Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-02
SUBSIDY
BILL PASSES
\ D s {
STRENUOUS FIGHT
WAGED ON MEASURE
Forty Republicans Voting With
Democrats MutiIate Measure
But Fail to Prevent It's Final
Passage,
my Morning journal special Leased wirsI

/ this afternoon passed the ship subsidy
bill after one of the most interesting
fights seen i'm recent years. ON the
| first vote the democrats aud the insur-
gent republicans had votes enough TO
| defeat tho measure. but after three
/ hours Of fierce ntes the bill as per
| fected i'm the committee of the whole.
| striking out provisions for steamship
mail lines from Pacific coast points 70
the Orient. was finally passed by
! eleven majority. Fifty-two republic
cans voted with the democrats on the
first ballot, and ~fortN-One on the hnal
ballot.
Ii has been years since tho h0us'
was the scene of 50 roval a battle be-
tween the two great parties as it wit
1 messed there over The shtp subsidy
bin. The bin was passed. but NOT I'M
tn after IL he'd been once defeated,
and this fact I'm itself shows how close
the alignment was. When the first
vote disclosed q majority against the
measure. the democrats and their re-
publican allies made the rouse ring
with their cheers. There We're several
roll calls before tho hna favorable
result was secured.
Tho Littaucr substitute was de-
feated on the first vote, ayes. ia nays
t6l. The democrats could not retain
! their lead, however for on q vote t.
lay on the table. e motion to recon
/ slider, the opponents Of the ship sub
sidv were defeated 1876 10 159. and
vote TO reconsider the first vote wa
| adoptod. 1G4 To- 1874
Immediately after the first ballot
assertions began. and on the hna vote
to pass the bill as amended the WORK
done by the republican leaders during
the heat Of battle was made manifest
The bin was PASSED. 155 to i49.
Fifty-two republicans voted with
the democrats on the first roll cali. on
tho vote Of Mr.. Williams 10 lar the
/ motion to reconsider on tbs" table. htty
republicans voted with the democrats.
| on the vote to adont the substttut
J there were forty-three republican
Insurgents" ~ on ITS final passage
there were foItl-onc.
only four steamship line are To be
] subsldizcd under the measure I'm the
form finally agreed upon. n an oil
these sail for South American
ports. One of the limos VIII bc from
| the Atlantic coast to Brazil - second
from the Atlantic coast ta Argentina.
the third between the cur of Mexico
land Brazil The fourth liuc VIII be
from the Pacific coust 90 Panama.
Peru and Chile.
The annual subsidy for zach Of
these lines IS to be 100000 for 1"
monthly mail service. ur $500. 600 for
~ ~ AAAAhAAhNH Hth $3.50 't" 'f'E
Argentine line, which is 10 nave $500
goo Tor q monthly service or 100000
FOR 30 fortnightly service.
M American cities are named as
ports from which any of the lines are
to start, and The bill BE- SO Vorded that
the line in tho Pacific for South
America can touch at any number OF
port i'm the United States.
Tine same b. true Of the Atlantic
line. The bin provides that vessels
IprorlinE by the subsidy must have a
speed OF not less than sixteen knots. 1t
has been repeatedly stated on the
nooI OF the house that mo- ships now
eng. ged IN the South American trade
can make any such speed. When the
bill was taken up the amendment pre-
sentrd hy Mr.. Townsend (Mich.J
stril ing out the steamship line from
the Pacific coast lines To Hawaii, ia
pan and the Philippine. was pending.
Mr Mccall OF Massachusetts opened
the debate and favored the bin. con
tending that the position OF the United
States ia tho western hemisphere emit
Ties Il 90 better mail service He said
that the visit of Secretary Root to
South America has had am educational
en-, ON the people of this country
ana that 1T has shown chat We can
cultivate ne people OF south Amer
lea and make them our friends.
Mir Townsend spoke i'm support OF
his amendment and II was adopted
Following pou his advantage MI.
Townsend moved TO strike out the limo
FROM Puget sound to th, orient ami
tina. motion also prevailed Then the
, lm. to- Argentina went out l29 to
$50 amendment hy Nh Forduey or
+, Michigan. reducing the subsidy Tor
G tho lino Co Bucuo- NNro- from $500
b. coo FOO syst. GOO. WAS lost.