The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-03
HOUSE BEATS SHIP
. SUBSIDY BY VOTE
OF 175 TO III
MEASURE IS CHARACTERIZED AS
"JNFERhAL FRAUD" BY REP.
MOON THIRTY REPUBLICANS
VOTE AGAINST IT.

N WASHINGTON, March 3.-The
house by vote OF 175 10 l72 yestcr
day defeated the ship subsidy bill TIA,
had been passed by the senate. Rep.
\ 0oldfogle, OF New York appeared IA
the hall In I'm inyalid's chair. haylna
4 been brought from hospital where h.
had undergone an operation on his
knee cap, IN order that he might re-
cord his name against the bill.
Mr.. Moon (Tenn), led the opposi'
tion TO the bill. lie said II was IA
internal fraud designed TO plumber the
\ treasury"
The climax came when Minority
y Leader Clark declared that lobby
had been carried on right on the floor
OF the house. in favor of passage or
the bill 1T is an outrage To civil
4 ICED country he declared, this thing
Of coaxing men. OF buttonholing men.
and | undertake to say that when Mr.
Moon. of Tennessee, denounced this
bill as an internal fraud, he used Ian
guage that he was justified ia using.
The debate against the bill was clos
ed by Mr. Cochran. OF New York,
He denounced the sending of the Am
erican flag abroad by "a subsidy, as
an outrageous concession OF the en-
< shaving OF a people through an agency
of a government"
tAs 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 it's return from its
recent encircling OF the globe and
that it showed that Americans could
build as good machinery and has as
kood commanders as any country IN
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 Mr.. 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 OPP
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
Small OF North Carolina; Kustermann,
Of Wisconsin, Stafford of Wisconsin;
Lloyd Of Missouri; Sulzer. of New
York; Burton. OF Ohio; Saunders of
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
Of the vote OF 172 in the Affirmative.
the speaker hesitated 20 get a good
breath. and then said "l75 in the neg
alive"
n 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 \
S1t, as follows:
Republicans agairst-Boyd. Neb.; I
Burton. Ohio. Campbell. Kas.. Chap I
man, H.. Cook. Col; Crumpacker I
Ind; Davidson, Wis; Dawson, la: !
Gronna, ~ D.: Hinshaw. Neb. Hub I
bard, Ia: jenkins. Wis; knop. ILL.,; :
'kenneday, Iowa; Kusterman. Wis; (
Lowden. H.: Mckinney, Ill34
mclaughlin. Mich; Martin. 5. D.: I
Morse, Wis; Murdoch. Kas. Nelson /
Wis: Price. H.; Smith, Ia; Stafford. /
wis: Stevenson. MINI; Wilson. IL; !
|Woodyard w. Va; Cary, Wis. Coop
|er. Wis.
Democrats for-Bartlett, New; Es-
|topinal. La: Hobson, Ala; Jones. Va .