Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-13
THE WORK CONGRESS
Senate Busy With Discussion Of Ship
Subsidy Measure.
M'OUMBER SPEAKS FOR BILL.
Representative Sims of Tennessee
Charges That House Was Deceiv.
ed by Action Of Permanent
Census Bill C0nferees.

Washington, March 13.-Soon after
the senate convened Mr.. Rawlins
(Utah) introduced a resolution, which
was passed, directing the secretary Of
war to send to the senate the reports
of Inspectors Carpenter and Maus and
other information he may have in rela-
ton to the transports between the
United States and the Philippines, es-
pecially regarding free transportation
for individuals.
Mr.. Cullom, chairman of the commit.
tee on foreign relations, reported ia
vorably bill authorizing the president
to extend to the government of France
an invitation to join the government
and people Of the United States in the
dedication of the monument Of Count
de Rochambeau to be unveiled in this
city on May "a next.
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) offered an amend
ment including in the invitation the
family of the Marquis de la Fayette.
He paid tribute to Lafayette and
urged that his amendment was pecul-
iarly pertinent. The amendment was
agreed to, and as amended the bill was
passed.
At the conclusion Of routine business
the senate resumed consideration of
the ship subsidy bill, Mr.. McCumber
IN. d. speaking in support of the
measure. He said he represented an
agricultural state, interested only indi-
rectly in the shipping industry, but he
favored the passage Of the bill because
he believed the results of it's operation
would be beneficial not only to his con-
stituents, but to the people of the en-
tire country.
He maintained it would be just as
proper to remove the protective tariff
duties from products produced in this
country AS it would be to refuse to Of
fer to the shipping industry the protec
ton afforded by this bill. With the
subsidy provided by the bill he thought
that in the course of fifteen years the
United States would be able to CON-
pete with the world in the shipbuild-
ing industry
What the agriculturists of the west
and north most desired today was an
opening to the Pacific - the oriental
trade. He believed that the operation
of the pending bill would afford them |
that opening.
The Day In the House.
When the house met, bill was pass |
ed to provide for clerk for the circuit |
and district court at Wilmington, N. G.
The house then went into committee /
Ut the whole and resumed the consid-
GRAFTON of the postoftice appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Sims (Tenn.) reviewed the facts
In connection with the enactment of
the permanent census law and asserted
That the house had been grossly de-
ceived by the action of the conferees
1t had been the intention both of the
house and the senate, he said, to enact
provision which would cover all the
employees of the census bureau in the
classified service and make them ELI
slble for transfer, but the conferees
had substituted provision which de-
'eated the object sought to be obtained
~ the two houses.
He charged that Mr. Hopkins of ILL.,
lois, who presented the conference re-
bort, had deceived the house. Mr..
Hopkins action, he declared, called for
he strongest censure by the house, but
is the gentleman was not present he
would not propose action along that
inc. II
Mr.. Griffith Qnd.), who was one of
he conferees on the bill, called atten-
ion to three decisions of the supreme
curt, which would have nullified sec-
ion s as agreed to by the house and
enate. Under the circumstances, there
ore, he said, it was the duty of the
onferees to perfect the section so as
reflect the legislative will and intent.
The conferees, he said, thought they
Vere doing so, and for himself, he said,
was far from his purpose either to
eceive or mislead the house.
Mr.. Sims accepted Mr.. Grifith's ex-
and acquitted him and his
olleagues of the deliberate purpose to
eceive, but said the effect had been to
lislead the house.