The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-02
The Measure Substituting Steamship Lines Passes House After Bitter Fight in Which It is First
 Defeated.
ONLY MAJORITY OF ELEVEN
MANY REPUBLTCANS VOTE WITH
 THE DEMOCRATS.

Opponents Gain Notable victory In
 Having All Trans-Paciac Lines
 Stricken Out--oniy Four Lines to be
 Subsidized Under the Measure in the
 Form Finally Agreed upon--AIl but One to be from Atlantic CDast and Gulf
 Ports to south America, the Excep-
 tion Being One from Pacific Ports to
 the Isthmus of Panama, Peru and
 Chile.
 Washington, March Tt has been years since the house was the scene of so royal battle between the two great parties as 1t witnessed there today over the ship subsidy bill. The bill passed but not until after 1t had been once defeated, and this fact in itself shows how close the alignment was. When the first vote disclosed a ma jority against the measure the demo- crats and their republican allies made the house ring with their cheers. There were several roll calls before the final favorable result was secured. The vote on the Littauer substitute was defeat- ed on the first vote, ayes 154. nays 161.
 The democrats could not retain their lead, however, for on vote to lay on the table motion to reconsider. the opponents of ship subsidy were defeat- ed, 156 to 159, and the vote to reconsid- CT the first vote was adopted. 164 to 154. Then there were other votes, but immediately after the first ballot de- sertions 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 mani- fest. The bill was passed, 155 to IA.
 The following republicans voted with the democratic opposition:
 Burton, Ohio; Campbell, Kansas; Chapman, Illinois; Cooper. Wisconsin,; Darragh, Michigan; Davidson, Wiscon- son. Davis, Minnesota Fordney, Mich igan Foster, Vermont; Fulkerson, Mis- sourl; Gilhams, Indiana; Graf, Illinois; Gronna, North Dakota; Hamilton, Michigan; Hinshaw, Nebraska; Holli- day, Indiana; Jenkins, Wisconsin; Kin kaid, Nebraska Knopf, Illinois; c. B. Landis. Indiana; Fred Landis, Indiana; Lawrence Massachusetts; Lowden, Illi- nois; Mccarthy, Nebraska; McGavin, Illinois; Mckinney, Illinois; Mann, Illi- nois; Masrhall, North Dakota; Miller, Kansas; Mouser, Ohio; Murdock, Kan sas; Nelson, Wisconsin; Perkins, New York; Stafford, Wisconsin; Steenerson, Minnisota; Stevens, Minnesota; Vol- stead, Minnesota; Webber, Ohio; Weems, Ohio; Wilson, Illinois; Wood yard, west Virginia.
 Fifty-two republicans voted with the democrats on the first roll call.
 On the vote of Mir Williams to lay the motion to reconsideration on the table fifty republicans voted with the democrats. On the vote to adopt the substitute there were forty three re- publican insurgents" and on it's final passage there were forty-one.
 Only four steamship lines are to be 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 Brazin; a second is to be from the Atlantic coast to Ar gentina, and the third Atlantic line is to be between the Gulf of Mexico 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 to be $3OO,OOO for a monthly mail service or $6O0,O GOO for fortnightly ser vice excepting the Argentine line,