The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-08
SUBSIDY BILL Up AGAIN
SENATE, HOLDING NIGHT SESSIONS,
FINDS TT HARD TO KEEP
A QUORUM
PENSION BILL WAS PASSED
In the House the Postal Appropria-
ton Bill Was Put Through
After Debate Lasting
"a Week.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The senate
had both day and night sessions today.
At the day session the pension appro-
priation bill, appropriating $144 900. 600 was
passed after a few minutes consideration.
The ship SUBSIDY bill was then taken up
by Messrs. McLaurin and Morgan, both
Democrats, made speeches upon it. Mr..
McLaurin announced his intention to
support the bill and Mr. Morgan opposed
it in vigorous language. He asked Mr..
Allison for an estimate OF the appro-
priation for the present session and the
latter replied that he thought the aggre-
gate would be about $780, 100000. Mr.. Hale
expressed the opinion that the figures
would be nearly $S00000,000.
NIGHT SESSION
When the senate was called to order
at o'clock the galleries were filled to
OVERLOOKING by the hundreds who had
been attracted by the reports of the pyro-
technic display at last nights session.
Scarcely had the presidents gavel fallen
when Mr. Jones' of Arkansas suggested
the absence of a quorum. Thirtysix
senators responded to their names-not a
quorum. Mr. Jones instantly moved that
the senate adjourn but withdrew the
motion when Mr.. Sewall, of New Jer-
sey, demanded that the absentees be
called. The presence of only forty-one
Senators-four less than a quofunl-was
developed by the call.
The attendance of forty-six senators
was secured at S:15 and Mr.. Teller en-
tered an earnest an emphatic protest
against the holding of night sessions with
a view to advancing the shipping bill.
He was morally certain, he said, that
the night sessions would not expedite
the consideration of the measure. He
had never known any measure to be ad-
vanced by the exercise of pure physical
force.
In a serious discussion of some phases
of the bill Mr.. Turley, of Tennessee. re-
ferred especially to the bringing under
the American flag of foreign-built ships,
asserted that the men who were to de-
rive the benefits from the measure had
been well fixed.
1.-THE most excellent, modest and mod
crate Mr.. Griscom, of the International
Navigation company he said, sis fixed
in every phrase of this BILL. There is
not place in it where he does not come
in for a large slice. And 1t appears, too,
that our old and esteemed friend, the
Standard Oil company, has consider
able supply of these ships"
Mr. Tillman denounced the bill as
steal
Considerable comedy and badinage
marked the session as 1t progressed,
started by vain efforts of Mr.. Beverfdge
IN the cnalr TO lnuuce senators TO gam
his recognition. Mr.. Teller closed the
evenings speech-making and soon had
hot war of words with Mr.. Frye. An
amendment by Mr.. Aldrich was adopted
providing that vessels of Is knots and
over shall receive subsidy of one and
six-tenths cents per gross ton An
attempt to act on another amendment
failed for want of a quorum, so the sem
ate at lilo o'clock adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb THE pcstoftice
approximation bill, debate on which has
consumed almost an entire week in the
house, was passed today. Tie debate
lowered about three topics, railway mail
pay pneumatic tube service and special
fast mail facilities, but it bore no fruit.
The amendment to reduce the rate OF
railway mail pay was ruled out on
point Of order the amendment to con-
tinue the pneumatic tube service in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia was
abandoned with the purpose of making
the fight in the senate and the motions
to strike out the appropriations for spe-
cial mail facilities were defeated.
Without action on it the house at 5:25
p. m. adjourned.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS BALK.
The Republican members of the ways
this Afternoon to formulate a plan of
action relative to the war revenue bill,
bat no definite conclusion was reached
beyond the decision of pon-concurrenoe
in the senate amendments. The action OF
the senate in substituting an entirely
new bill for the bill as it passed the
house is looked upon a distinct H.
Nasion of the prerogative of the house
to initiate revenue legislation and at the
meeting today some Of the members
favored radical action to sustain what
they consider the constitutional rights of
the house to originate revenue legislation.
One plan suggested was to ignore the
bill in its present amended form and to
pass another entire.y new revenue bin.
But this was regarded as entirely too rad
ical. Another proposition ard the one
meeting. most favor was to report back
the bill to the house tomorrow with q
, recommendation of Inconvenience but
without a request for a conference. This
would require the senate to ask for a
conference If any was to be held.
There was little or no consideration of
the schedules Of the senate bill, the whole
time practically being spent in the con-
siGeratien of a fern of procedure. A
meeting of the full ways and means COM
mittee will be held at the conclusion OF
the conference of the Republican mem
bers tomorrow.