Show SHIP SUBSIDY FORCED THROUGH insurgents wh aped back into line after measure had been defeated washington it has been years since the house was the scene of so general a battle between the two great parties ag took place fuday over the ship subs dy bill the bill was passed but not until after it had been defeated and this tact in itself shows how close the alignment was when the fart vote disclosed a ma jonty against the measure the democrats and their republican allies made the house ring with the r cheers there were several roll calls before the final favorable result was secured the littauer substitute was de feared on the first vote ayes nays the democrats could not re tain their lead however tor on a vote to lay on the table a motion to reconsider the opponents of the ship subsidy were defeated to and vote to reconsider the first vote WS adopted to immediately after the first ballot desertions begani and on the final vote to pass the bill as amended the work done by the republican leaders during the heat of the battle was made manifest the bill was passed to |