Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-01
IN THE SENATE.
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the United States should let Santo Do
| niingO alone.
"If We abandon it. then either a Euro
pean power will take possession of the
Dominican revenues or the people of the
| island will be left to fate worse than Il
consignment to the inferno" he said, and
added: 'Is there no duty devolving upon
the United States? Can we take the TO-
sition that no European power shall in
terfere and then ourselves do nothing To
relieve the situation?"
The senator also said that he could
not accept the contention that the Presi-
, dent lad usurped any prerogative in car
rying into effect the present arrangement
in Santo Domingo.
, Patterson resumed his discussion of the
attitude of the President, saying that he
did not consider him "a perfect man. He
knew him to be emotional and at times
hasty. but he had no doubt of his patriot
ism
II have not the slightest suspicion he
added. that the President is trying to
pave his way to a denomination"
He read the Presidents statement an
nouncing mis- determination not to be Il
candidate. calling attention to the fact
that it had been made after receiving IAN
unprecedented popular majority" spoke
of the fact that the Presidents position
had been based on his desire not to vfo-
late the unwritten two-term law. and
added: "If this declaration had been
made because Of a desire to serve his
own personal convenience the President
would not be under the same obligation
that he is now under. not to again enter
the contest, but having based his state
r!cnt upon a desire to observe the two
term rule laid down by Washington. he
would be base and perfidious should h.
under any circumstances seek or accept
another nomination.
Hepburn sought to secure an agreement
to vote on the pure food bill on FEB. {.
but Teller Objected saying that he was
prepared row to vote On the bill but that
he objects TO the method suggested for
securing the disposition of q measure be-
fore the Senate.
Teller made similar objection when, Il
few minutes later. Gallinger sought to
have time fixed for a vote on the ship
ping bill.
lISttSSlIl-5 tlt SillIp!HS piIl, |iItI IN
pressed the opinion that the extra eX-
rense of building ships in the United
States was not so great a drawback to
the shipping industry as the difficulty Of
manning American slips.
What guarantee have we that the sub
sidiZed ships would carry our merchan-
disc more cheaply than other vessels? he
asked
Gallinger replied by pointing to the
great reduction of freight rates on tho
Great Lakes where, he said, the competi-
ton was entirely among American yes
seis.
Gallingcr predicted that without lcgi:-
Iation the United States will soon be
wiped off, the north Atlantic.
"In the face of that fact the merchant.
marine commission gives US only persm-
MONS" said Frye, and Galingcr replied
, that Frye could at any time introduce =
bill to subsidize the north Atlantic ships
and he (Gallnger) would support it.
Spooner asked il this was not merely
the beginning of permanent subsidy
plan for the United States. and Gallinge:
replied that with the business of ship
zion would be chearer.
Frye said that ships could he built much
more chearly by wholesale than at retail.
He added that if the bill of 1901 had he
come 4 law we would be building ships
now more cheaply than on the Clyde.
While our American wOrilmen get SO per
cent mere in the way of wages than the
Clyde workmen, he said, we would soon
do the work as cheaply as they do. He
said it frequentlys happens that 'the
Clyde workman td)kes holiday on Fri
day, gets drunk on Saturday, stays drunk
on Sunday and therefore is not fit to work
Monday"
Frye spoke of the higher rates neces-
sary on American vessels as due to the
greater cost of operating and Bailey suS-
gestcd that we should be thankful if
other nations did our carrying so much
more chea1ly than We can, leaving our
people to engage in more profitable en-
tcrprisns
Neither Frye nor Gallinger would make
the concession and the question led t"
the exchange of some pleasantr!cs on the
protective principle which did not bear
directly on the question.
At sos p. NJ the Senate went into cX
ecutive session and at SIS adjourned.