The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-21
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE,
SOUrH C\ROLISA JUNIOR SENATOR
VOTED FOR TUE GRAFr.
SIX Republicans Opposed It by Il V"tn or
~ I" 81 the MenHnrn Ia SucceR.ful-Ic. W
Am"ndnonts Were Adopted

Washington, March 17.-Afte
prolonged debate, the senate toda,
passed the ship subsidy bill, the fina
vote being az to 81. Senators Ali
son and Dolliver Of Iowa, Spoone
aud Quarles Of Wisconsin and Proc
tor aud Dillingham; of Vermont, Re
pnblcans voted against final passage
Of the bill, and Senator McLaurir
of South Carolina, voted for it, The
vote in detail follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Bard, Beveridge
Bpnham, Burrows, Burton, Clark of
wyoming, Cullom, Deboe, Depew,
Dietrich, Dryden, EIkins, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Foster of Washington; Frye,
Ga.linger, Gamble, Hale, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of
Nevada; Kean, Kearns, Kittredge,
McCcmas, McCumber, McLaurin of
South Carolina; Mcmillan, Mason,
Mitchell, Nelson, Penrose Perkins,
Platt Of Connecticut; Scott, Warren,
Wellington, Wetmore-42.
Nays-AlIlson, Bacon, Bailey,
Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Carmack,
Clark of Montana; Clay, CockrelI,
Culberson, Dillingham;, Dolliver, Du.
bois, Foster of Louisiana; Gibson,
Harris, Heitfeld, McLaurin Of Mis-
sissippi; Mallory, Martin, Money,
Patterson, Pettus, Proctor, Quarles,
Rawlins, Spooner, Taliaferro, Teller.
Vest-3l.
Some amendments to the bill we're
adopted but they we're all agreeable
to those in charge of the measure,
the friends of the bill voting down
all other amendments. With the
exception of amendments offered by
Mr.. Allison and accepted by Mr..
Frye, limiting the time of the oper
alton Of contracts made under the
provisions Of the bill to July I, 1902,
and providing that the amount of
the expenditure under the mail snb-
sidy paragraph should not at any
time exceed $8,000,00O annually,
none of the amendments agreed to
materially affected the bill as IT WAS
reported from the commerce commit
tee.
The voting upon amendments be-
gan at o'clock and snch a flood OF
them WIS offered that fnal vote
upon the bill, as amended WAS not
reached until jnst before 6 o'clock.
Amendments offered by Mr.. Vest of
Missouri, providing for "free shi ps"
aud for the application Of the pro-
visions of the anti trust law to the
shipping industry we're REJECTED, rs
was the amendment proposed by Mr.
Patterson, Of Colorado, providing
that no Chinese person should he a
member of the crew of u subsiZpd
vessel. MIR. Pettns of Alabama, of
fered an amendment providing that
the total expenditnre under the bill
should not exceed $0,000,O00 in any
on" year. 1t waa adopted in COM
mittee Of the whole bnt later in the
ssn"te was rejac'ed.
The senate ngrae,l to III amend
ment offered by Mr. Spooner provid
ing that congress shonId hnvn power
to amend or rapeal the act without
impairing any contract made under
it's authority. Mr.. Hanna Of Ohio
otfer"d and tho senate adopted three
amendments applying directly to
the acquisition by j. Pierpont Nor
gan and his associates of the Leyland
line of British ships. They provide
that no foreign built ship shall par
ticipate in the proposed subsidy, that
nothing in the act shall be construed
to prevent American citizens or cor
porations from holding or operating
foreign ships in the ocean carrying
trade, and that no foreign built shiI
of any line thus acquired by Ameri
can citizens shall be admitted here
after to American registry.
PennaylvaniH Rnd Sonih Carolina.