The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
ANTi.ANARCHY BILL
House Passes Measure to Protect the
president

House Passes Measure to Protect the
President.
The house on Monday passed the bill
to protect the president. vice president.
members of the cabinet and foreign
ministers and ambassadors and TO sup
press the teaching OF anarchy by a
vote of 175 to 3S. The thirty-eight
negative votes were:
Adamson, Bartlett. Brantley, Brun-
didge. Burleson, Gambler. Cooper
tTexas). Dreamer. De Almond. Dins-
more, Finley. Fox. Glenn, Henry
lMiss.). Hooker. Howard, Johnson,
Jones (Va.). Claude Kitchin, w. w.
kitchin, Kieberg. Lanham. Lewis (Ga.)
Little. Loud. McCulloch, McLane, Mad
dox. Neville. Patterson tTenn.). Ran
dell. Reid. Scarborough. Shackleford.
Spight, Stephens tTex.), and Under
wood.
A motion to recommit the measure
with instructions to strike out certain
sections was defeated. II to 1913.
The bill passed by the house for the
protection of the president is a SUBJ
stitute for the enate measure. which
contained no anti-anarchy provisions.
but which did contain a provision
omitted from the substitute for a body
guard for the president.
The substitute consists of thirteen
sections. 1t provides that any person
who shall unlawfully. purposely and
knowingly kill the president or vice
president. or any officer entitled by law
to succeed to the presidency, any for
eign ambassador or minister accredited
to this country. while engaged in the
performance of his official duties or be-
cause of his official character. or be-
cause of any of his acts or omissions"
shall suffer death. Any person who
attempts to commit any of the above
offenses shall be imprisoned not less
than ten years.
Any person while engaged in any I'M
lawful attempt to infict grievous bodi-
~ harm upon the president or any per-
son entitled to succeed him. If he in
flicts injuries which cause death, shall
be imprisoned for life: If such injuries
do not cause death. such offender shall
be imprisoned not less than five years.
Any person who aids, abets or con
spires with another to commit any OF
the above offenses shall be deemed a
principal. Any person who knowingly
harbors. conceals or aids with intent
that he may avoid arrest or punish
ment any person who has committed
one OF the above offenses shall be i'm
prisoned from one to twenty-five years.
Any person who advocates the unlaw-
full killing of an officer of the governs
ment or OF the government of any civ
iliZed nation because of his official
character. or who openly justifies such
killing with intent to secure the cors-
mission of any of the above offenses,
shall be fined from $500 to s. 1000 and
imprisonment from one to twenty
years. Any person who conspires OF
advises any person to assault, or kill.
within or without the United States.
the chief magistrate of a foreign coun-
try because of his official character.
shall be punished as follows: If the
attempt is made and death results such
offender shall suffer death. II such
attempt does o result in death the
punishment shall be a fine of $500 to
5000 and Imprisonment from five to
twenty-five years. II souch attempt
is not made the punishment shall be
a similar fine and Imprisonment from
one to five years.
Section II provides that no person
who is opposed to good government
or Is a member of any organization at.
tempting w ''d'h ouoh oppoSilioH sndii
be admitted into the United States,
and that any person who aids such
person to enter shall be fined from $500
to 81. 900 and Imprisonment from one to
five years. Section II prohibits the nat
uralization of anarchists and empowers
the courts to investigate and before
issuing final papers to require the affi-
davit of the applicant affirming the
truth of every material fact necessary
for naturalization. The last section of
the bill provides that in all prosecu-
lions under the first seven sections
of the act it should be presumed, until
the contrary is proved that the presi-
lent or other officer was engaged in
his official duties at the time of the