Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-19
IN THE SENATE,
Continued from Page One)
prisoner. He proceeded to saw that i,

/ Il better man, but he added when the
| liberties of the people are destroyed.
nothing is left but despotism.
THAT is the whole subject" he add
| eG, as he took his seat.
Daniel Immediately moved to lay the
resolution on the table and Mr.. Lodge
demanded the yeas and nays The
ro!l-call on the motion to lay on the
table resulted in "a yeas and nays.
| The Negative votes were cast by the
| following senators:
blackburn, Frazier. Latimer, Nc
! Crcary, McLaurin, Money, Stone and
| Tlilman. CulbersOn would have voted
in the negative but for the fact that he
was paired. Mr. Tillman first cast his
Vote to lay on the table under e mis-
apprehension and this raised a laugh
at his expense in which he joined.
The Senate took up the pure food bill
soon after the Tillman resolution was
tabled and Mr.. McCumber spoke in ia
vOr of it.
In the course of an interruption, Gal
linger took occasion to say that he did
not share the popular apprehension as
to the impurity of foods.
| McCunber said that 1.-The principa
manufacturers favor the bill and he de-
clared that the liquor dealers were
among its most strenuous opponents.
| He said the whiskey men had made an
effort to raise $250,000 to aid in their
opposition.
| While McCumber was engaged in
reading circular on the manufacture
of OLD WhiSkey, Lodge asked what was
meant by the beading of LIQUOR" Nc
Cunber interpreted the query as in
tended to be humorous and replied that
the senator from Massachusetts should
Lave sufficient knowledge about cham
pl5ne to understand the subject. Lodge
declared however that he was entire
| ly in earnest. Nelson replied that the
Oppression had reference to the Offer
was on the floor a the same time and
| Nelson added the suggestion that the
Wisconsin senator ought to be able to
throw added light on the question, es-
pecially with reference to beer.
Does the senator mean to intimate that
] am beer guZZler?" asked Spooncr in
all seriousness.
Nelson was prompt with his dsavowal
II meant nothing of the kind" he said.
and added that. knowing Spooner to be
from one of the greatest beer manufac-
, | tuTlfsS III tle Union KNOW tntA
senator to be almost total abstainer.'
The remark caused q general laugh.
McCumber yielded the floor to Mallory
who spoke on the merchant marine ship
ping bill. He expressed the opinion that
the bill was the most acceptable shipping
bill 50 far resented. but that he still con-
sidered it full of defects and on this ac-
count he could not bring himself to its
support. He said. however, that he was
, an advocate of the rehabilitation of the
merchant marine. He called attention to
J | the provision for levying 4 tax on for
, | cign bottoms brought into the United
5 States and made the point that in this
' feature the bill was a revenue raising
measure it should under recent conten-
| tons by the House originate in that body.
Mallory opposed the provisions grant
ing subsidies TO ships and bounti25 TO thn
proposed naval reserve. He contended
that the principle was unconstitutional
| and contended that even if carried into
effect the plan would prove failure
Mallory elaborated his constitutional OBJ
iections to the bill, and Gallinscr asked
him if he considered the subsidy granted
for carrying the Southern mails as un-
constitutional
NO" replied Mallory. 81 think it is
not: vote for it every time
DO you consider the appropriation of
] half a million dollars for the suppression
Of the boil weevil as in the subvcntion of
the constitution" asked the New Hamp-
shire senator.
II do not" replied Mallory, ''it is in the
interest of the general welfare"
{ Bacon made the suggestion that under
the provisions of the bill large Ameri-
can corporations engaged in transport
ing their own products to foreign mar
kcts would be entitled to the subsidy
to be given to American vessels.
There is but one concern in that po-
sition. and that is the Standard Oil Co. =
| said Mallory, and Bacon responded that
| he had had that company in mind but
| had not intended to mention it. Gallinger
admitted the point to be well taken. The
bringing out of this objection is one of
: the advantages derived from this debate.
The defect can be easily remedicd and it
will be done" he added.
| Patterson made n point against the bill
on the ground that it granted subsidy
, of half n million dollars to the Amer-
can Line on the Atlantic ocean and the
, Oceanic Line on the Pacific. notwith
, standing those lines had but recently on
tered into contracts to carry the mails
Pr the next 10 years without the subsidy.
IF such n precedent is established | ap-
prchend that many people will be found
. coming to Congress complaining of lack
of adequate compensation and insisting
upon additional grants
| Frye replied that under the British flag
: the American line would rcc"iv" 1.0c]
more per annum than Il received under
: the flag of the United States.
< Concluding. Mallory said that be would
/ prefer n system of discriminating duties
l in favor of American vessels to the pend
ing bill and added that he believed THAI
e the crandest system of merchant marine
y | ever known could thus he built up H.
believed that there would lie no difficult
4 ty under the discriminating duty plan in
y dealing with commercial treaties.
Gallinger gave notice that on Monday
next he would ask the Senate to fix a time