Show PROMINENT republican SENATORS VOTE AGAINST SHIP SUBSIDY washington march 18 after prolonged debate the senate yesterday passed the ship subsidy bill the final vote upon the measure being 42 to 31 senators allison and dolliver of iowa spooner and quarles of wisconsin and proctor and dillingham of vermont republicans voted against final passage of the bill and senator mclaurin of south carolina voted for it some amendments to the bill were adopted but they were all agreeable to those in charge of the measure the friends of the bill voting down all other amendments with the exception of amendments offered by mr allison and accepted by mr frye limiting the time of the operation of contracts made under the provisions of the bill to july and providing that the amount af the expenditure pend iture under the mail subsidy paragraph should not at any time exceed annually none of the amendments agreed to materially affected the bill as it was reported from the commerce committee the detailed vote on the bill was as follows yeas aldrich bard beveridge burnham burrows burton clark wyo cullom deboe depew dietrich dryden elkins fairbanks foraker foster wash frye Galling cr alanna hoar jones nov acan kearns kittridge mccomas mccumber mclaurin S C mcmillan mason mitchell nelson penrose parkins platt conn scott war ren wellington wetmore 42 nays allison bacon bailey berry blackburn Mont Clay cockrell culberson dillingham dolliver dubois foster la gibson harris mclaurin miss mallory martin money patterson pettus proc tor quarles rawlins spooner taliaferro teller vest 31 jhc thc vote upon the amendments began at 3 and such a flood of them was offered that a final vote upon the bill as amended was not reached until just before 6 amendments offered by mr vest of missouri providing for free ships and for the application of the provisions of the anti the shipping industry were rejected as was the amendment proposed by mr patterson of colorado providing that no chinese person should be a member of the crew of a subsidized vessel mr pettus of ala bama offe redan amendment providing that the total expenditure under the bill should not exceed in any year it was adopted in committee of the whole but later in the senate was rejected by a decisive vote the senate agreed to an amendment offered by mr spooner providing that congress should have power to amend or repeal the act without impairing any contract made under its authority mr bianna offered and the senate adopted three amendments applying directly to the acquisition by J iier pont morgan and his associates of the leyland line of british stiina they provide that no foreign built ship shall participate in the proposed subsidy that nothing in the act shall be construed to prevent american citizens or corporations from holding or operating foreign ships in the ocean carrying trade and that no foreign huilt ship of any line thus acquired hy american citizen 3 be admitted hereafter to american registry the title of the hill passed hy the senate is to provide for ocean mail service between the united states and foreign countries the common defense to promote commerce and to encourage the deep sea section one of the measure as passed deals with ocean mail steamships and subsidies the postal subsidy act of 1891 is so amended as to direct the postmaster general to enter into contracts for not less than five or more than fifteen years with american citizens for alie carrying of mails on american steamships to such foreign points as will best promote the postal commercial and maritime interests 0 the united states the mail service on such line to be equitably distributed among the atlantic mexican gulf and pacific ports and the contracts to be made with the lowest responsible bidder the vessels employed in the mail service shall be american built and owned and officered by american citizens during the first two years one fourth of alie crew must be american citizens during the next oliree years one third must be american citizens and during the remaining life of the contract at least one half must be american ci theena the ships must be screw steamships of iron or steel and divided into alio following clapacs cla sacs according to speed first class 20 or over second class 19 knots third class 18 knots fourth class 17 knots fifth class 16 knots sixth class 1 knots seventh class 14 knots all steamships of the first four classes shall be constructed with particular reference to prompt conversion into auxiliary naval cruisers and shall be of the highest rating known to maritime commerce the rate of compensation for ocean ma iu service to be paid per gross registered ton for each nautical miles sailed from the port sit clearance in the united states to tho port of entry in the united states according to the route required by the lice department shall not exceed the following steamships of the first class 2 7 10 cents second class 2 5 10 cents third class 2 3 10 cents fourth class 2 1 10 cents fifth class 1 0 10 cents sixth class 1 7 10 cents seventh class 1 5 10 cents the rate of compensation to any vesser carrying mails to foreign ports in north america shall not exceed 70 per cent of the maximum rate established section two provides for the general subsidy to be paid it directs the secretary of the treasury to pay to the owners of any vessel in the united states duly registered and engaged in the foreign trade of the united states a compensation amounting to 1 per cent per gross registered ton for each nautical miles sailed not exceeding sixteen entries in any one year and on each entry not exceeding six teen in any one year for a period of five years from the date of tinn of a vessel of one thousand gross tons which shall be completed after abo passage of this bill one fourth of one cent per gross ton for each nautical miles sailed in addition to the abovementioned above mentioned compensation the bill specifies certain vessels which shall not receive compensation under its provisions among them being vessels engaged in the coastwise trade exclusively each subsidized vessel is required to carry as a member of its company ono american boy for each one thousand gross tons who shall be taught seamanship and engineering and shall rank as a petty officer the owners of the vessel must agree before receiving compensation that the ship in emergency may be used by the united states for the national defense or for aay public purpose a a fair valuation for this service section three dilecta di recta the secretary of the treasury to pay to alie owner of a documented vessel engaged in deep sea fishery for at least three months in any one year two dollars per gross ton per annum provided that at least one third of the crew shall be citizens of the united states and he is directed to pay also to a citizen of the united states serving as a member of such crew one dollar per month for the time he is necessarily employed section four provides that no vessel be given compensation under two or more titles of this abet at the same time that a subsidized vessel shall not be sold to a subject of a foreign power and that the president of the united states shall cause proper regulations to be framed for the execution of this act |