Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-08
ANOTHER NIGHT SESSION.
The Ship Subsidy Bill Seems To Be
 a Stumbling Block.

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 a Stumbling Block.
 Washington, Feb S.-Another night consumed by the senatae in the at | tempt to force Il vote on the subsidy shipping bill has resulted i'll no pro 1 sIess. The tiiibuster of the democrats is a continuance of the playful per fOrInance of tic session of the night I before, in which Tillman. Chandler, AIlen Jones, Pettigrew, Hurley and i Teller took part. It is understood that Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin soon | openly will oppose the shipping bill by | calling up the Cleomargarine bill. Sen ! ator Hanna is in attendance despite | his rheumatism, but lie can find no comfort ill the proceedings. The out look is poor for shipping legislation.
 On motion to adjourn the yeas 1 were 222, nays 20. No quorum. \ call of the senate developed but thirty nine senators present, showing that the republicans had been caught off their guard. The senate at Il D. Ill. adjourned.
 Mir Jones of Arkansas declared that no fair-minded man on either side of the senate belieTed in the propriety of night sessions. They were not in the interest of public business. He re- | felred to the speech delivered by Mr Morgan during the afternoon and as serted that while it was being deliv- cred not half q dozen republican sena- tors were in their seats.
 i In ending MT Jones said: ''I do not propose to submit to this sort of ex- action tamely and quietly. So far as l am concerned, l do not propose to come here at night to debate this bill if l can help it, and l think l can."
 tn Ina hi then was read.
 AIr Pettigrew expressed a desire to have such amendments as were to be l offered by the committee acted upon in 1 order, that the senate might know | what sort of measure was to be pre- sented finally.
 Il am wiling" said he, that the | bill should come to d vote. 1 think it would have come to vote before this if different methods had been pursued by the advocates of it. In my ODin- ion. third of the senators of the majority are quietly opposed to the measure as it stands now. but of course all of them will vote for it if | it should come to a Yote.''
 Mir Butler called upon Mir Aldrich to explain his amendment. Mr Ald- rich said the amendment had the eff feet of reducing the speed of vessels Cn which subsidy was to be awarded from 2l knots to Is knots, and the payment from 3-1O q gross ton to l G-l0 cents. He also said that the re- ductiOn upon the American line ships would be about S4O,OUO a year each.
 MT Allen argued that the agricul- turaI interests would derive no benefit from the enactment of the bill. He contended that if the effect of the Sub Sidy was to decrease the price of freight, the result must be to destroy, at least to some extent. the effect of the. tariff. He asked MT Aldrich if this was true, and MT Aldrich respond ed: "UnQueStionably.'
 Mir Depew said MT Aliens reasoning was fallacious. Our outgoing freight, he said generally consists of the pro- ducts of the farm. and is heavy. while incoming freight generally consisted of manufacturing goods. A difference of a few cents ton on outgoing freight therefore would mean great deal, while the corresponding reduction on the high-priced incoming freight would not have q corresponding effect upon prices as whole.
 MT Butler contended that the bill would not reduce ocean freights, but, on the contrary. would increase them. He said if the bill would do what was l as he thought anything in the interest of the people generally was constitu- tional, but he believed the interests behind the bill were such that they would not permit the bill to be made in the interest of the public at large.
 Are not these men, in fact, the au- thors of this bill. There is not a place in it where he does not come in for large slice. And it appears, too, that our old and esteemed friend, the Standard Oil company, has con- siderable supply of those ships"
 Before adjournment an amendment ny AIr Aldrich that was pending was adopted. It provides that vessels of eighteen knots and over shall receive subsidy of 1 6-1O cents gross ton.
 At the day session the pension ap- propriation bill, appropriating $144,- 100000. was taken up and Messrs Me I.aurin and Morgan, both democrats made speeches upon it. MT McLaurin announced his intention to support the bill and Mir Morgan opposed it in wig Orous language. He asked MT Allison for an estimate of the appropriations ] for the present session. and the latter replied that he thought the aggregate 1 would be about $76O 100000. Mir Hale j ezDsessed the opinion that the 6eures .1 IT neaxly 4eQQv0o ,o0A
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