The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-11
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.

has the following regarding the pro-
posed ship subsidy bill:
The action Of the house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries last
week in deciding to report the Humph-
rey ship subsidy bill, without heed
| ing the demand of the minority for fur
Their hearing, has evidently damaged
the already dubious charge of getting
that measure through the house. Last
March, when the republican majority
In the house numbered fifty-three, the
mail subvention was defeated by three
votes. The Tribune's Washington
special yesterday declared that this
year I'm the opinion Of many unpreju-
diced representatives, the Humphrey
ship subsidy measure will suffer the
same fate by a larger margin
The correspondent recalls the partic-
| ulars of the vote on the GalIinger Sub
vention' bill, and recounts the changes
that have occurred in the membership
or the house since, and says that IF the
new members were not taken into ac-
count 1t might be figured that the adj
vocates of ship subsidy would have a
victory by one vote" but, considering
that the democrats have made a net
gain of seven and are practically solid
against the bill, and barring deser-
tons and sickness" the reckoning
would, with known changes Of posi-
ton Of republicans, make the vote 1S9
against the bill to 1853 for 1t. But the
course OF the committee and the
changes in the bill which provide for
a direct subsidy and authorize the pur-
chase of foreign-built vessels under
certain circumstances have repealed a
number Of votes, and the correspond
ents final calculations based entirely
on past performances make the prob
able figures, noes 200, yeas 147."
The merchant marine committee
having made a bad mess of 1t there
may be an attempt to get the mail sub
ventton bill pure and simple rehabili-
tated and passed over to the hands
OF the committee on postoffices and
post roads. The merchant marine COM
mittee was made up on purpose to fav-
or the subsidy bill, and the postoffice
committee in the last congress was
unfavorable to the subvention bill.
What the fate of the latter would be
Ii revived and put in line for action
Is doubtful, but there is no reason to
believe 1T would have greater support
than 1t had before. The fact is that
all these subsidy measures, however
disguised, lose ground the more they
| are considered and understood. The
attempt to railroad" the Humphrey
bill through is likely to fail and there
seems to be little chance for any 9TH
er.
GS The democrats marched up the
hill and back again.
RT President Taft is a great walker
but no one calls him weary Willie.
&E Many of the strongest advocates |
Of the separation Of church and state
rarely attend church.
~ Having decided what 10 whisky |
Ian effort is now being made to put
1t up to Taft--what Is coffee.
- 1t seems cheaper to live in the
south than in the north-especially
with meat cut out--but it's worth the
extra price to live in North Dakota.
a. When the milknen of Chicago
called a convention the public mis-
understood the situation and thought
1t was deep water ways movement.
M The cab and the carriage horses
are giving the autos and taxicabs in
New York the horse laugh"--as .
result Of the agitation against the lat
ter because Of the odora from the gaso-