Show S H E m DECIDES VICE PRESIDENT CALLED N THREE TIMES TO BREAK TIE IN THE SENATE first time in the history rf of the government that this official has been called upon to exercise his constitutional prerogative washington for tho the first time in tho the history of tho the government the vice tice president of tho the united states State soil oa thursday exercised his constitutional prerogative of casting a vote to breah ties in connect connection ionO with three successive rolls rolla in the senate by the first ho he saved from impend ing defeat the ship chip subsidy bill and by the third he forced an adjournment ot of the senate in a vote having direct bearing on the resolution look ing to tho the election of senators by direct vote the vote on the subsidy bill both in committee of the whole and in the senate enite proper stood thirty nine ayes ayea and thirty nine noes and on adjournment thirty seven ayes ayea and thirty seven noes on all three oc occasions caslow the vice president voted in the live As ag passed tho the bill authorizes tho the payment by the department of 4 a mile on the he outward voyage to second class american built vessels plying between american ports and ports in the philippine islands japan JAMES 8 SHERMAN vice president of united states china and australasian alasia and between american ports and ports la in south america south of the equator and the payment ot of 2 a mile to third class american ships similarly engaged stops at american ports in the south atlantic aro are provided for it Is eap exp explicitly licitly declared that no contract sh shall allbe be awarded to any person or corporation po ration foa engaged in any competitive transportation by rail or who is employed in exporting or importing merchandise in his own behalf thero there also Is a provision limiting the expenditures in any one year to or to tho the surplus earnings of the ocean mall mail carrying business |