The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-12-22
fHE x0eE OF CONGRESS


House. but Throughout the session Its
enhancement ~as 0ess.t wsth ohstrue-
tive tactics by the Democrats, led by
Mr.. Williams. of Mississippi. the minor
ity leader. The Democrats mustered
sufficient strength 10 force Speaker
Cannon 10 break tie. In order that ths
tdll might be taken up. tna Demo
Gratis assuming their attitude os an
tagouism because ar. HiIi. Of connee-
ticut. In charge OF the bill. refused tn
postpone its further consideration in
, consequence Of the illness OF Mr. Bar
Iett, of Georgia. teader OF the opposi-
tien. Little progress was made on
the measure.
An amendment was offered hg Mr..
| Williams requiring the payment Of
interests BIT banks on aueunts deposit
ed by the government. - d limiting the
amount TO be 50 deposited in any one
! bank
- Senate Orders impeachment.
Thn Srnate sDetit practically the cn-
| tire day discussing The Philippine ad-
! ministration bill \ number Of amend
ments were suggested aud debated.
/ among them being provisions relating
! TO RAILROAD bonds, mining locations an1
! on the bill will be taken. and the dis
/ posal OF all amendments will occur az
! the same time A formal order to enter
upon the Swayne impeachment p-o-
/ ceedings was adopted. but ii did not fix
day for beginning the work.
! Mr. Platt Of Connecticut. chairman
/ OF the select committee to consider the
! TpCommendatiOhs Of the House Of Rep
! resentatives for the impeachment OF
/ Judge SwayDe. presented the report Of
! that committee. The report was in the
/ shape Of al order. which after recit-
! ing the circumstances In A preamble,
proceeded as follows:
! Ordered. that the Senate will ac
! cording TO its standing rules and or
ders in such cases provided. take
| proper action thereon upon the pre-
| sentation of the articles of impeach-
| ment. OF which due notice shall he
! given to the House of Representa-
! tivee,"
Philippine Bill Passed.
The Senate Friday carried out It's
| unanimous agreement to vote on the
! Philippine civil government bill, and
! by a vote of IA to % passed the
! measure. The final vote was preceded
/ by the presentation of many amend
! ments and a general discussion Ot
! them, as we'll as of the provisions OF
I the bin. There were occasional poll
! tical references. but. in the main, the
! discussion WAS confined TO the merits
! of the measure. On some Of the
/ amendments suggested by Democratic
/ Senators several Western Republicans
! east their votes in the affirmative, but
! Mr.. McCumber was the only Republi
: can who voted with the Democrats
against the passage Of the bill.
! fhe most notable change made dur
/ ing the day was the lowering of the
! rate Of interest. on railroad bends to
he guaranteed by the Philippine gov.
! eminent from 5 to per cent.
The bill as passed exenpts from
| taxation all bonds issued by the Philip
pine and Porto Rican governments:
authorizes the Philippine government
| TO guarantee the payment Of interest
| on railroad bonds at the rate of 4 per
! cent per annum: provides for the adj
ministration Of the immigration laws
by the Philippine authorities; estab.
| ,,Shes 4 system for the location an0
patenting Of mineray, coal. and saline
lands; fixes the metric system for the
islands. and gives the civil Governor
the title of Governor General.
, During the day Senator Bcveridge
from the committee on Territories, re-
Ported the Statehood bill He gave
| notice at that time that Immediately
after the disposal of the Philippine
bill he would move the consideration
Of the Statehood bill, but upon dis
covering that the rules require that
committee reports lie over for day
ne decided not to enter the motion
until after the Christmas holidays, his
intention being TO make the motion
ch the first day the Senate cohyenes
! N January. ;.
Fridays session Of the House was
given over almost exclusively to the
consideration OF bills On the private
calendar, a dozen or more beins
passed. The Senate amendments to the
urgent deficiency bill were agreed TO-
and adjournment was taken until Mon.
day. ......
There was considerable discussion
over a bill for the relief of Jos. B.
Sargent, of New Haven, Conn, who
had been detained by customs in
! spector at FL Paso, Texas, on charge
n
to the United States. -
| Mr.. Maddox, Of Georgia, inquired
! whethe:. there mad been any complain.
! to the President about the. customs
| inspector He contended that il the
statement as to the action OF the in
! spector was true, he should be remCv-
| ed from office.
Monday in the House.
The. House OF Representatives Mon.
day emphatically disapproved the pro-
| position to hold the inaugural ball in
! the capitol. The committee having tbe
matter in charge had substituted fol
The Pension Building. as provided 70,
! by Senate resolution, the CoDgressiop.
] al Library, but Mir. Morrell. OF Pennsyl-
vania, who called the matter up. an.
! nounced that the opposition TO the lat
: ter building was so great the commit
lee had concluded 10 substitute the cap.
!tol. y storm OF protests came from
/ both siceS Of the cham Der. The reso
-lutien Offered BY lfr. Morreii vas votec
down, tie result being TO delay actor
until tE1e next District OF Columbia day
! in January. The House also vctei
down resolution offered b. Mr.. Lacey
. Of Iowa, making sjecial order OF
January 5tl the bill to restore to ths
i Naval Academy three cadets, who were
dismissed for haZing. Mr.. Lacey's ac
tfen was criticised by Mr.. Williams
Of Mississippi. and Others, Mr.. vii
! iiams eontending that the cause o
these midshiDmen could not be giyeI
preference. when there were So man,
! matters OF vast public importanc,
which could not get time for consid
Grafton.