The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-13
SHIP SUBSIDY
BILL REPORTED
Senator Bailey Pointed Out the
Violation of an Agreement.
RECORD PROVED ASSERTION
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION
BILL TAKEN UP.
IkIAsHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Immediate-

IRIASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Immediate-
w ~ after the senate convened to-
day. Mr.. GaIlinger. from the
| committee on commerce, reported back
the merchant marine commissions
ship subsidy bill and said that the
committee would file the report of the
commission as its own
Mr. Berry stated that a minority Of
the committee opposed a favorab BILE re
port.
In making his report TO the senate.
Mr.. Gallinger used the majority re-
port submitted by the merchant ma
rine commission A minority report
viii be made by Senator Mallory i'm
the form of the minority report of
the commission which. il is said. viii
be signed by all of the Democratic
! members of the committee. except
Senator Martin, who was a member OF
the commission
Martin in Doubt.
In the discussions of the committee
! TO-DAY senator Martin said he was not
ready TO subscribe a absolutely to the
] views of the majority, nor did he wish
] TO commit himself 10 the minority re-
port No TOH call was had in the
! committee on the subject of reporting
the bin and therefore the trend Of
! the discussion is the only record of
the attitude OF The Republican MEM
bers Of the committee 1t is under
stood. however, that no Republican
senator took so positive a stand
against reporting the bill as would
cause him 10 support the minority
views.
One Important Amendment
The bill. reported by the commits
sion, was only amended in one i'm
portant particular by the commerce
commission An increased mail sub
Vention was authorized by the pro-
posed new route from a port on the
Pacific coast 10 Hawaii Japan and
China and the Philippines. For a
monthly service the subvention was
increased from $500. 900 to S4O0 OOO and
| Tor fortnightly service from $500 eco
TO $500 900. Members of the commits
sion feared that the subvention pro-
posed by the commission WAS insult
| hcient TO attract bidders for the con-
tract
Mr.. Bailey asked if the bill proposed
| direct subsidy and Mr. GaHinger re-
piled that ii provided for certain sub
ventions to ships when their owners
meet the requirements prescribed. Mr.
Bailey stated that this provision was
! contrary 10 the understanding when
the resolution providing for the an
pointment of the merchant marine
| commission was adopted.
When unanimous consent for the
! consideration of that measure was
asked he said. 81 objected. and was
I
the promise that the commission would
recommend discriminating duties and
not a subsidy"
Proclaimed His Innocence.
Mr. GaIinger said he had no knowI-
edge of such an agreement
IF had known of such an under
standing, he said, I should not have
accepted place on the commission
because l would not have undertaken
the work with my hands tied. No
hearings would have been necessary
with that pledge out; il would have
peen most extraordinary, not TO say
prepOsterOus-
There would have been no commits
stOn.' Responded Mr. Bailey. If the
promise had not been made: the rec
ord VIII show that the colloquy oc-
Cured as I have indicated
The consideration of the merchant
marine bill was dropped, and the leg
! islative. executive and judicial appro-
priatiOn bill taken up.
Bailey Read the Record.
Mr.. Bailey interrupted considera-
| ton OF the appropriation bill to read
| from the Congressional Record a col
ioquy between himself and OIr. Frye
at the time the resolution providing for
a merchant marine commission was
passed 1t showed that Mr. Bailey had
| Withdrawn his objection to the bill
because MI Frye expressed the opin-
ion that the work OF the commission
would result ''in a provision for dis
eliminating duties"
Mr.. Lodge said the statement by
Mr. Frye was merely the expression
! of personal opinion and in no sense
binding.
Mr. Foraker expressed the opinion
that there would be as much oDpor-
| tunity for retaliation under a tonnage
| tax system such as had been recon-
mended as under a system of dis
eliminating duties
The legislative appropriation bin
/ was then taken up In connection
| With a paragraph adding to the cIas-
/ sified service a number of labOrerS en-
| pioyed as clerks, a discussion of the
civil service was participated in
/ by 'Messrs- German, CulIom Allison.
| Stewart and others Mr.. German com
/ planned of such legislation as unfair
| 10 persons who have taken the civil
/ service examination He asserted that
TINS was the most expensive govern
ment in the world, which. he said
was due TO the appropriation of mon
! ey IN lump sums. to be expended at
| the discretion Of the executive depart
ments- He traced the treasury deficit
/ to this source
| Mr. German also criticised the
| amendment appropriating $4,000 to
permit the department of commerce
| TO send agents abroad TO investigate
| trade conditions. saying the depart
ment had more than IL could do in this
country.
/ The provision was amended so a. TO
| limit the pay of agents TO SO per day
and actual expenses.
Mr.. Foraker's bill requiring the Ia
being Of carriages occupied by gov
| eminent officials other than cabinet
| officers was stricken out.
Mr. Berry made point Of order
/ against the amendment increasing the
| salaries of the members of the siviI
service commission from $500 to S4.-
900, but pending its decision the SEN
ate 4.15 p. m adjourned.
MRS. CHADWICK WAS