The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-18
SENATE ENDS CONTROVERSY Recedeg from Its Dingley
 lmendment. APP SEPARATIONS PASSED P Seedlings Against Swayne
 NeSumed. Intellectual Effort to Determine Admis- saSility of Certain Evidence
 Previously Given by
 the Judge.

940,0 for the District of ColumDia anu the diplomatic and consular appropria- ton bill carrying $2,15s,0OO. Aspecia1 feature of the day was the acceptance of the statue of Frances E. Willard, the distinguished temperance advocate. which has been placed in statuary hall in the national Capitol. by the State of Illinois. Notwithstanding there are about forty pedestals In the hall, the statue of Miss Willard is the first Of a woman to find a place there.
 One witness was heard during the day in the Swayne impeachment trial, and an hour was spent in secret ses- sion in an Intellectual effort to deter. mine the admissibility as evidence of Judge Swayne statement before committee of the House.
 The Senate terminated it's controver- sy with the House over the amendment construing the provision in the Dingley law relative to the drawback on tm- ported wheat by receding from the amendment inserted in the agricultural appropriation as 1t passed the Senate.
 The Senate convened at II o'clock and as 1t was sitting behind closed doors when yesterdays session came to an end, the session was resumed today under the same conditions.
 There were comparatively few Sena- LOTS present. Ut Lnc bEGtAHluBs DaI a roll call had the effect of soon bringing In a quorum, and business was under way.
 Swayms's Evidence.
 The question of the admissibility in the Impeachment proceedings of Judge Swaynes testimony before the House Committee was stin under considera- tion, and Mir. Clarke (Ark.), who had the floor at the close of yesterdays ses- sion resumed his argument in support of admission.
 Mir. Culberson opposed admission on the ground that the proceeding is In the nature of criminal progecution and kcomes within tho class of aFibUnals from the proeeedings of uht feb Con ngress meant to protect witnesses before it's committed without deciding the point, the Senate doors were opened at 12 o'clock and legislation proceeded.
 As soon as the doors were opened, the clerk of the House appeared with the resolution of the House of Representa- lives, returning the agricultural bill because of the objection of the House to the Senate amendment construlng the provision of the Dingley law im- posing a dGty on wheat.
 MT. Hansbrough offered a motion that the Senate recede from it's position In the amendment affecting the tarih which was placed on the agricultural appropriation bill. This means that the Senate will yield to the house, that understanding having been reached among Senators.
 Mir Hansbrough. who is the author of the Senate amendment, expressed regret at the action of the House. He called attention to the fact that not withstanding the session had pro- gressed to within two weeks of its close, the House had taken no cogniz- anee of the ruling of the Treasury De- partment, which ruling. he said, abso- lutely nullifed a law. He said that In view of the great pressure of business there was nothing left but to allow the House to have its way in the mat ter, and he therefore entered his mos ton to recede.
 Other Protests.
 Mir. Foraker also protested against | the action of the House contending that the constitutionality of the provi- sion of the bill to raise revenue must 1 originate in the House does not pre- clude the Senate from originating measures affecting revenue.
 | Mir. Patterson asserted that the opin- | ion gives on the rebates on wheat by Attorney General Moody was in the | face and teeth of the law" He added: T protest against any action by any executive official which for the beneht
 of any trust changes or repeaIs a law" i MT. Morgan was of opinion that the
 House had "entirely transcended it's authority under the constitution, add | ing that that body had DO right to l send the bill back as it had done Mir. Spooner defended the action of | the house on the ground that the Sem ate had invaded it's prerogatives. He characterized the House protest as re-
 speotful and dignified and expressed | the hope that the Senate would meet
 1t In the same spirit Messrs. Bacon, | Teller and Money concurred in Mir ] Spooner's view.
 The vote by which the agricultural bill was passed was then reconsidered, the amendment stricken out and the
 bill again passed.
 Consideration of the bill making ap- propriations for the Government of 1 the District of Colum bia was resumed and Messrs. Elkins and HopIxfns re- newed their efforts to secure the defeat of the amendment increasing the cost | of the propnsad municipal buifIinV for the City of Washington from S2. .Ao0. 000 l to ss.Soo,00o. Tn this they were not l successful and after the amendment had been voted on the bill was passed Immediately after the passage of the District bill. the diplomatic and con- sular appropriation bill was called uu hv Mir. Hale. It was read and passed within twelve minutes time.
 The bill covers thirtv-two pages and carries almost s2.OO0. 900.
 Belden on stand.
 When at 2 o'clock the impeachment proceedings against Judge Charles swavne were resumed. Judge simon BeIden of New Orleans testified for the prosecution. He is one of the at- | torneys fined by Judge Swavne for con- tempt of court at Pensacola, Fla. in 1901. At 3 o'clock, without conclud- ing the testimony of Mir. Belden. con sideration of the Swayne case was sus- pended and the ceremonies began &C., cepting the statue of Miss Frances F Willard. which has been placed in Stat uary Hall in the Capitol by the State of Illinois. The galleries were crowded with ladies and they gave most re- speetful attention to the proceedings. | Addresses euioglstic of Miss Willard were made by Messrs Cullom, Bever- idge, Deliver and Hopkins. On motion