The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-03-15
McLAURIN AND THE SHIP SUBSIDY.

Senator McLaurn of Mississippi drove Cantor che
nome IN the senate yesterday when he gave notic sc
to the ship subsidy bill providing for
tne names of all persons connected With or inter
eseu IN nrms TO receive benefits from the provison -
inhibition. - " Win Inc following
mo Senator or Representative or President Of a.,
nied otates or judge of any court of the Tn;tad
snail be directly indirectly interested in otates
nnder TINS act or in any corporation HAVING ntraot
under TINS act or directly Indirectly receive
t m u yaue OF worth under the provisions of this
~, u oe ulrectly or indirectly interested in anv
lon OF vessel which is beneficiary under this AFT
:. 10 pelIectly plain that the adoption of sncb o.
the nhu' moud render nugatory the very object which
Tue SUBSIDY Dill IS designed to accomplish and tbef
20 say mat The amendment will be voted down s ht 20
e.u.e act winch oyery observing man will aoree r. ~
H as matter OF fact this ship subsidy bill miobt
3e more httlngy styled bill for the relief NJ cgs I
anna and his political and capalistic ASSOCIATES ho"o
Ine amendment In question if adopted wonld tota ~
sne original character of the BILL and render i n
undesirable from the standpoint Of the -
was designed to meet The bill with this omende ~
would be as fiat stale and Improbable % ~
pay OF Hamlet with the Prince of Denmark left onf
asmuch as 1t would exclude from narticino+,on -; III
It's TO be derived from the verv ndvidpoI - 'ne PROF
:,s were sought to be subserved by the passaon 81
o! Wnat possible interest could Senator Hanna +ah
iii, IS Even .no1gn 1t be his pet measure if the
y tnis amendment which would exclude his Vast sb;
neIests from the benefits to be conferred2 WoIp
hot oonsoatloh 10 MS wounded feelings to know
'nol COMPANIES would be benefited by the nrorooJ
uosuy SO long as his syndlcates are horned of al go
10y uenled any part or lot this raid upon the oovern
Is IL possible that Mr.. McLaurin NAV en+ertoin
nv " personal grudge against the Ohio hoss oIle
M ~ utnlessiy propose to step IN and spoil tb it'll
le ol aGot winch ne had SO nicely planned all hy b;s
.a oV u IL were not such serious and scandal
Is matter, this thing of men who occnnv eol'ual-
neu otates Senate deliberately planning: rad - .ne
TAX money in their personal interests
10 amendment offered by Senator McI,anrn ,viS iS,
fhA LEI y -
wever II Is Ear from humorous it is indeed rHao
cassa 4; I ien' tnat such an amendment shonId he
a project the people against their Of
y more respectable of the Republican newsnane
country have denounced the pending sb; p,L;S u
Interests Of ba 100 designed by Senator Hama IN
80 Si VI MS own ship building interests On th
at akes ana to enable him to discharge his wr ;ne
% some OF the big trusts and syndicaes Of t5
to- IT, y: lc1aurln amendment will force test of th;s
Iler. II is perfectly innocent and proner an o.S
simply seeks to enforce cardinal prpcnl of a
~ i interest 10 honest administration If ouobt nnt
;nt Sa sucn law to protect the American neon
nsC senators voting the money of the publc in
II own private enterprises but the statement u VI
senator HanDas personal interest in this LII I
80 open and general and their correctness n haw a
Deen challenged by him his friends the MI a. Il
ndment is emnently proper IF mona &c ~
propose to profit by the ship subsidy bill then tbSS
- 70 oe no direction to the adoption of the amend
y Us viii hurt no one at the same time # will @
N Its face the good faith of those ,yho oo VIII car
Il on the other hand, the amendment - uot me
y ~ Is certain to be the case it will Be diacpt 80
tban .ne american nation to regard such vote other
'eu 20, as 9eng IN the nature of confession of th
OF tne charge that the ship subsidy bin is simnlv
nc ana shameless raid of the public treasury depyr
Of F ba anIa Tor his own personal benefit and that Of
=! MS pontlcal friends Mr. McIaurn,s amanJ 6
WI" smoke the legislative brigands ont of tba;r bnII
ompeI them to stand in their true light before tho
e OF the entire country-DaiIy States ''' '"o
there is any man match for Hanna in sbreudDose
olltlcs McLaurn of Mississippi is the man. TboI +
amendment he attached to the Hanna Ship Subsidy
as removed the danger and cut off the ardor Of Soma
we're favoriDg il not for the counrys good but the
consideration