The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-03-28
Two IMPORT Ant
BILLS ARE PASSED
Senate Adopts War Revenue
Repeal and Measure to
Protect President.
NO DIVISION ON FIRST
On the Latter Bill tho Vote Was SIS
to 15-DetaIis OF the Final De-
bate and Passage of the
Two Bills.

eenate Friday. the bill for the re-
peal of the war revenue taxes and that
for the protection of the president Of
the United States.
The revenue bill was passed with
out division. and after only one short
speech. Senator Tillman embraced the
opportunity afforded by the bills con-
sideration to protest against the re-.
peal of the duty Of 10 cents pound
upon tea.
The bill for the protection Of the
president was under discussion during
the greater part of the session. Sem
ator Patterson of Colorado made an
extended speech in opposition to IL,
and Senator Fairbanks supported it.
All amendments to the measure were
rejected, and it was passed by vote
OF 81 to Is.
The bill provides that any person
within the United States who shall
wifully and maliciously kill the pres
fdent or any officer on whom the du-
ties of president may devolve, or any
sovereign of a foreign country, or at
tempt to xiii any of the persons named,
such shall suffer death: that any per-
son who shall aid, abet, advise or coun-
sci the killing Of any Of the persons
plish their death, shall be imprisoned
not exceeding twenty years; that any
person who shall threaten to kill or
advise or counsel another to Kill the
president or any official on whom the
duties of president may devolye shall
be imprisoned not exceeding ten years;
that any person who shall wilfully aid
in the escape of any person guilty OF
any Of the offenses mentioned shall be
deemed an accompiiee and shall DC
punished as a principal.
The secretary of war is directed TO
detail from the regular army guard
of officers and men to protect the pres
ident without unnecessary display, and
the secretary is authorized to make
regulations as to the dress, arms ana
equipment of such guard.
Soon after the senate convened yes,
terday Senator Teller of Colorado pref
sented resolutions from the Colorado
legislature praying for intervention. by
the offer of Its good offices, of the
the contest between the British and
Beers. The resolutions were referred
to the committee on foreign relations.
At the conclusion of routine BUSH
ness the bill to, repeal the war revenue
taxes was considered. All the amends
ments proposed by the senate commit
tee to the house bill were agreed to. tt
w
Of the bill for the protection of the
president was resumed, Senator Patter-l,
son addressing the senate. The feature
of the measure to which he was par-E
ticularly opposed was the provision!
that counseling and advising the mur-G
der Of the president was a. crime.
After some further discussion Of the
pending BILL the war revenne bill was
laid before the senate, and Senator
Tillman of South Carolina made an arr
gument in favor of retaining the duty
OF 10 cents q pound on tea.
The owners of teas, now in this coun-f
try in bond, he said, would get the
benefit Of the removal Of duty to the
amount of s9,000,000 Since the duty
had been levied on tea the United
States has been receiving a better
quality of tea, which has been sup
piled to the people at no increased
price. He said, too, that the expert
ment of tea culture was made in South
Carolina, and he hoped it would be sue
cessful. This was a baby industry
and really needed protection. The tea
culture industry gave occupatio to
many colored choldren, and might do
much other good. s5
At the conclusion of Senator Tili-t9
mans speech the war revenue repeal
bill was passed without division or
further comment
A bill appropriating s125,000 for ma
rine hospital at Buffalo, N. Y. then
was passed.
Consideration was resumed of the
bill for the protection of the president,
and amendments We're offered by Sem
ators Morgan, Mallory, Teller, Nc
Laurin Of Mississippi, and McCumber
oc North Dakota, and rejected.
The substitutes offered by Senator's
Culberson, Bacon and Patterson were
rejected. The bill was then passed, So
to Is, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bever-
Clark Of Montana, Clark OF wyoming,
Cockrell Cullom, Deboe, Depew. Dill
bingham, Dryden. Dubois, Elkins. Fair
banks, Foraker, Foster OF Louisiana,
Foster of Washington. Frye, Gallinger,
Gamble, Gibson, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Harris. Hawley, Heitfeld, Hoar,
K KeeT1 Ki,trea 1 Ledge L, McGomas.
Perkins, Plat of Connecticut, Prit-
chard, Proctor, Quarles. Scott, Sim
mons, Spooner, Stewart, Teller Vest,
Warren. Wetmore-52.
Nays-Bacon, Bailey. Bate, Berry,
Blackburn, Carmack, Clay, McCumber.
Mallory, Patterson. Pettus, Rawlins,
Taliaferro, Tillman, Wellington-15.
The senate at 4:55 p. M, went into
executive session, and at $40 b. M,
adjourned until Monday.
The house yesterday pa ssed the river
and harbor bill, which has been under
consideration throughout the week.
Although several minor amendments
we're adopted, not a single dollar was
added to the measure, and as passed
1t. carried exactly what it did when it.
came from the committee, s60,6sSt267
including authorizations. Mr.. Su1zer OF
New York, attempted to force record
vote on the final passage of the bill,
but only three members. Messrs. Smith
of Iowa, Fitzgerald of New York, and
Cochran Of Mtssouri, 81 Imported him.