Evening star., 1902-01-06
SEVERE ON ANARCHISTS
DEATH PENALTIES AGAINST THEIR
ACTS AND TEACHING.
Representative jenkins Prepares u
Bill Which Deals With the Sub
ject Without Gloves.

| A bill which provides penalty of death
for assault or attempted assault on the life
Of the President or those in line of succession
| to the presidency, was introduced in the
House today by Representative Jenkins of
| Wisconsin. Mr.. Jenkins is member of
| the special committee on anarchy and has
been spending his holiday vacation in the
| consideration of the subject of anarchy and
how best to meet it legislatively. He be-
| lieves his bill in no way interferes with the
| constitutional rights of citizens. It nowhere
contains the word anarchy" but the
crimes against which it provides severe
| penalties are only such as are taught and
| practiced by anarchists.
Every one of the nine sections Of the bill
| is made to apply to every person within
the United States or any place under the
| sovereignty of and subject to the jurisdiction
| or the United States"
The first four sections of the measure
provide the death penalty against persons
who shall maliciously strike, stab, wound
| poison or shoot the President, Vice Presi-
| dent Of the United States or any person de-
clared by law of Congress to act In these
capacities.
Imprisonment at hard labor for not more
than fifty years is provided against persons
who advocate or aid in the subversion or
attempted subversion of the government of
the United States by any violent means, or
who avow conviction or belief that the
subversion or attempted subversion Of the
government of the United States by any
violent means is a valid and justifable
principle of action.
Oath for Aliens.
The following oath is prescribed to be
administered to aliens making application
to become citizens:
That every alien who makes application
to become citizen of the United States
SHALL at the time of making declaration of
intention, and at the time of making appli-
cation to be admitted, declare as part of
the oaths required by law, in each case,
| that he will not strike, stab, wound, pois-
on or shoot at the President or Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States any person
declared by law of Congress to act as
President of the United States in case of
| removal, death, resignation or inability both
of the President and Vice President of the
United States, and that he will not aid,
abet, cause, procure, command or counsel
another to strike, stab, wound, poison or
sheot at the President or Vice President of
the United States or any person declared by
a law of Congress to act President of the
United States in case of removal death,
resignation or inability both of the Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
States, or advocate the subversion or at
tempted subversion of the government
of the United States by any violent means.
or avow conviction or express a belief
that the subverson or attempted subver-
sion of the government of the United States
by any violent means is a valid and justi-
fable principle of action, and that he will
not aid. abet, cause, procure, command or
counsel another to advocate the subversion
or attempted subversion Of the government
Of the United States by any violent means,
or avow a conviction or express belief
that the subversion or attempted subver-
sion of the government of the United States
by any violent means is a valid and justi-
fable principle of action.
Every violation of the oath shall be
felony, and upon conviction thereof be pun
ished by Imprisonment at hard labor not
more than fifty years, and the decree Of
naturalization shall be null and void and
denied any rights. privileges. benefits or
advantages under said decree"