The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-02
SENATE TAKES UP
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL,
Prior to Consideration, Tillman's
Santo Domingo Resolution
Was Referred.
(By Associated Prcss.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. February L.
The Senate to-day passed thirty or forty
miscellaneous bills and devoted aeycral
hours to the consideration OF the shipping
Dill. Bills were passed authorizing the
election of a delegate In Congress from
Alaska, authorizing the construction OF
revenue cutter vessel for duty at Sa-
vann;h, Ga; authorizing the construction
OF u bridge across st. Andrews Bay. Fla,
by the Birmingham. Columbus and st.
Andrews Railroad Company, and provid-
ing for lighthouses. fish cultural stations,
etc. Most Of the time devoted to tho
shipping bill was consumed by Mr.. PEN
rose In set speech In support of the
measure
Mr.. Tillman's resolution, calling on the
President to send to the Senate all the
letters from the United States minister to
Santo Domingo to the State Department
In 1904. was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations. Mr. rillman made
no objection. but said that he only want
ed light as to whether Santo Domingo had
been coerced into the present arrange
ment. He said the newspapers had said
that this was the case, while Mr.. Pat
terson had said yesterday that the ar
rangcment was made ut the solicitation
OF the Dominican government. After MT.
Tilman had made a brief statement con-
ceriing the bills holding railroads respon-
sible for injuries to- employees, Mr EiRins
withdrew his motion Tor their reference
to the Committee on the JUDICIARY, .uus
leaving them with tho committee on m
terstate Commerce
Mr. Tillman said he had not been aware
OF the frequent change OF reicreI'ce ior
the bills. He said that he had peen M
strumental In the effort to secure .he
change Of reference. because the lii'e
state Commerce Committee was SO hiuch
y tt,.f,l -
Take Up Ship Subsidy
AT . o'clock the shipsubsiuy piii wa.
taken nm. Mr.. Bacon said that ne wou.u
be inclined to support the shipp'hs p'''
~ It's operation were confined 10 stai'
ing aid in the way OF iiherai man sun
sides to steamship lines between po,.s
of the United States and other ports VIZ"
which there is now no direct commune
cat,on such. for instance, as the ports
of south America. He believed that such
lines should be encouraged. Mr.. Spooner
suggested that the bill would afford en-
couragement to only large concerns as
vessels would receive subsidy for only
ten years Such vessels would then come
into competition with subsidized ships
with the Inevitable result as he thought
OF forcing their sale to the larger CONF
panies operating subsidized vessels.
Mr.. Gallinger intimated a willingness
TO amend the bill, to meet the objec-
ton. Mr.. Penrose declared that Tor
twenty years after 1878 no transatlantic
vessels had been launched on the -1eia-
ware and that the record for thirty years
was only ten. while the Clyde line had
Launched hundreds. He contendcd that
American labor should be protected IN
the shipyards as well as in the factories.
Mr.. Carter expressed the opinion that
the bill would be endorsed by the entire
Rocky Mountain region.
Mr.. Penrose declared the report that
there was ship-bullding trust to be "a
Pigment Of the imagination. There can
be no division of opinion on party lines
over the need of smashing the foreign
monopoly" he said.
At 4.O5 o'clock p. NJ the Senate went
into executive session, adjourning at
4:1b until tomorrow.