Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-05-12
STARS AND STRIPES.
Ships City of Paris and City of New
York For Registry.
The SENATE PASSED The BILL,
which Has Gone to the President For Ills
ApprovaI-The Rivers and Harbors Dlll
Has Passed the House District
of Columbia Matter.

WASHINGTON, May 1O.-Aftcr the rou-
tine morning business in the senate
Mr. Frye from the committee on com
merce reported back the house bill TO
encourage American ship building. lilo
said that the report was unanimous and
that he had been instructed to move its
present consideration. lie made that
motion and it was agreed to.
The bill having been read In full, Mr..
Frye stated that although it was gen
eral in its provisions two ships only
were to be admitted to American
registry; they were to he excluded from
the coastwisc trade and might be used
by the government (by charter or pur-
chase) in 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 the city Of Paris y
the lnman line, the two largest ships
to-day in the world, since the Great
Eastern was broken up.
Mr.. Vest, member Of the committee
on commerce, said he had supported the
bill in committee and would report IL in
the senate, although IL lacked good
deal of meeting his convictions on the
question of free ship building. The
statement had been repeatedly made
since the bill passed the house that the
steamships would receive large subsi-
dies under the postal subsidy bill. The
bill, he said, will have no such effect.
Mr.. Mills expressed the opinion that
the two ships would b, entitled to sub
sidy.
Mr.. Vest persisted in the contrary
opinion, because the subsidy bill APP
piled only TO American built ships.
Senator Sherman read clause of the
pending bill TO show that the City of
Paris and City of New York were to be
entitled to all the duties and privileges of
vessels of the United States except that
they should not be employed i'm the
coastwise trade" and he gave IL as his
opinion that that clause would confer
upon their owners the right to make n
contract under the postal subsidy law.
Mr.. Vest remarked that il that was
the construction to be put upon the
bill, it would be repeal, by implica-
ton, of the postal subsidy bill, which
absolutely required American built
ships.
Mr.. Mills, in order to make the bill
conform to Mr.. Vests views, moved to
amend the bill by striking out the
clause read by sherman. At the close
of n long discussion the vote was taken
on MIR. Mills amendment TO strike from
the bill the clause which would entitlc
the two ships to Il contract under the
postal subsidy act The amendment
was rejected without division. The
bill was then passed, just as it came
from the house, yeas II; nays 10, as
follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allen. Allison, Bar
bour, Bricc, Butler Call, Cameron,
Cocltrell, Coke, Cullom, Dawes, Dixon
Dolph, Dubois, Frye, Gibson, of Mary
land, Sherman, Hale, Ilansbrough.
Hawley, Hill, Kenna, Kyle, Mcmillan,
Morgan, Paddock Perkins, Pettigrcw.
Plat, Power, Proctor, Pugh, Quay,
Ransom, Sanders, Sawyer, Shoup,
Stockbridgc, Vest, Villas and Wolcott--
Al.
Nays-Messrs. Bate, FELTON,, George,
Harris, Mitchell Morrill,, Palmer Tel.
Ter, Voorhees, and and Walthall-lO.
The bill now goes to the president for
approval.
The resolution for payment to the
Choctaw and Chiclxasaw nations for
their interests in the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservation $4,000, OOO) was
then taken up as the unfinished bust.
ness.
After debate the resolution was agreed
to-yeas 43; nays, IS. 1t declares it 10
be the opinion of the senate that for
reasons set forth in the report on Indian
affairs on the presidents message Of
February II last as to the appropriation
in the bill of March 3, 1891, for payment
TO the Choctaw and ChiclSasaw nation
for their interest in the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservation there is no suf-
6cient reason for interference in the
due execution Of that law. After an
executive session the senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 10. - Yesterday
after an hour of unimportant work the
rivers bill was taken up again, in the
house the pending matter being the
amendment in regard to work
where no bids should be re.
ceived. Recognizing that by so doing
they would escape Il day of filibuster.
ing, the advocates Of the bin voted to
reconsider, and the amendment was re.
jected.
Mr.. Holman then moved TO recommit
the bill with instructions to the
committee to report IL back with
an amendment striking out the con.
tract provisions and Mr. Onthwaite OF
Ohio, moved TO amend the instructions
by requiring the committee TO strike
out all appropriations for new
works or for the further extension
of works now under construction
so that the bill should include only APP.
preparations for the continuance OF
completion of works now in progress
The latter amendment was defeated
yeas, 60; nays, 7O-as was also Mr.. IIol.
man's-yeas, OF: nays, l49,
After some further debate the house
passed the river and harbor appropria.
ton bill by vote Of yeas 1856, nays 49,
This being the second Monday in the
month, the floor was accorded 10 the
committee on District of Columbia.
Nothing of Importance was done and