Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-15
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Frye made a general speech i'll sup
port Of The bill. saying that the $780,,
100000 paid annually to foreign ships
should be used in developing an Amer
lean merchant marine. He confessed
that it was humiliating to him as an
American to travel around the world
and never see an American flag in any
port.
He said that the principal difficulty
in operating American vessels was
found i'll the greater cost of operating
American than foreign vessels,
amounting To almost twice az much.
The only possible way Of meeting the
difference, he said was for the United
States to give enough in the way OF
bounty To cqIlaltze the conditions. He
said: "A republic that is paying frolI
$2c0, 900 to $30u000G coo for building an
isthmian canal largely for the benefit
of foreign vessels can certainly afford
to do something for its own shipping"
He called attention to the fact that So
600. 000 had been spent on the harbor of
Galveston and said that only one
American Vcsse, enters it. Patterson
urged the adoption Of a substitute for
the bill providing for discriminating
! duties rather than subsidies.
| Clay contended that the effect OF the
| bill would be to make the 10000 per-
! sons who are employed by the ship
] owners of the Crited States members
Of the naval reserve and place them on
! the nations pavrnllS without service
| to the United States.
| Clay predicted that tho subsidy fea-
! ture Of tho bill would prove intermina-
/ bic and declared that the shipping in
tcrest had no right more than any 9TH
I er industry to come to Congress and
| ask assistance because of failure
| Hale. replying. attributed the destruc-
ton Of the shipping industry to the Civil
war. He said that the old fashioned doc
trine that there should he no govern
mental aid to any industry had long since
Disappeared and he instanccd many cases
: in which such help Lad been given All
of these. "" contend"d. were in effect
subsidies. Eo appealed to the Southern
senator's for nelp in !x'Ssinr tho bill saw
ing that the South should rot stand solid
" in opposition 20 a measure of such vast
import to the entire country.
Galinger closed the debate with brief
| reply to tho criticisms made by other
! sneakers. He said That every American
| citizen would be benefited by the passage
of the bill.
Promptly at ; o'clock tho Senate began
| voting on the various amc ndmcnts
| Many irnport1nt amendments were ac-
copied by the Senat" without division and
! tflns" Included most of those suggested
F.. yesterday by Allison
+; TIL" important changes rrade were the
+! following:
! Including scanlen engaged in the trade
I of the Great Taxes aud the coast in tho
! naval reserve: limiting tn" reserve 70 To-.
COO r,"n recurring annual Instead Of "roeG
! arrrnrriationS: ronfiping tho subsidy to
cargo vessels. to steam vessels Of moro
than 'hN tons. sailing vessels of more
than 40 tons. AMI fishing vessels of more
than 20 tons: excluding An"rican vceSoIs
. enga god exclusively in foreign trade from
the bonofits nf the bill: giving authority
to tn" Inited states to take iutmcdiatn
possession Of subsidized vcscel for its
j own 1lSn in caSc Of emergency. incroaSin
10 nrn-fourth after 19i" tho nun,hor oc
! Amoric'r 'tiZonS ret,uircd in IL" crev-s
of subsidized Sims: incro1einn tho sub
SidiZ"d Gulf COAT lnc% fror, four to six
and tho Pacific coast lines frCnn three Ia
four and providing that th"v shall donnrt
fror, Puget Sound aud the Columbia
river.
The first yos and no v"t" was token on
! y motion Inv Bacon to strik" ont TITO nrn-
vision fCr q naval reserve. u was lost. p
To 80 Tho Democrats voted volidv for
the amendment ard three T'"nublican
| votes. those Of Allison. Dollivcr and
Sroor"r wore cast with them.
Patterson Their submitted his "merd
rn"nt providing that no part IF tic sub
sidv should he raid to Sims cr1Dlnvinr
Chinese nc n mart Of the;r d"cf1 crows.
Tho amendment was lost. Il =" 81.
SnCorcr moved 70 strike out the rrn-
VISION giving half nav to mnmhnrs Of tho
NAVAL reserve who hnrn scr-'od for 1ocG
thnr SIX months and tho rrotion rrovai'-
cd. 81 TO % r'ris was IN" onlv a"'"r'lr""'lt
! r'ado 70 tho bill in opposition to the wish
cs of its ernportcrG
| An arnoo1rro,lt Iv cT,Hrrin rrovidi--
tim. nart If the subsidies nrovided f"r
| should he paid TO senator". r'"rn>,"rS o.
tho HOUSE or other federal officials. was
| voted DOVE without division. IS was q
| rot ION nv Newla nds to rccorn~it
Tho vote wns thor taken IN tho passage
! oe the b'Il resulting in IS ayes and %
noes as fo1Ior-s:
.Idrich. hlloo. Alison. Ar'-"rcv.
Rrnrdc~co pnIrnharr I,rrr"'"-; rartor.
CIart Of Wvcmir~. Crane. nf"k. Dr--d"n.
Foraker. T-rvo. Fulton. Golli"~cr Gown
i hl" Halo. He''sr"ough H"'n"T-vav. Hoy
burn Hont:~e E"an. I.od"e. Long. Nc
Cur,hnr. 'r'ilrr.' Nclson NIXON. F"nr"e".
/ PorkinS Pits Pln't. Scott. cnnot. South
| er'aod Warren. Wn.more-2S
Navs-Raco, ElnckIrl~r. cu"'Se't.
C'I,rf- oe Ar,.oreas. r'av. Daniel Do'li-
vcr Dubois Foster F~"zicr. G~"r''. IT,
Ee,'ettr ratir,er NcC'ran~v. NrF ."I'~in.
r,ott,,S T,,-~cr Si~--~ons SOONER Stone.
TaIiafCrro ToI'or. Warncr-'7
JrrrcT'a'c'v rnverid~n mood 20 rr"-
| cord With tho consid"rn tion Of NC st"t"-
h.nd l,i1I 'Thn r-oti0n nrovni1s'. th''S
| riy'rr- that nroas~re its nlrc" on the cal
c-1ar nS tho unfinished ','e'no"S.
Tho S"~rtn then. at 615 T. N. adjourn
cd until tomorrow