Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-23

J Dill MI. JouVs, 'bSssSe so
not have thought CT Intended II. con
ltributed TO furtherancc Of tho sub
fsidy scheme only less than II his bai'
lot had been cas-, for subsidy BIZ.
pure and simple That's all Their" u
to it
We'll whether good or bad lcgisla'
ton, tn" measure was defeated In
the House by the narrow margin oil
three votes We have net been able
AS vet to lay our hands upon copy
o, the bin in full and cannot say
AT this time whether CT not the Daily
Press would approve Il in lis entir"
nv after careful scrutiny Of its pro
visions.
| Democratic senators vigorously op'
posed with practical unanimity The
subsidies pure and simple" which
were pre- posed year after year by
Senator Frye, OF Maine" and the l&tc
Senator Hanna. OF ONO.
In view Of this fact and OF the
further circumstance that the lat"
, ocean mail bill passed the tni;ed
States Senate by unanimous consent,
not q single Democratic vote being
cast in opposition. and after being
amended at the suggestion OF Dem"
cratic senators. the conclusion ma
;urally suggested itself that the pro-
posed &C, had been culled of the fea'
lures which reprepusnan, to Demo
cratic doctrines and Democratic poll
icy.
While the virginian-Pilot. like other
newspapers which are out for Con
gressman Jones' scalp because of hls
vote on the ocean mail bilf ~frains
from and mention of rs unanimous ap-
prova, in the Senate, that newspaper
infprentially registers a grave indict-
mcnt against the two Virginia United
States senators who permitted the
measure 10 pass that body without
objection or protest.
If. as our Norfolk contemporary
AYERS, the bill embodies "a last eX'
redien, and was designed merely as,
an entering wedge 70 open the way
to public treasury for that gang OF
would be grafters." then all the
Democratic United States senators
are In the same boat with their Nc
publican cssc ciates. The act was
considered at length in the Senate
and every member OF the upper house
Of Congress had ample opportunity to-
study and analyzs its provisions
That 4, was sen, over 70 the lower
House without a single mark o. dis
approval would seem to have carried
$ me sort of assurance that its vici,
Gus tceth,if Il had any In the begin
ming, had been extracted.
If the bill was a grating PROPOSE
ton, it could have been fought most
efYectually in the Senate. The Seu-
ate rules and senatorial courtesy
permi, almos, endless delay in that
body to measures which one Or two
senator's oppose. Senator Tillman, Of
South Carolina, with very little aid
from other senators. tied up the first
Crum nomination for three years
Two or thrae Dcm0cratic senators
could have blocked the ocean mail
bill a, ieas: ever one session had they
been 80 disposed.
Therefore, the question naturally
arises. what motive incites the con.
centrated attack upon Congressman
Jones for his failure to oppose the
ocean mail bill In the House ana
which yet enjoins silence on the part
OF his critics with regard to similar
action taken BY all Of the Democratic
senators Of the country. including
the two from Virginia:
It will be diticult to persuade Viz.
ginians into the belief that either
Senators Daniel and Martin Of Con.
gresham jones even tacitly sanction.
Cd an act which had for iiS purp0Ie