton of the river and harbor bill. the
pending question being the reconsidera-
ton of the vote by which the House Sat
urday agreed to the amendment proyid-
ing that in cases where authority had
been granted the Secretary of War to
make contracts for the completion of GER
tain works, if no bids were received
deemed advantageous, materials NAV be
purchased and the work done by con-
tract. The vote was reconsdered and the
amendments rejected. Holman of Indi-
ana moved to recommit the bill, with in
structions to the committee to report with
an amendment striking out the contract
provision.
Cultivate of Ohio moved to amend the
instructions by requiring the committee
to strike out all the appropriations for
new works, or for further extension of
works now under construction, so the
bill shall include only appropriations for
the continuance or completion of works
in progress. Amendment lost-69 to 20.
Holman's motion was defeated-92 to
40.
The House passed the river and harbor
appropriation bil!-lS6 to 10.