Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-10
57TH CONGRESS.
Anti-Anarchy Bill Passed by
House, us to SO.
Harris Of Kansas Strongly Favors
Nicaragua Canal Route.
Committee Amendments to Naval Bill
Nearly All Disposed of.

| Washington, June 9.-The House to-
| day, passed the bill to protect the Pres
ident. Vice President, members of the
| cabinet and foreign ministers and am
bassadors and to suppress the teaching
Of Anarchy, by a vote of 175 to 3S. The
| IS negatives votes were:
| AGamson, Bartlett, Brantley, Br,n-
| didge, Burleson, Gambler. Cooper, Tex,
Dreamer, DeArmond, Dinsmore, Finley
Fox, Glenn, Henry, Miss, Hooker
Howard, Johnson, Jones, Va, Claud
| Nitchin. w. w. Kitchin, Kleberg, Lam
| ham, Lester. Lewis, Ga, Little. Loud
McCulloch, McIain, Maddox, Neville,
Patterson. Tenn. Randall, Reid, Scar
borough, ShackelfCrd, Spight, stephens,
Tex, and Underwood
A motion to recommit the measure
with instructions to strike out certain
sections was defeated, II to 125.
The remainder Of the day was devoted
to the bill to transfer certain forest re-
serves from the interior to the agricul-
tural department and to authorize the
creation in such reserves Of game and
fish preserves. President Roosevelt in
his annual message recommended such
q measure. The minority of the public
lands committee offered as q substitute
a measure which eliminates that por-
ton of the bill which transfers the re-
serves to the agricultural department.
Lacey, Ia, Kleberg, Tex, Perkins, n.
Y, and Williams, Miss, spoke in favor
of the bill. Mondell. Wyo.. and Shat
roth, Colo, supported the minority sub
stitute. Bell. colo, opposed the bill in
tot Cd
When the House met. the pending
question coming over from Saturday
WAS, on the motion of DeArmond (Mo),
TO recommit the anti-Anarchy bill
with instructions to strike out Section
which makes the killing of foreign
ambassadors and ministers punishable
with death, and Section Is, which
creates the legal presumption in all
prosecutions under the act that the
officers to be protected by it's provisions
are engaged in the performance Of
their official duties at the time the Of
Tense is committed. The roll was call
ed and the motion was lost, II to rs.
The vote was then taken upon the
passage or the bill Latham. tTexas)
dema ming the ayes ana noes. The bill
was passed. 10 to IS.
Hit. from the committee on foreign
affairs, presented resolution which.
after rcciting the fact that peace has
been established in South Africa, calls
upon the secretary of state for a COM
pletc list of American citizens now de-
tanned as prisoners of war in South
Africa and for information as to what
action is being taken to secure their
Int ION tod
without division.
The House then under the order made
last week, proceeded with the consid-
GRAFTON of the bill Ito transfer certain
forest reserves to the control of the
department of agriculture and to au-
thorize game and fish preserves in for
est reserves.
Lacey. Iowa in charge of the bill, eX-
planned the growing interest in forest
reserves as q means of conserving the
water supply ana for the protection Of
game. The bill provided that all forest
reserves hereafter set apart and such
as may hereafter be set apart, should
be transferred 10 the department Of ag-
riculture for administration. The pres
ont reserves, however, are not to be 50
transferred until the boundaries shall
have been established. Lacey called at
tention to the words Of President Roose-
yelt's message pointing out the propri-
ctv Of making some Ravens of refuge
for the surviving wild birds, game and
fish, within forest reserves. by the
terms OF the bill fish and game pre-
serves could not be set apart without
the assent Of the governor of the state
within which the reserve is located.
MondcH Wyo., who signed the minor
itv report against the bill, opposed the
measure. He argued that the transfer
of the forest reserves now under the
interior department to the agricultural
department was an impracticable and
irrational change of policy which would
lead. to friction between the two de-
partments and lead to the creation oil
many Offices. There are now Al forest
reserves. containing 46,000,000 acres.
| ,rh.se reserves are now open to entry
nndar the mineral laws. They also con-
| lain thousands Of persons living on per
| facted or unprotected entries made un-
der the land laws, and he argued that
III the public land and legal questions
arising would have to be settled by the
interior department and head to endless
| conflict with the agricultural depart
ment.
shafroth, Col, and Bell, Col, opposed
| the bill.
| Kleberg, Tex, Williams, Miss, and
| Perkins, n. ", favored the passage Of
the bill.
The House at 4.55 p. NJ. adjourned.