Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-20
Senators Dolliver and Allison
Cast Their Votes Against
the Measure.
is A. DOUBTFUL VICTORY
AS Passed the Bill Provides that Con-
tracts Shall Be Limited to Twenty
Years-Mai Subsidy Not to Exceed
ss,0po,ooo Annually.

Years-Mail Subsidy Not to Exceed
$s,ODo,ooo Annually.
Washington, March 1S.-At, 6 o'clock
last evening after prolonged debate
the senate passed the ship subsidy bill
Messls. Allison and Dolliver, of Iowa.
Spoon and Quarles, of Wisconsin, and
Proctor and Dillingham; of Vermont.
(reps) voted against the final passage
of the bill, and Mr. McLaurin, of South
Carolina, for it. Some amendments to
the bill were adopted. but theyRwere
all agreeable to those in charge of the
measure, the friends of the bill voting
excep ton of the amendments offered
by Mr.. Allison and accepted by Mr.
Frye, limiting the time of operation of
the contracts made under provisions
of the bill to July l, 1920. and that the
amount of expenditure under the mail
subsidy paragraph should not at any
time exceed $S.OOO,000 annually. None
of the amendments agreed to material
ly aft ected the bill as it was reported
from the commerce committee.
Thu, voting upon the amendments be-
gan SIT 3 o'clock and such food of
them was offered that a final vote up
on the bill as amended was not reach
ed till just before six. The amend
ments offered by Mr.. Vest, of Missou-
ri, providing for free ships" and for
application of the provisions of the an
thrust law to the shipping industry
were rejected, as was an amendment
by Patterson, of Colorado, providing
no Chinese! person should be a mem
Der Of, the crew of subsidized vessels,
Mr.. Peters, of Alabama, offered an
amendment providing that the total
expenditure under the bill should not
exceed $9000,000 in any one year. 1t
was adopted in the committee of the
whole, but later in the senate was re.
,jected by decisive vote.
How the Vote Stands.
The vote in detail on the bill was:
Yeas-Aldrich Bard, Beveridge,
Burnh;lm. Burrows, Benton, Clark
(Wyo.,,) Cullom, Deboe, Depew, Diet
rich, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, For
aker, Foster (Wash.,) Frye, Gallinger
Gamble, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough
Hawley, Hoar, Jones (Nev.) Keen
Kearn,s, Kittredge, McComas, McCum
Der, MIcLaurin Is. CD Mcmillan, Ma
son, Mitchell, Nelson, Penrose, Per
kins, Plat (Conn,) Warren, yelling
ton, Wretmore-42.
NaNs-Allison, Bacon, Bailey, Bate
Perry, Blackburn. Cormack, Clarl
(Mont.), Clay Coekrell Culberson
Dillingham;, Dolliver. Dubois, Foster
Ga.,) Gibson, Harris, Heitfeld, Nc
Laurin (Miss.,) Mallory Martin. Mon
ey. Patterson, Pettus, Proctor, Quarles
J. Rawlins, Spooner, Haliaferoa Teller
Nest-t31.
Amendments Agreed On.
The senate agreed to an amendmen
offered by Mr.. Spooner providing tina
congress should have power to- ament
7 or repeal the act, without inpairin:
any contract made under it's authority
Mr.. Hanna, of Ohio. offered and tn
senate adopted three amendments az
plying directly to the acquisition by
p. Morgan and his associates of tn
Leyland Line British ships. They pre-
vide that no foreign built ship shal
participate in the proposed subsidy
that nothing in the act shall be cor
strued to prevent American citizens o
corporations from holding or operatin
foreign ships on the ocean carryin
trade. No foreign built ship of an
line thus acquired by American cit
zens shall be admitted hereafter
the American registry. m
Bill in Brief.
The titles of the bill passed by tn
senate are:
.To provide for Ocean Mails servic
between the United States and foreig
norts and common defense, to promot
commerce and encourage deep sea fisl
cries.
Title l. deals with ocean mail steam
ships and their subsidies. 1t specific
in detail conditions for securing rati
subsidy; vessels shall be America
huilt. owned and officered by America
citizens, vessels are divided into SIEVE
classes of varying speeds; those of Il
first to be constructed withsreferent
to prompt conversion into auxiliary n
val cruisers.
Title II. provides for general subsit
to be paid.
Title III. relates to compensation
h vessels engaged in deep sea fishing.
Title Nv. presents a. vessels receiviI
compensation under more than one
tie of this act at the same time; srl
sidized vessel snail not be sold subje
to foreign country
Boats Used to Be Convertible. +
The vessels employed in the mail Sc
vice shall be American-built and own
and officered by. American s'eitizer
During the first two years one-four
nf the crew must be American citizer