ELECTION IN PHILIPPINES.
(BT CABLE—PBBSS ABSOCUTIOK—COPTWOHT.)
(Received Juno 4th, 11.35 p.m.)
MANILA, June 4,
Practically complete returns of the general election show that the Independence Party retains control of both House and Senate by a considerable majority. Voting was carried out peacefull}'.
[There are 93 representatives and 24 Senators in the Philippine Islands, representing the 48 provinces of tho Archipelago. All are elected by popular vote except nine representatives and two Senators, who are appointed'by the American Governor-General to represent certain provinces.]
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18400, 5 June 1925, Page 9
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