The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-17
THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
Second Session.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE senate
heard the first witness called III con-
nectiOn with the impeachment pro-
ceedings against Judge Swayne. of
Florida. and thus entered upon the
real work of the trial. The statement
of the case on behalf of the house was
made by Manager Palmer, who went
over the various charges against
Judge Swayne, and said it was the eX-
pectation of the managers that all of
them would be proven. The witnesses
heard testified concerning hotel bills
paid by Judge Swayne while he held
court in Texas. 1t was decided to de-
vote the time between 2 and o'clock
each day to the Swayne inquiry Tho
following bills were passed: Donating
condemned bronze cannon to the G..
A. r. for the purpose of making
badges: authorizing the secretary of
war to sell magazine rifles to rifle
clubs; referring to the court of claims
the claim of Madison county, Ken
lucky, against the United States for
refund of money paid to the collec-
tor of internal revenue; prohibiting
the use of government devices to in
dictate the quality of gold used in the
arts.
After maintaining its record for the
rapid disposition of private pension
bills, 43S being passed in an hour and
a half, the house considered for
short while the bill providing a gov
eminent for the Panama canal zone.
Washington, Feb. 14.-The senate
heard ten witnesses in the Swayne
impeachment trial and devoted the re-
mainder of it's time to the considera-
ton of the agricultural appropriations
bill. The major portion of the debate
in connection with the appropriation
bill was based on an amendment sug-
geSted by Mr.. Bacon, providing for
semi-mOnthly reports on the condition
of the cotton crop, which was amend
ed so as to cover the last five months
of the year, and was adopted.
Not in recent years has the house
witnessed such a spectacle as it did
with Mr.. Sullivan (MaSs.) and William
r. Hearst IN. " as the central fig
ureS. Both INDUCED in personalities
| of the gravest character and so stir
! red the house as to arouse among GER
tain members feeling of the greatest
| indignation. Mr.. Sullivan heaped up
on Mr.. Hearst a TRADE of denunciatiOn
while the latter by implication charg-
ed Mr.. Sullivan with completely in
murder.
Washington, Feb. 15.-The senate
passed the agricultural appropriation
bill and began consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the District
of Columbia. The Hansbrough amend
ment to the agricultural bill relative
| m d,oxxr hoo hn IY1txy xrrho
was agreed to after an extended de-
bate in which tariff questions figured
| to a considerable extent.
The house devoted considerable
time to the consideration of the naval
appropriation bill, Mr.. Littleford
speaking at length regarding the ne
cessity for keeping appropriations
within the limits of the revenues of
the country. The second chapter of
the episode between Mr.. Sullivan
| J(Mass.) and Mr.. Hearst IN. ", &C.
CURED in the house, when Mr.. Sulli-
van again took the floor on question
of privilege and related the circum-
stances leading up to the indictment
and conviction of his father and him.
self for manslaughter. In decided
contrast with the remarks of the day
before, when the two men heaped up
on each other epithets and charges of
serious nature, Mr. Sullivan's state
ment was devoid of any further at
tack on his colleague and was a
straight recitation of the occurrence
referred to by Mr.. Hearst. Mr.. Sulli-
van admitted the charge, but said that
he himself had only been technically
guilty and was permitted to leave the
court a free man without serving 9
days Imprisonment or being subjected
| to a fine.