The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-16
The AGRICUL TuRAL BILL.
Was, Alter Being Amended, Passed by The
senate.
SOME spaRR's5 DYER sur SUBSIDY BILL
senator Hanna Took N Hand nnd
Referred to the Rivers aud Har-
bors nil In His Talk.

Washington. February Is. REV. ]. J.
Dolllyer OF Fort Dodge. Iowa, the ven
erable father OF senator Dolllver, pro-
sounced the Invocation at the opening
OF today's session of the senate.
Mr., Delivers amendment 10 tho agrl-
cultural appropriation bill providing for
the Inspection and certifying Of da try pro
ducts intended for expectation was agreed
to MIR. Mallory then opened the old
fight upon seed llstribu ion By Offering
An amendment, proposing to strike out the
provision tor The distribution OF seeds and
substituting an increased appropriation
for the purchase abroad OF rare and valu-
able shrdbs, vines and cuttings width Il
view TO adapting them TO this country.
Mr.. Tillrnan proposed subBtitu for
Mr. Mnllory's amendment providing that
the appropriation p ie In the bill FOR
the purchase Of seeds be doubled
MIR. Iilmau's proposition to increase
the appropriation Tor seed and seed dis
tribution from $4,000 10 S27o,OOO was
agreed 10, "a TO %. rhc bill was thcu
passed.
The senate then look up the ship sun
sidy bill. Mr., Perkins spoke in sup
port OF the measure. lie said chat he
had been member OF the original COM
mlticc OF twenty-five which had drafted
the shipping bill first presented. lie
spoke, he said. rs a lifelong sailor and
ship owner, although he did not possess
dollars interest in any vessel or any
line of shipping that would be affected
one way or the other by the enactmcnt
OF tho pending bill
Mr. Perkins said the few changes hs
had suggested would cause wonderful
revival OF the merchant marine. Mr..
4 ALL. tIaa lam ,st.,lI "a
his pending mosion to discharge the Judi
cinry committee from consideration Of the
antitrust bill and that the senate pro-
coed 10 its consideration.
Mr. Chandler and Mr. Aldrich contend
cd that III nc ion was not in order ANA
were sx+ialred by tue chairman. Mr.
Pettigrew said IL was vol known that
the anti-iruat bill was passed by the
house al inc last session as political
play" with no intention that IL should
ever become q law II was passed by
the house, no declared. "to he used as
a club with which 10 get from the com
binations contributions for tho campaign.
Mr., Aldrlch asked unanimous consent
tina all amoudmers to he shipping bill
be voied upon Without further debate,
the votes no be taken Immediately,
- you get unanimous consent to vote
upon thf antitrust bill said MIR, Jones.
"The senator from Rhode Island" In
terpcsed MIR Teller tCblol, "knows jGs
as well "a | do That he rs not going t.
60. II vote upon this hill, He knows thnt
II is going IN hc debated until the end
of the session H. ltr-ws that he can't
get a vote without unanimous agreement
and there IL no hope cf an agreement
Mr. Aldrbch replied that he had enter
talned strong hopes Of securing a vote
upon the hill at the present session. lie
had never heard until this moment that
vote could net be had on the bill
"Wsll" said MIR, Teller "the senator
has not been here for few days and he
probably has not heard what have said"
The Colorado senator expressed he
opinion that quite half the republican
majority In the senate was opposed to
the bill. Two or three republican seu-
at0rsi he said. had expressed the hops in
his presence that no agreement 10 ta&e
Vete upon the measure would te
reached.
In all my experience here" SAIL Mr.
Teller, there has never come a bill into
this senate that carries on its face such
evidences a. ioHbery, and ! think that
can show that TO the satisfaction of the
senate. The senators from Maine Mr.
Frye, and from Ohio. Mr. Hanna do no,
expect - carry this bin at the present
IesSion'
After advertng to the possibility that
'hN pNopic ca iNuH nliRDi Senu 10 IN
tress the constitution under which they
9roposr TO operate ana the likelihood
Nat this would create considerable dis
'ussian, MIR Teller snid that 50 far as
ne was concerned he had made IN his
mind that the subsidy bill could not no
passed. He believed that Il was kept be-
Tore the senate for the purpose of push.
ing aside other business in order that
there would he an excuse for an extra
session to consider those subjects and in
oiuentally to pass the shipping bill He
SAID that the Spooner amendment to the
army bill would rule and would receive
ample discussion and he believed that
the Cupan question too. would be brought
TO the senate's alteration,
The question here" said he ''is
whefher We shall keep faith with Cuta
and with the world The Cuban question
VIII be discussed at this session, whoth.
er the constitution they framed shall
c-me here or not. There is sentiment
Growing up and voiced by certain in
nuences and by newspapers or IN, county
that We are to break faith with Crba.
propose to take up the resolution we
ADOPTED In the last congress and show
ina II expressed the sentiment Of the
people aud the executive"
MI Aldrieh said Mr. Teller musi n,
sWare that the shipping bill hal rot
oeea Used to delay the consideration on
any legislation. "
~ me course OF somewhat gempestous
spesen Mr. Chandler pointedly eharac-
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