Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-07
THE ANTI-ANARCHIST BILL
Representative Boatner Proposes to Re
vive It Next Week.
1t Has Passed the Senate and he
Hopes to Make 1t q Law
Before the Holidays.

The effort to prevent anarchists from
coming to the United States will be resum-
ed ip the House of Representatives next
week, If Mr.. Boatner of louisiana, in
charge Of the measure, secures from
Speaker Crisp the time he expects.
This measure provoked an exciting coz
test at the close of the last session. but its
final passage was cut CT by adjournment.
At that time the government had received
official notification from France that a
large number Of anarchists. driven out Of
Europa. were en- route to this country.
Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle were
specially anxious to secure legislation In
order to cut eff the influx of dangerous
characters. Senator Hill pushed the anti
anarchist bill through the Senate, but 1T
met opposition from Messrs. Warner OF
New York. Goldzier Of Illinois and others
in the House. and had to be abandoned for
the time being.
Mr. Boatner will now take up the con-
test where it was left off, and is hopeful of
securing the passage Of the exclusion bill
before the holidays. AS 1t has already
passed the Senate, favorable action by the
House will conclude the legislation.
What Mr.. Warner Thinks.
Representative Warner Of New York. re-
ferring to the measure says tho necessity
for 1t has evidently gone by. There was
no suggestion In Secretary Carlisies re-
port" said Mr. Warner. ''as to the need Of
such a bill. There was much ado at the
last session over anarchists about to land,
and it was declared the country was i'll
peril. But what has become of these an
archists? They must have been drowned
en- route. No one has heard of them. 1t
is a singular fact that the men who urge
this measure live in the interior, far from
ports where anarchists might be feared
The New York newspapers. located at the
place where anarchists would be most like
ly to arrive, do not believe in the bill"
Mr.. Warmers objection to the bill last
session was that 1t did not define anarch-
lists, but gave government officials a dan
gerous authority to call any one an an
archist and then deport him.
What the Bill Provides.
The anti-anarchist bill as now before the
House provides that no alien anarchist
shall hereafter be permitted to land at any
port of the United States, or be admitted
into the United States, but this shall not
be so construed as to apply to political
refugees or political offenders. At the
hearing Of aliens charged with being an
rchists the board o. special inquiry shall
inquire Of the accused as to his ante
cedents, political opinions, whether he be-
longs to any society or association or
known anarchistic tendencies, and he may
examine the person for marks indicative Of
such membership: he may accept evidence
Of the immigrants common reputation as
an anarchist. On the fact being determin-
ed that an immigrant is an anarchist, the
Secretary of the Treasury Is empowered to
whence he came. 1t Is also provided that
the Secretary Is to appoint inspectors, to
be stationed abroad, to apprehend anarch-
lists embarking for this country.