Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-15
SHIPPING BILL PASSED
SENATE ACTS FAvoRABLY BY A
VOTE OF 80 TO 81.
Provisions of the Observation-Disclosures
Of Number of Amendments
Statehood Next in Lime.

The ship subsidy bill was passed by the
Senate yesterday afternoon by a vote of 3s
to q. Quite number of amendments were
agreed to. The vote on the passage of the
bill was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Alice, Allison, Ankeny.
Brandegee, Burnham, Burrows, Carter,
Clark Of Wyoming, Crane, Dick, Dryden.
Foraker. Frye, Fulton. Gallinger. Gamble
Hale, Hansbrough, Hemenway, Hepburn,
Hopkins, Kean, Lodge, Long, McCumber
Willard, Nelson, Nixon, Penrose Perkins,
Piles, Platt Scott. Smoot. Sutherland, War
rem and Wetmore; total IS.
Nays-Bacon. Blackburn, Burkett, Clarke
of Arkansas, Clay. Daniel Dolliver, Dubois,
Foster, Frazier, Gearin, La Toilette Lat
inner, McCreary, McLaurin, Morgan. New
lands, Overman, Patterson, Pettus, Ray
ner, Simmons Spooner, Stone, Ta1iaferro,
Teller and Warner; total, q.
Provisions of the Bill.
AS passed, the bill establishes thirteen new
contract mail lines and increases the sub
vention of the oceanic lines running from
the Pacific coast to Australasia. OF the
thirteen new lines, three leave Atlantic
coast ports, one running to Brazil, one to
Uruguay and Argentina and one to South
Africa; six from ports on the Gulf OF Mex
leo, embracing one to Brazil, one to Cuba.
one to Mexico and three to Central America
and the Isthmus of Panama; four from Pa
cific coast ports, embracing two to Japan,
China and the Philippine Islands direct, one
to Japan, Chna-and the Philippines via
Hawaii and one to Mexico, Central Amer
lea and the Isthmus of Panama.
The bill also grants Il subvention at the
rate of So per gross ton per year to cargo
vessels engaged in the foreign trade of the
United States and at the rate of $500 per
ton to vessels engaged In the Phllippine
trade, the Philippine coastwise Jaw being
k,anr iNn,- fa1 n
the the bin is that creating naval reserve
force of 10,GG0 officers and men. who are to
receive retainers after the British practice
Vessels receiving subsidies are required 10
carry a certain proportion of naval re-
serve men among the crew. The aggregate
compensation for mail lines is about S3,ooo,-
600 annually. No steam vessels OF less IMAM
1000 tons is to receive aid under the Dill.
Important Amendments Adopted.
Many important amendments were ac-
cepted by the Senate without division and
these included most of those suggested by
Mr. Allison. The important changes made
were the following:
Including seamen engaged in the trade of
the great lakes and the coast in the naval
reserve limiting the reserve to 10000 men;
recurring annual instead of gross appro-
priattons; combining the subsidy to cargo
vesves to steam vessels of more than l,oOo
tons, sailing vessels of more than 200 tons
TONS excluding American vessels engaged
exclusively in foreign trade from the bene-
Ats Of the BILL giving authority to the United
States to take immediate possession of
subsidized vessel for its own use in case
of emergency: increasing to one-fourth af-
ter 1912 the number of American citizens re-
Quired In the crews of subsidized ships; in
creasing 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 CO.
lumbia river.
The first aye and no vote was taken on
motion by Mr.. Bacon to strike out the pro-
vision for q naval reserve. 1t was lost, %
to 80. The democrats voted solidly for the
amendment and three republican votes
those of Messrs. Allison, Deliver and
Spooner were cast with them.
Mr. Patterson then submitted his amend
ment providing that no part of the subsidy
should be paid to ships employing Chinese
as q part of their deck crews The amend
ment was lost. II to Al.
The senators voting in the affirmative
were Messrs. Ankeny, Carter Daniel. Du-
bois, Foster, Fulton. Gearin. La Toilette
McLaurin, Newlands, Nixon, Patterson
Perkins, Piles, Rayner, Teller and War
ner
Mr.. Spooner moved to strike out the pro-
vision giving half pay to members of the
naval reserve who have served for less than
six months, and the motion prevailed, "a to
30. This was the only amendment made to
the bill, in opposition to the wishes of its
supporters. Inc vote on II was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Allison, Ankeny, Bacon. Blackburn,
Burkett, Burrows. Clark of Arkansas, Clay
Daniel, Dolliver. Dubois, Foster, Frazier
Fulton, Gamble, Gearin, Hemenway, La
Toilette, Latimer, McCreary, McI.aurin,
Morgan, Newlands, Overman, Patterson,
Pettus. Piles Rayner, Simmons Spooner
Stone, Taliaferro, Teller, Warner Total, 81
Nays-Aldrich Alice Brandegee, Burn
ham, Carter. Clark of Wyoming Crane
Dick, Dryden, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger,
Hale, Hansbrough, Hepburn, Hopkins,
kean. Lodge. Long. McCumber, Millard,
Nelson, Nixon, Penrose, Perkins, Platt
Scott, Smoot, Sutherland, Wetmore. Total,
80.
An amendment by Mr.. McLaurin provid-
ing that no part of the subsidies provided
for should be paid to senator's, members
Of the House and other federal officials
was voted down without division, as was
motion by Mr.. Newlands to recommit
Immediately Mr.. Beveridge moved to pro-
coed with the consideration of the state
hood bill. The motion prevailed, thus CIV
Ing that measure its place on the calendar
as the unfinished business.
The Consular Reform Bill.