The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07
STEPS TAKEN TO
EXTERMINATE ANARCHY
NTAsHINGTON, DEC. 4.-Mr. Vest
w of Missouri in the senate today,

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offered a resolution proposing an
inquiry by the committee on judiciary
as to the powers of congress to deal
with anarchy, to suppress the teach
ing of anarchy and to provide penal
colony for convicted anarchists.
The resolution directs the judiciary
committee to inquire if congress has
power to legislate, for the punishment
of anarchists who assassinate or at
tempt to assassinate the president of
the United States, and if not, whether
it is eXpedient 10 amend the federal
constitution to enable congress so to
legislate.
Also whether it is necessary and ex-
pedient SO to amend the federal con-
stitution, so as to empower congress to
prevent by such means as may be
deemed necessary the teaching by an
archists of the doctrine that all gov
ernments should be destroyed; also
whether it is necessary and eXpedient
so to amend the federal constitution
that congress shall have power to pun
ish all persons belonging to anarchist
associations; also what amendments, if
any, are necessary to the naturaliza-
ton laws to prevent the coming into
this country of anarchists and their
becoming citizens of the United States
Also whether it is necessary or ex-
pedient so to amend the federal con-
stitutfon to give congress the power to
establish penal colony on some suit
able island under the jurisdiction of
the United States. to which, after
trial and conviction, every anarchist
holding the docurinc that all govern
M t- Cta h. lor
sassination of their chief rulers. shall
be deported, and that the committee,
after due examination and inquiry
snail recommend to the senate such
amendments to the federal constitution
as may be necessary to prevent the
teaching and PRONUNCIATION of an
arch1al doctrines in the United States.
Senator Hoar today introduced a bill
for the protection OF the president,
which provides as follows:
That any person who shall. within
the limits of the United States. or any
place subject to the Jurisdiction there
OF, Wilfully kill or cause the death of
the president of the United States or
any officer thereof, or who shall will
fully Kill or cause the death of the
ruler or chief magistrate of any for
elgn country, shall be punished with
death.
That any person who shall. within
the limits of the United States. or any
paace SUBJECT to the jurisdiction there
of, make an attempt upon the life of
the president of the United States or
any officer thereof or swho shall make
an attempt on the life of the ruler or
chief magistrate of any foreign country
snail be punished with death.
Ihat any person who shall. within
the limits of the United States or any
place subject to the Jurisdiction there
of. advise the killing of the president
of the United States or any officer. or
shall conspire to accomplish the same.
or who shall advise or counsel the kill
ing of the ruler or chief magistrate of
any foreign country or shall conspire
to accomplish the same, shall be pun
ished by imprisonment not exceeding
twenty years.
That any person who has conspired
as aforesaid may be indicted and con-
victed separately, although the other
party or parties to the conspiracy are
not indicted or convicted.
That any person who shall wilIfulIy
and knowingly aid in the escape from
punishment of any person guilty of
either of the acts mentioned in the
foregoing sections shall be deemed an
accompllce after the fact and shall be
punished as if principal, although the
other party or parties to said offense
shall not be indicted or convicted
Senator Burrows today introduced a
bill to provide for the exclusion and
deportation of alien anarchists" The
first section of the bill is as follows:
THAT no alien anarchists shall here
after be permitted to land at any port
of the United States or be admitted
into the United States; but this pro
hibition shall not be so construed as
to apply to political refugees or DO
litical offender other than such anar-
chists.''
The second section directs the spe-
cial board of inquiry authorized by the
immigration laws to make diligent in
vestigation concerning the antecedents
Of any alien seeking admission into the
United States who is suspected of
being an anarchist, authorizing the
board to go even to the extent of ex-
amining the persons of suspected
aliens for marks indicative of member !
ship in anarchistic societies.
Section provides for the return of |
persons to their native countries who |
nave secured admission to the United |
States contrary to law, and who have
afterward been found to be anarchists. |
The fourth section provides that |
when any alien is convicted of crime |
n court and it shall appear from |
he evidence that he is an anarchist |