St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-07
SHUT ANARCHY OUT.
House Bill for the Exclusion
Of Reds Passed by the
Senate.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
Sent to the President--Coal
Trust Investigation Dis
cussed.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
D. 8 W. RIGHT OF WAY.
Bills Passed by the House.
Kicks Investigation Res
olution introduced.

ate today resolution was introduced
by Mr.. Mills Dem., Tex.). and ordered
to lie on the table temporarily, deelar.
ing that in the revision Of the existing
system of national taxation the follow
ing principles should be observed:
First-That all taxes are burdens on
the taxpayers. and can only be right
fully imposed to raise revenue to sup-
port the government.
Second-That when taxes are i'm
posed upon imported goods. the rate
should be so low as not materially to re-
strict importations, and
Third-That in selecting articles to
be taxed, only those ready for consump-
ton should be chosen, and those In
ported for manufacture or remanufact-
ure should be exempt.
The resolution offered on Aug. by
Mr.. Chandler, looking to the investiga-
ton of the Dominion Coal company. of
Nova Scotia, and the substitute offered
by Mr.. Mills in the way of an addition
to the original resolution, providing
that special committee of five should
be directed to report to the senate
whether any member of congress is, or
was, interested in any company engaged
in mining coal in any Of the states of
the United States or any railroad COM
pany engaged in transporting coal
which would come into competition
with the Dominion Coal company, and
whether its removal would reduce the
price Of coal to consumers, and what
section of the country would be bene-
fitted by its retention. was taken up.
A discussion arose between Mr.. Mills
and MIR. Chandler as to whether the old
sugar" committee should be entrusted
with this investigation or whether a
new committee should be appointed.
Mr.. Mills favored the retention of the
old committee because. as he said, it
was honest and capable. and had re.
Gently made an exhaustive investiga-
ton, and had reported that The charges
made against senators had not been
sustained.
rs that the reason that the senator
from Texas fayors this committee?"
inquired Mr.. Chandler.
Mr.. Mills denied that he was in
fuenced by any such motives. and
expressed his willingness to have new
committee appointed if Mr.. Chandler
preferred.
The resolution to investigate the
Dominion Coal company went over
under the rules today without action,
and the conference report on the river
and harboI bill was laid before the
cnnatn fnr oopc,darat;0I, ai,d ouraad ~
The bill now goes to the president. The
bill for the
Deportation of Anarchists
then came up. and Mr.. Hill explained
its provisions. Unless some action was
taken by this government, 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 10 make the belief in an.
archy crime, and therefore no attempt
had been made 10 define anarchy. He
favored the provision of the senate bill
for inspection by treasury agents in
stead OF by consuls, and was sure that
no one could attribute his attitude on
this section to desire to secure more
patronage for the secretary OF the treas
ury. There were no politics in the bill.
and he favored it because he believed it
was better than the house bill.
Mr.. Ledge (Rep., MasS.) expressed
the belief that both bills were made
Quate for the purpose of restricting i'm
migration, but he was anxious to see
some restriction placed on immigration,
no matter how slight 1t might be. Mr..
Palmer pointed out the difficulty of
dealing fairly with the question, and
the danger of being unjust to the harm
less socialists while projecting ourselves
against the danger of anarchists. He
asked Mr.. Hill whether the bill would
apply to undesirable persons already in
the country, aud MIR. Hill replied that
it would. The discussion then took OH
legal aspect ana hinged upon the right
OF country 10 protect itself against I'M
desirable aliens. MIR. Hill pointed out
the moderation of the pending bill
as compared with the act re-
Gently passed by the paria-
ment Of Great Britain. and Mr.. Kyle
(Pop., s. D. asked him 10 more aecu-
rately define the term anarchist, for
there were, he said, peaceable and
learned people in Boston who heldthat
1t was possible for 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 that they were at
liberty 10 hold this belief, but if they
tried TO overturn the laws for the pur-
pose of putting their belief to the test,
then they became dangerous.
After some further debate and the
adoption or some amendments, the bill
was passed, and MesSrs. Hill. Faulkner
and Chandler were appointed conferees.
AT $50 the senate went iuto executive
session and at 5:45 adjourned.
RECKS' CASE IN THE HnUGE