The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
THE SUBSTITUTE KILLED
The Weapon a Strict Party Vote by
the Republicans.
THE BILL PROVIDES FOR A CENSUS
It Also Extends the Commissions Authority.
The Coinage Law Provides For Sill
YER Dollar That Shall be
Legal Tender There.
CBy the Associated Preas.)

(By the Associated PressD
Washington, March G1.-The Senate
Committee on the Philippines today
completed consideration of the bill pre-
scribing a form Of government for the
Philippine Islands and authorized Sena-
tor Ledge TO report it to the Senate af-
ter voting down the Democratic substi-
tute by a party vote. The amendment
providing for census of the population
Of he islands is IS follows:
THAT whenever the existing insur-
rection in the Philippine Islands shall
have ceased and a condition of general
and complete peace shall have been es-
tablished therein and the fact shall be
certified to the President by the Phil
ippine Commission, the President upon
being satisfied thereof shall order a
census of the Philippine Islands 10 be
taken, such census in it's enquiries re-
lating to the population shall take and
make so far as practicable full reLort
for all the inhabitants, Of name, age,
sex, race or tribe, whether native or
foreign born, literacy in Spanish, ma
tive dialect or language, or N English,
school attendance and ownership of
homes and such information separately
foc each island, each province and nu-
nicipality, or other civil division, need
fdl to inform the resident ana Congress
concerning the capacity, fitness and
readiness of ell tie people of the Phil
ippine Islands and of particular islands,
Nyyfy.
civil divisions, for the establishment
and maintenance in the Philippine Is
lands or certain of them of a permanent
popular representative government"
After the completion of the census
the Philippine Commission is REQUIRED
to report fully to the President and to
Congress their recommendations based
On such census and upon the operation
of the local government provided for,
whether or not all or certain of the PHIL
ippine Islands are capable, fit and ready
for the establishment of Il permanent,
popular representative government"
The Philippine Commission is con-
tinued in effect and there is no further
hint than that above quoted of a pos
sible change. The following provision is
made for the extension of the commits
sicn's authority: "That the Philippine
Commission meantime are hereby au-
thori2ed and directed ntheir discre
tion to continue 20 establish additional
municipal and provincial governments
in the Philippine Islands with popular
representative government so far and
sc. fast as communities in such civil di-
visions are capable, fit ani ready for
the same, the qualification of electors i'm
elections in municipalities and prov
lnces to be the same as now provided bv
law for electors in municipal elections:
and said Philippine Commission wLen-
ever they find other 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 gradu-
ally extending to municipalities and
provinces permanent popular 1cprc-
sentative government"
After authorizing the Philippine Cow
ernmont to establish mint at Manila
and extending the coinage laws of the
United States 50 far as applicabI IN
the islands the following is inserted as
section:
nat thS Sd4u IIllllpDlne Government
Is authorized to coin silver dollar which
snail contain four hundred and sixteen
grams OF standard silver, and the stand
ard OF said silver coins shall be such that
or one thousand parts by weight nine
hundred shall be of pure metal and one
hundred of alloy, and the alloy shall be
OF copper. And upon the said silver
dollar there shall be devices and inscrip-
hons to be prescribed by the Government
of the Philippine Islands with the appro-
val OF the Secretary of War Of the Uni
ted States, which devices and Inscriptions
shall express or symbolic the sover-
eighty Of the United States and that it is
a coin OF the Philippine Islands, together
with the denomination of the coin ex
pressed in English, Filipino and Chinese
characters and the date of it's coinage.
That any owner Of silvor bullion NAV
deposit the same at the mint in the Phil
ippme Islands, to be coined rs herein
before provided. Silver bullion brought
TO the mint of the Philippine Islands for
coinage shall be received and coined by
the proper officers for the benefit of the
deposition; provided. that it shall be law
ful to refuse at the mint any deposit of
less than one hundred dollars and also
any bullion so base az to be unsuitable
for the operations Of the mint; and pro-
vided also. that when gold is combined
with said bullion in such small proper
tion that it cannot be separated adyan-