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Washington, Dec. 2..-The senaits IN IN
had under consideration yesterday the
pure food and Philippine government
bill. The debate on the former was
confined to calling attention to the
inadequacy Of the protection accorded
the people of the United States against
impure foods and drugs. The disc
sion of the Philippine bill RI
solely to the question of the gua
by the Philippine government &I
income or interest on bonhsN vi
roads in those islands. l |
The house transacted quite az
amount of miscellaneous business 9ss.t
terday, starting with pension bills and
considering the Hill financial bill later
in the day. The bill transferring the
forest reserves from the department ii
the interior to the agricultural depart.
ment which has been pending in con.
gress for several years, was passed
Washington, Dec. Is. - Further &C
ton on the impeachment proceedings
against Judge Charles Swayne of the
Northern district of Florida was taken
in the house yesterday by the appoint
ment of the committee of seven pro-
vided for by resolution adopted
Tuesday to draft the charges for pre-
sentation to the senate and by the re-
ception of the report of the committee
to notify the senate of the impeach-
ment, who announced that they had
performed their duty and the senate
had responded that order shall be
taken" The urgency deficiency bill and
several other bills of public nature
were passed.
The senate, which under the Consti-
tuition is made the trial court in i'm
parchment cases, yesterday received
official notice of TIE determination of
the house of representatives to pre-
sent impeachment charges against
Hon. Charles Swayne, federal judge in
the Northern district of Florida. The
matter was brought to the senate's at
tention by house committee and the
senate appointed a committee to pre-
pare the details of the proposed trial..
The senate considered the Philippine
government bill and the pure food bill
Washington, Dec. 16-Discussion Of
the bill Ito improve currenc7 condi.
tons" was resumed in the house yes
terday, but throughout the session it's
advancement was beset with obstruc
tive tactics by the Democrats, led by
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi, the mi.
gnority leader. The Democrats mus,
tered sufficient strength to force
Speaker Cannon to break a tie in Or
der that the bill might be taken up,
the Democrats assuming their apti-
tude of antagonism because Mr.. Hila
(Conn.), in charge of the bill, refused
to postpone it's further consideration
in consequence of the illness of Mr..
Bartlett (Ga), leader of the opposi-
ton. The house made little progress
on the measure.
The senate spent practically the
entire day discussing the Philippine
administrative bill. "A formal order to
enter on the Swayne Impeachment
proceedings was adopted, but it did
not fix day for beginning the work.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate
yesterday by a vote of A to % passed
the Philippine civil government bill.
Mr.. McCumber was the only Repub-
lican who voted with the Democrats
against the final passage of the bill.
The bill as passed exempts from
taxation all bonds issued by the Phil
ippine and Porto Rico governments;
authorizes municipalities in the Phil
ippines to incur bonded Indebted
ness amounting to per cent of the
assessed valuation of their property at
5 per cent interest; authorizes the
Philippine government to incur a
bonded Indebtedness of IS 100000 for
improvements at 1-2 per cent inter-
est; authorizes the Philippine govern
ment to guarantee the payment of In
terest on railroad bonds at the rate Of
per cent per annum; provides for
the administration of the immigration
laws by the Philippine authorities;
establishes system for the location