Bill for Temporary Government of Philippines
ON January 7 a bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Lodge to provide for the temporary government of the Philippines. It ratifies the acts of the Philippine Commission under the instructions of the President, and gives the President, as long as there is armed resistance in the islands, authority to control the inter-island trade. It empowers the government of the Philippines to make rules and regulations for the disposition of public lands, other than timber and mineral lands. It makes provision for perfecting the titles of the holders of such lands, and empowers the Philippine Commission to purchase the holdings of the friars and dispose of them on proper terms to the actual occupants.