The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-12
FIGHTING SUBSIDY
.rFERY OF LOUISIANA SPOKE SIN
HOURS.
AND THEN DID NOT FINISH.
liz NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
PASSED.

,r TiIIman Charges Bad Faith on
part of Carnegie and Bethlehem
comnonfes-A High Price Paid in
Do,,ru for Large Contributions to
Re,ubIican Campaign Fund-Dem-
ocrats Adopt Obstructive Tactics
60 Fight the shipping Bill.
washington, Feb. n.-Shortly after the
eors+e convened to-day the naval appro-
,ristion bill was passed. The shipping
nuI VAS then taken up and kept before
tbe senate during the remainder of the
legislative day. MT Caffery of Louisiana
counted the floor throughout the session.
onnosition senators made the point of
No quorum several times. and demanded
call of the Senate. Finally this drew out
a EARNING from Mr. Frye, chairman of
rhe committee on Commerce, that if sem
ators desired a river and harbor bill to
be reported at this session they would
hatter not interrupt the committee hav-
inc the measure under consideration
After that there was a call of the Sen
ate
Mn. Caffery had not concluded his
spoech, when. after having spoken for
nearly six hours, he yielded the floor for
an executive session.
The naval appropriation bill was taken
up
MIR. Timan of South Carolina said he
desired 10 present evidence which would
show that the bad faith with which the
,..,,ooi, and Po4blohan, comma niaS had
treated the government. The companies
had said positively they were unable to
make Krupp armor for less than $545 per
ION. yet had entered into contract for
srmos at a lower price.
Mr.. Hale chairman of the Naval Com
mittee. corroborated this.
Mr. Pettigrew said that when a mem
per of one of the armor concerns was be-
fore the Appropriations Committee he adj
mtted that the Carnegie and Bethlehem
companies had an agreement to bid the
same sum for the armor.
Mr.. Tillman declared that the high price
named in the contract for armor was
fixed as an inducement to the Carnegie
and Bethlehem companies to make a
large contribution of the Republican cam
paign fund.
T.
Ter and Mr.. Teller the bill was passed
without division.
Mr.. Hanna then moved to take up the
shipping subsidy bill. Mr.. Jones of Ar
kansas demanded the yeas and nays The
motion prevailed by a vote of SO to H.
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana addressed the
Senate in opposition to the bill The pur-
pose of the bill, he said, was to furnish
a gratuity. donation, a subsidy to
certain steamship lines now IN existence
and to others which may come into ex-
istence If the bill should become a law.
He believed. however. that the entire
subsidy would be absorbed by the present
lines. He maintained that its contract ar
rangement was unconstitutional
Mr.. Caffery asserted there was moth
ing in the pending bill that would be of
advantage to American seamen.
Mr. Hanna interposed to say that one
Of the objects subserved by the bill would
be the increased number of places afford
ed TO seamen upon American vessels Mr..
Jones of Arkansas, suggested the absence
Of quorum
Mr. Hanna: How many Democrats are
here?
Mr. Bacon: We don't need instructions.
Mr. Tfliman: We've got thirteen sena-
tors present.
The roll call disclosed the presence of
hiiy-six senator's.
Mt Jones thought there must be some
good reason for the manifest indiffer-
ence OF so large a part of the Republican
senator's to this bill. He regarded it as
apsllrd' that any thought of passing
me measure at this session should be en-
tertaned. He then moved that the Judi
cary committee be discharged from con-
sderauon of the antitrust bin passed bv
me House, and that the Senate proceed
10 It's considerations
pom objection by Mr.. Chandler the mo-
non of MIR. Jones. under the rules. went
over until tomorrow.
MT Caffery yielded 10 Mr. Spooner to
oher the resolution. which was agreed to
Gaming upon the secretary of the treasury
~ iurnlsh the Senate with the number
ana tonnage of vessels engaged in foreign
commerce. the number now engaged in the
'o'stWlse trade that could enter the for
elsh trade under the pending bill, and also
l"e amount OF subsidy each vessel would
receive under the bill and other data.
AT $50 p m Mr.. Bacon again demanded
q ca OF the Senate, the roll call discIos-
ing inc presence of AZ senator's.
me senate agreed to the conference
upon the war revenue bill. asked for by
me House and senator's Aldrich, Allison
ana Jones of Arkansas, were appointed
'o'lerees on the part of the Senate. Rep
IeSeH'auVes Payne, Dalzell and Richard
9oh already had been named bv the
i,Vuse' The consideration of thesshipping
IN was then resumed. Mr. Caffery con-
,Hulng characterized the bill as ''abso-
ulely unconstitutional and void; robbery
under the form of law"