The San Francisco call., 1901-12-06
SENATORS TALK
ABOUT ANARCHY
McComas Says Impoten-
cy Of Federal Laws Is
Humiliating.
Hoar Advocates the Isolation
Of All Followers of No
Government Doctrine.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Senator Nc
Comas of Maryland made an extended
and carefully prepared speech in the Sen
ate to-day with anarchy as his theme,
and was followed by some brief remarks
by Hoar of Massachusetts on the difficult
ties in the way Of dealing with anarchial
associations. The Senate passed bill ex-
tending the life of the Industrial Com
mission until February Is next, to com
plete the work it now has in hand.
The announcement that Senator Nc
Comas would inaugurate the discussion
on the suppression of anarchy and an
archists filled the: Senate galleries with
goodly number of spectators. Before The
routine business was taken up Hale of
Maine secured the adoption of a resolu-
ton that when the Senate adjourns to-
day 1t be until next Monday. The heavy
influx of petitions, bills, ETC., continued,
much time being taken up in their formal
Penrosea( ea(Pennsylvania) very favoraely
reported 1rom the Committee on Educa-
tion and Labor the bill continuing the
Industrial Commission until February 10
in order that it may close up work now
in hand and secure immediate considera-
ton for the measure. The bill was
passed.
Senator McComas' Speech.
McComas was then recognized in sup
port of his bill introduced yesterday pro-
viding the death penalty for assaults upon
the President or for melting, advising or
procuring such assaults.
The Senator spoke of the dangerous
spread of anarchy. President Carnot,
Austria. King Humbert and President
sinated by anarchists within the last
sewn years. 1t was humiliating, he
said, to consider the immpotency
fearful crime The Senator spoke of the
revolutionary propaganda under the guld-
ing hand of Herr Most and the Nihillst
! oal ~ ed
of anarchist groups. Congress must now
| legislate aginst this peril with couraSe,
! firmness, conservatism and prudence. the
constitutional power of Congress to deal
with the subject was discussed at length
| and supported by numerous references to
! the Supreme Court decisions.
McComas further urged the exclusion
and deportation of anarchists, the amend
ment of the immigration and naturaliza-
/ ton laws and the negouatlon OF treaaes
! with foreign powers permitting the extra
/ dition of those charged with anarchistlc
offenses. In the course of his speech the
! Senator argued that international comfy
I called for action on our part to suppress
! the origin of plots in this country against
/ foreign rulers.
Would Isolate Anarchists.
At the conclusion of Senator McComas
/ remarks Hoar of Massachusetts spoke
briefly along the same lines. He sald
! that while he heartily agreed with much
/ that had been said, yet the great d1fh-
Guilty in all these cases of assassination
| was that the assassin was willing and
anxious to give up his life. Fear OF death
! did not in any way deter the assassin.
Such was the case with the assassin of
Wam f0Te inflicted 4f ngon H ETery assas
sin of a foreign ruler had expected early
and certain death. The multiplication of
/ punishment for the act itself, therefore
would accomplish little. Much good
might be accomplished in limiting the
/ circulation of fanatical doctrines. But
the Senator believed that a much more
I nffa 4
common consent of all civilized nations
/ some tract of land somewhere upon the
earth's surface. hemmed in from the
confinement of those who counseled the
killing of rulers or the overthrow Of
governments.
son." the Senator said "and let the world
have an object lesson. Let there be a
little eifenIau9n OF anarchy Ina SiGy into into the an an
archistic government among his follow
ers."
Hoar said Punishment would be a
proper punishment under the constitu-
ton, and If ali nations would agree that
every such person be sent to I spot where
there was @ no goveFnmen6 rant IT would be an an
could not complain, for In being trans
ported to n place Of no government he
would have realized his Eutopia.
MeComas, resolution was then laid
The presiding officer announced the
following Senators as the committee "a
act with the committee from the House
to consider by what token of respect Con-
gress may express its deep sensibilitv al
the death of the late President McKin-
ley:
Foraker, Allison, Fairbanks, Kean,
Aldrich, Nelson, Perkins, Jones of Ar
kansas, Morgan, Cockrell and McEnery
message was received from the Pres.
ident responsive to the Senate resolution
transmitting. the letters of Jefferson tc
, Madison and Monroe on the subject OF
annexation of Cuba.
At 2:30 the Senate went into executive
session, and at 9:45 o'clock adjourned un.
til Monday