Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-14
COTTON STATISTICS
Frequency Of Official Reports
Increased Last live Months.
rx'>'. o. swAy>r CAST
Senate sits as Court Of impeachment
and Hears Witnesses Against judge
Had Railroad Passes. Eut Put
Fare il Expense Account


NASlllNGTON Fob l3-Thc Sen
ave heard Ten Witnesses in lhc Swaync
impeachment trial today ana devoted
Ne remainder Of its time To the con-
Siirra'lnn 81 in" Agricultural :ppro-
piiali.n bin Tic ma inr portion Of
! ne debate was based on an amend
inrnl Sl@@rSl"u ny Mr.. BACON pruvin-
ing ion srm-iMnn, reports on tho.
condition 81 lhr cotton crop. which
was am n'lciI 50 rs 10 cover tile last
fly" months rf The year. ana adopted
Mr. Bacon. in ofcrin. his amend
inrnI. said That no provision could Ii,
Incorporated in The hill lha, Will 10 or
50 much Importance 10 cotton proIuc-
r!s as This one. He traced tn. iailurc
81 The growers TO secure pr0ii,:hlc II.
iurns from las, seasons; crop 10 tho
ihir"lnrncN cl Inc official reports
Lost SIS 100000 IN One Month.
The loss in one month on This 40
tnHnt h::i NOT boon less Than $40. 600
GEO. !lr also urged That tho secretary
should publish q synopsis Of lhr in
! formation on which estimate is based
rs Well a% The estimate Itself
Mr.. Proctor presented Il letter from
tn" chief $lati:i ici;n Of tho agricultural
I"pnr' M"ni. saying tha, tho adoption
"l The Bacon COTTON amendment would
inEnNr an ;,di:ional expenditure Of
S:''i::i.nnh per nNi,m
The hm'n'lnnrni lc.l ID extended de-
| ilaic. which was participated in IN
Nessrs,. MONEY, Clay. Bacon Bailey
ana Proctor. MI. Bailey thought If TIC
increase could be made for the months
cf August September. October ana
November il wonld answer all p!r-
poses OF the TURNER'S
Estimates Reliable.
Mr.. Money said that uhr estimates
/ Of the Agricultural department are on
lirely reliable.
Tho amendment was adoplc,l after
! Icing changed 50 as 10 require semi
monthly reports for the months Di
August. September, October. Novcn,-
her and December. and $5O.Onn was
added 10 the amount appropriated
Judge Swayne's Residence.
The session as a court continued
Tor somewhat less than two hours
and during that time ten witnesses
were examined The statements Of all
of Them bore upon tho residence Of
judge SWa%ns ANA The prosecution
closed on that point The witnesses
- ~ " vi ''it'i H'bJ''t. were. George i.
W"ntwnr'h. clerk OF the oiiicc or the
district attorney in Pensacola: a. G.
iHonnt. IN. Charles NJ Cos,On and
3nhn 5. Beard attorneys at Pensacola :;
VIM. W. Potter. formerly clerk Of the
district court at Pensacola: Jos. G..
kelscr Of Pensacola, and Mrs. Hattie
;. Nor'h'p, who keeps d boarding
house at Pensacola at which Judge
SWaync stopped some Of the time
while there. All Of these Witnesses
testified that it had been Judge
Swaync's habit 10 remain in Pcnsa.
cola only while court was in session
about q month each Year, and that
generally he gave affections to have
documents sent to him at Guycncourt
Delaware
Carried Passes; Charged Fare.
The other three witnesses Of the day
were: Eliza T. Davis, Pensacola
lawyer; t. w. Sn'.'ett. a ticket agent
"i The Louisville & Nashville Rail
road g, Pensacola. and j. O. Jennings
a conductor on that road.
they were introduced to testify on
the charge that Judge Swayne had
certified to greater expenses on the
occasions oil his trips to Texas than
nc actually had paid MI. Jennings
testified thai tile judge carried an an.
nual pass on the road
The Senate adjourned until t0mor-
row.
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