The age-herald., 1901-11-24
PRESIDENTS LIFE
 CAN BE PROTECT ED
Congress Has Power to Pass
 Necessary Laws.
ADDRESS OF ]. K. RICHARDS
"The Red Flag of Anarchy Should Be Driven From the Land as Was the Flag of Piracy
 From the Seas"

Philadelphia, November 23.-The Union League, one of the most noted Republi- can Clubs in the country, tonight cele- brated Founders day." by a banquet at which many of the guests of honor were men of national prominence Among the distinguished guests were Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Secretary of the Interior F. A. Hitchcock, Senator w. P. Frye, ex-Attorney General John w. Griggs, Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, J. K. Richards, solicitor general of the United States: Hon. w. H. Hunt, Governor of Porto Rico; Hon. Waine McVeagh, Judge John B. Mo Pherson James M. Beck, assistant attor- ney general, and Senator Penrose.
 MT. Richards spoke on the need of leg islation for the repression of anarchy. He said the President of the United States ought to be protected by the law of the United States
 Dignity of Republic.
 Mot only his safety, but the dignity of the republic demands this said MT. Richards. "The President takes an oath that he will faithfully execute the of flee of President of the United Atates and will preserve protect and defend the constitution of this United States. This constitution enjoins him to take care that the laws be faithfully executed The solemn obligation thus imposed is not intermittent. but continues. From the time he takes the oath until he dies or retires. wherever he may be- without interval or cessation he Is President of the United States and engaged in execut- ing that office. And for this reason the power of the nation should safeguard and protect him always and everywhere. Authority to do this Is clear. Every right secured by the constitution may be protected by Congress and there is no higher right under the constitution, no right whose free exercise is more vital to the constitution than the right of faithfully executing the office of Presi- dent of the United States. A murderous assault upon the President, aimed as it is at the life of the government, imperils the security of the whole country and whether successful or unsuccessful, should be punishable by death.
 Right of SeIf-Preservation.
 "The right of self-preservation is as The constitution forbids Congress to make any law abridging the freedom of speech. or of the press, or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances; but all these rights are to be reasonably construed and lawfully ex- ercised.
 Ut Is unnecessary to amend the consti- tuition in order to obtain the power to suppress anarchism. It is true that the assembling of anarchists and the preach ing of their doctrines cannot be pun ished as treason Tor to constitute trea- son there must be an actual levying of war. But acts directed at the life of the government are punishable at the dis cretion of Congress, although they do not amount to treason under the constitu- ton.
 Authority of Supreme Court.
 '"The Supreme Court has held that as a sovereign nation the United States Is endowed with the power of excluding all aliens which 1t may deem dangerous to the peace of the state and of expelling or I power may, at the discretion of Con- gress be intrusted for enforcement to the executive.
 "If Congress intrusts to the President the power to exclude alien anarchists and to deport all unnaturalized ones, I fancy 1t will not be difficult to put in operation an effective plan of ridding the country of these bloody-minded peo- pie.
 Surely the time for action has come. By the concurrent action of civilized na- tions anarchists ought to be placed under the ban of universal law. The red flag of anarchy should be driven from the land as the black flag of piracy has been driven from the sea-"
 Tells of Porto Rico.
 Governor Hunt said of Porto Rico:
 There are less than 5O00OO acres of the soil of Porto Rico under cultivation; that Is, about one-f fth only is cultivated, and of the area titled less than 100000 acres gre in sugar less than 170000 in coffee and less thar 150.00O in tobacco. With a tariff which saves over go per ton to the Porto RIcan sugar growers. snd with only 1880 miles of sea haul to New York, with a minimum cost of production. with fla vors shov n the tobacco and fruits of the island business will naturally attract the capitalist who seeks new fields and boun- tiful rewards for inye stment.
 That our finences are in a healthy con dition may be understood when tell you that upon November 1 for the months of July, August September and October, our current revenues exceeded our cur rent expenses by s113,5O1. There are bal ance of over s1, 100000. to our credit and not one dollar of debt.'.
 Senator Frye argued for ship subsidies
 Tn the trade between. the United States and Europe said he, mot one American vessel came from or went to Germany Russia, Sweden. Norway, Denmark. Italy,