The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-31
STRONG PLEAS AGAINST IT
NOT NEEDED BY SHIP BUILDERS.
WHO ARE NOW GETTING
FOREIGN BUSINESS
SENSATIONAL sPAT IN HOUSE
Question of POIygamy in Utah
Dragged I'm by the Heels Dur
ing Debate on AgrI-
cultural Bill.

COudy, Nr. Cldpp, the new senator from
Minnesota, presented the credentials of
his colleague, Mr.. Nelson. Mr.. Burrows
(Mlch) also presented tha credentials Of
Mr. Mcmillan as senator from Michigan,
each for the full term of six years from
the Fourth of March next
The senate agreed to a resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Jones (Ark) requesting
the secretary of war to inform the SEN
ate whether the executive council of
Porto Rico has agreed to guarantee
dividends to corporations doing business
in that island.
The conference report upon the army
reorganization bill was then presented by
Mr. Hawley
At o'clock the shipping bill was laid
before the senate as the unfinished busl-
ness. But as the army conference report
was still pending, Mr. Alirich asked that
the shipping bill be laid aside temporar-
lily.
Mr.. Pettigrew promptly objected This
created a parliamentary blockade which
compelled either subsidy bill or the army
bill to give way.
Mr.. Hawley, in charge Of the army bill,
concluded to yield, but gave notice that
he would call up that measure the first
thing tomorrow.
ARRAIGNED HANNA's BILL.
Mr.. Turley (Tenn.) spoke against the
involved. He declared that already the
shipping interests had unusual privileges,
under the tariff, the postal bounty laws
and in many other ways.
Mr.. Turley compared the cost of ship
building in various countries This
brought out a statement from Mr.. Vest
that ships could be built for less in the
United States than in any other country.
AS proof of this, he said Japan had ad-
Vertised for the lowest and best bid on
cruiser and the American bidders had
taken the contract. undertaking ths
British shirbuilders by 20 per cent. Later
! when Russia called for like bids, the
American builders again underbid the
foreigners Only two weeks ago. Mr..
Vest. said the Cramps had secured a con-
tract for building a cruiser for Turkey
as against all other competitors.
lAF.sF llE4ey spoke for TWO hours and
was followed by Mr.. Jones (Ark) in op-
position to the measure. Mr.. Jones sad
the bill proposed 10 take money out of
the public treasury and give 1t as a
| free gift to certain favored subsidy
beggars." One of the worst features Of
the measure, he said, was that the vaEt
sums to be paid as subsidies to a few
wealthy concerns were wrung from tho
laboring people and the poor. Mr. Jones
said the bill should be entitled "A bill
TO enable select coterie of ship owners
to loot the United States treasury" He
argued that commercial development and
extension must come from our natural
advantages aud enterprise and not from
tho legislative stimulus of subsidies
Mr.. Jones spoke for two hours and
then Mr.. Berry (Ark.) called fer the
formal reading of the bill. Mr. Jones
(Ark) also spoke of the Kaleidoscope
changes of the bill and the inability Of
people to keep track of 1t. AS u matter
of information, the detailed reading of
the bill was agreed to. After the for
NAL reading of the bill it was temporar-
lily laid aside
Bills were passed establishing fish
hatcheries and fish stations a. idaho and
Indiana. At 5:55 p. m. the senate al
journed.
CASE OF MABINI
The war department is collecting 1a,es
IN regard to the case of Mapini, the
Filipino insurgent leader. in order to an
swer the resolution adopted by the en-
ate at the instance of Senator Petit
grew, calling for the facts in the case.
1t appears from his official record that
Mabini was captured by Gen. Lawton
in one of the famous raids in S5uthern
Luzon and was sent to Manila as a
prisoner of war He was granted parole
and it is said, violated his oath by GO
ing back among his peope and melting
them to sedition and rebellion against the
authority of the United States. For
this he was again placed in confinement.
Recently to limit his activities, Gen. Mac
Arthur changed his place of confinement
from Manila to the island CT Guam.
where he will be held as a military
prisoner of war. Although a cripple
and in poor physical health, he is un-
doubtedly one of the strongest and one
of the most formidable opponents of
American sovereignty in the Philippines
by reason of his superior intellectual at
tainments The report of the secretary
of war on this case will be forwarded
to the senate in a few days.
NAMED BY MKINLEY.
The president today sent the following
nominations to the senate:
Thomas B. Hiidebrand, of Iowa; receiver
of public moneys at st. Michael, Alaska.
War-Volunteers First Lieut.. M. G.
Gustin, Eleventh cavalry, to be first lieu
tenant Regulars Second
Ieutenants to be first leutenants, Clyf-
fard. Eleventh; George W. Staurt. Sew
enth; VIM. T. Patton, Fifteenth; Fred b.
Kerry, Twenty-second; Lawrence D. ca
bell, Fifth; VIM. T. Merry, Twenty-thiTd;
Fred R. Brown, Ninth.
UNUSUAL ELECTION REPORT.
When the house met today, Mr.. Taylor
(Ohio), chairman of the committee On
elections No. l, submitted the report on
tho contested election case of Walker
vs.. Rhea, from the Ninth Virginia Dis
trict. The committee found that while
cross frauds and Irregularities occurred
in the election, they fell very far short
of changing the result. The committee
therefore recommended that Mr.. Rhea,
the sitting member. who is Democrat,
should, retain his seat. Mr.. Lnney
IN. c. and Samuel Davenport (Pa.) dis
sented from the conclusion Of the ma
jority, and were given leave to file Their
views The report will be called Up In
the near future.
The house then resumed the considera-
ton Of the agricultural appropriation
bill.
The friends of the farmer were very
much in evidence during the day, and
against an aggressive opposition, led by
Mr. Mahon, of Pennsylvania. voted into
the bill an additional appropriation or
$780, 600 for "faln.ers' bulletins"
+ There was also considerable discussion