Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02

debate. He took a position against the
tending that the position Of the United
States In the western hemisphere entities
1t to better mail service. He said that the
visit of Secretary Root to South America
has had an educating effect upon the people
of this country. and that 1t had shown that
we can cultivate the people of South Amer
lea and make them our friends. I'VE do not
want to rule them by the big STICK; we
want to rule them by the peaceable ties of
trade"
Mr. Townsend spoke in support Of his
amendment and it was adopted-i4 to 100,
Following up his advantage Mr.. Townsend
moved to strike out the line from Puget
Sound to the orient. and that motion also
prevailed-130 to 105. Then the line to Aus
tralasia went out-i29 to Ill. An amendment
by Mr.. Fordney of Michigan reducing the
subsidy for the line to Buenos Ayres from
100000 to $268.O0O was lost-114 to 140.
Mr. Humphrey of Washington moved that
mus of Panama be stricken out. He said he
wanted to see if lit was question of geog-
raphy."
An amendment by Mr.. Sulzer requiring
ships to stop at Mexican Pacific ports.
which developed the fact that several men,
bers of the House do not know the names of
Mexican ports. was next offered. By this
time interest in the bill was intense. The
galleries were crowded. and the leaders on
both sids of the chamber were rallying their
forces for the final battle 1t was danger
ouSiy near u v CLOCK, anu There was SIlll
pending Mr.. Fordney's amendment substi-
tuting a tonnage tax measure. The advo-
Gates of the Littauer bill did not desire to
vote on that proposition. and they began
filibuSter by forcing a vote on the SulZer
amendment which was overwhelmingly de-
feated.
Defeat Followed by Victory.
Tellers were demanded by Mr. Littauer
to kill time. notwithstanding the chorus of
sspoas' hat fror ba fs
When the count was finally taken there
was found to be only one vote for the pro-
vision. The vote was slow in the extreme.
and the democrats became highly indg-
nant. Mr.. Sulzer rose to have the vote by
tellers abandoned, but Mr.. Currer On. HI,
in the chair. held that the vote could not
be interrupted, and the force was continued
until the hour of o'clock arrived, when
the regular order was demanded. The bill
was then reported from the committee of
the whole to the House, and much to the
chagrin of the supporters of the Lttauer
bill Speaker Cannon held that thee must
still be vote on the Fordney substitute.
The result was unfavorable to that meas
ure and ballot on the Littauer bill was
Immediately announced.
The ayes and nays We're ordered and the
vote announced showed the bill de-
feated. ayes 154. nays 161. Mr.. Lttauer
moved to reconsider the votes. Will
liams of Mississippi. the minority leader.
moved to lay the motion to reconsider on
the ldDle IHeN tHe republican ledOcTS de-
termined to undo the former action and
pass the bill if possible. The motion to
lay on she table was defeated. 1856 to 159.
The republicans had won victory in the
very jaws of defeat.
Again the ayes and nays were called,
this time on the motion of Mr.. LittaUer to
reconsider the first vote and the House
decided to reconsider by a vote of 164 to
154.
Mr.. Littauer then moved that the SUBJ
stitute to the Senate bill be agreed to. and
the substitute was adopted, ayes 1872, nays,
80.
The third reading of the bill was au-
thorized. ayes. 161: nays, ISL, and then
on its final passage there were ayes, 1o5;
nays, IA.
Mr. Williams realized it would be useless
to continue the contest and the motion to
reconsider and the motion to lay the
table were perfunctorily agreed to.
Four Lines to Be Aided.
Only four steamship lines are to be sub
sidized 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 from the At
lantic coast to Argentine. and the third At
lantic line is to be between the Gulf of Mex
leo and Brazil. The fourth line is TO be
from the Pacific coast to the Isthmus of
Panama, Peru and Chile.
The annual subsidy for each of these lines
is 10 De SpO,Oo LOT monthly mail service
or 100000 for fortnightly service, except
ing the Argentine line, which is to have
S400,OOO for a monthly service or 100000
for a fortnightly service. No American
cities are named as the ports from which
any of the lines are to start, and the bill
is so worded that the line in the Pacific
20 South America can touch at any num-
Der of ports in the United States. The
same Is true of the Atlantic lines. 1t is
provided in the bill that all the vessels
profiting by this subvention for carrying
mail must have speed of not less than
sixteen knots, and it has been repeatedly
stated on the floor of the House that no
ships now engaged in the South American
trade make any such speed.