Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
FINALLY WINS
House Recommends Vote By
Which Shipping Measure
Was Defeated
ORIENTAL LINES ARE GUT OUT
Bill as Adopted Extends Subsidies to
Four Lines Plying Between United
States and South American Ports-
Three on Atlantic, Ono on Pacific
Bill Has a Hard Fight.

Washington, March 1.-The ship sub
sidyi bill finally won in the house yes
terday evening, after reconsidering the
vote on which the measure was at first
apparently defeated.
It has been years since the house
was the scene of SO royal q battle be-
tween the great parties as it witnessed
there over the 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 majority
against the measure, the democrats and
their republican allies made the house
ring with their cheers. There were
several roll calls before the final fav-
orable result was considered. The vote
on the Littauer substitute was defeated
on the first vote.
The democrats could not retain their
lead, however, for on a vote to lay on
the table a motion to reconsider the
opponents Of the ship subsidy were de-
feated 156 to 159, and the vote to re-.
consider the first vote was adopted
164 to 154.
Then there were other votes, but Inn
began and on the final vote to pass the
bill as amended the work done by the
republican leaders during the height Of
the battle was made manifest.
< The bill was passed 155 to IA. The
following republicans voted with the
democrats IN opposition:
Burton, Ohio; Campbell, Kansas;
Chapman, Illinois; Cooper, Wisconsin;
Darragh, Michigan; Davidson. Wiscon-
sin; Davis, Minnesota; Fordrey. Mich
igan; Foster. Vermont; Fulkerson.
Missouri; Giihams, Indiana; Graft, Illi-
nois; Gronna, N rth Dakota; Hamilto ton,
Michigan; Hinshaw, Nebraska: Holli-
day, Indiana; jenkins, Wisconsin; Kin
kaid, Nebraska; Kept, Illinois; c. b.
Lands, Indiana; Fred Lands, Indiana;
Massachusetts,; Lowden,
Illinois; Mccarthy, Nebraska; McGav-
in, Illinois,; Mckinney. Illinois; Mann.
Illinois; Marshall, North Dakota; Mil
Ter, Kansas; Mouser, Ohio; Murdoch,
kansas; Nelson, Wisconsin; Perkins,
New York; Stafford, wisconsin; Steen-
erson, Minnesota; Stevens, Minnesota;
volstead. Minnesota; Weber, Ohio;
Weems, Ohio; Wilson, Illinois; Wood
yard, West Virginia.
Fifty-two republicans voted with theI
democrats on the first roll CALL On the
motion of Mr.. Williams to lay the mo-
ton to reconsider on the table, fifty
republicans voted with the democrats.
OnAthe vote to adopt the substitute
there We're forty three republican lin
surgents," and on it's final passageI
there were forty-one.
Lines to Be Subsidized.
Only four steamship lines are to bel
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; second to
be from the Atlantic coast to Argentina
and the third Atlantic line is to be be-
tween. the Gulf OF Mexico and Brazil.
The fourth is to be from the Pacific
coast to the Isthmus of Panama, Peru
md Chile.
The annual subsidy for each of these
ines is to be 100000 for a monthly
nail service or 100000 for a fort
nightly service, excepting the Argen-
inc line, which is to have 100000 for
i monthly service of 100000 for a fort
nightly service. No American cities are
named as the ports from which any of
he lines are to start and the bill is so
vorded that the line in the Pacific to
south America can touch at any num-
Ter Of ports in the United States.
The same is true of the Atlantic
ines. It is provided in the bill that
III the vessels profiting by this sub
,ention for carrying mail must have
speed of not less than sixteen knots
md it has been repeatedly stated on
he floor of the house that no ships now
ngaged in the South American trade
AN make any such speed,