Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-01-25

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the Statehood bill providing t1at all
allotted lands Shall be subject to taxa
ton, He said the bill as it stands
confers upon the Indians of Indian Ter
ritory the rights Of citizens; while re-
lieying them Of the duties Of citizen:
ship. MI, Bailey took d similar view:
The sshat5 adj5ufned
swayne Case May Be Postponed;
In view Of the prospect of an early
presentation to the Senate of the
Houses artitles ST impeachment of
Judge swayne, many Senators have
been engaged today in considering that
question, and Senator Platt, of Connec-
ticut, chairman of the special commit
tee acting for the Senate, has taken
leading part it the work:
Some Of tile Senators, especially
clessrs. Frye AMI Hale, of Name, ad-
vanced the opinion that the. case might
be postponed u,llil the next session,
but, after an exhaustive examination
CT precedents and consideration of the
case, Mr.. Platt announced his inabil-
ity to agree with them. He said he did
not believe that eut eE gl 5;,al9s jsstles to to
postponed for any length of time after
it is brought to the attention of the
Senate, and he doubted whether, if this
point was eliminated, the Senate
could make the postponment. 1t might
be competent, be thought, to defer
trial after organizing the senatorial
court, but If that course should be
decided upon, the present Congress
would terminate. new men would come
in, and it would be necessary te reor-
ganize the court at the beginning OF
the next session. For these and other
reasons, he concluded that there is no
other way open than to proceed imme-
diately with the consideration of the
case. Senator Spooner and other SELL
atorial lawyers concured in this opirl-
ion.
Those who advocated postponement
take the ground that, as the Senate is
continuing body, it is competent for
1t to defer action until next session, II
it so desires; They also say that, with
only six weeks OF the Sessloit left, it
will be extremely difficult for the Sen
ate to enter upon the Swayne trial.
and also continue its consideration OF
legislative business.
Speaker Cannon did not name the
committee 10 present the articles of
the House, having received information
from Sena tors that thes. desired to have
the matter delayed. There Is & prece-
dent for delay in presenting articles in
impeachment cases until the day before
the expiration Of the terms, which
throws the tfial illt0 the next Congress.
It rests with the House. hoWeVeT, to
decide what course shall be pursued.
Debate on the swayne impeachment
case occupied the House until after 5
o'clock Monday The arguments were
exhaustive; dealing With many Of the
legal phases Of The cfldfges against
Judge swayne The Seilate resolution
fixing Wednesday, February Sth, as the
time for counting the ELECTORAL vcte
>for President and Vice President, the
proceedings to take place in the hall
Of the House, was adopted. The Bur-
Lesson resolution directing the Director
of the Census to collect and publish
additional statistics relating to cotton,
was reported by Mr.. Crumpa :kcr, OF
Indiana; amended SO as to prov Ids that
The statistics 6f the consumptial OF
cotton, the surplus Of cotton held by
the manufacturers and the quality OF
cotton exported shall be summarized
as of September list each year so as
to show the cotton production and con-
sumption OF the preceding yeas Mr..
Livingston, OF Georgia, charged that
il cotton reports were made at the
time Stated. that a break IN, cotton
prices would result upon e#ch occa!
sion that such reports were publlshed.
In most emphatic terms Mr.. Maddox,
of Georgia. declared that cotton farm
ers should protect themselves oy form
Ing trust and Withholding reports
from the government. Everybody, nc
said. was in some sort Of trust
against the farmer and that be must
faht the devil with fire. After some
further discussion, in which the reso-
luton was favored by Mr. Williams,
OF Mississippi, the resolution was
agreed to.
The executive. legislative and
judicial appropriation bill was sent to
conference with Messrs Bingham, OF
Pennsylvania; Littaue, of New YORK,
ard Livingston, OF Georgia, as con-
ferees on the part Of the House.
Army Appropriations.
The House of Representatives COM
rleted consideration Ct The army ap-
nroDriation bill and will vote on the
measure at .he beginning Of the ses-
sion tomorrow. In the debate Resi-
Cent missioner DSgetau, OF Porto
Rico, made his first speech III the
House. He took occasion to praise
the United States for its attitude to-
ward his island hcmc. incidentally,
he saw no need for the maintenance
Of the provisional regiment Of troops
IN the island. A vigorous attack was
made. hut to no avail, cn the army
transport service, by Mr. Humphrey,
Of Washington.
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, quoted re-
marks of Mr.. Slayden, of Texas. stat.
ing that if it were not for the personal
interest Of some legislators in some
Of the officers Of the Porto Rico regl.
mept. IL would have been disbanded
three wears previously. THAT condi-
tion Of affairs is a disgrace to the
American Congress" asserted MI
Clark. r,l