Show SENATE APPROVES philippines BILL PARTY ONES BROKEN WHEN FINAL VOTE COMES ON 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 a greater degree of self government and would authorize the president to grant them absolute independence within four yeaby pissed the senate on february 4 by a vote of fifty two to twenty four various democratic sen ben acors led by chairman stone of 0 the foreign relations committee tried unsuccessfully to secure amendment of ot certain feature of the independence clause but in the end the democrats joined by six progressive republicans voted solidly for the measure it is understood the bill will go to the house with the backing of prest dent wilson and will be pressed for early passage chete has bus been little indication 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 0 the housel house democratic majority the republican senators who ho voted for the bill were clapp kenyon la follette norris and works |