St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-25
NATIONAL LEGISLATION.
Senator Edmunds on Deck With a
Dynamite Bill Before the Smoke
Clears Away.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill Passes
the House with One Amendment--Dull
Day in Congress.
FORTY-EIGHrH CONGRESS.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A.-In the senate to-
day Senator Edmunds introduced the follow
ing bill:
Be 1t enacted, etc, that II any person shall
within the United States, or within any dis
trict, state or territory thereof, make. buy,
sell, manufacture or compound any metal
lima nitroeum, neptune, powder, oriental
powder, grant powder, hercules powder,
selnitia powder, thunderbolt powder, dyna-
mite or other nitro explosive compound, or
shall make, buy, sell, manufacture or COM
pound any balastite, burnio powder, colonia
powder, detonito, fulgarto, or any other
chlorate explosive compound with intent that
any such nitro or chlorate explosive COM
pounds shall be used at any place within
the United States or in any foreign country,
without the Jurisdiction of the United States,
for injury or destruction Of public or private
property or for injury Of any person or per-
sons either in the United States or any such
foreign country, or for the purpose of assassin
alton or murder OF destruction of human life,
either In the United States or any such for
eign country, or knowing that such nitro or
chlorate compounds are intended to be used
poses hereinbefore named in this section,
snail be deemed guilty of felony, and upon
| conviction in any district court of the United
States, shall be punished by imprisou ment
in the penitentiary for a term not less than
- nor more than - years, at the dis
erection Of the court, and by fine no less
than - dollars, or both at such discretion;
a oil oil ah in
wise assisting in the manufacture, COM
pounding, buying or selling of any nitro or
chlorate compounds mentioned in this sec
| ton, either by furnishing ingredients, assist
| ing by skill or labor, or by acting as agents
Tor principal, or in any manner aiding as ac-
cessories before the fact, knowing that any
such nitro or chlorate explosive compounds
are intended to be used by the principal or
any other person or persons for any purposes
| mentioned in this section, shall be deemed
| principals. and may be tried, convicted and
! punished in the same manner and to the
same extent as such principal or principals.
| Sec. 2. Every person who transports or
| delivers, or causes to be delivered, any nitro
or chlorate explosive compounds, mentioned
| in the first section of this act, on board any
vessel railroad car or vehicle whatever en-
poyed in carrying passengers by land or
water between any place in the United States
and place in any foreign country, or be-
tween place in one state, territory or dis
trict thereof, or any depot, wharf or ware
house within the United States used for the
purpose Of receiving, dischargng or storing
freight, knowing that the same are intended
to he used by any person or persons for any
purpose prohibited By this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
| hall ha had nv tba,,
- dollars nor less than dollars, and
every master of vessel, freight superintend-
ent or other officer of a railroad authorized to
receive freight, and every owner of any other
vehicle men TONED in this section, and every
person having direct charge and con-
| troll Of depot, wharf or warehouse
such as contemplated by that section, who
receives any nitro or chlorate explosive art
cles enumerated in the first section Of this
act for transportation or delivery, knowing
the same are To be used, or Intended To be-
| used, by any person or persons for any pur-
poses prohibited by the first section of this
act, shall be deemed guilty of a msdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punished by
| ine OF not more than - nor less than
dollars. In all convictions under this sec
ton il shall be competent for the court in its
discretion to order that the party SO convicted
shall be imprisoned until the fine is paid.
| Sec. 3. All prosecutions under this act
shall be on indictment, and it is hereby
made the duty Of all judges of circuit and
district courts of the United States to bring
It's provisions to the special notice of the
grand juries, and to eujoin upon SUCH juries
the importance Of their making full and
careful inquiry into any violations of it's pro-
visions which may properly be brought or
| may come TO their notice.
Sec. 4. Prosecution under this act shall
be conducted by the district attorney Of the
United states for the district In which the o..
tense is com mitted and the accused party in
dicted. But in prosecutions under the first
! section where the attorney general deems
Il the case especially important, he may, under
\ direction of the president, retain such addI-
| tioual counsel as shall be necessary and es-
sential 10 the interests of the government.
| In introducing the bill Sen itor Edmund3
said II was "a mere draft drawn ut his re-
quest by another. But although imperfect
he submitted it in order that it may be
ferred TO the committee on judiciary for
carly con ,deration and perfection. 1t may
be added to raise the question between the
rights OF the United States and the duties Of
pirate states, but the committee would
take the whole subject into consideration,
and would, he hoped, put the bill in such
shape that so far as the United States govern
ment had power 1t would be able 10 exercise
1t in the direction indicated by the bill.
The bill was referred to the committee on
| judiciary.
The military academy appropriation bill
passed By the house WAS laid before the sem
ate and referred to the committee on appro-
| prirtons.
On motion OF Senator Miller, OF California,
the senate went into executive session and
when the doors reopened, adjourned.