The evening Republican., 1902-05-03
A HOUSE SURPRISE,
Anticonspiracy Bill Passed
Without Debate.
The FULL TEXT OF THE MEASURE.
Other Dills Passed-Lively Tilt In the
Senate over North Carolina
Political Methods-The
.SanN Cure"

WASHINGTON, May 3-The house
has passed the anticOnspracy bill re-
ported from the judiciary committee
without Il word of debate. 1t came up
rather unexpectedly. and Mr.. Little
field (aLe.), who had filed a 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 lie understood
what was going on. The bill is as fol-
lows:
THAT no agreement, combination or
contract py 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 in contemplation of furtherance Of
any trade displte between employers
and employees in the District Of CO.
lUmba or in amy territory of the Unit
cd States or between employers and
employees who may he 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
llmbia and any state or states or for
cgn nations shall be deemed criminal,
nor shall those engaged therein be i'll
dictable or otherwise punishable for
the crime of conspiracy If such act
committed by one person would not be
punishable as n 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
md contracts hcrenbcforc referred to
be construed as if this act were therein
c0n,Hineh.'
The amendment providing the ma
chinery for the enforcement of the per-
s0nal tax law Of the District Of tolun-
bia passed in 1878 was placed on the
District appropriation bill as a rider,
and the bill was passed. The bill to
provide diplomatic and consular Off
GERS for the republic of cuba also was
passed.
A lively debate was precpitated in
the senate by Mr.. Prilchard (N. g. by
some remarks he made on political
methods in North Carolina in the
course of 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 stihc his cries while he was be-
ing beaten to intimdate him politically.
never heard OF such practice, and the
debate concerning North Carolina poll
tics was fully launched. Mr. Pritchard
charged that the ''red shirts rode
over the state to terrorize Republican
voters. Mr. Simmons denied that
statement and insisted that the red
shirts" never had committed an I'M
lawful act and, as Il matter of fact,
intended only 10 organize the voters
of the state. The debate waXrd warm,
Mr.. pritchard declaring that he had
been approached by an cmissary Of
the Democratic party with PROPOSE
ton to drop the Impeachment proceed
ings against Republican Judges in
North Carolina if he would nolle pro-
seoul cases pending In the courts
against certain Democrats for election
frauds. Mr.. Simmons unqualiiiedly
denied that such a proposition had
been made by authority of the Demo-