The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-01-17
SWAYNE CASE
Occupied the Entire At
tenti0n of the
House.
THE JUDGE DEFENDED


bate over what should constitute the
articles of impeachment in the Swayne
case, Occupied the entire attention of
the house of representatives today.
Mr.. Littlefield, (Rep., Maine) COM
pleted his defense of Judge Swayne
begun yesterday and closed by referr-
ing to the judge as a man who had
been bounded" by men whom he had
punished for various offenses.
II hope my right hand will lose
its cunning" he said, before by any
act may aid in concentrating and per-
petuating this infamous legacy of ha-
tired and revenge"
Mr.. Powers, (Rep., Mass) complain
ed that the merits of Judge Swayne's
case had been injected into discus
sion which should be confined merely
to the form of the articles which the
house has agreed to send to the senate.
He declared Judge Swayne had re-
ceived an unprecedented privilege in
being permitted to appear before the
committee, which acted as frank
Judge and now he said that inform
nlity is pointed to as a reason for de-
batting on the question of his guilt.
The house has already impeached
him." he declared
Mr.. Perkins, (Rep., N. " contend
ed that the charge against Swayne
should be pressed on the ground of
his non-residence in Florida.
Mr.. Parkes, tRep., N. J) declared
that the Judge could never have been
found guilty Of the charges ON which
NE was impeached He was frequent
interrupted.
His declaration that "the practice
of other judges charging the maxi
mum dali expense allowance of $40
was mitigation for Swayne brought
forth protests in the form of questions
from all parts of the house. He felt
that this fact at least struck the
swayne case from the category of i'm
peachable offences.
The discussion will be continued to-
morrow.
The senate today passed the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill after dropping the amend
ment to increase the salary of civil
service commissioners from $500 to
$4,000.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to reach an agreement for taking a
vote on the statehood bill, which, ow-
ing to the indisposition of Mr.. Teller,
u,h ich tn
it. was not taken up.
The senate appeared in bad humor,
although only measures of triling pub
lie interest were under consideration.
Mr.. Gallinger, (Rep., New. Hamp.)
lost his customary suavity and de-
clared that he proposed to ignore the
threats of the senator from Michigan,
-(Mr. Burrows), and the senator from
Texas, (Mr Bailey, when these sena-
tors suggested that he eliminate a
street railway bill from some meas
ures he wished consideration for. Mr..
Bailey in retorting remarked that Mr..
Gallinger ''is not as polite as he usu-
ally is." and that his remarks were
neither a credit to himself nor to the
senate.
Later Mr.. McCumber, (Rep, North
Dakota), chairman of the pension
committee and Mr.. Tillman. (Dem.,
S. CO., became involved in sharp
colloquy over a bill presented by the
former, providing for the pensioning
of the dependents Of Indian scouts,
killed in North Dakota IL years ago
while capturing Sitting Bull" The
South Carolina senator charged in
justice and discrimination, in fact the
committee held these scouts to have
been in the military service while 1t
rejected the claim of a South Caro-
lima widow, whose only support, a
Philippine constable was killed. He
resented the claim that the Philippine
constabulary was under civil govern
ment
"There is not civil government in
the Philippines" he shouted. ''it's
only a humbug of a pretense,"
Its a civil government de facto,"
retorted Mr.. McCumber
TITS military government de fac
to, with a sham civil government" +"
angrily replied Mr.. Tillman.
Mr.. Tillman declared that If the
chairman of the pension committee
would put on the same spectacles
or magnifying glasses or whatever it
is, with which he has found merit
in this bill he can discover the same
in the South Carolina one, which he
has rejected"
The bill finally went over under
opposition.
A bill was passed amending the anti
lottery laws to include the territor-
les and the senate adjourned