Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
A HOUSE SURPRISE.
Anticonspiracy Bill Passed
 Without Debate.
TIE FULL TEXT OF THE MEASURE.
Other Bills Passed-LiveIy Tilt In the Senate Over North Carolina Political Methods-The
 tsSand Cure,O


 WASHINGTON, May 3.-The house has passed the anticonspiracy bill re- ported from the judiciary committee without word of debate. It came up rather unexpectedly, and MT. Little field (Me.), who had filed minority re- port on the bill and had intended to offer some amendments, came in just as 1t was put upon its passage, and the vote was taken before he understood what was going on. The bill is as fol lows
 That no agreement, combination or contract by or between two or more persons to do or procure to be done or not to do or procure not to be done any act i'll contemplation of furtherance of any trade dispute between employers and employees in the District of Go lumbia or in any territory of the Unit ed States or between employers and employees who may be engaged in trade or commerce between the several states or between any territory and an other or between any territory or terri tories and any state or states or the District of Columbia or with foreign nations or between the District of Co lumbia and any state or states or for eign nations shall be deemed criminal, nor shall those engaged therein be in dictable or otherwise punishable for the crime of conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime, nor shall such agreement, combination or contract be considered as in restraint of trade or commerce, nor shall any restraining order or injunction be issued with rela ton thereto. Nothing in this act shall exempt from punishment otherwise than as herein excepted any persons guilty of conspiracy for which punish ment is now provided by any act of congress, but such act of congress shall as to the agreements, combinations and contracts hereinbefore referred to be construed as if this act were therein contained"
 The amendment providing the ma chinery for the enforcement of the per- sonal tax law of the District of Colum- bia passed in 1878 was placed on the District appropriation bill as rider, and the bill was passed. The bill to provide diplomatic and consular off cers for the republic of Cuba also was passed.
 A lively debate was precipitated in the senate by MT. Pritchard (N. O by some remarks he made on political methods i'll North Carolina in the course of a discussion of the Philippine bill. He suggested that some of the methods employed by the opponents of the bill in this country ought to be re- formed and told of what is called the sand cure' in North Carolina, the vic tim having his face crushed into the sand to stifie his cries while he was be- ing beaten to intimidate him politically.
 Mir. Simmons (N. O. declared that he never heard of such practice, and the debate concerning North Carolina poli- tics was fully launched. Mir Pritchard charged that the 'tred shirts rode over the state to terroriZe Republican voters. MT. Simmons denied that statement and insisted that the "red shirts never had committed an un- lawful act and, as matter of fact, intended only to organize the voters of the state. The debate waXed warm, MT. Pritchard declaring that he had been approached by an emissary of the Democratic party with a proposi- ton to drop the impeachment proceed ings against Republican judges in North Carolina if he would nolle pro- sequi cases pending in the courts against certain Democrats for election 1 frauds Mr. Simmons unqualifiedly denied that such q proposition had l been made by authority of the Demo- cratic party.