The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-18
ship SUBSIDY BILL
PASSED BY Senate
Final Vote on the Measure J; Isl
Stood az to 81.
PARTY LINES BROKEN.
Six Republicans Voted Againsll
and One Democrat for Bill.
NO MATERIAL AMENDMENTS
All Save Those Agreeable TO Friends Of THY
aleasure We're Voted Down-Flood Of
Them Were Offered d-House8e>
gan Consideration Of River
ard Harbor B;lt--it
Was Criticised.
NO MATERIAL AMENDMENTS
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WASHINGTON, March l..-After pro-
Iciased debate, the Senate to-day passed
the ship subsidy bill, the final vote upor /
the measure being Il to 81. Senators al.
Iison and polliver, of Iowa Spooner arS
CHARLES, os Wisconsin,, and Proctor and Z
Dillingham;, OF Vermont, Rcpublicaps
voted against a final passage of the nilt
ard Senator McLaurin. OF South Carolin;S !.
voted for it. The vote in detail follows:
yeas-tIdrich, Bard, Beverldgc. Burn.
lam. Burrow. Burton, Clark. Of Wy6.
1ning: Cullom, Deboe, Depew. Dietricnt
Dryden, Elkins. Fairbanks. Foraker, Eos.
ter. of Washington; Frye. Gallinger,
Gamble. Pale, Hanna. Hansbroush, IIaw. :
ley, Hoar, Jones, of Nevada; Keana
kearns, kittredse, McConas. McCunl-
Der. McLaurin, of South Carolina; Mcs
Perkins. Platt, OF Connecticut: Scotef
Warren, Wellington, 1yetmore--42.
Nays-Allison. Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Ber.
ry. Blackburn. Carmacl>, Clark, of Mon.
tana; Clay, Coctrell. Cuiberson. Dllins.
ham. Dolliver, Dubois. Foster of Lou,sA
TARA; Gibson. Harris. 'Heitfed, aIcLaurint
of NIissiissippi: Mallory, Martin. Money.
hrs Spooner. Taliaferro. Teller. Vest-6t.
NOT. AMENDED MATERIALLY.
The friends OF the bill voted down er
amendments, with tho exception OF
amendments offered by Mr.. Allison and
accepted by Nh. Frye limiting the time
CT the operation OF the ccut.acts made
under the provisions OF the Dill to July
!. 1929, and providing that the amount OF
tho expenditure liuder the mail subsidy
paragraph should 1T any time exceed
SsC00.CG0 annually.
The voting upon amendments began al
) O'Clock, and such a food of them wai
offered that final vote upon the BILL "a
amended. was not reached :int'.a list b.
fore S O'Clock. Amendments offered by
Mr.. Vest. of. Missouri. providing for .'fret
ships and for the application of the pro-
visions of the antitrust law to the ship.
ping industry. were rejected. as was the
amendment proposed by Mr.. Patterson
OF Colorado. providing that no Chinese
person should be Il member of the crew
OF Il subsidized vessel. Mr.. -Pettus OF
lAlabama. offered an amendment providing
that the total expenditure under the bill
should not exceed s9.G01fOh in any on4
wear It was adopted in Committee. OF
the Whole but later IN the Senate, waa
rejected by a decisive vote.
MAY REPEAL.
The Senate greed to amendment c6
fered by Mr.. Spooner. proridirg. that Co,L
gress SHOULD have power to amend or re.
peal the act without impairing any con-,
tract made under its authority. Afr. Hanra
of Ohio, offered and the Senate adopted
three amendments applying directly ia
the acquisition by T.. Pierpont Morgan.
and his associates of the Leyland Line OF
!. British ships. They provide that no
foresn-btIiIt ship shall participate In the
proposed subsidy; that nothing in the act
shall be construed to prevent American
citizens corporations from holding Oh
operating foreign ships in the ocean car-
rynS trade: and that no forciln-bul.t 70
ship of any line. thus acquired by Amerl.
can citizens shall, be admitted hereaftet
to American registry.
In the House.
iEy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. G., March 1.-THE
! House to-day began the consideration OF
| the river ard !.a-bor bill. 3Ir. Burton,
| of Ohio. made an extended speech in eS-
! planation uf the n1etsuse- Ssvera: othes
| members spoke briefly to the measure.
among them being Mr., Esel'amy. of North
Carolina = the conclusion Of the pro-
| ceednss to-day, AIR. Nsachter. of Mary
| land denied newspaper story to ths
/ effect that Speaker Henderson had at
| tempted to influence his course en- this
| question of Cuban reciprocity.
| Mr.. Burton. iii charge; of the river and
harber bill, discussed sc:as popular nlis-
| apprehensions with reference to it. In
| the first place. he said. tho impression
| existed that tie bill carried something
! over $50 Goo 600 for the ensuing: fiscal year.
whereas it carried but s24 10000 OF actual
| appropriations, the remaining sss. s.Go0. -
being simply authorized to be appro"
| priated under the contract system.
MISTAKEN IDElA.
! There was also. he said, a mistaken ids6
| that the pending measure carried larEse
| appropriations than many preVlous Ellis.
| In 1890 the actual appropriations iE tne
bill exceeded 25,GG0,0Gn. For the current
! year the appropriations contained In the
| sunory civil bill, to provide for cortirri-
ir.g contract authorized in sfver and
I harpor bills he said. were Sahf00.1ec
| against s4l,G0o.G00 for tie two previous
! years Mr. I;urton said that the ar
/ preparations for River ard Ilarbor worfc
| instead Of increasing with other govern
mental expenditures. as was ropul;arts.
/ s,,pposed. were in reality decrea sing
Mr. Hurton also denounced the popu.
lar idea that unworthy projects for the
Ii1nnroyeraent of bays and creeks a1.
/ sorbed a proportion OF the appropriations
| in the bill. The appropriations We're noe
not divided up according to States ana
localities. The greet projects in which
scrbed s5ogo0o5O out cf the sso. .ocO
/ carried and authorized by the bill.
Mr.. ReIlamy. OF North Carolina. crItt-
| cised the bill for what he declared was
/ the unjust treatment accorded North
] CarolirYa He was particularly agRrieyed
because of omission of appropriate OF
Wilmington and the Upper Cape Fear
| River.
CHARGED. DISCRIMINATION.
Tfe charged t:,at there had been q Wiz