The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
THE SHIPPING BILL PASSED Vote in the Senate is
 B to 27. OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS Five Republican Senators Vote
 With the Minority. Many Amendments Are Adopted, But Only One Which Was Not Favor ed by Friends of the
 Measure.

Washington, Feb. 14.--At a few minutes after six o'clock today the Sen ate cast its final ballot on the Subsidy Shipping bill which was passed by d vote of thirty eight to twenty-seven. All the votes for the bill were by Re- publican Senators and five Republican Senators voted with the Democrats in opposition-Burkett, Deliver, LaFol- lette, Spooner and Warner
 The vote on the bill was preceded by action on a number of amendments and this by an entire day of debate.
 Many important amendments were accepted but only in one case was a modification agreed to that was not in accordance with tho wishes of mana gers of the bill. The exception was an amendment offered by Mir. Spooner eliminating the provision giving half pay to members of the naval reserve who have served less than six months.
 As passed the bill established thir- teen new contract mail lines and in creases the subvention to the Oceanic Line, running from the Pacific coast to Australasia. Of the new lines threo leave Atlantic coast ports, one running to Brazil, one to Uruguay and Argen- tina, and one to South Africa; six from ports on the Gulf of Mexico, embracing one to Brazil. one to Cuba, one to Mex leo and three to Central America and InGN 4SEHDlub OL IdHdluas AOdt AAOti Pacific coast ports. embracing two to Japan, China and the Philippines di- rect, one to Japan. China and the Phil ippines, via Hawaii and one to Mexico, Central American and Panama.
 The bill also grants subventton at the rate of $5 per gross ton per year to cargo vessels engaged in the foreign trade of the United States and at the rate of $5.50 per ton to vessels engaged AI.- aA~N Aa fka frrt ran coastwise law being postponed until 1909.
 Another feature of the bill is that creating a naval reserve of 10000 off cers and men who are to receive re- tainers after the British practices. Yes sells receiving subsidies are required to carry a certain proportion of naval re- serve men among their crews. The az gregating compensation for mall lines fs about ss,0e0,000 annually. No steam vessel of less than 1000 tons Is to re- ceive aid under the bill
 When the shipping bill was disposed of the Statehood bill was made the unfinished business.
 Criticised By Spo0ner.
 Mir. Spooner criticized many of the details of the bill, among others that requiring a part of all crews of sea going vessels should be members of the naval reserves. Mir. Frye said that there was a bill pending before the committee on commerce which was intended to meet many of MT. Spooner's criticisms.
 MT. Frye made a general speech in support of the bill saying that the $2OO.00O,o 900 paid annually to foreign ships should be used in developing an American merchant marine. He said the cost of operating American ves- sels was almost double that of foreign vessels, and that the United States should give enough in bounty to equal ize the condition. He said;
 "A republic that is paying from $2oO,- 000, ,000 to $500, 100000 for building an Isthmian Canal largely for the benefit of foreign vessels, can certainly af- ford to do something for It's own shipping"
 He called attention to the fact that 5,000, 900 has been spent on the harbor at Galveston and said that only one American vessel enters it. MT. Pat terson urged the adoption of substi- ute for the bill providing fo~ discrim- mating duties rather than subsidies.
 Mir Clay contended that the effect of the bill would be to make 1000 per sons who are employed by the ship owners of the United States members of the naval reserves and place them on the national pay rolls For this  vice to the United States"
 Mir Clay predicted that the subsidy feature of the bill would prove inter ininable and declared that the shipping interest had no more right than any other industry to come to Congress and ask assistance because of failure.
 Mir Hale replying attributed the de- struction of the shipping industry to the civil war He appealed to the Southern Senators to aid in passing the bill
 Speeches also were made by New lands, Fulton. Bacon, Scott and Per- kins and Gallinger closed the debate with a brief reply to the criticisms made by other senators.
 Voting On Amendments.
 Promptly at five o'clock the Senate began voting on the various amend ments. Many important amendments were adopted by the senate without division and these included most of those suggested yesterday by MT. AL lison The immediate changes were as follows:
 Including seamen engaged in the trade of the great lakes and the coast in the naval reserve; limiting the re- serve to 10000 men; requiring annual instead of gross appropriations; con- firming the subsidy to cargo vessels, to steam vessels of more than 1000
 
 tons. and fishing vessels of more than 20 tons; excluding American vessels engaged exclusively in foreign trade from the benefits of the bill; giving authority to the United States to take immediate possession of a subsidized vessel for its own use in case of emer gency; increasing to one-fourth after 1912 the number of American citizens required in the crews of subsidized ships; increasing the subsidized gulf coast lines from four to six and the Pacific coast lines from three to four and providing that they shall depart from Puget Sound and the Columbia river.
 MT Spooner moved to strike out the provision giving half pay to members of the naval reserve who have served for less than six months aIid the mo- ton prevailed, 34 to SO This was the amendment made to the bill in oppo- sition to the wishes of it's supporters. The vote was then taken on the pas sage of the bill. resulting in 3S ayes and 27 noes.
 Immediately MT. Beveridge moved to proceed with the consideration of the statehood bill. The motion prevailed. thus giving the measure it's place on