The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-07
ANTI-ANARCHIsT BILL.
1T is Passed in the Senate and Con-
ferees Appointed

Washington, Aug. Elm the Senate
today a resolution was introduced by
Mr.. Mills OemocraD, of Texas, and laid
on the table temporarily, declaring that
in the revision of the existing system
of national taxation the following prin-
ciples should be observed:
First-All taxes are burdens on the
| taxpayers and can only be rightfully
imposed to raise revenue for the support
of the government.
Second-When taxes are imposed on
imported goods the rate should be so
low as not to materially restrict !mpor-
tation.
Third, in selecting the articles to be
taxed, only those ready for consume
ton should be chosen, and those i'm
ported for manufacture or to be manu-
factured should be exempt
Coal Investigation.
The resolution offered on Aug. l by
Mr.. Chandler looking to the investiga-
ton Of the Dominion Coal company of
ova Scotia and the substitute offered by
Mr.. Mills, providing that a special COM
mittee OF five should be directed to re-
port to the Senate whether any member
of Congress is or was interested in any
company engaged in mining coal in any
of the states, or in any railroad com
pany engaged in transporting coal.
which would come into competition
with the Dominion Coal company, and
whether it's removal would reduce the
price of coal to consumers, and what
section of the country would be benefit
ted by its retention, were taken up. A
discussion arose between Mills and
Chandler as to whether the old sugar
committee should be intrusted with
this investigation or whether a new
committee should be appointed. Mills
favored the retention of the old COM
mittee, because, he said, it was hon
est and capable, and recently reported
that the charges made against sena-
tors had not been sustained.
'Is that the reason why the senator
from Texas favors this committee?"
inquired MIR. Chandler.
Mr. Mills denied that he was Influenced
by any such motives and expressed his
willingness to have such a committee
appointed if Chandler preferred.
The resolution to investigate the Do
minion Coal company went over under
the rules without action =.
DepOrtage of Anarchists.
The bill for the deportage of anar-
chists then came up and Mr.. fill eX-
planned it's provisions. Unless some ac-
such as was now before the Senate, this
country he said, would soon be the
dumping ground for the anarchists of
the world. 1t was not intended to make
the belief in anarchy a crime, and
therefore no attempt had been made to
define anarchy. He favored the provi-
sion of the Senate bill for inspection by
treasury agents instead of by consuls,
and was sure no one would attribute
hi Oft it11d desire
to require that patronage of the secre-
tary of the reasury There was no pol
itics in the bill, and he favored 1t be-
cause he believed it was better than the
House bill.
Mr.. Lodge Republican,, of Massa-
chusetts, expressed the belief that both
bills were inadequate for the purpose
of restricting immigration, but he was
anxious to see some restriction placed
on inauguration, no matter now
slight it might be.
Mr.. Palmer pointed out the difficulty
of dealing fairly with the question,
and the danger of doing injustice to
the harmless socialists, while protecting
ourselves against the danger of anarch-
lists. He asked Mr.. Hill whether the
bill was applicable to undesirable per-
sons already in the country, and MIR.
Hill replied it was.
The discussion then took on legal
aspect, and hinged on the right of a
country to protect itself against un-
desirable aliens.
Bill Very Moderate.
Mr.. Hill pointed out the moderation
of the pending bill as compared. with
the act recently passed by the English
parliament and Mr.. Kyle Populist), of
South Dakota, asked him to more
accurately define the term anarchist, for
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learned people in Boston who held it
was. possible for a people to become
so highly civilized as to live together
without laws, and, therefore, according
to the usual definition they were an
|archists.
Mr.. Hill replied they were at liberty
to have this belief, but if they tried to