The independent., 1907-02-28


the relief of civilian who served In
the civil war.
General debate on the ship subsidy
bill was had today in the house, Rep
resentative GrosvenOr of Ohio opening
the discussion with a brief statement
as to the merits of the house substitute
for the senate bill. In answer to
charge made yesterday by Mr. Hinshaw
of Nebraska, that there had not been
single vessel added TO our merchant
marine since the passage of the mail
subvention act of 1891, and that the
vessels getting a bonus from this coun-
try themselves carry merchandise to no
greater extent, Mr.. Grosyenor insisted
that Mr. HinshaW was wholly misin-
formed He declared that since the pas
sage of the mail subvention act the
International Mercantile company had
built ten vessels, many Of them with
speed of twenty knots.
Mr.. Littauer OF New York argued in
favor of the bill bearing his name. He
said j. J, Hill had not Il ship that
would come in under the bill, as this
bill provides for sixteen knot ships. and
the Hill ships have speed capacity OF
fourteen knots.
9Th Japanese he said, are sub
sfdizing their lines heavily, and it is
an absolute necessity that We do what
we can to keep our trade with the
orient on our side of the ledger. There
is no experiment of any kind con-
nected with this bill OF the seven
projects of this bill four apply TO the
countries south of us in the American
continent, with whom We have vital
political and commercial interest, and
three to the orient
ImpelIed by Monroe Doctrine.
"The Monroe doctrine impels us, in
the furtherance of it's highest purposes,
to cultivate relations of political and
commercial intimacy with the gov
ernments of Central and South Amer
ica.
II the Pacific mail, Harriman's line,
should accept the subsidy, Mr.. Lit
tauer said. 1t would mean the building
of at least one and probably two six
| teen knot ships, together with regu-
| lar communication between San Fran
cisco and the Philippines.
Mr.. Goulden of New York, in oppo-
sition to the bill, said that labor was
against the bill, as was the national
| grange. He said that back in the
forty fourth congress there had been
| charges made of the use of a large
amount Of money for lobbying pur-
poses.
"Oh, that's last years bird nest,
interrupted Mr.. Kahn of California.
Mr.. Goulden, however, declared that
during the years he had been in con-
gress he had recognized the presence
Of a powerful lobby for ship subsidy
Mr.. Pollard of Nebraska declared
during the debate that # the bill is in
the interests of the trusts President
Roosevelt would not be for it,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.--The sem
ate today passed the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill, carrying $14,00O,000
| 1t also passed the AldIich currency bill
by a vote of 43 to a. The currency bill
authorizes the issuance of ten dollar
gold certificates to the end that the
ten dollar greenbacks may be broker
up into one, two and five dollar bills
for which there is a great demand. II
also authorizes the deposit of customs
receipts in national banks as interna
revenue receipts are now deposited. 1
, raises from $3,000,000 to $4,000, 600 th'
amount of national bank circulation
, that may be retired in any one month
Conference reports were adopted OF
| the naval army, fortifieation and tn
District of Columbia appropriation
} BILL The conference report on the bill
allowing the government the right 0
} appeal in criminal cases was agreed tc
as was also that on a bill opening TO
: settlement one million acres of tn
! Rorsebud Indian reservation in Sout
! Dakota.
Discussing the Aldrieh bill, Mr.. Cul
: berson presented a general objectio
TO the system which resulted in the ae
c cumulation of such large amounts c
government funds. THE root of til
; evil Is high taxes and extravaganza,
: he said The retirement rolls of th
army and navy were. he declared, bs
ing padded" Brigadiers We're foun
i on the retired list thicker than th
} leaves e. autumn, placed In that ran
2 simply for the purpose of increasin
their pay The federal goyernmer
was year by year reaching out into III
realm of the states and thus addin
expenditures. lie said that in the lai
four Years The increase I'm national es