The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
SWAYNE CASE IS IN SENATE Message of the House
 Received. PETTUS GIN COMMITTEE Pure Food Bill and Philippines
 Discussed. Foraker Philippine Tariff Amendment Was Withdraw. |. Order to Have Bm Passed Before Christi
 mas Adjournment.
 

Washington, Dec. 14.-The Senate which under the constitution is made the trial court in Impeachment cases, today received official notice of the de- termination of the House of Represen- tatives to present impeachment charges against Hon. Charles Swayne. federal judge In the Northern District of Florida The matter was brought to the Senate's attention by a House committee and the Senate appointed a committee to prepare the details of the proposed trial.
 The Senate considered the Philippine Government bill and the pure food bill. MT. Foraker presented a tariff amendment to the Philippines bill. but on complaint of MT Dubois and other Senators that this provision had not been contemplated when the Senate en- tered into an agreement to vote on the bill next Friday. it was withdrawn.
 number of mi-public bills were passed.
 The committee of the House appeared at the bar of the Senate today and notified the Senate that the House had impeached Judge Charles Swayne.
 President Pro Tenn Frye informed the committee that the Senate would proceed in accordance with the notice No message from the House has been received In years that so profoundly impressed the Senate.
 After the House committee had re- tired MT. Platt tConn.) presented a resolution directing that the Message of the House of Representatisgre grelat- ing to impeachment of Charles SswaynO be referred to select committee to consist of five Senators to be appoint ed by the president pro tempore."
 Pettus on Committee.
 The resolution was agreed to. and the chair designated Messrs Platt (Conn.) Clark twyo.). Fairbanks committee. All the members of the select committee are members of the Committee on Judiciary,
 The pure food bill was then taken up. and Mir. McCumber again addressed the Senate in It's support.
 MT. McCumber engaged in a contyo- yersy with Messrs. Aldrich and Spoener relative to the possible lack of protec- ton of importers of adulterated foreign goods against prosecution under the provisions of the bill. Senators Spoon CT and Aldrich expressed the opinion that the importer of such goods neces- sarily would be liable to punishment under its terms, even in cases in which they were ignorant OI tue CHdTdCtcT Ol the articles, but MT. McCumber argued that the innocent would be sufficiently protected.
 When. at 2 p. m.. the pure food bill gave place to the Philippine bill, MT. Dubois asked that the unanimous agreement to vote on the Philippine bill on Friday next be abrogated because of Mir. Foraker's tariff amendment to the bill, introduced today. He said that the people of the West and of his own State especially are greatly inter- ested in the proposed reduction of duty. that he would not willingly consent to a reduction: that if he had known that the Senate would be called on to vote on the tariff he would not have assent ed to the unanimous agreement to vote.
 MT. Lodge replied that to cancel the voting agreement would be impossible, made he had no information that a tar- if amendment would be offered.
 MT. Foraker said that he had not i'm intended to take any unfair advantage In presenting his provision, and that it Is very similar to a bill heretofore con aidered by the Senate.
 MT. Bailey and MT. Carmack raised tho point that the Foraker amendment is out of order. because. under the con- stitution, revenue Legislation must originate in the House.
 Mir. Foraker replied that the con- stitution applies to the revenues of the United States and that the Su- preme Court had decided that the rev. enues of the Philippines are not the revenues of the United States.
 After further debate MT. Foraker consented not to press his amendment in connection with the pending bill, but in doing so gave notice that here- after ho would offer his amendment and press it without feeling called on to give specific notice of his inten- tions in that respect.
 Mir. Cdlberson. (Texas) gave notice that he would offer several amend ments to the bill, among them one striking out the entire section guar nnteeing interest on the bonds of the proposed system of railroads. He did not doubt, he said that railroads were essential to the development of the islands and that their construction would improve the military situation, as we'll as tend to the establishment of an orderly and stable government, but he contended that the rate of five per cent interest proposed to be al- unnecessary burden on a people al ready impoverished by war He de. clared that Great Britain was able to secure all railroad capital for three per cent.
 The Senate at Al p. m. went into executive session and at 4:51 p. m.