The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Is PASSED BY HOUSE Special Privilege, Says Will Hams, Worse Than Tariff DEMOCRACY AGAINST 1T After a Lively Debate the Resolution as Reported From the Committee
 On Rules Is Adopted,
 158 to 122.
DEMOCRACY AGAINST 1T

Washington, February 25.-Mr. Dalzell, from the committee on rules presented rule that the ship subsidy bill shall be taken up and five hours be devoted to general debate.
 After the debate is terminated, the house substitute to the senate bill shall be read for amendment under the five minute rule and on Friday, March 1, the committee of the whole shall report the bill, Yhereupon the previous question shall be considered. Mr. Williams of Mississippi demanded the ayes and noes on the previous question, and 1t was or dered, 160 ayes 1O9 noes.
 After the previous questions had been ordered Mr. Dalzell explained what was aimed to be accomplished by the rule. Under the rule there would be five hours general debate. Then the house substitute would be read for amendment under the five minute rule, and at 3 o'clock the previous questions having been consid- cred the vote will be taken on it's final passage.
 MT. Williams, the sminorty leader, op- posed the adoption of the rule, and speaking of the attitude of Speaker Can non said:
 There was time when you, yourself, MT. Speaker, WaXed eloquent and earnest in opposition to legislation like this In those days you were a Samson in conflict and Solomon in council. Today Samson IS shorn of his locks and Solomon has grown fond.'
 Democracy, he said was against this measure. It was in the interest of the rich and against the poor; of those who had, against those who had not He said It was hypocritical in its provisions
 MT Williams thought it worse than the tariff because the present professed virtue, while this was naked special privilege.
 Tt is class legislation naked unhlush- ing, running wild"
 He said he was willing to let stand a speech in opposition made some time ago by Speaker Cannon
 MT. GrosYenor, chairman of the com mittee on merchant marine and fisheries. closed the debate on the ruie and when he rose to speak he was greeted with loud applause from the republican side. He said MT. Williams had said that it was an anti-democratic measure which he conceded, but he said that ship subsidy had been a democratic drawn to the passage of the law of 1891, and that every democratic statesman of past days had been it's advocate. He said Presidents Tyler and Polk had been pronounced sup porters of ship subsidy, and he thought Polk was a pretty good democrat.
 'The difficulty with the other side," said MT. Grosvenor, lis that you are try ing to be democrats and belong to the democratic party at the same time.'
 He said the bill if passed would not take single dollar out of the treasury of the United States, but rather add to the profits because 1t would enlarge the foreign mail service.
 Mir. Grosvenor said he had never heard a lawyer, except from the cornfield (al- luding to Senator Tillman) who objected to the bill.
 q would like to call the attention of the gentleman from Ohio to the fact that 1t is the men who labor in the cornfeld who have to pay the subsidy" said MT. James of Kentucky, which caused laugh from the democrats.
 The resolution as' reported from the committee on rules was then adopted, l5S to 122, twenty-four republicans voting with the democrats in opposition to the rule.