Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1903 — SUBSIDY BILL BEATEN. [ARTICLE]

SUBSIDY BILL BEATEN.

House Committee Votes Against a Favorable Report. Senator Hanna was beaten in the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries Monday after one of the hardest legislative struggles he has ever made. His ship subsidy bill, which passed the Senato at the last session, was knocked out, *the vote not to report it favorably to the House standing 10 to 0. Those who went down in defeat with Senator Hanna and his ship subsidy friends were Grosvenor of Ohio, Young of Pennsylvania, Greene of Massachusetts, Fordney of Michigan, Wachter of Maryland and Littlefield of Maine, all Republicans. Those who voted against it were Representatives Hopkins of Illinois, Minor of Wisconsin, Stevens of Minnesota and Jones of Washington, Republicans, and Spiglit of Mississippi, Small of North Carolinn, Davis of Florida, McDermott of New Jersey, Belmont of New York and Snook of Ohio, Democrats. An effort was then made by the Democrats to have the rebate bill introduced In the House by O. H. P. Belmont several weeks ago reported ns a substitute. This motion failed, although all the Democrats and Mr. Jones of Washington voted for it. Messrs. Hopkins, Stevens and Minor, who had voted ngainst the Hanna bill, took the ground that they could not afford to further antagonize the leaders of their party. Ever since the last visit of J. Pierpont Morgan to Washington Senators Hanna and Frye have been making very strong efforts to obtain a favorable re port on the ship subsidy bil. The opposition to the measure has also been very Strong, and some of the Democratic members of the committee were brought from sick beds in order to be present to give the quietus to this bill.