Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-16
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

when Grosvenor. Ohio, presented a bill
To admit to American registry foreign
ships wrecked and repaired in this
country when the repairs equal 60
per cent. Of the value Of the snip.
Several members opposed the BILL IN
Guiding Williams, Miss, DeArnohd.
No. ana McNary. Mass. 1t would, they
said prevent the building up of the
American merchant marine because the
bill would make more difficult the bear
ing Of American register than under ex-
listing laws. jt.:-
BY rising vote the House refused to
shut off debate on the measure and
Grosvenor secured roll call on the
motion which was to order the previous
question.
Grosvcnor's motion prevailed 132 10
1C9. In order to block a move to send
the bill back to the committee, Gros-
vcnor entered motion to recorlmit
the bill with the tacit understanding
that the melton should be defeated.
when the bill was put on its passage. \
roll call was had on the motion. The
motion to recommit failed 104 to l33.
a third roll call was then ordered on
the passage Of the bill.
Grosvenor'S molten prevailed. the bill
being passed by n vote Of 1Hs TO los.
On motion of Adams, Wis. 4 bill Wa:
called UP which provides that after five
years the annual appropriation to each
state and territory for the support OF
agricultural experiment stations shall be
$3o,000 This appropriation is now $3.50"
The increase is to begin next year by the
addition of 5000 and 5000 yer to be
added to this each year until the full
amount shall be reached.
The opportunity for general debate was
embraced by Payne, N. Y. to make =
speech on his bill to consolidate the Gus.
| tom collection districts which the Hous'
had refus d to consider earlier in the dav
| Effort was made to cut him off but with
| out avail.
He said it cost last year $14G0 to col
| lect no revenue at Beaufort, N. c.; III
Albemarle. n. c., it cost Si6O6 to collect s.
| at kennebunk. Me. it cost 500 to collect
| nothing; at Little Egg Harbor. y. j.. s3p
was the expense of collecting nothing; al
| Port jefferson, N. Y. the expense was
$12 and the collection rothing. Their
We're 81 non-paying ports on the list
which Payne read from. The total col
lected in these ports was $i72i2 and ths
expense of maintaining the ports wa.
sl!6.1s5.
| Chairman Wadsworth of the asricultur
al committee, rcvertinG to the bill under
| consideration. opposed the proposition OF
the ground that no state was so poor tina
it could not appropriate $4,000 year i
necessary. He was opposed to the prac
tice of going to Uncle Sam for every
thing 1t was stated by Underwood
| Ala, reverting to Payne's speech, tina
half million dollars was wasted ever,
year because of the necessity of main
tanning useless collection ports.
BY obtaining independent recognition
Underwood secured the floor for an hou
and when he concluded lie yielded L
Thomas, n. c.. and despite the efforts o
Adams to get back to his bill! it was i'm
possible. Thomas developed an argulnen
against the consolidation of ports. TIL
measure, he declared. was not one @
economy. If all the ports referred to b.
the committee were abolished, he said
but s409:OS n year WOULD ~ SAVED an.
more than this would be lost b.. rcaso,
Of smuggling which he maintained woul.
be carried on i'll the abandoned ports
besides. there We're many other dutic
discharged by custom officers besides col
Letting revenue.
The debate closed with speeches agains
the Payne bill by Gardner. Mass, Gard
rcr. \. J., and Blackburn. N. c.
Thu Adams bill was then passed
Tha: adjournment today should be unti
Monday was moved by Payne and by
| vote OF i13 to 80 was carried.