St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-26
NATIONAL LEGISLATION.
Senator Edmunds on Deck With q
Dynamite Bill Before the Smoke
Clears Away.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill Passes
the House with One Amendment--Du1
Day in Congress.
FoRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Senate.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-In the senate to-
day Senator Edmunds introduced the follow
ing bill:
Be 1t enacted, ETC., that IL 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 nitroleum, neptune, powder, orienta,
powder. grant powder, hercules powder,
selinitia powder, thunderbolt powder, dyna-
mite OF other nitro explosive compound, or
shall make, buy, sell, manufacture or COM
pound any ballastite, burnio powder, colonia
powder, detonito, fulgarito, or any other
chloratc explosive com pound 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 or 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
by any other person or persons for any pur-
poses hereinbefore named in this section,
shall be deemed guilty Of felony, aud upon
COW iction in any district court of the United
States, shall be punished by imprison ment
in the pententiary for 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;
and all persons aiding, abetting or in any
wise assisting in the manufacture, CON-
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
for principal, or in any manner aiding as ac-
cessorles before the fact, knowing that auy
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-
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, discharging or storing
freight, knowing that the same are intended
To be used by any person or persons for any
purpose prohibited by this act shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton, shall be punished by not more than
- dollars nor less than - dollars, and
every master of vessel, freight superintend-
emit or other officer of a railroad authorized to
receive freight, and every owner of any other
vehicle mentioned 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 arti-
Giles 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 misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punished by
line OF not more than nor less than
dollars. In all onvictions under this Sec
ton it shall be competent for the court in Its
shall be imprisoned until the fine is paid.
Sec. 3. All prosecutions under this act
shall be on indictment, and 1t is hereby
made the duty of all judges Of circuit and
district courts Of the United States to bring
its provisions to the special notice OF the
grand juries, and TO enjoin upon sucn iuries
the importance of their making full and
careful inquiry into any violations OF its 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 Of
Tense IS committed and the accused party in
dicted. But in prosecutions under the first
section where the attorney general deems
the case especially important he may, under
direction of the president retain such addi-
tiOnal counsel as shall be necessary and es
sential To the interests of the government.
In introducing the bill Senator Edmunds
said II was a mere draft drawn at his re-
quest by another. But although imperfect
he submitted It In order that it may be re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary for
early con sideration and perfection. 1t may
be added TO raise the question between the
rights OF the United States and the duties Of
separate 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 it would be able to exercise
II 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 SEN
ate and referred TO the com N ttee on appro-
priatio3s.
On motion of Senator Miller, of California,
the senate went into executive session and
when the doors reopened, adjourned.
House of Rem resentatiyes.