The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-19

Senator Hanna is said to be organizing
his forces for last desperate effort 20 ges
| his pet Ship Subsidy bill passed al This
session of Congress Today, it Is report
Cd, be announced 10 his colleagues that
if they atteTapt 20 shelye the measure as
proposed CT seek to kill the scheme, they
in fact, discarded the velvet glove for the
mailed fist. and proposes 70 bully the
Bounty bill through Congress
BY the time Congress reassembles after
the Christmas holidays he expects TO
have matters in such shape that The fu-
ture course of this special Iegislation
viii be smooth and easy.
If his expectations are not realized and
opposition should still develop against
the bill he proposes to serve notice on
its enemies that they viii continue their
antagonism at their peril Either they
cease fighting the Ship Subsidy bill or
they VIII have to meet a personal fight
in State Legislatures against opponents
wei supplied with money.
Frightened at the growing opposition IN
the Senate to this measure, supported as
il is by important shipping interests
which feel that they have been slighted
in the preparation of the bill, Senator's
Hanna and Frye have sent out a general
alarm to the shipowners. They have been
instructed 10 get together Those VINO
have been provided for in the bill have
been told 10 consult those who have been
left out, and to reach compromise which
viii unite all interests and combine them
in solid front in support of the measure.
Senator Hanna is said 10 have spent
most OF yesterday n long distance teIe-
phone booth, issuing his commands and
giving Instructions to his heuteRants AS
a result. IN New York. Boston. Phfladel-
rhia, and other important shipping centres
there was yesterday a series of meetings
in progress at which all the principal mar
itime firms we're represented
The American and Ward lines. the Bos-
5on fruiters, the Panama Steamship Com
raEy, the Clyde Company. the Maine ship
builders. TIE Cramps. the Bath Iron Ship
Company. the Scott Company, Of San Fran
cisco and many other heretofore antagGnis-
tic interests were thus brought together.
The order was to get TO an agraement
by mutual concessions SO that all would
have an interest in the proposed 1egisIa-
ton From the reports received last night
and this morning, much progress has al
ready been made in this direction.
During the Christmas recess II is ex-
pected that the entire work viii be COM
pleted and the sIaendments all drafted.
These will be hoth numerous and inlpor-
tant. What viii be the effect on the total
subsidy to be paid under the bill cannot
yet be estimated, but they are expecsed
TO materially increase the present eales-
Iation of nine million dollars per year
Under stress Of danger of not getting
any Subsidy bill at ALL no doubt is enter
tanned that complete agreement can be
reached by the shipping interests. When
that is accomplished Senator Hanna's plan
is to have them serve notice on the oppo-
nents of the bill in the Senate that the
maritime interests are now united and
that continued opposition to them wiz be
retaliated by opposition IN the State Leg
islatures when the Senators come I'D for
reelection
A similar plan is to be followed in the
to that body for Concurrence in the Senate
amendments. Senator Hanna expects 10
push the measure through and get it to
the President for his signature before the
4th OF March.
II is understood that the plan was agreed
on at the conference which the Senator
held with the President a. the Write
House Monday night.