Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-09

WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE SHIPPING BILL iii WILL NOT
atG0 OVER 5ss lsss B
Filibusters Dfsg sting FrfendstofIthe
Army BiII-Letters r eceived y. SIC n-i
ator Hanna--Prnctical and Patriot
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WASHINGTON. Jan S-Congress has
reconyenesdafte Ter the holiday recess, and
the work OF getting legislation through
before March 4 lis under full swing
The senate is up TO Its sears Ia the con-
sheraton Of the INSTRUMENTATION;
bill, and. despite the statements tothe
contrary it IS assured of an early vote
In the house the %subject$of reapppor-
tionment is occupying attention as 4 4
write, and asfhullabaloo is being raised
by the representatives from certain
sections of the south lest the disfran..
chised voters be5$eliminated from con
sideration III the fixing Of the number
OF finale Inhabitants over 21syears OF
age actually entitled to vote as the
basis of representation In future cons
crosses Enough has already transpired
in this connection to show that the
fears Of the disfranchisers are thor
oughly aroused. sis
The impression has gone abroad that
the action of the senate in s%upplanting
the shipping bill as unfinished business
with the army reorganization bill
places tile former ia the category OF
bills that are likely Ito go over" and
which means to fail fol. the lack of
consideration. The impression is quite
erroneous. The flibustering that goes
ON now is and can only be directed
against the nrmy bill and It will be
Impossible for any one to assert that
1t Is In order to defeat the shipping bill
that the flibustering tactics are being
rcsorted to i'd the senate, By the time
the friends Of the army reorganization
bill have had a good full dose Of fill.
clustering they Will be, in no mood to
encourage q further display Of itzin ops
position to other importa Mt legislation.
q s=5. :
Since Senator Hanna has blossomed
out as an orator and a contributor to
magazines he has been overwhelmed
with letters of congratulation, Of adj
vice. and many contain stray bits Of
valuable information. r. was my priv
ilege 70 be permitted to so over one
batch of letters he received bear
ing 9 ID the shipping subject.and some
OF them were very interesting.O One
for Instance, from Oregon writes
him as follows ID part: t'The press
seems to have gone daft onsthe subject
of tramp steamships, as thoughno
other class of vessels carried &cargoes.
You probably know. but seemingly
many newspaper editors do not, that
it Is the regular line ships which build
up trade. not trarnps, the latter merely
taking care OF the oyerplusages at
times. You are on the right track in
legislating o as to establish direct
lines Of steamships to the ports Of the
world: They are the vessels that build
up a nations trade. .$ 5s33 8*
Another, q Democratic 3sex-member Of
congress from Georgia, writes him as
follows. in part: And it is upon this
pointaltha providing for the admission
Of certain foreign built vessels owned
by Americana that think the bill ID
SO liberal. We ID the south have bel
lieredthat IL foreign built vessels were
placed under american registry we
could as a nation do much too $solye the
shipping problem. We have thought.
too, that their admission would force
cur home builders t reduce their
prices But saw very. clearly in the
.ITifts-third congress that no such bill
had even a ghost a shoWSof passing.
I8llappen to know that nearly as many
democrats opposed it AS Republicans.
and I don't think this sentiment has
changed. But your sill lets in. as II
understand, 100000 81 1000 tons Of
foreign built ships on condition that
their owners build new tonnage in
our ~ home yards as 5great4as that admit-#
ted. ThhisSisEa stroke OF genius, and ifl
Democrats reject this chance to get al
partial free ship8bill At seems to- me
they viii never get another. You may
make such use of this 1niI L letter Al YOU care
to. S aa5ssS$s8 4
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Strangely, n ii same mail and
from the north-right Id New England,
t~oNoos1conles q strong expression$of hos
tility ITO letting any foreign builtl
ships under our nag. much less To- any
Subsidy, SO long as we have shipbuild.
ing material and builders to put if1
together insships the equal OF the best
she world over But this writer fur
ther says: What hope most to see
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