The Bourbon news., 1905-01-20
THE FIF7Y-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.

vote of 30 to "a the senate decided 10
consider the cTOsstOwn street railway
bill for Washington, but the measuIe
soon gave place to the statehood DILL
That measure was discussed Tor tnree
hours by Messrs Simmons and hep
burn. both of whom favored the ellnll-
nation of Arizona from the Dill.
House.-Debate on the Swayne I'M
peachment case in the house was eX-
haustive. dealing with many OF the le-
cal phases of the charges against
Judge Swayne. The senate resolution
fixing Wednesday. February 8, as the
time for counting the electoral vote
for president and vice president, the
proceedings to take place in the nall
Of the houses, was adopted. A reso-
Mtion was agreed 10 providing for the
collection of additional cotton status
tics by the census bureau.
Washington, Jan. 18-Senate.-Tne
unusual spectacle of a United States
senator explaining on the floor OF the
senate charges made against himself
in 2 court Of law in his own state was
witnessed in the senate, when Mr..
Mitchell (Ore) spoke of the indict-
ment recently returned against him by
an Oregon grand jury. The senator
had not previously appeared in the
senate since the Indictment was re-
turned and he was received by his
fellow senators with many evidences
of good will He was much affected,
his emotion at times being such that
he read his statement with great diff
ficulty Mr. Hepburn concluded his
speech on the statehood bill and Mr..
Stone gave notice of a speech on his
resolution for an investigation OF the
charges of corruption in the cam
paigns of 1896 and 1904.
HOuse.With an agreement reach
ed to vote on the Swayne impeach-
ment articles, the debate was carried
on at high pressure for more than five
hours. Mr. GrosvenOr furnished the
text for a very vigorous speech by
Bourke Cochran by the reading of q
letter from Judge Pardee, of New Or
leans. declaring that politics was at
the bottom of the impeachment pro-
ceedings. The fact of a judge trans
mitting such a letter, Mr. Cochran de-
clared dramatically, was "A mOntsrOuS
spectacle" Mr. GrOSvenOr asserted
that there was no ground presented
for impeachment in the report of the
committee The other defenders of the
Florida judge during the day were
Messrs. Lacey Ia), Nevin (O), Moon
(Pa) and Crumpacker QndD. Mr.. La
mar (Fla.l closed the debate for the
day, reviewing the sentiment of his
state and the record of Judge Swyane.
He declared there was ample ground
for impeachment.
Washington Jan. 9.-Senate.-The
charges of improperly made in con-
nectiCn with the campaigns of 1896
and 1904 were revived for a time in
the senate by Mr. Stone, who spoke
in support of his resolution providing
for an investigation of the charges.
He used with much freedom the names
of President Roosevelt, Judge Parker
and Chairman COrtelyOu, and again
related the allegations that Mr.. Cor
telyOu had used the information Sc
cured by him as secretary of COM
merce and labor to secure money
from the trusts The discussion of
the statehood bill continued, with
Messrs. Clay, Nelson, Bailey and Stew
art as speakers. The former senator
and late vice presidential candidate,
visitor on the floor of the senate and
was cordially received by senators
generally, especially by Senator Fair
banks.
House.-The house of representa-
tives adopted the II articles of i'm
peachment against Judge Charles
Swayne, of the district court of the
Northern district of Florida, which
had been presented by it's special COM
mittee of investigation. The speaker
was authorized to appoint seven man.
ayers to present the case to the SEN
ate and conduct the impeachment pro-
ceedings before that body. This ac-
tiOn was the elimination of a debate
which has been in progress for over
a week and which has developed par
tisan feeling and personal vitupera-
tiOn. The last time the house voted
to present articles of impeachment
was in 1876, when it voted the i'm
peachment Of w w. Belknap, secre-
tary of war under President Grant.