The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Provides a Government for the
 Philippines
SUBSTITUTE VOTED DOWN
Amendment Provides for Census of the PopuIation-Most of the De- tails Have Already Been
 Made Public.

Washington, March 31.-The Senate committee on the Philippines today com pleted consideration of the bill, prescrtb- ing a form of government for the Philip pine islands and authorized Senator Lodge to submit it to the Senate after voting down the Democratic substitute by a party vote.
 The amendment provides for the census of the population of the islands and Is as follows: That with the existing insur- rection the Philippine Islands shall have ceased and a condition of complete peace shall have been established therein, and the facts shall be certified to the Presi- dent by the Philippine commission, the President upon being satisfied thereof shall order a census of the island to be taken, such census in Its inquiries relat- ing to the population shall take and make so far as practical a full report for all the inhabitants, of name, age, sex, race or tribe whether native or foreign born, literacy in Spanish, native dialect or language, or in English, scholastic and ownership of homes and such other in formation separately for each island ex CepI pIONluCt, luuiliCipdiitS OA OeiASA NANA division, needful to inform the President and Congress concerning the capacity fitness and readiness of all the people of the Philippine Islands and of particular islands, provinces and municipalities and other civil divisions, for the establish ment and maintenance in the Philip pine islands or certain of them on a permanent popular representative.
 To Report to President.
 After the completion of the census the Philippine commission is authorized to fully report to the President and Con- gress recommendations on such census and upon the operation Of the local gov ernment provided for, whether or not all or certain of the Philippine islands are capable, fit and ready for the establish ment of a permanent representative gov- ernment.
 The Philippine commission Is continued in office and there is no further hint than above quoted of a possible change The following provision is made for the exten- sion of the commissions authority:
 That tke Philippine commission in the rneantirnN is hereby authorized by direc- ton, in iss discretion, to continue to es- tablish a gener al municipal and provin- cial government in the Philippine islands with proper representative government SC far and so far as communities in such civil divisions are capable, fit and ready for the same, the qualification of electors in elections in municipalities and prov inces to be the same as now provided by law for electors in municipal elections; and said Philippine commission, whenever they find male inhabitants Of lawful age in such municipalities and provinces capable. fit and ready for such extension, shall include the same among the electors with the purpose of gradually extending to the municipalities and provinces per msnent and popular representative gov ernme1t.
 Other DetaIIs Slowly Gone Over.
 Other features of khe bill relate to the details of the commission administration and have been from time to time pub lished.
 The provision concerning the currency to be used in the islands covers six pages of the bill. It authorizes the Philippine government to establish mint at Manila and extend the coinage laws Of the Uni ted States so far as applicable to the islands.
 Provision is made for the mintage or the subsidiary coining at any mint In the Tinted states Existing provisions in force in the islands making any form of m oney legal tender are repealed after December 31, 1905