| Show SENATE philippines BILL PARTY LINES BROKEN WHEN FINAL VOTE COMES ON SELF government MEASURES it la Is understood the bill will go to the house with the backing of president wit walson so n and will be pressed for early passage washington the philippine bill which would extend to the islands a greater degree of self government and would authorize the president to grant them absolute independence within four years passed the senate on february 4 by a vote of bofty two to twenty four various democratic senators led by chairman stone of the foreign relations committee tried unsuccessfully to secure amendment of 0 certain feature of the independence clauso clause but in the end the democrats joined by six progressive republicans voted solidly tor for the measure it Is understood the bill will go to the house with wo the backing of president willoa and will be pressed for early passage there has been little AndI indication cation of ahat what action the house wilt will it seem confident that the bill including the independence feature w which aich democratic senators senai ors declare squares it with the baltimore platform would have the approval of the bouso democratic majority the republican senators who voted for the bill were derail clapp kenyon la folletto follette norris and works |
