Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-18

sively. Each subsidized vessel IS re-
quired to carry as a member of It's cons
pany one American boy for each lVue
gross tens who shall be taught seaman
/ ship and engineering. The owners OF the
Vessel must agree before receiving COM
pensation that the ship in emergency
may be used by the United States for
national defense or for any pubic pur-
poes, fair valuation for this service
| Title three of the bill directs that the
secretary of the treasury to pay the
/ owner of n document in which vessels
| engaged in deep sea fishery tor at least
| three months in any one year, " PEI
gross ton per annum providing ti'tl AZ
| least one-third of the crew shall be cit
zens of the United States; and he IS dl-
rected to pay also 10 citizen 81 the
| United States serving as member OIL
such crew 81 per month for the tiIne ne
| is necessarily employed. Title four pro-
| vides that no vessel shall be given COM
| pensation under two or more Titles OF
this act at the time; that subsidized
vessel shall not be sold to a subject of
| "a foreign power: and the president OF
| the United States shall cause proper
| regulations to be framed for the eXecu-
ton of this act
The various amendments offered by
Mr.. Vest 10 the ship subsidy bin were
voted down. The vote on the Vest
amendments stood 81 to Asa strict party
vote, with the exception of McLaurin,
of South Carolina, who voted with the
republicans.
The amendments of Mr.. Allison linn
ting the time when contracts for the
mail subsidy could be made to July j,
1910. that no contract shall extend be-
yond July /, 1920; that all vessels shall
be of class A /, and also that not more
than S5O0O.00O shall be expended in
any one year up to July l, 1907, under
contracts provided for by the BILL and
after that date not more than SS,000.00O
per annum, were agreed to without di-
vision.
The Allison amendment providing
that no vessel shall be entitled to the
full compensation under the bill unless
she shall have cleared from port of
the United States with a cargo to the
amount of 80 per cent of her carrying
capacity. was defeated. SO to 81
that no subsidy shall be paid for or up
on any vessel employing in its crew
any Chinese person not entitled to adj
mission to the United States or terri
tory, was lost, 80 to Al.
Mr. Allison offered another amend
ment providing that vessel entitled
to full compensation under the mail
subsidy features of the pending bill.
shall clear from United States port
with at least so per cent of her COM
mercial cargo capacity filled. 1t was
rejected. 33 to 81.
An amendment by Mr.. Hanna, pro-
yiding that no foreign built ship should
receive any part of the proposed subsi
dy under this act was agreed to, as was
another amendment by MIR. Hanna pro-
viding that nothing in the pending bill
should be construed to prevent an
American citizen or citizens from con-
tracing for or holding any interest in
foreign ships engaged in the ocean car
rying trade.
Mr.. Hanna also offered an amend
nent providing that no foreign built
ship in any line acquired by United
States citizens shall be admitted here
iltei " &AIHeilCetu IeSlStIy. LIE dIllenQ- |
ment was agreed to 43 to IS.
The bill then was reported to the SEN
ate and was passed, the detailed vote
being as follows:
Yeas - Aldrich. Bard. Beveridge |
Burnham, Burrows, Burton, Clark of
Wyoming. Cullom. Deboe, Depew Diet
Itch, Dryden. Elkins. Fairbanks, Fora
ser, Foster of Washington, Frye, Gal
niger, Gamble, Hale, Hanna, Hans
trough Hawley Hoar. Jones of Neva-
Ia, kean. kearns. Kittredge. McComas,
McCumber. McLaurin of South Caro-
ina. Mcmillan, Mason, Mitchell, Nell
ION. Penrose, Perkins Plat of Connec-
lieut., Scott. Warren, Wellington, Wet
nore-42.
Nays-Allison. Bacon, Bailey, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn. Carmack. Clark of
Montana, Clay Cockrell Culbe1son.
Dillingham;, Dolliver, Dubois Foster of
louisiana, Gibson, Harris. Heitfeld.
IoLaurin of Mississippi, Mallory, Mar
in. Money, Patterson. Pettus, Proctor.
luarles Rawlins. Spooner, Teller. Tall
Zero, Vest-31.
The senate then adjourned.