Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
SENATE WILL PASS
THE SUBSIDY BILL
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Measure That is a Seesaw Be.
cause House Win De-
feat Il.
SAME AT EVERY CONGRESS.
Senator GaiIingcr Is Responsible for
Getting the BIN to a Votc--Gros-
ycnor up In the Air.
Special Correspondence.


Washington, Feb lO.--Againthe senate
viii pass a ship subsidy bill which
viii sleep for weeks aud then die in
the house To the perslstency OF Sem
ator Gallinger is due all credit there
may be I'm getting the shipping bill TO
vote. lie has achieved this result
without resorting to the powerful steer
ing committee Of the Republican side.
which usually determines which bills
shall first be considered He intro.
duced the bill early, secured favor
able report before the holidays and
slipped The bill into the unfinished
business notch, where he kept Il until
the senate agreed to vote on lae meas
uer. There are many public measures
which the house SENDS To the senate
knowing that they viii be straugled,
but the subsidy bill Is the exception
The senate votes this measure through
everybody being aware that Il cannot
pass the house.
DOES HIS OWN THINKING,
Representative Mccall Of Massachu-
setts IL man who does his own think
ing and forms his own conclusions,
he Is not swayed by influence OF any
kind. either by fear OF going contrary
20 the wishes Of his constituents or by
having federal patronage taken away
from him. He does what he believes
Ia be right, no mntter what other men
may say. There ls nothing Of the cow
ard In Mccall He has opposed the
whole lnsular programme and especial
" has opposed the principle that the
Z. Il.
between itself and its possessions. Nc.
Calrs latest action In opposing the rail.
rond rate legislation is an example Of
independence that Is characteristic ~
him Many men who supported tho bin
said privately that Mccall VAS right,
but that II would he political suicide
for them TO follow thin.
ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION.
The statehood bill was reached on me
calendar one day aud senator Lodge
objected to It's consideration. soon after
Senator Beyeridge was on his feet and
IN quite n lorg explanation said that
he was engaged In conversation with
Senator Foraker or he would have
asked that time be fixed for voting
on the bill.
81 am reminded of an Incident" said
Senator Foraker, which Is not just ap-
plicable TO this case but I am going to
tell It. The only time ever had my
pockets picked | recall that some one
engaged me In conversation" This NJ
terance caused laughter even IN the Sc
date old senate.
TO RAISE A FLAGSHIP
While secy. Bonnparte and some 9TH
ers would like to destroy the old frigate
kl.tr tan nj "a ltfl a
Pennsylvania would spend 100000 OF the
public funds to raise the flagship of
Commodore Perry. the Niagara, which
was sunk tn Lake Erie during the war
of 1872. IL Is quite likely that the Con-
stltutiou viii be preserved, and mat
the Niagara viii remain under water,
at least for some time 10 come.
WERE so FEW OF THEM.
"There are 50 few Of u.s. said Repre-
sentative Sibley OF Pennsylvania when
Representative Littlefield of Maine was
discussing the rate bill, that hold the
same views as the gentleman Is ex-
pressing that ] ask the gentleman from
Iowa to allow him as much time as he
may wish and even let the debate be
heightened another day IL necessary
This appeal 90 Col. Pete Hepburn,
who was In charge Of the bill, had the
desired effect, and Littlelield gave an
other half hour broadside TO denun-
citation Of the bill which had been unan-
imousy reported from the committee
and had such tremendous backing IN
the house.
CANADA AND PROTECTION.
Pounding away at the citadel of pro-
lection one day IN the house, John
sharp Williams read from u statement
showing that OF the $4,000 immigrants
who had gone 10 Canada IN 1904, 5000
were American citizens Of the United
States Where were they from ~
asked Williams, and, replying. said,
They are American farmers from the
pakotas, Iowa. Missouri and the great
west" lie sinsisted that these men
We're not fools and We're going to a
country where they expected greater
prosperity, and that Canada was as
prosperous as the United states, though
not surrounded by protective wall.
lie showed also that railroads We're be-
ing built and capital was being invest
ed In Canada, although the Dominion
was without the gates OF high protec-
tlon.
"WHERll DID YOU LIGHT?"
When General Grosvenor was maxi
Ing his speech on the railroad rate bill
he "solshed around' more or less. Colo
mel Pete Hepburn. who has seat be-
side the brilliant Ohio man, did not re-
main throughout his speech. but re-
turned later IN the day and met Gros-
venor down IN front OF the desks and
said.
"By the way. Grosvcnor. whore did
You light? | was somewhat IN doubt
about you when | left the hall"
~ wis in doubt myself" replied
Cirosvenor. 'T am still In doubt"
That reminds me of a reply Grosve-
nor made to a senator who asked him
what he was going to do about the rate
bill and received this answer
I'm make a speech against II and
vote for it,"