Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1902 — PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED. [ARTICLE]

PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED.

Measure Goes Through Senate by Practically a Party Vote. The Philippine bill passed the Senate Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 48 to 30 as it was reported by the Philippine commission with the exception of a few verbal amendments suggested by the chairman of the committee. The measure has been under debate over seven weeks. The Senate divided practically upon party lines, all Republicans present voting for the bill with the exception of Hotir, Mason and Wellington, who voted with the Democrats against it, and all the Democrats opposing it with the exception of Mr. McLaurin of South Carolina. who voted with the Republicans for the bill. Mr. Morgan of Alabama, Democrat. voted with tile Republicans in opposition to the amendments offered by his party, but fell in line with the Democrats in voting against the bill. The Philippine government bill approves the action of the President in creating the Philippine commission and the offices of civil governor and vice governor of the islands, and authorizes the governor and vice governor to exercise the powers of government as directed by executive order. Future appointments of the governor or vice governor shall be made by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The "bill of rights" of the United States constitution is applied to the Philippine Islands with the exception of the right to bear arms and the right to a trial by jury. The Supreme Court and other courts of the islands shall exercise jurisdiction as heretofore provided by the Philippine commission, and the justices of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President and the Senate; the others by the civil governor and the commission. All the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands are deemed to be citizens of the Philippine Islands mid. entitled to th" protection of the United States. The Philippine commission is authorized to establish municipal nnd provincial governments, with popular representative government, so far and as fast ns the communities are tit for the same, the Philippine commission being authorized to determine the qualifications of the electors. The President is authorized to regulate the eotpuierciwl intercourse with the archipelago in the Interest of the general welfare. No corporation shall be authorized to engage in agriculture unless provision shall have been made therefor. The Philippine commission is authorized to acquire the friar lands nnd is empowered to issue bonds to pay for them. These lands, once acquired, shall be n part of the domain of the United States nnd may be disposed of as such. A mint is to be established in Manila nnd coins authorized may be coined at the mint, the coinage laws of the United States being extended to the islands. The bill also continues the division of insular affairs of the War Department, the chief of which shall have the rank of a colonel of the United States army. The Sacngerfest Association of Baltimore, in charge of the twentieth triennial National Raengerfest of the Northeastern Saengerbuud of America, decided to hold the anengerfest in Baltimore the week of June 14, 1903.- The festival will continue the entire week. While fording a stream in a buggy near Paris, Ark., Father Pauls, for fifteen years connected with Subiucco Christian Brothers' monastery, located six mile* from Paris, was drowned. Father Etmnr, his companion, escaped. Heavy rains hud raised the stream. .