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Various Writers Quoted.

Mr.. Bacon contended that the enact
ment Of the bill in its present form would
be an extension of treason as defined by
the authorities. He quoted various writer's
on law and the Constitution in support of
his point.
Merely because the crime named in the
pending bill was not designated as trea-
son did not change its character. 1t prac-
tically was made treason by the penalty
provided and the means resorted to to ap-
ply the penalty to the criminal. He indi-
Gated his belief that such a provision was
unconstitutional. maintaining that trea-
son had been defined in the Constitution
only after long and careful debate. dur
ing which every possible contingency was
considered.
He denied that Congress had jurisdic-
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BILL TO PROTECT THE
PRESIDENT DISCUSSED
Mr.. Bacon Declares Measure
IS Unconstitutional.
CREATES PRIVILEGED CLASS
Opposes Proposed Legislation on Prin-
ciple-1f Amended So That 1t Will
Reach Only Anarchists, He Will Waive
Objection.

Senator Bacon continued his discussion
OF the bill for the protection of the Presi-
dent of the United States in the Senate
yesterday. He talked during the morn
ing hour until 2 o'clock, and then. as
there were no Senators desirous of speak
ing on the ship subsidy bill, was allowed
to finish his remarks after that hour
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tion to legislate with reference to an at
tack on the sovereignty of the United
States through the person of an official.
Attack on President Treason.
Continuing his argument. Mr.. Bacon
maintained that the contention of those
who supported the measure was in effect
that there was no differentiation between
the crime of treason and an assault upon
the President which threatened the exist
ence of the Government He urged. how
ever. that if that were true, the assassi-
nation of the President would be treason.
Mr. Spooner (Wisl interrupted to say
that although the assault upon a Pres-
dent might be considered an attack upon
the sovereignty of the Government. it
clearly was within the authority of Con-
gress to deal with it, as had been done
in the pending bill.
Mr.. Bacon denied the constitutionality
of the law. The bill, If enacted, he
said, would muZzle the press and make
any editor afraid to express an opinion
as to the President or other official for
fear that thereafter, if any of these Of
ficials should be killed, he might be tried
for murder.
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GROWTH OF CIVIL
SERVICE SYSTEM
Subject of Lecture. by Col.
John R. Proctor.
-
Points to President Roosevelt as the
Greatest Advocate of tie Rule
of Merit.

Hon. John r. Proctor, Civil Service
Commissioner, yesterday afternoon deliv-
cred a lecture on The Jurisdiction and
Administration of the Civil Service Com
mission" at the School of Comparative
Jurisprudence and Diplomacy of the Co.
lumbian University.
After an introduction by Hon. Charles
w. Needham. dean of the school, Colonel
Proctor said in part:
Under the civil service system of the
United States there are now more than
1000 employees, including those in the
postal rural free delivery, internal reve-
nue., lighthouse. quartermaster, and other
services. The total civil service, includ-
ing officeholders both within and outside
of Washington. numbers 100000.
To Extend System.
so widely have the people OF the Unit
ed States accepted the civil service sys-
TEN as the proper one to govern the ap-
pointment and advancement of Govern
ment employees that at the present time
the project of extending II to our insular
possessions meets with no opposition,
t"th's aEo II nave
produced an almost universal howl of pro-
test.
"One of the best evidences OF the sue
cess of the civil service system is the fact
that after being put on six months pro-
baton but per cent of those appointed
have been separated from those given
absolute appointment. In the railway
mail service the vast decrease in the
nh har pf mic boo ia. h,,,
clerks has been reduced to almost a mini
num-
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Creates Privileged Class.

Mr.. Bacon then elaborated his opinion
heretofore expressed that the present bill
in giving more protection to the Presi
dent and his Cabinet than to ordinary
citizens is creating privileged class. en-
tirely at variance with the intention of
the trainers of the Constitution and with
American ideas of equality.
He argued further that the proper law
for the prevention of anarchy would be
one to prevent anarchists from coming
into this country and to deport those al
ready here.
He had no sympathy, he said, with an
archists and would be glad If they could
all be destroyed, just as he could wish a
nest Of rattlesnakes to be exterminated
but yet he was not willing to have placed
upon the statute book law which should
injure American institutions. upturn the
recognized procedure of hundred years,
and put it in the power of partisans,
either on the bench or elsewhere, to op-
press men on account of political opin-
ions.
Mr.. Bacon does not oppose the passage
Of the present bill, except in principle.
He has announced that If it is amended
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Returned for Two Men.

As the last boat left the Waesiand
cries OF help we're heard. a boat re-
turned and found that two men had been
left behind. One of them was sailor,
who had been asleep and discovered his
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Literally Rained Wreckage.

Mr.. Chadwick, one of the occupants Of
the boat which did not find the Har-
mCnides for three hours, says there were
forty-two persons in the boat. They were
in the greatest fear lest broken spars fall
on them. 1t literally rained wreckage
when the Waesland's boilers exploded.
Spars, timbers, and debris fell around the
boat and ioated dangerously near her.
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Words of Praise.

All praise Captain Apfeld and the crew
of the Waesland and also the treatment
they received from Captain Pentin, of the
Harmonides. Several passengers sus-
tanned injuries during their transference
from the sinking liner. Robert Liveseay,
OF Rochester, had deep cut on his head
and others showed lesser injuries.
The passengers relate thrilling narra-
tives. In one instance boat full of res
cued passengers lostathe other boats in
the fog. but fortunately recovered them
through her occupants uniting in shouts
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Stokers Were Obedient.
Child Fell From Boat.

The Rev Amos Emmett, whose little
daughter was lost. is a clergyman Of the
Methodist Church. His charge is It
White City, S. d. His wife placed the
little girl in a lifeboat and was following
her with another child when the fall at
one end of the boat gave way and the
little one was thrown into the sea. She
was not seen again.
Mr.. Emmett left the Waesland by
means OF 4 rope. He nearly lost his life
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The Only Accidents.

The only accidents in moving the 800
passengers and crew who were on the
Waesland was in the lowering of life
boat, when Edward Dangerfield fell and
was killed by striking an iron bar, and
the child, Elsie Emmett. who missed the
boat and was thrown overheard and
crowned.
Nothing could have been better than
the behavior of the passengers, includ-
ing the Scandinavian immigrant fami-
lies. With them all it was exemplary.
Precedence was willingly given to women
and children.
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when the real state OF affairs was
made known everybody kept perfectly
calm, as they saw she sailors working
admirably in getting out the a.,s."
Another passenger, PattizOu Il. Fergu-
son, of PEBBLES, who was going oG tour
in the Far East, said there was not
nearly so much excitement as might
have been expected. but there was a
great rush for life belts. II was found
that some passengers were wearing them
upside down. He saw man wearing
seven life belts.
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The vessel subsequently spoke pilot.
which communicated the tidings to Aim
wich. Tugs were despatched from Liver
pool, and they accompanied the Har-
monides to this port.
She is seriously damag ged as a result Of
the collision. There is a huge rent on
the port side and her bow plates. from
the deck to the water line, are torn and
twisted to such an extent that her jour
ney here from the scene Of the collision
was attended with serious danger. The
American Line will forward the Waes-
lands passengers to their destinations as
sOon as possible.
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Both Steaming Slowly.
Boats Quickly Launched.

There was much excitement on both
vessels at the double collision. and the
anxiety was increased when it was ap-
parent that the Waesland could not float
long. Water rushed through a great gap
in her side and she at once took de-
cided list. The order was given to lower
the boats Immediately. The passengers
were transferred with extraordinary
quickness and the greatest order reigned
on both shos.
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A Passengers Story

Mr.. J. E. southall. of Birmingham, a
saloon passenger, says:
AT 1880 o'clock Wednesday night
undressed preparatory to turning in. Most
Of the passengers had already done so.
heard slight concussion, which seemed
unaccountable. and l hastily put on my
clothes again and mounted the deck. Here
] discovered stewards and sailors hurry
ing about, trying to keep order among the
passengers, who were streaming up TO the
deck.
81 went down TO the saloon and saw a
deep gap in the ships side. When / got
on deck again ! found that the Harno-
hides had made terrible mess Of the
ANansIand
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ism, is responsible for the labor victory IN mart
ford. Steps being taken TO form state or.
ganization, under the of the Connec tlcut
Economic League. The first branches Will probably
he organized at Merider. Ansoria, Waterbury ana
bridgeport. Inquiries have come from Springfield,
lNew-I,ondon. Norwich and other cities. league
IS now being formed in New-Haven. and il is not
beyond possibility that the City OF Elms, the home
of Yale University. may be ruled by factory
hand.
The first thing which the State League VIII fight
IS the new constitution If 1t is offered the people
with the representation clause which is now part
of IL. AT least that is what the president of the
mother league, Louis Eisele. d cigarmaker, says,
and Mayor Sullivan backs him From this II
ssl be only step say the leaders, until the lea que
has something say about who will be Governor
OF the State, that is if the workingmen Of other
cities take il up those OF Hartford have done.
The eyes of the country upon us says Mayor
Sullivan. They don't believe that Workngrnen can
manage the government of a large and prosperous
city. We will show themi"
We will show them echoes Dennis Mulyihill
Mayor of Bridgeport, as he brings a toll hardened
hand down the table and vetoes another bill
which seems TO him eKtraVa CANT.
We viii show themi' comes third time from
Mayor Charters of Ansoria, whose head a
charge OF conspiracy, growing of a strike which
he led Is still hanging.
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WORKINGMEN MAYORS.
THREE CONNECTICUT CITIES
RULED BYLABOR ELEMENT.
HARTFORD FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE
OF BRIDGEPORT AND ANSoAiA-
MOVEMENT SPREADING.

All Connecticut is talking about the |orKlTglheil
Mayors who now preside over three OF the ctes %
sbe State Until last week they numbered Only
-uo-a stnter Dennis Mulvihil1 Mayor OF hrioeN
,or+ ona 2 csrnenter Stephen Charters, Mayor OF
anso,is Then Hartford chose a clothing clerk
Icr.ti,,s Sullivan TO head its city government
rrte 1ae+ fe more out and out labor victory IMAM
,na other two for Sullivan had nothing but ms
,aror 11nion influence TO back him IN the cas Va
t,eo,ia and bridgeport sentiment, in the nrst
,,,.oa and lang service as aldermen, in the secoIo
-lacn were responsible for the elecuols Inv
Mayors of Ansonia and of Hartford are potl hi-o
rs strike leaders but BridgepOrIs beloNeu 1iilii0
&c not even a member of union. ana does iol "e-
lieve in strikes. The three Mayors nav
things in common: They have worked aIi '
lives with their hands; they eve fher eiectois -
the laboring element, and they are men VI siiei'
education. ,,,.
There are other cities in Connecticut III WIN
the labor element predominates. or is OF erea'
strength and labor men hope they may lo4io" ~
example Of Hartford and the others. Party pohcs
bes had LITTLE or nothing do with these elecuohs
.na will not IL is said figure in those which are IL
oooa II is a case of workingmen demanding
recognition and the highest recognition at ma
rrt., do NOT care whether the candidate is a IKE
,,.bl,can or q Democrat, long as he Is one u
sbeu-a man who labors with his hands ana VIII
has wealth.
..yye will go down to Danbury next ana eIeS
one of the matters Mayor of that city SAID Inc
newly elected Mayor Of Hartford Ihere are
dozen other places which will have Worhlhsnien
for Mayors within two years. The state VIII pe
better for st. too" , =. ,,A,-
The Econonic League an organization of LABOR
sng men, without regard TO party, creed OF uiiioA
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mands 500 a year, and even a carpenters time Is
worth than that.
HARTFORD CITY HALL.
PROJECT TO ERECT A NEW STRUCTURE
sHEI.VED FOR THE PRESENT


Hartford. Conn. April 70 (speciaD--The City Hall
in this city is of the notable buildings In Con
neetieut and is as fine expression of the ideas Oh
the architect BuIIinch there is in New-England
1t was built in 1896 by the State, and was used as
State House until 1879. when II was transferred 10
the city as part of the exchange for property the
civ secured and gave the State for the big
marble CapiteI building. Just at the south or Bush
nell Park Since that time it has been used as
CITY Hall by Hartford, and now Is used so Tar as
is possible, for the growth of the city has forced
many departments to find apartments elsewhere
The lower floor is occupied by the office of the
Mayor, formerly the office of Governor VIII
lam A. buckingham, the Treasurers and Auditors
Offices the Water Board and the Health Board ana
the upper floors used for the Adermens cham
berthe room in which the famous Hartford Con-
ysntion was held in 1sl+-the Council chamber and
the offices of the Street Board, city Engineer
Building Inspector and MIX Inspector -,
citv north and south and is exactly the bust
ness centre, from which all trolley INES depart
The inadsquacy of the building TO accommodate the
CITY offices has brought about several attempts TO
have it down and new and modern building
built in it's stead The most recent OF THESE move,
ments in the last winter when eommttee
made up Of 1t1 from OF the OF bs boSg
was appointed to consider the advisabilIty OF
new City Hall This committee made careful in
vestigations and reported on sites 70 begin with.
that the site the most acceptable one TO be
6 d9gnd 81 nT Vote that the city build new CITY
Hall the present location -. -.
protests not the least of which were those of a
he "a. came S o the
Civic Ciuo the Daughters OF the Revolution. the
CONNECTICUT Historical Society and from many
other patriotic orga nzations. including the trades
unions The Board of Trade ard the Hartford
Business Mems Association and the Landlords As
ISOLATION all combined In protest aSalnst the new
pE3jset od many h to- b. Considered IN con
nection with the fact that the city had the ques-
ton of expanding about s2o0oOJo for the new bridge
These protests had their effect and the recent
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CARPENTER AND MAYOR.
HIS TRADE ON FINE DAYS AND ATTENDS
TO CITY BUSINESS WHEN IT STORMS

The residents of the little city OF Ansonia one OF
the busiest manufacturing places in the Naugatuck
Valley, prone sentimentaiity electing their
mayors. Mayor Stephen Charters. a carpenter
one of the three werkingmen mayors of Connecti-
cut owes his election to the fact that he was the
only employee Of the Farrell Machine Company
wha was not taken back after the big maehinists'
strike last year. The Mayor who preceded him got
his Office because he proved himself a hero in
rescuins several women when river steamer sank
a few years ago. All the women. to say nothing
of pretty girls got and worked for the wreck
hero. Last November nearly every workingman in
the city voted for the man who in their eyes was
the hero Of the strike, and he elected Who
will be the next Mayor of Ansonia and what senti-
ment will be responsible for his election one
ventures to say.
Mayor Charters has lived in Ansona for years,
working quietly at the carpenter trade For long
time he was employed at the Farrell foundry one
of the largest manufacturing concerns in Ansonia
When the Hachinists struck the carpenters went
out with them, and Charters soon became premi-
nent strike leader. 1t is said that he helped
lombard the works with skyrockets part -
unique Fourth of July celebration which Ansonia
endured last year He particularly bitter
against the non-union men whom the mill owners
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CORRESPONDENT SAYS IT WAS COMMON
AMUSEMENT.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: y description of the squat drill OF the
Zouaves at the circus described and illustrated in
Sundays Tribune. will revive a memory Of the
Civil War in those who look back so far
IL common amusement of the drilling squads
that could be seen in every town and village IN
1851. preparing for the more systematic WORK
that went in the great concentration camps,
where troops from each State were gathered
An entire company. after they had broken ranks
for rest. would range themselves in single nie,
and under the command of one of their number
march into position and then, at the order squat.
form self-sustaining circle, each man sitting on
the knees of the one behind him. But the rest was
not long; the sequel was always the same some
mischievous member adroitiy wriggled himself oul
sideways and the entire circle went down pro-
excessively like of bricks. such as boys de-
light to Jopple over. Each man was too closely
locked in by the man in front Of him TO permit
him escape until his turn came 10 Iali
sprawling upon his back, il enc managed
here and there before falling. the me
merely broken into other falling groups ~
such escapes. The mdnCeuvre was known as llc
awkward squad rest" and barring tricks w-s
a convenient means of rest for tired men When NC
grass was too Wet TO SIT upon Considering NY
Persistent the games of boys usually are, 70 10
remarkable that this should have dropped sqHllsa
of A a. BESENd1-Sl<&s.
Network. April g. 1902.
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imported to take the place OF the strikers so
active his participation In the strike. IN tact
that he was arrested for conspiracy. and that
charge is still hanging his head 1t will come
up in month or before the Supreme Court at
New-Haven. The strike finally settled by a
compromise, but part of the agreement was that
Charters should be taken back The union men
said they would make il Jp to him. and they dld
by electing him Mayor of the city at the next
election.
Where can I find Mayor Charters" asked
Tribune reporter. who visited Ansonia the other
day of the City Clerk.
The Mayor has Office, but he's working on d
house over on Hill Crest. You might find him
there"
The Hill Crest house which the Mayor is help-
ing to hammer and into shape was 1ounu
without much difficulty. but no one was WI re
on It, owing the rain. His own home an o ,'ila
Mayors wife to the door WITH IN ~ ant
that he would be downtown before noon l mere
was no use in his going t. WoT roS hard enough
when the weather hne. .,z ,rba,
he finally appeared In fact he looked as II ne
was seldom happy 1t hardly seemed, pos4sf5 ce
e Not once did he smile He is spa-e man with
many trouble wrinkles in his fare ard nluch si'S
Il amt got notilin' to say to the pa2ers ne ne
Of bie efforts to rule Ansonia My attorney says
for keep quiet Amt got rotan @sai R
sides I've talked much already: 49,. -
do the people seem to ne satlsHed WIN S"1'A
ad ." he asked
Then what elected do and the others don L
But that is always the way / tried 20 90 ttLe
right thing by my friends, and most Oh them are
satisfied ,o ia first
came into office he appointed more offlclalS tnSH
there were offices and some of the appointments
had to he withdrawn. :. .Lo
I'VE have majority of labor union men IN me
council and everything runs smoothly There was
a great hurryment just before my election I over
the building of a City Hall but the people Go4
seem so anxious Matter of p0iltlcS: tndi ,
all. They will try keep me from getting the
credit -
Mayor Charters believes that he has not oeen as
hard on the col pora tions they were on MN
vet toWnspeople say that he has even gone CUISINE
the charter to annoy them Some of them are
thankful that there has been strike SINCE ne
took office for he has promised make things
interesting. In the mean time he works away az
'carpentering" as they call it in the labor union
meetings and when it rains he puts in the DAY
transacting the accumulated city business: u
course no one expects the Mayor of Ansonia 10
give all his time to the city The office only COM
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know what we were going to do We were a IN new
element and worried them If they nominated d
machine man would we run an ndependent
ticket? That was question. They asked me- put
I told them to wait and see. Good politics!
"The strongest Democrats refused TO run on &C
count of the uncertainty of the stand Whlch me
lea g1Iers would take The machine finally proposed
a name which received slight majority With
drew from the race and promised my support ior
the regular candidate. He refused the nomination
and the convention came my way.
TT was a brisk campaign and nara one
have violated the eight hour law regularly since
the nomination came to me. A sixteen nour law
would hardly have covered my case. IhS is a
Renublican city and the against me was a
strong candidate. People said that a clerk Wo ,a
never do for Mayor, and some of them even
laughed at my chances. The Republican EadI
woke nm after a day two, and they certainly
gave me a race They said was unknown un,
tried and uncertain From an open carriage toid
the neople hundreds a time just what "oulq
do II thew gave me the office. l will do If, too.
knew that ! going 10 be elected knew Il from
the start Nv time had come, my opportunity was
the-e to strike not for myself. but for the poor
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municipal campaign fought out with one clause
in the Economic Leagues platform expressly saw
ing that there should be City Hall until
the completion of the bridge. These protests have
had the effect of shelving the matter in the Board
of Common Council. and there IL will probably lie
The City Hall it is viii be likely to remain a
good many years. and. really. IL is a substantial
building with fine architectural lines. and an or
nament to the city IL is unfortunate that il should
have been Dainted in such a that it is
really dwarfed IN it's proportions and does not pre-
sent so handsome an appearance as it formerly did
when the prevailing color was grayish white.
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HARTFORD'S CLERK-NAYOR.
IGNATIUS a. SULLIVAN is A LABOR
ORGAN1ZER-WILL NOT MAKE
RADICAL CHANGES IN
GOVERNMENT.

In Hartford last Tuesday the old fashioned City
Hall the centre CT interest for every citizen
of the capital OF Connecticut. for the rich men
whose mansions adorn the hill well as the
pcorest stokers and mill hands One Of the Oldest
anc richest cities OF conservative New-England
Was inaugurating as Mayor who had been
q Woodworking clerk IN q clothing store & week