The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-31
At Washington.

"Resolved, that Charles Swayne,
Judge of the District court of the
United States in and for the northern
district of Florida be impeached of high
mi ceamor," This is the recommend
alton to the House in the report of the
House committee CD the judiciary, filed
Thursday.
The House committee on judiciary has
authorized favorable report on the
Hepburn Dolliver bill, granting the
states police power over. "original pack
ages" of intoxicating liquors coming
into their borders as Interstate com
merre. An amendment was adopted
stipuating that the bill should not ap-
ply to persons receiving Interstate ship
ments of liquor for their own personal
use.
Although President Roosevelt cannot
attend the opening exercises of the
Louisiana purchase exposition, he
nevertheless, will be participant in
them. He has consented to press but
ton at the White House which will start
the machinery of the exposition This
ceremony will axe place at l O'Clock
eastern standard time) on April 80
The post office department has given
notice that new domestic reply postal
card of the one cent denomination will
be issued when the supply of reply
cards of the old design at he various
postal distributing stations is exhausted
The new card will bear the portrait of
Gen William T. Sherman on the mes
sage side and portrait of Gen. Philip
II. Sheridan on the reply side.
1t is announced that the President
will uniformly decline this year to make
any engagements away from Washing
ton where he may be expected to deliver
addresses This, of course, excerpts the
engagement he made several months
ago to deliver the Memorial Day address
on the battlefield of Gettysburg
The House ON Frid passed the Post
Office appropriation bills after a pro-
longed debate on the paragraph affect
ing rural letter carriers, which on
Thursday was stricken out but which
was inserted with enthusiasm under a
special order of the committee on rules.
Every amendment and substitute Offer ed
to this paragraph was voted down Mr..
Moon made an unsuccessful attempt To
recommit the bill with Instructions to
strike out the appropriations for special
facilities over trunk lines south of ash
ington and west of Kansas City
The sundry civic bill contains these
items for Maine: Ram island ledge
lighthouse, S33, 600; repairing the found
alton of the Bangor custom house, $4,000;
rebairs at raig Brook fish station and
improvement of the water supply, $4,000;
completion of the fish hatchery at
Boothbay HarbOr, $40 900
The proposed trial of Judge Charles
Swayne of Florida, impeached for high
crimes and msdemeanors' is attracting
some attention in the House of Represen-
tatives The committee recommends ng
the impeachment divided nearly on
partisan lines, and the dissenting Re-
publicans doubt if the charges are suffi-
cient to warrant verdict of guilty. 1t
has been proposed instead to abolish the
district in Florida over which the I'M.
popular Judge presides and thus dispose
of the whole matter.
Reports received from Governor
Wright indicate that the Fllipinos are
taking kindly to the electoral machin-
cry which has been set up in the islands,
and that the electors are conducting
very much after the fashion
of voters in the United States. At the
recent elections for governors of the
provinces great popular interest was
manifested in the result, though the
elections passed off quietly At the
date of the reports it appeared that
about half the governors standing for
reelection succeeded. More than a
third of those running, however, failed
of reelection In ALL elections were
held In thirtytwO provinces.