The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-06
WANTS AN EARLY VOTE
srNAToR YrYx TRIMMING SUE
 SIUY D1tL.
1fr. Clay of Georgia Dsltvsrs Speech in Opposition to the Pending
 Msasurs-ouestioned '. by Hanna.

Washington March 5.-It appears likely
 nov that the Senate will reach vote on the pending chipping bill one week from next Monday. When Mir. Frye, in charge of the measure, endeavored today to e. cure an sgreemsnt for the time Of taxing vote, that date was mention az peine satisfactory to the minority members oi the Commerce Committee.
 Mf. Clay (0A.) addressed the Senate to. day in opposition to the bill, and had not concluded when the Senate adjourned He made forceful and interesting argu-
 ment. which was given careful attention
 by his colleagues. Early in the session,
 the Senate passed the legislative, execu-
 tive and judicial appropriation bill. the eecond of the biz supply measures to be acted on at this session.
 At the cohciusiSn of routine business in the Senate today, consideration was be- gun of the bill making appropriations for executive legislative and judicial ex- penses. This is the second of the big sup ply bills of the Government to be taken | up by the Senate. l The reading of the bill was concluded at | 2 o'clock. all of the committee amend l ments having been agreed to without de. bate. The bill then was passed without division.
 A bill providing for the comnAutatior LOWH BAtO PoIRoDCot VI AiOnicoeSo1 SA tries in certain poI tions of Oklahoma wa. passed.
 The unfinished business, the shipping bill, then was laid before the Senate, ant Mir. Clay ,(Ga.) delivered a speech in op
 position to the measure.
 In the course of his argument Mir. Clay made the point that the Postmaster Gen. I eral had not recommended in his reports
 any such changes in the ocean mail
 service as was contemplated by the pend- l ing bill. Mir. Aldrich interrupted to in- quire whether foreign mails were carried | in American vessels. q think not" replied MT. Clay. 1 MT. Harris (Kas.) inquired if there
 were any provision in the pending meas ure looking to competition In the letting of contracts for the carrying of ocean mails. MT. Clay replied that the whole matter was in the hands of the Postmaster Gen. eral.
 "Is it not a fact" suggested Mir. Han ma. ''that all mail carrying contracts are let in that way?''
 fl think the Senator from Ohio is cor
 rect" responded Mfr. Clay. My under
 standing Is that under the act of 1891
 the foreign mail service is left to the Postmaster General to contract for in his
 discretion"
 There is nothing in this bill changing the method of making contracts" sug- gested Mr. Hanna. That is the point
 I wanted to make clear
 To this, Mir. Clay agreed. Mir. Clay took sharp issue with Mir. Frye who had
 stated that American ship yards were
 not filled with work. The Georgia Sena- tor declared that his information. ac- quired from shipping and naval journals, was that the ship yards of this country had orders on their books that would re- quire from three to four years to i'll Without concluding his speech Mir. Clay at 1 o'clock yielded the floor, promising to go on with his address tomorrow morning. f-,.l -5,-.- Mir. Frye in charge of the bill made an effort to obtain an agreement to l take a vote on the bill and amendments one week from next Monday at 3 p. m.. tlit his reouest7went over until tomorrow. Then. at. 4:o6 p. m., the Senate went into executive. session and at 4:15 p. m,. adjourned. .i-