The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-04-13
THE SHIP SUBSIDY ELL.


the existence of the republic itself.
THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
The Hanna-Payne-F Frey ship sub
sidy bill, which proposes to take I'M
counted millions from the treasury to
hand over to shipping trust, has
been taken from committee after it
had been supposed to be dead. The
majority report of the committee in
it's favor was written by R. A. Smith,
the recognized lobbyist of the Stand
ard Oil Company, at Washington,a and
was signed by all Republican mem-
bers of the committee. The Demo
cratic members will unite in minor
ity report which they have been given
until April 90 to prepare. So de-
termined are the gang Of treasury
raiders who are pushing this bill to
carry it through, that they have ar
ranged to have the majority report of
the committee sent out free in plate
form to all the country newspapers,
and to pay for it's insertion wherever
necessary. The sudden appearance
of this report in local sheets may be
thus explained.
The measure itself is one of spolia-
ton wholly. No man can tell what
it will cost the people, the estimates
varing between $4,000, 900 and $50, OOO-
900 year. Professedly for the en-
couragement of American shipping it
is so drawn as to create a shipping
trust. Nominally, to benefit the
American sailor it will make it posi-
BILE for ships in which the officers
only are Americans, to demand sub
sides. BY title bill to encourage
American exports it really will confer
its chief favors upon the lire of pa
latial passenger steamers, owned by
the Standard Oil Company, which
carry no freight, but are used by
millionaires going to spend in Europe
the money wrested from American
producers. 1t is defended as meas
ure for the public good only, but its
brazen purpose of granting special
privileges is glaringly indicated by
the fact that the tank steamers, built
abro Id, owned by tie Standard Oil
Company, ana carrying nothing but
the Gil controlled by that monopoly,
come under its provisions and can
collect millions p year for doing just
what they are doing now.
Hanna is in this scheme to plumber
the treasury because he would be one
of the beneficiaries. Nothing SO big
and SO juicy for its promoters has
been devised since the days of the
Credit uobilier. As result the
lobby behind it is the most powerful,
and the disbursements in behalf of it
the most lavish the capita! has seen
in many years; the Democrats to Il
man are fighting it, and IL has
awakened the bitter antagonism of
such Influential organizations as the
New York Reform Club.
THE GERMANS AND MR. BRYAN.
An interview of the greatest politi
c2l Importance was that given by Mr..
Oswald Ottendorfer Of the New York
Staatz Zeitung, to the Ne1O York
World last Sunday. Mr.. Ottsndorfer
is power among Germans, a fair
representative of the best sentiment
among them, and the owner and
editor Of their most widely circulated
newspaper. He was bitterly opposed
to Mr.. Bryan in 1896.
"German-Americans," said Mr.. OF |
tendorfer, "are opposed to Mckinley |
because they have made up their |
minds that Mckinley and mis- admins
tration stand for Imperialism and
militarism. German-Americans alb
hor and fear imperialism and mi!itar-
ism.* n X Personally, would prefer |
Bryan's election to McKinley's re-
election. In my opinion the Kan
sas City convention would DO O. wise |
thing by remaining silent on the free |
silver issue. do not suggest trim
ming of sails to fool the people ON the
money question, or that the conven-
ton should repudiate the platform of |
1896. The Democratic parry
has q great opportunity if it looks
forward ard not backward. A great |
majority of the people of this country
do not wish to be forced to vote for
Mckinlcyism, imperialism and mill
tarism. | am convinced that thous-
ands and thousands of voters who
four years ago preferred Mckinley to
Bryan now prefer Bryan to McKin-
ley"
Mr.. Ottendorfer's expressions ere
much in line with those of the Ger !
man-American editors who recently |
formed an advisory committee to
supervise the work of the German de-
partment of the Democratic national
press bureau. 1t is notable that OF
the ten editors already thus enrolled
four have papers thai n 1896 were an
to Mr.. Bryan. There is 10
:ouht That this year,on the great vita
Issues which must take precedence Of
nj not SO iinmediate, however proper
in their time, the German:Amcricau
vote can be rallied for Democracy.
Judge Reveli of Annapolis decided
on Friday that the word family" in
cludes father, mother and children,
but, the word children is limited to
infants in LAVENDER tweuty-one years
II age-and adult children are no'
to n support out of the estate.
Use Hopkins' Dyspepsia Tablets. 25a.