The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-13
PHILIPPINE BILL UP IN THESENATE Mt SpoOnef Leads Opposition
 to the Measure fAVORS NO GUARANTEES Railroads Should Not Have Such Favorable imlnation-House
 Transacts Large Amount of
 Miscellaneous Business.
FAVORS NO GUARANTEES

Washington, December 12.-rhe senate had under consideration today the pure food bill, and Philippine government bills.
 The discussion of the Philippine bill related solely to the question of the guar antee by the Philippine government of the incomes or interest of bonds of rail- roads in those islands, MT. Spooner of Wisconsin, leading in the criticism.
 In explanation of the pure food bill which was called up when the session began, Mr. Hepburn said that it was due to the evil of adulteratlon of foods and drugs. Every state had enacted a pure food law covering in it's general purpose the scope of the proposed legis- Iation. He declared that some of the most injurious articles coming from for eign countries were manufactured in vio- lation of the domestic laws of these coun- tries, but prosecution was evaded be- cause the goods were made specially for American trade. MT. Hepburn replying to Mr Carmack, of Tennessee, agreed that these strictures with reference to im- portations should hold as regards goods made in the United States for export
 MT. Stewart of Nevada, said that to secure the best results, sufficient money should be given the secretary of agricul- ture to make a proper investigation, and publish results to the whole world. Pri- vate parties, he said, particularly the press, would not publish an exposure of the frauds in foods and drugs, because the pa trouage IS on the other side"
 At ? o'clock the Philippine civil gov ernment bill, which was the unfinished business. was taken up.
 Attacks Philippine Measure.
 Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin attacked the provision in the bill relating to the guar anty of income or interest on bonds of railroads in the Philippines, and said the Philippine commission should not be au- thorized to make such guarantee. Re- plying to a suggestion by Mir Newlands | of Nevada, that the Philippine govern ment build the railroads themselves, MT. 1 Spooner said he was not much captivated with the idea of government ownership of railroads. If the government under any circumstances was to guarantee divi- dends on stock, the railroad company ought not to be permitted to put on that property mortgage lien ahead of that stock without the consent of congress. This suggestion MT. Lodge of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the Philippine com mission, thought a wise one, and said it may be necessary in the bill to protect the interest of the government, although he felt the Philippine commission them- selves would safeguard the interests of the United States.
 Disclaiming that he had become a con- vert to governmental ownership of rail roads, MT. Newlands said it would De worth somet-Ang to try the experiment l of governmental ownership of the pro- posed roads, because if unsuccessful, gov ernment ownership of railroads in the United States need no longer be consld- | cred
 1 MT. Newlands quoted the views of w. ] Bryan and President Roosevelt re- ] garding the Philippine question and as- serted that the only difference between the two utteranees was that Bryan would l give today the Assurance" of ultimate independence, while President Roosevelt | only extends the hope"
 | s"Why do you ignore the views of