The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-04-17

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WASHINGTON. March ~ Although
pacihe t5asi delegations. New England
members ~ thc House aud delegations
from othrr states are Pressing " Z neio
Jos 80 cannon very hard Ga the ehir sub
yentiou iill. they are net meeting with
very much success Ou' in central mi
nois. where "Cnclo l0cn has 90 appeal
Tor votes. 'Ae people cage very iitil.
whether the sailing vessels ON the
Maine consi get sulvcution from the
government which voull aid them ina
building up the carrying trade, or
whether subsidies encourage shipping
ON the Pacific 20 that this government
will hold supremacy there with her mer-
chant fleets
Representative Litt'cGcld. OF Maine,
who has boen champ. ming the Shipping
hill in the committee ON Merchant Mar
inc and Fisheries. quite as earnestly,
as Senator Frye hiss teCn championing
such legislation Ter yeaw 20 his cul Of
the Capitol, recently inauguratcd a
movement calculated 20 start the
Speaker TO thinking fayoraily aLout
the bill. At Mr.. Littlofeld's instance
the memt ers Of the six New England
delegations gathered 90 consult. There
were two meetings before full deci-
sion was reached. Tho outcome was
authorization for Mr.. Littleiiold aud
Mr.. Greene. Of Massachusetts. 20 visit
the Speaker and impress upon him the
importance Of enacting the shipping
bill at this session.
This will be followed by caucuses Of
the New York delegation, which in
cludes Chairman Payne, Of the Ways
aud Means Committee, as is now
planned and il is hoped TO get them TO
make similar representations TO the
Speaker. Pennsylvania, which has 4
very large Republican delegation, and
New Jersey, viii also be asked to follow
similar program. As thcse states are
in the heart Of the fighting ground for
the next Congressional campaign, it is
felt that deep impression can be
created upon the Speaker il these state
delegations unite in favor of the bill.
All of the states mentioned, quite as
much as New England, have large ship
ping interests, which hitherto have been
strongly allied with the Republican
party. They have contributed literally
to Presidential and Congressional cam
paigns and the Republican managers
have been in the habit of looking to
them for material support.
Last fall when he made up his com
mittee "Uncle joe packed the com
mittee on Merchant Marine and Fish
cries with opponents Of ship subsidy
bill. He was well aware at the time
that this would be the most important
legislation to come before the commit
tee and he did not want majority in
favor of il. Accordingly several Re
publican members were put on from
middle western states where the only
ship of popular interest is a prairie
schooner It is claimed that the COM
mittee now stands nine TO nine-eyenly
divided-but that would suffice to pre-
vent bill being favorably reported
and in fact places the program in the
hands of the opposition.
At the same time n is realized that
if "Uncle Joen should relcnt, there
would be no great difficulty YIN securing
"A majority for favorable report.
The practice of packing House com
mttees is the cause of more than the
usual complaint at this session of Con
gress. IT has been followed for years