The Detroit times., 1909-03-03
HOUSE BEATS SHIP
SUBSIDY BY VOTE
Of 175 To 172
MEASURE is CHARACTERIZED AS
"ikFERNAL FRAUD" BY REP.
MOON THIRTY REPUBLICANS
VOTE AGAINST 1T.

WASHINGTON. March 3.-The
house by vote OF 175 to l72 yester-
day defeated the ship subsidy bill that
had been passed by the senate. Rep.
Goldfogle. of New York, appeared In
the hall in AN inyalid's chair. having
been brought from a hospital where he
had undergone an operation on MS
knee cap, III order that he might re-
cord his name against the bill.
Mr.. Moon (Tenn.), led the opposi-
ton 10 the bill. He said il was IAN
Internal fraud designed 10 plumber the
treasury"
The climax came when Minority
Leader Clark declared that "A lobby
had been carried on right on the floor
OF the house, in favor OF passage oil
the bin. 1T is an outrage TO a civil
lied country he declared, this thing
Of coaxing men. or buttonholing men.
ard | undertake to asy that when Mr..
Moon. of Tennessee, denounced this
bill as an internal fraud, he used Ian
guage that he was justified In using.
The debate against the bill was clos
ed by Mr.. Cochran. or New YORK.
He denounced the sending OF the Am
erican flag abroad by subsidy. AS
an outrageous concession OF the en-
shaving of a people through an agency
Of government.
AS their champion, the advocates OF
the bill put forth Rep. Fassett, OF New
York. who was the closing speaker,
He referred To the condition OF the
battleship feet on its return from It's
recent encircling OF the globe. ana
that IL showed that Americans could
build as good machinery and has as
nj ~ N
the world But no tender carried the
American flag during the "Trip with the
fleet. he added.
THE wars OF the future will not be
gun wars" said MIR. Fassett. but
trade wars. They will be wars to get
goods to the worlds markets. In that
war we cannot choose weapons but
must fight with the weapons Of our op-
ponents. We must face facts not syi-
logisms.'
The feeling in the house was strain
ed as the hour OF voting approached.
The attendance was probably the larg-
est of the session. Everyone recogniZ-
ed that the vote would be close.
Others To speak for the bill were
Goebel OF Ohio; Lands OF Indiana;
Humphreys OF Washington, and Hob
son of Alabama. against II were
Small of North Carolina Kustermann,
Of Wisconsin; Stafford OF Wisconsin;
Lloyd OF Missouri; Sulzer, OF New
York: Burton, OF Ohio. Saunders or
Virginia. Wilson of Pennsylvania;
Clark OF North Carolina; STEVENSON,
OF Minnesota; Finley OF South Caro-
lima. and Norris of Nebraska.
A scene OF wild confusion followed
the roll call With the announcement
Ga the vote of l72 in the Affirmative,
the speaker hestated to get a good
breath, and then said "175 In the neg
alive
Mr.. Overstreet, in charge of the
BILL was recognized and he asked TO
be permitted TO change his vote. This
would have allowed him to move TO re-
consider and have another vote on the
bill The speaker informed him that
the vote had been announced and his
request came TOGO late.
Thirty Republicans voted against
the measure and four Democrats for
1t, as follows:
Republicans against-Boyd, Neb.;
Burton, Ohio; Campbell, kas; Chap
man, H.: Cook. Col; Crumpacker,
Ind; Davidson, Wis; Dawson, Ia;
Gronna, n. d.. Hinshaw, .Neb.; Hub
bard. Ia: Kennedy. Ia; Kusterman,
Wis: Lowden, H.; Mckinney. H.;
Mclaughlin, Mich; Martin. 5. D.;
Morse, Wis; Murdoch, Kas.; Nelson,
Wis; Price, H.; Smith. Ia. Stafford.
Wis; Steenerson, Mimi: Wilson, H.;
woodward. w. Va; Cary, Wis; Coop
er, Wis.
Democrats for-Bartlett. New; Es-
topinal, La. Hobson. Ala; Jones, Va.