The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-02
ROYAL BATTLE TO
PASS SHIP BILL
REPUBLICAN, LEADERS CRACK
PARTY WHIP AND SNATCH
VICTORY FROM DEFEAT.
VOTEEXCEEDINCLYCL0SE
And Measure Won BY Only Small
Majority After it Had Heen
Defelted--Four Lines to
Be Subsidized

Washington. March LIT has been
years since the house was the scene
| of so royal battle between the Two
great parties as it Witnessed there 10.
day 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 align.
ment was.
When the first vote disclosed a ma
ior!ty against the measure. the Demo
Gratis and their Republican allies
made the house ring with cheers.
There were several roll calls before
he final favorable vote was secured.
The vote on the Lttauer substitute
was defeated on the first vote by 1874
TO lGl. Democrats could not retain
their lead however for on vote to
lay on the table the motion to recon,
slider, the opponents of the ship sub.
-idy were defeated 1856 To $50 and the
vote to reconsider the first vote was
adopted 1914 TO l54.
Whipped Back Into Line.
Then there were other votes but
immediate ely after the first bal OF de-
sertions began and on the final vote
to pass the bill as amended, the work
done by Republican leaders during
the height Of the battle was made
manifest and the bin was passed 155
to IA Following a;e the Republi-
cans who voted with the Democrats
in opposiion
Burton, Campbell, Chapman, Cooper
of Wiscoa sin; Darrah, Elyidson Of
Wisconsin,; Davis, of Minnesota
Fordrey Fulkerson, Gilham, G aft, Of
Illinois, Gronna, Hamilton, Hilshaw,
Holiday. jenkins, Kinkaid, Knopf, c.,
N. Lands, Fred Lands, Lawrence
Mccarthy. McGavin, Mckinney of
I1liaois; Mann. Marshall, Mirer.
Mouser. Murdock, Nelson, Perkins, OF
New York; Stafford, Steener. Steven,
Volstead, Webber, Weems, Wilson Of
Illinois and Wood of New York
Fifty two Republicans voted with
the Democrats on the first roll call
On the motion of Williams to the
the motion to reconsider on the table,
50 Republi ans voted with the Demo
Gratis. On the vote TO adopt substi-
tute there were 43 Republicaa IN.
surgents' and on IFS final passage A.,
Four Lines to Be Subsidized.
Only four steamship lines are to
be subsidized under the measure in
the form finally agreed upon and all
these are 90 sail for South American
ports. One of the lines is to be from
the Atlantic coast to Braz /; the see
ond from the Atlantic coast to Ar
gentina; the taird Atlaotc line be-
tween the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil
and the fourth line from the Pacific
coast to he lsthmus oi Panama,
Peru and Chile.
The annual subsidy If each of these
lines is to be 100000 for monthly
mail service or 100000 for f't
nightly service, excepting the Argen-
tine line wJich is to nave 100000
for monthly service or $SG9lo0 for
fortnighJly service No American
cities alc ramod as ports from which
any lines are 10 starr and the bin is
so wcrded that the line in the Pacific
to South America can touch at any
number Of ports in the United States.
The same Is true of the Atlantic
lines. II is provided in the bin that
vessels profit ne by this subvcntion
for carrying mail must have a snc1d
of not less than lG knots al it has
been repeatedly stated on he floor Of
the house that no ships now engaged
in South American trade can make
any such speed.