The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-12
MALLORYOPPOSfS BILL SPEAKS o1t THE snrP suBstDY
 SCHEME.
Contends That It would Extend the Favor of the United States Treasury. to Private
 Individuals.


 Washington, March lT-rer several hours today the Senate nAd slle ship sub sidy bill under consideratf9A Mr. Mallory of 'Fiorfda made an extehdsd speech in opposition to the measure. Beheld there mss nent no nso sS0d lave Tsa'sa say1r f1r for fit it by by it's Fia promoters. m Opposition was based chiefly on the ground that t States treasury to private individuals and corporations without just return Tor the expenditure. ~
 A lively debate occurred over, an effort on the part of MT. Berry of Arkansas to ascertain when the Committee on Privi. leges and Elections might be expected to report to the Senate the resolution providing for the election of Senators by the direct vote of the people. Mir. Hoar of Massachusetts indicated lrfs vigorous opposition to such a resolution.
 The Senate when it convened today al the request of MT. Cullom of illinois, one of the conferees disagreed to the confer- carrying into effect of the etipuiatlohs of Article of the Paris treaty. The Sen. ate insisted upon its amendments anu Messrs. Cullon. Lodge and Morgan were named as conferees
 Article relates to the payments or claims in Cuba and the bill proposes to amend the act creating the Spahtsn Claims Commission so as to provide Tor
 
 In a privileged statement, Mir Berry (Ark.) said he had introduced early in the present session resolution provioing for the election of Senators by direct a similar resolution adopted by the House, had been referred to the Com mitte on Privileges and Elections. The House had passed such resolution four times and the question had never been considered by the senaee. He was pressed constantly. he said. by Representatives to know when a vote would be taken up. on the question of the Senate. He did mittee from consideration Of the resolu- ton. but he desired to inquire of the chairman of the committee whether the Senate could not have vote on the reso- u9n M surSs the of the committee, after saying what MT Berry had said was true. added: "I will say to the Senator that there is no disposition on the part of the committee to snirk n resp ,nsibiiity in connection with the reso- lution. Action will be ;aken and report upon 1t will be made"
 MT. Hoar tMass), a vigorous opponent of the resolution, thought the mater ought rot to be permitted to pass with cut a few words of comment. He did not believe that the adoption. of the resolu- ton would be acc c3inplished without a breach of the national pled~ge; ~ ,,., had been proceeding by unanimous con- sent. fhe Senate passed eighty-one pri- vate pension bills.
 Other bills were passed as follows: To reform the Western Judicial District of Arkansas; amending the act of Febru- ary 2. 1901. to increase the efficiency of the permanent military establishment, so as to provide for the transfer of officers from the line to the stan for four years service. -i-
 The Senate then at 2 o'clock resumed consideration of the ship subsidy bill and MT. Mallory tFla.l one of the Demo Commerce addressed the Senate in oppo. sition to the measure. He said in Its dl- timate analysis the bill was c measure to take the money of the tax.payers to build up the private business of indiyid- Frye's argument in support of the estab- | lshment of an auxiliary navy for which | the pending bill provides. he did not be- lieve there was sufficient Justification for l by the bill. In the event of q war be- | tween the United States and Great Brit | ain, France, Germany, Russia and other lind itself in very diirerent situation from that in which 1t was In in the Span ish war. The proposed auxiliary cruisers would not be left to scetif the seas be- cause 1t was the policy Of all the nations could easily overtake any one of the ship. which. by the pending liilli would become | part of the naval auxiliary fleet
 son MaEs o sTe sSSsdes sess eaprS@s vessels would achieve little In aid of com l nerce. because majority of the ports | of this country and in South America greater than twenty-three feet could not l enter them. After anaiyizing at lengtt | the provisions of the measure. MT. Nal lory continued: Congress never in its his tory passed q measure of this character l IT ha ufa Tn affvQr nrt. vate gains under the pretense Of public | policy. but never one so absolutely bald | and bold in it's advancement of private purposes as this measure"
 | He would go as far as any Senator te | put the American merchant marine on a footing of equality. with that of othe nations, but he could not endorse meas ure so at variance with every principle
 Mir Frye referred to the fact that Il had been claimed that the clause fin Sec ton of the ship subsidy bill which di any vessel of the United States 'dul. registered by citizen of the United States would place under the provisions of the bill the four ships that had beer admitted to an American register. H, therefore submitted an amendment which was adopted, making the clause rea' thereafter built and registered In the United States or now duly registered" Mir. Allison directed some technica said. whether proper safeguards had beer thrown around the pin to protect tn, government in the making of 50 larg, an expenditure as it is proposed. Tn, colloquy which ensued developed the fac that a coastwise vessel might register a any port which it touched and enter iron that port the ocean carrying trade and re ceive a subsidy under this bill. It de veloped also lthat a vessel engaged il trade between the United States and tn Philippines would receive the subsidy un der the coastwise navigation laws should they be extended. by Congress to tn Philippine archipelago. Afterward nt vessel engaged in the Philippines trad, would receive the subsidy
 MT. Frye explained that the subsidy being placed on the classification of yes | sells would be paid to ships without re greet to their age, the worth of vesse being dependent entirely upon it's classif | cation.
 The Senate at 5:25 adjourned.