The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-21
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE,
SOUrH CAROLINA JUNIOR SENATOR
VOTED FOR THE GRAFT.
Six Republicans Opposed 1t By Vote OF
42 to 81 the Msasnr1 ia SuceesSful-Fsw
Amendments Were adopted.

Washington, March 17.-After
prolonged debate, the senate today
passed the ship subsidy bill, the final
vote being ~ to 81. Senators Alll-
son and Dolliver of Iowa, Spooner
aud Quarles of Wisconsin and Proc
tor and Dillingham; of Vermont, Re-
publicans voted against final passage
of the bill, and Senator McLsurin
of South Carolina, voted for it. The
vote in detail follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Bard, Beveridge,
Bunham, Burrows, Burton, Clark of
Wyoming, Cullom, Deboe, Depew,
Dietrich, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Foster of Washington; Frye,
Ga4linger, Gamble, Hale, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of
Nevada; Kean, Kearns, Kittredge,
McComss, McCumber, McLsurin of
South Carolina; Mcmillan, Mason,
Mitchell, Nelson, Penrose Perkins,
PIatt of Connecticut; Scott, Warren,
Wellington, Wetmore-42.
Nays-Alllson, Bacon. Bailey,
Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Carmack,
Clark of Montana; Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Dillingham;, Dolliver, Du-
bois, Foster of Louisiana; Gibson,
Harris, Heitfeld, McLsurin of Mis-
sissippi; Mallory, Martini Money,
Patterson, Pettus, Proctor, Quarles,
Rawlins, Spooner, Taliaferro, Teller,
Vest-31.
Some amendments to the bill we're
adopted but they were all agreeable
TO those in charge of the measure,
the friends of the bill voting down
all other amendments. With the
exception of amendments offered by
Mr.. Allison and accepted by Mr..
Frye, limiting the time of the oper
alton of contracts made under the
provisions of the bill to July l, 1902,
and providing that the amount of
the expenditure under the mail sub
sidy paragraph should not at any
time exceed SS,OOO,000 annually,
none of the amendments agreed to
materially affected the bill as 1t was
reported from the commerce commit
tee.
The voting upon amendments be-
gan at 8 o'clock and snch food OF
them was offered that a final vote
upon the bill, as amended, was not
reached until juss before 6 o'clock.
Amendments offered by Mr.. Vest of
Missouri, providing for "free ships"
aud for the application of the pro-
Visions of the anti trust law to the
shipping industry we're rejected, as
was the amendment proposed by Mr..
Patterson, of Colorado, providing
that no Chinese person should be a
member IF the crew of Il subsized
vessel. Mr.. Pettns of Alabama, Of
fered an amendment providing that
the total expenditure under the bill
should not exceed $9,O00,0O0 in any
one year. l. wss adopted in COM
mittee of the whole but later in the
ssnate was rejected.
The senate agreed to an amend'
offered by Mr. Spooner provid
ing that congress should have power
to amend or r-pesl the act without
impsiring any contract made under
its authority. Mr.. Hanna OF Ohio
offered aud the senate adopted three
amendments applying directly te
the acquisition by j. Pierpout Nor
gan aud his associates of the Leylanc
line of British shi ips. They provide
that no foreign built ship shall par
ticipate in the proposed subsidy thai
nothing in the act shall be construed
to prevent American citizens or cor
porations from holding or operating
foreign ships i'll the ocean carrying
trade, aud that no foreign built shlE
of any line TINS acquired by Amer'
can citizeus shall BE- admitted here
after to American registry.