The Portland daily press., 1900-12-14
Remarks Given Unusu-
ally Close Attention.
His Delivery at All Times Was
FOrcible and Intense.


heretofore on the floor Of the Senate. his
effort today really was hts first formal
speech to the body slncs he became a
member OF 1t. Since coming to the SEN
ate, Mr. Hanna has devoted much time
aud labor to the preparation OF the ship
subsidy bill, and as he Is regarded by his
colleagues as one of the best informed
public men on the questi op, his speech
was given unusually close attention.
Senators on both sides of the chamber
remained in their seats throughout the
delivery of ths address. He spoke without
manuscript and his delivery at all times
was foroible and intense AT the conolu
sion OF the speech, he received the cordial
congratulations OF many OF his colleagues.
Washington, december 13 by special
order tae Senate convened to-day at IL
o o'clock. The announced purpose of t 1e
early convention was to enable Senator
Hanna to address the Sensts on the ship
subsidy bill before taking up the special
order of today-the fun taer consideration
in Legislative session of the Hay. PAnnce-
fot, treaty. Just four senator's were It
their desks when President Pro lem
frye called the body to order, but in a
few minutes about 20 members had sn-
tsrsd the chamber.
MIR. Fairbanks Of Indiana offered a
resolution from the committee OF public
buildings and grounds, directing the ap-
pointment of joint commission OF three
senators and five representatives,, members
OF tae public buildings committee of the
two bodies, to Tx upon location for
ords to be Located in the District OF
Columbia. The resolution was adopted
At the conclusion OF the routine busi-
ness MIR. Hanna was recognized TO sreak
upon the subsidy bill, HIS sDeech was,
in a sense, reply to that delivered few
days ago by MIR. Clay Of Georgia. Like
MIR. Clay, Mr.. Hanna is a msmber of the
committee on commerce from which the
measure now pending was renoItsd to
the Senats.
4 In opening his address, MIR. Hanna said
that the remarks of MIR. Clay had brought
into question the motives OF those who
had assisted in the preparation OF tn ,
pending measure. AS a member of the
maritime COMMITTEES, as we'll as a member
of the committee on commerce, Mr.
Hanna said he felt IL was his right and
duty to explain the working of these COM
mittees.
"For myself" he declared, II resent
tho tpnuhaeton that any othor p,otsva
than those OF interest In our country,
ana good public policy actuated the
committees.
Taking up the blll Mr.. Hanna said
that the pending measure was believed
to bs the most practical legislation
that could bs enacted upon the subject
he then sketGhed rapidly the rise OF the
shipping industry of the Great Lakes. lie
had, he said ,bser connected with that In
dustry for nearly 40 years and had sesn 1t
grow from comparatively insiSnitioant
beginning to its present condition OF un-
paralslIed greatness, lie recalled the time
nearly n third of a century ago, when
the shin Esoanaba carried 600 tons of
iron ore from Esoanabi to, Cleveland.
Today, he said, there were steamers on
the Great Lakes which were carrying 6BoO
gross tons in one cargo.
He maintained that tiks great shipping
industry on the lakes had bsen fostsreu
and nrotected by wise navigation laws.
10 the advantage of these laws was add
ed the libsral appropriations made by
Congress for the improvement of the haI-
bors OF the Great Lakes.
Mr.. Hanna maintained that in order to
built up the American merchant marine
ami experience, bat it was necessary like
wise ''to afford our foreign carrying
trade proteotion--some kind Of induce
mant-by law II this prote etion
should ba afforded, said Mr.. Hanna, the
growth OF American merchant marine
would bs on par with the growth of
the shipping industry on the Great
Lakes.
Discussing the rise and fall of the Anne
rioan merchants marine, Mr. Hanna de-
olared that the beginning of decline In
the industry wRs ooincident with the
outbreak OF the ClviI wsr.
MIR. Vest of Missouri interrupted the
Ohio senator TO challenge his statement
that his Civil war caused the decline of
shipping He declared the decline had
bsgan as far blck as 1855.
In response to MIR. Vests challenge, Mr..
Hanna reviewed the history of the Anne
rican merchant marine from the sstsb.
lishment Of the nation until the present
time. He maintained that the deoadence
in American shipping had bagun In 1860
and not in 1855, as the Missouri senator
had asserted. He declared that, IN the
there WAS not today
question so importaunt to the maritime