Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
GIVE UP DAY TO SUBSIDY BILL
Senators Listen to Argument and Dis
cussion ns To Proposed system
of snip Bountics.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-The senate met
At IL o'clock today, and with the exception
of an hour and a half at the beginning of
the session devoted the entire day to the
discussion of the ship subsidy bill. Mr..
Turner and Mr.. Mallory were the speakers
In behalf OF the opposition. Mr.. Turner's
speech was based largely upon exceptions
which he had taken to Mr.. Frye's criticisms
of his former speech, Mr., Mallory opposed
the bill on constitutional grounds.
The following bills were passed: House
bill dividing the state of Kansas into two
judicial districts; appropriating $4,000 for
a public building at Batesville, Ark; ex-
tending the time for the erecting of
bridge across the Missouri river at Yank-
ton; granting authority to the Keokuk e
Hamilton Water Power company TO. erect
n wing dam in the Mississippi! river at Des
Molnes rapids; providing for an additional
circuit Judge in the Second judicial circuit;
authorizing the establishment of a light and
fog station at Point Dune, Cal, at IA cost Of
S63, 900; authorizing the Moline a. Peoria
Railroad company to construct a bridge
across Rock river in Illinois; referring to
the court OF claims the claim of A. H.
Russell and w. X. Livermore for damages
on account Of infringement of patent on
firearms amending the Alaskan code in
TtldllOu 10 tTtdbuItIS ol otHuul ubdlho, "
restore to the public domain small tract
OF land in the Apache reservation in
Arizona,
The shipping bill was taken up. Mr..
Foraker OF Ohio had read a cablegram from
Governor Allen OF Porto Rico saying the
legislature had adjourned after successful
session This led to some discussion Of
the conditions in Porto Rico,
In reply to a question from Mr. Bacon,
Mr.. Turner said that even II the amendment
suggested by Mr. Aldrch, reducing the time
for the duration OF the contract should be
adopted, the total expenditures under the
bill would amount to S225, 900, 900 or 81 600 70
900 a year for twenty five years, He also
charged that II the amendment of Mr. Frye,
limiting the number of foreign vessels any
one company can bring in to receive the
proposed bounty, were adopted the Inter
national Navigation company (American
line) would stil receive on its foreign fleet
$685. 0O0 or reduction of $l77 900. The an
nual appropriation for foreign vessels under
the original hill. he said, would have been
S2073 600 and the adoption OF the Frye
amendment would not reduce that amount
10 the extent OF more than 100000 leaving
stll over 81 500 600 to be paid on account
OF foreign vessels.
Mallory Attacks mn.
Mr.. Aldrich made another effort to secure
action upon the amendments to the shiI
subsidy bill offered by himself but Mr. NAL
lory of Florida announced that he desired
TO speak upon the amendment and he de
cided to yield for that action.
Mr.. Mallory then proceeded with his
speech, which was an arragument of the
measure In general He attacked the bill
on several grounds, Even Senator Ed
munds had admitted that bounties are II
contraventiOn OF the constitution he said
MIR, Mallory quoted Mr.. Hanna as sayln.
that the twenty one knot and the twenty
two-knot ships would not be increased un
der this bill From this admission Mr. NAL
lory argued that the bill could no nothlni
toward providing an auxiliary cruiser, 70
no slow vessel could be utilized as a cru ser
MIR. Mallory contended that the shipbuildin
industry OF the country is now in a NOR
promising condition than at any time sine
the beginning of the civil war and that
needs no eXtraneous aid to make 1t a sue
cess in the early future,
At O'Clock, while Mr.. Mallory was still
talking, MIR. Allen moved to adjourn. TIL
motion was voted down, 13 20 81, In con
clusion Mr. Mallory contended that the sub
sidy bill will not be the boon to the Ameri
can shipping which II has been promised
should be, while he believed it would prov
the Inauguration OF a new era in America
affairs in the matter OF giving bountios
individual enterprises.
The sonata adjourned nj