The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-28
fighting HANNA'S BILL
Senators Combine to Defeat the
Ship Subsidy Bill.
aIesxrs. PsttiGreyv, Butler and Allen
Announce Their Determination to
Prevent It's Passage by tsse Present
eongress-Extra Session Necessary
IL the scheme Is Enacted Into Law.


TIE latest phase of the Hanna Ship
Subsidy bill fight developed This morn
ing when Senators Pettgrew, Butler, and
Allen stated that they had formed a
league te kill the bounty measure and
that the extra session threats made by
the Ohio boss made no impression on
them since their terns expire on March
4. They declare that the measure viii
never be passed by the Fifty-sixth Con-
gress and have planned a bitter light
against It
u want to say said Mr. Pettigrew.
that the Subsidy bill is nothing more
than an attempt TO steal 50 .0oO. 900 per
year for the purpose of paying the cam
paign debts of the Republican party. If it
is absolutely necessary to get the bill
through as job to enable Mr.. Hanna to
pay back the cash loaned to re-elect Mr..
Mckinley, then I want 1t done at an ex-
ira session of Congress so as to invite
attention completely TO it and show to
the country who the President is that
would call an extra session when Mr..
Hanna snaps his fingers.
compel his President to cali a special
session that has campaign pledges may be
made good. want every voter in the Unit
ed States to watch the progress Of the
proposed steal want every man to read
and understand tbe bill and to know the
reasons why Congress is called fE extra
session. This should be enough TO prove
every charge of corrupt dealings made by
the Democratic party in the late cam
paizn.
4 am absolutely certain that the
bounty grab will not go through at this
sessicn-it won't if I can help it. Sena-
tor Allen and Senator Butler have formed
plan with me to defeat action on the
bill and We wiz fight it in every way pos
sible. We have enough on our side to do
this. You see there are but ffty-one leg
isIative days left in this session. There
arc fourteen great appropriation bills to
be considered together with the Reappor-
tionment bill Giving week 10 each bill
and this can easily be done-we would
be compelled to have or extra session 10
| complete them
We intend 20 Go all We can to push leg
lSieAfSl II the tttPaBiicSnS VIII Stlck 10
these necessary measures. but IL any at
tempt is made to bring up the unfinished
| business We viii agh. and delay every
thing If an extra session becomes neces-
saTy It wiz be because Of the attempt to
bring this theft before the Senate. I do
Hot think the opposition TO the Army Re
organization bin is very strong and there
VIII be no disposition to delay action on 1t
If the Shipping bill is kept IL the back
ground
1t seems strange to me that the Repub-
Iieans in the Senate would sit stin and al
low Mr. Hanna to boast openly that when
ne cracks his whip they viii follow him in
monstrous scheme of iEiouity and spolia-
tion. to pay over s1se. .0oo, 600 to a wealthy
transportation combine which has aided in
creating President. I do not believe that
the masses Of the Republican party have
declined as much in political morale as
have their leaders IN the Senate. and do
rot believe they want this bounty fastened
upon the country"