Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-03-07

Subsidy Bin No Longer Has Right 81
Way-No strong Speeches In Favcr
Of the Blil--Evcn the Party Lash
Failed 20 Garry the Measure Against
the Arguments OF the Opp0sitlon.
Special Washington Correspondence
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Feb. %, lo0f--
Tie deathknell Of the ship subsidy
bin for the present session was sound
ed on Feb. 10 when the senate by a
vote OF - to . passed a motion to take
up the oleomargarine bill IA It's stead,
Until then the ship subsidy hin hold
the enyiable position Of the unfinished
business Of the senate. This gave Il
priority over everything except appro-
priatIon bills and conference reports
SisSe carly ~ December the ship sub
sidy bill has had the right Of why.
Senator Frye had declared with ,lIa-
matte feryor that he would not let It
be displaced even by appropriation bills
I unless the senate ran over him by
force. For this great, favored meas.
/ ure covering IN the estimate Of It's pro-
moters the fate OF the nation Oh sea
and on land, 60 be knocked out by a
measly little bill defining the differ
( ence between good butter and doctored
/ lard was. indeed. a fate Tor Hanna ana
Frye and their friends 10 weep over
Z This means that the bill cannot bee
+ rcsuyrcctcd nc this session except for
debate e. odd times, when the chances
are that II viii be appropriately Tam
7 f.Fa 80
funniest things about the discussion ~
/ tine blll is that nearly all Of the speech
I es made upon IL have been against q.
Senator Frye made an argument To IT'S
favor which did not. IN either private
\ or public opinion, help his reputation
! as q statesman or an orator Senator
/ Hanna made al effort 10 start,e The
\ country ~ les dcfcftse but BIS effort. in
I the judgment Of all competent rtitjcs.
fell fur short Of demonstration and
I was. Indeed, considered lame aud halt
( aud weak Senator Dcpcw made
{ brilliant inter dinner speech upon the
( general subject. but barely touched az
4 all upon lhe specific features If the
4 bin Senator Perkins 81 California
made very good speech which IA.
yorcd Il IA general terms but most Of
/ which was devoted 20 criticism II its
I Objectionable features. especially The
/ provision allowing what he considered
TOO liberal admission Of foreign ships
20 American registry.
Among those who have delivered
carefully prepared speeches against
4 10 are senators Clay Or Georgia Berry
Of Arkansas. Teller Of Colorado. Vest
OF Missouri. Peitus of Alabama Mon.
/ cy OF Mississippi Bacon 81 Georgia.
Jones OF Arkansas, Allen Of Nebraska,
Rnwllns Of Utah. Morgan OF Alabama
aud CatTery Of louisiana These are
II speeches against the BIN 30 fong IN
favor Of It. aud one o. the fpuF Ia IN
yor ot Il under much protest
Every argument Of the speakers In
favor 81 the bill was answered by
those against II. Besides those oppos.
ing Il so rlddIcd II with arguments and
criticisms, with facts and agures, with
promises aud conclusions, that lt re-
mains With those who have heard OF
read the debates but battered pre-.
tense and an unworthy sham. Is up.
pouCBts have challenged its ndofsers
80 answer their arguments, but never
n challenge has been accepted
Those favoring the bin have attempt
ed to force Il through under the party
lash They bavc tried their best 70 cut
on debate upon Il. They prepared 1t
in the privacy Of a star chamber and
brought IL forth with an usolunt de-
mand for Its prompt passage They
dogmaticaily asserted that Il would
build up the merchant marine aud rev
oIutionze the foreign trade. and then
they berau 10 abuse everybody who In.
sisted upon n fair debate upon t. call.
ing them ilIbusters aud ohstructlouists
and mossbacks aud other things that
are not nice. The opponents have re.
piled by proving that the session Old
not anrr II time enough 90 properly
point out the Objectionable features Of
the bill They have proved That !;
was violaiive Of the principles Of the
constitution; that II was drafted In the
interest OF n hakcr's dozen Of special
hencAcIarles who superintendent the
drafting: TINT IL was totally unfair
even to all Of the shipping Interests 10
that Il specially favored a few; HAT
under the present growing condition q
the shipping business no necessity for
It exists: that il has been planned pre-.
pared and lobbied In way calculated
10 utterly disgust an unbiased public
that. In short, It is the boldest. baldest
most shameless and mexcusahle steal
that has shown It's head in congress for
many years.
In the face OF arguments bringing
out facts such as these and challenges
repeated every hour Of the debate the
advocates OF the bill have retained q
rhlnoceros exterior and have simply de
manded vote. That they have moi
Obtained vote Is small wonder
The night sessions adopted to force
vote proved fizzle. farce bur
lesque They did not bring forth sin
gle speech on either side Of the cues
ton. They were taken up in discuss
ing rules OF procedure and the methods
adopted TO force through measure
which stood no chance TO pass under
the regular course of procedure After
several nights of this sort of thing
which disgusted senators and only
amused the galleries, the subsidy PEG