Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-17
BILL Is D[AD
Conference of the Republican
Leaders Decides to Shelve
the Measure.
Speaker Henderson is Opposed
to the Bill---Reciprocity
is Assured.
Test Vote Shows the Measure
Can Win in the
House.

Washington, April lit has been
decided at conference of republican
leaders of both houses to shelve the
ship subsidy bill recently passed by the
senate. Two propositions looking to
this end are under ADJUSTMENT; one is
to allow the bill to die quietly in the
committee or merchant marine and
fisheries, where it now is, and the other
is to report it back with a motion to
proceed to its consideration in Decem-
Der next The result OF either plan will
be the same, as the subsidy bill will not
be considered at this session, and that
means practically that it will not be
passed by the present congress, as the
second session, which meets the first
Monday in December next, will expire
by operation of law the fourth day of
March next leaving but three months,
including Sundays, Christmas holidays,
and the numerous other days when
congress will not be in session.
Even should the bill be reported from
the committee it will be accompanied
by so many amendments that it will be
impossible to secure action at this ses-
sion unless it should be made party
measure. This could undoubtedly be
done If the republican leaders desired
to make an issue of the bill, bu. it is
the majority opinion that it would be
better to allow it to go over until after
the congressional elections. A few re-
publicans think that it would be the
20, 81 I,i 1,nf
election and thus let it be known that
the party is opposed to it, but it has
been determined otherwise.
Representative Grosvenor of Ohio is
chairman of the committee having the
bill in charge. Speaker Henderson, fol-
lowing the lead Of the Iowa senators.
who voted against it, is opposed to it's
passage. SO that it is safe to say the
subsidy scheme is dead
AS result of the votes in the house
yesterday afternoon the republican
leaders have been assured that they can
pass the Cuban reciprocity bill with
out the slightest difficulty. After lot
of preliminary sparring, Mr. Payne's
motion to close general debate at 8
o'clock on Friday afternoon was car
OF the votes in opposition only thirty
three, were republicans, and it is esti-
mated that this is the extreme in
surgent strength. The real test will
come on the motion to upset the rul-
ing of the chair when it is decided
that motions to alter the general tariff
law are not germane. On these mo-
tions the democrats generally will vote
against the speakers ruling, and if
thirty-three republicans vote with the
democrats they can overrule the
speaker.
A majority of the house is 179. The
republicans already have within eleven
votes of enough to sustain the speaker
on a strict party vote. OF the thirty
three republicans who voted against
their party, it is positively known
that not half will vote to over
rule the speaker. The result will be
that the republican lead
ers will have at least 1856 votes either
actually present or represented by
pairs from the republican side alone
and on this basis they can shut out all
tariff amendments, including even tina;
for the repeal of the trust sugar diff
ferential, which even the sugar beet
men now know to be essentially fool
ish.
When the reciprocity measure comes
UP on final passage it will be carried
by a vote of about seven to one, as
the democrats will generally vote with
the republicans in favor of reciprocity