Show SENATE philippines BILL PARTY LINES BROKEN WHEN FINAL VOTE COMES 0 ON N SELF government MEASURES it Is understood the bill will go to the house with the backing of president wilson and will be pressed for early passage washington the philippine bill which would extend to the islands n a greater degree of self government and would authorize the president to grant them absolute independence o within tour four years passed the senate on february 4 by a vote of fifty two to twenty four various democratic sen acors led by chairman stone ot oi the foreign relations committee tried un successfully to secure amendment ot of certain feature of tho the independence clause but in the end tile the democrats joined by six progressive e a sive republic republicans cans voted solidly for tho the measure it Is understood the bill will go to the house with tile tho backing ot of president wilson and will le be pressed for early passage there lias has been attle indication ot of what action the house will take but administration leaders seem confident that the bill including the independence feature which democratic senators declare squares it with the baltimore platform would have the approval of tte tie house democratic majority the republican senators who voted for the bill were dorah corah clapp kenyon la follette norris and worlds |