The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-14
THE SWklNE
 REGIMENT Ten Wig. .sSes Before Sen
 Ge Yesterday. QUESTION OF RESIDENCE Prosecution Has Closed On
 This Point. Bacon Cotton Amendment, Slightly Changed, Is Finally Adopted Af-
 ter an Extended Debate
 on the Subject.
QUESTION OF RESIDENCE

" heard ten witnesses in the Swayne i'm l peachment trial today and devoted rna | remainder of it's time to the considera- tion of the agricultural appropriation | bill. The maJor portion or tne debate in connection with the appropriation bill was based on an amendment sug- gested by MT. Bacon, providing for emi-monthly reports on the. condl- tion of the cotton crop, which was amended so as to cover the last five months of the year, and adopted. l When the Senate convened today MT. Kean had read a memorial from the ex- port association of New York against the sch-Townsend Railroad rate bill, | and MT. Clapp a memorial from the Minnesota Legislature, praying for the | enactment of a law for the regulation of railroad rates. The New York pro- test presented the view that the House of Representatives had acted hastily, and that the bill passed is imperfect | In presenting reports on number 1 of private pension bills Mir. McCumber, chairman of the Committee on Pen- sions. stated that the committee would not be able to give any further atten- ton this session to pension bills intro 1 duced by Senators.
 The agricultural appropriation bill was taken up. Mir. Stewart offered an amendment authorizing the Secretary l of Agriculture to determine the stand | ard of foods, and in support of the provision, said the adulteration of food has grown to alarming proportions. He | asserted that much of the fresh meat used in Washington hotels Is five years old .and said that even Senators | eat much impure food. Why. if you would be more careful in that respect, you would be healthier and look bright er," he said. The amendment was lost Bacon Amendment.
 I MT. Bacon offered his amendment, providing for semi-monthly reporte' on the cotton crop. saying that no pro- l vision could be incorporated in the bill ! that would ba Of 50 much importance to the cotton producer as this one. He ! traced the failure of the growers to se- 1 cure profitable returns from last sea- sons crop to the tnfrequency of the or- acial reports. The loss in one month on this account had not been less than LOGO. 900. He also urged that the Secretary should publish a synopsis ot the information on which his estimate is based as well as the estimate it. self.
 The amendment had not been acted upon when, at o'clock, the impsach- ment proceedings against Judge ! Swayne were resumed.
 Mir. Higgins made a request for an attachment to compel the attendance of Louis P. Paquet at witness. and MT. Palmer one for Simeon Belden. both New Orleans lawyers identified with the contempt proceedings involved in tbe case. but neither application was pressed. The proceeding had the ef- feet of bringing out a protest from Mr 1 Hale. who said the Senate should be | saved such controversies.
 The session as a court continued for somewhat less than two hours and du- ring that time ten witnesses were ex- amined. The statements of all of them bore on the residence of Judge Swayne and the prosecution closed on that point. The witnesses heard on that subject were George P. Wentworth Clerk in the office of the District At | torney in Pensacola; A. C. Blount, Jr.. l Charles M. Coston and John s. Beard | attorneys at Pensacola; Wm. Potter. | formerly clerk of the District Court at Pensacola; Joseph C. Keyser of Pensacola, and Mrs. Hattie s. North up, who keeps a boarding house at Pensacola, at which Judge Swayne stopped some of the time while there. All of these witnesses testified that 1t had been Judge Swayne's habit to re- main in Pensacola only while court was in session, about a month each year. and that generally he gave di- rections to have documents sent to him at Guyencourt, Del.
 Mir. Olmsted said when these wit nesses were excused that they might be discharged if the respondent did not | intend to raise the question as to Judge 1 Swayne's character but in that event | it was desired to have them remain In | the city. No response was made and the witnesses were ordered to remain.
 Az to Railroad Pass.
 The other three witnesses of the day were Elsea T. Davis. a Pensacola law ! yer; R. W. Sublett. ticket agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Pensacola, and J. o. Jennings, a con- ductor on that road, They were ln- l troduced to testify on the charge that Swayne had certified to greater ex- penses on the occasion of his trips to l Texas than he actually had paid. 1T. Jennings testified that the Judge car | ried an annual pass on the railroad. Tn connection with Jennlngs's testi- mony MT. Olmsted explained that he | had not meant to raise the question of | Judge Swayne's right to ride on a pass but he considered 1t important when the government was asked to pay for the transportation.
 when the trial suspended. the Senate again entered upon the consideration
 
 | presented a letter from the chief sta- l tlstlcian of the Agricultural Depart ment saying that the adoption of the 1 Bacon cotton amendment would in- volve an additional expenditure of Ss63. .00O per annum. The amendment | led to extended debate which was par- l ticipated in by Messrs. Money, Clay. Bacon, Bailey and Proctor. Mir. Bai- | ley thought if the increase could be made for the months of August. sep- tember, October and November 1t woul | answer the purpose of the farmers MT. Money said that the estimates O the Agricultural Department are entirely reliable.
 The amendment was adopted after being changed so as to require semi monthly reports for the months of Au- | gust. September, October. November and December, and $50,000 was added I to the amount appropriated.
 MT. Hansbrough presented an amendment intended to meet the con ! dition caused by the recent rulings of