New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-03-06
SHIP SUBSIDY Bill
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
LtTTAuER MEASURE Wins BY
MAJORITY OF ELEVEN
AFTER HOT FIGHT.
Beaten on First 8allot-Forty-one Re-
pubIicans Vote with Democrats in
opposition-Most Exciting Contest
in Many Years.

Washington, March at has been
years since the house was the scene
of so royal a battle between the two
great parties as it witnessed Friday
over the ship subsidy BILL The bill
was passed but not until after it had
been once defeated. and this fact in
itself shows how close the alignment
was.
When the first vote disclosed ma
jority against the measure, the Dem
ocrats and their Republican allies
made the house ring with their
cheers There were several roll calls
before the final favorable result was
secured The vote on the Littauer
substitute was defeated on the first
vote, ayes 154: nays 161
The Democrats could not retain
their lead, however, for on a vote to
| lay on the table a motion to recon
| slider, the opponents of the ship sub
sidy were defeated, 1856 to 159, and
the vote TO reconsider the first vote
was adopted, 1854 to 1874
Then there were other votes, but
Immediately after the first ballot de.
Sertions began and on the final vote
to pass the bill as amended, the work
done by the Republican leaders dur
ing the height of the battle was made
manifest The bill was passed, 155 to
%144.
On the final vote Al Republicans
voted with the Democrats against the
bill.
Four Lines Subsidized.
Only four steamship lines are to be
Subsidized under the measure in the
form finally agreed upon, and all OF
these are to sail for South American
| ports. One of the lines is to be from
the Atlantic coast to Brazil; a second
is to be fron the Atlantic coast tc
Argentina, and the third Atlantic linz
is to be between the Gulf of Mexico
and Brazil. The fourth line is to be
from the Pacific coast to the Isthnaus
of Panama Peru and Chilli
The annual subsidy for each o.
these lines is to be 100000 for Z
monthly mail service, or 100000 fo1
a foutmightly service, excepting the Ar
,gentiua lime, which fstto have S400,0eS
for "a monthly service, or $S0D,OOO fp
a fortnightly service. No America
cities are named as the ports from
which any of tafe lines are to start
and the bill is SO worded that tn,
| Lines can touch at any nurnbar o
ports in the United States.
Deficiency Bill Adopted.
After the passage of the ship sub
ssi1y bill the general deficiency bill
was taken up and passed An amend
nent by Mr.. Gsrosvenor OF Ohio, wa
adopted giving to all employees of cor
gress one n2alnth5s extra pay.
On a point of order made by seq
eral members from the Pacific coas
the proposed reduction Of mileage fu
senators and Representatives from q
ITO eight CENTS per mile went out
A bill was passed providing for -tlh
creation of IN industrial peace con
mittee which rs to administer the $40
\ 600 which President Roosevelt .M
@eived from the Nobel prize Sund
~Denatureh Alcohol Biz Passes.
4 The ldenaUured alcohol bic passe,
the senate Friday by vote .of IS Il
/ @ne SenarGT Pettus, OF Alabans
cast the negative vote This actiB
Was taken AFTER the COMMITTEES amen
ment requiring the presence pf gov
eminent sfHsrelFeeper Whenever alcI
lhul is being manufactured had bee
defeated by & vote Of At to u.s. Tn
biz as passed contains one amend
ment placed IN 1T by the senfEe, tina
permitting rum to be denatured, an
consequently the measure mpst b
returned to the house for actixRl TIL
8 bill lis intended to make it pnssibl
for farmers to establish stills of lin
TIED capacity for the manufacture O
alcohol to be denatured.
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