The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-12
Bill Introduced to Protect Presi-
dent, Vice President and Mem.
bers of the Cabinet.
CONGRESS TO FIX THE PENALTIES.
Committee Appointed to Take Action
in Regard to the Death of the
Late President Mckinley.
The Senate Passed a Bill Extending
the Life Of the Industrial Commits.
sion Until February IS
Bills Introduced.

Washington. Dec. 3.-Senator Bur.
rows, of Michigan. introduced bill
Tuesday providing for the exclusion
and expulsion of alien anarchists.
Representative Brownlow introduced
a bill amending the constitution so as
to define assaults on presidents. vice
presidents, members of the cabinet
and justices of the supreme court, and
giving congress power to fix penalties
Resolutions respecting the late
President Mckinley were introduced
In the house of representatives by
Representative Grosvenor Tuesday,
simultaneously with the introduction
by Mr.. Foraker, in the senate, of the
same resolution.
The presidents message was read
In both branches Tuesday.
The house adjourned until Friday.
Washington, Dec. 5.-Practically
the entire time of the senate Wednes.
day was devoted to the introduction
of bills and resolutions. Among them
were the following: For the admis.
sion of Mexico as a state; to prevent
the desecration of the American flag
and to increase the pay of letter car
riers; for committee of five to inves-
tigate trade relations with the Orient;
for the establishment of a department
OF commerce; to make the census bu.
reau permanent; creating a national
bureau of criminal Identification; to
repeal the bankruptcy law; for the
laying of a cable to Hawaii and the
Philippines; authorizing the creation
of forest reserve of 100000 acres
In the Appalachian mounts of Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Geor-
gia; subjecting national banks to the
usury laws of the state in which they
are located; creating national mill.
tary park at Valley Forge.
Washington. Dec. 6.-In the senate
Thursday the presiding officer an
nounced the following senators as the
committee to act, with the committee
from the house, to consider by what
token of respect congress may ex-
press its deep sensibility at the death
of the late President Mckinley:
Messrs. Foraker. (OD, Allison, Qa) i,
Fairbanks. (IndD, Kean. IN. J), Aid.
rich. (R. IL, Nelson. (Minn.), Perkins,
(Cal), Jones, (Ark.), Morgan. (Ala) i,
Cockrell. (Mo.), and McEnery. Ua.).
The senate passed bill extending
the life Of the industrial commission
until February 15 next. to complete
the work II now has in hand
A message was received from the
president responsive to the senate
resolution transmitting the letters of
Jefferson to Madison and Monroe on
the subject of the annexation of Cuba
At 2:30 o'clock the senate went into
executive session, and at $40 adjourn
ed until Monday.
Washington, Dec. 7.-There was a
large attendance on the floor when the
house met Friday, but there were only
few spectators In the galleries. Mr.
Gaines (Tenn.), who has just return
ed from the Philippines, was sworn in.
Speaker Henderson then announced
the appointment of the following COM
mittees: Ways and Means-Republic.
ans Payne IN. ", Dalzell (Pa.).
Hopkins Ull.), Grosvenor (OD, Rus
sell (Ct), Steele Ind0, Tawney
(Minn.), Mccall (Mass.), Long (Kan.)
Babcock (Wis.). Melcalfe (Cal). Dem
ocrats, Richardson (Tenn.). Robert
son Ua). Swanson (Va). Mcclellan
IN. ". Newlands (Nsv), Cooper
(Tex). Appropriations-Rep
Cannon UllD, Bingham tPa.). Hemen-
way Ind). Barney (Wis.). Moody
(Mass.), Van Voorhis (O). McCleary
(MinnD, Littauer IN. ". Brownlow
(TennD Gardner (Mich), Burkett
(Neb) Democrats: Livingston (Ga.)
McRae (Ark), Bell (ColD, Pierce
(Tenn), Benton (Mo). Taylor (AlaD.
Enrolled Bills-Republicans Wach-
ter (Md.). Ball (Del). Burk (Pa.). Cur
rier IN. H. Democrats: Lloyd (Mo),
Edwards (Mont.).