Evening star., 1902-03-21
The Senate Adopts the Com
mittee Amendments.
BILL READ THIRD TIME
SENATOR PATTERSON DISCUSSES
BILL TO PROTECT PRESIDENT.
Attempt to Have Action on the Omni-
bus Claims Bill in the
House Fails.

Soon after the Senate convened today Mr..
Teller (Col.) presented resolutions Of the
Colorado legislature praying for the inter
vention by an offer of it's good offices of
the United States government to terminate
the contest between the British and the
Beers The resolutions were referred to
the committee on foreign relations.
At the conclusion of routine business con-
sderatfon of the bill to repeal war revenue
taxes and for other purposes was taken
up on motion of Mr.. Aldrich. chairman of
the committee on finance. The measure
was read at length.
All Of the amendments proposed by the
Senate committee to the House bill were
agreed to during the reading of the
measure.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
bill Mr.. Hoar. while doubling whether
an amendment was proper, said he had one
in mind. but would not offer 1T unless II
met the approval of the finance committee
He said his amendment was a proposition
to refund to charitable and educational in
stitutions the taxes they had paid on leg
aces left to them while the old law was in
operation.
Mr.. Aldrich said the amendment mani
festly would be out of place, as this bill
was one simply to repeal certain speciflc
Mr.. Hoar. therefore, did not offer his
amendment.
The bill was read third time. reported
to the Senate and then laid aside until
after the measure for the protection or
the President was acted upon.
Protection of the President.
The bill for the protection of the Presi-
dent then was taken up and Mr.. Patterson
addressed the Senate. He was in accord
with the purpose of the bill. so far as the
cerned The feature of the measure to
which he was particularly opposed was the
provision that the counseling and advising
the murder of the President was a crime.
In response to an inquiry by Mr.. Patter-
son Mr.. Hoar declared his belief that one
who advised or counseled the killing of the
President was guilty as the man who
actually committed the crime Mr.. Patter-
son said that he did not believe that if the
pending law should be placed on the
statute books it would suppress anarchy
or anarchists. He declared that such a
law as that proposed would open a PAN
dora's box of evils and force the Congress
to repeal it before long. Under no possible
contingency, therefore. could he give his
support to sections 3 and of the bill.
MIR. Patterson said that under the pending
bill a man who had declared in his own
house that the President ought to be killed
would be found guilty and could be SEN
fenced to a long term Of imprisonment. To
that he strongly objected
In reply to an inquiry by Mr.. Vest he said
he would have no special objection to a pro-
vision that would make punishable SUCH
declarations or counsel made in a public
speech or in public print.
Mr. Fairbanks for the Bill.
Mr.. Fairbanks cordially supported the
pending bill 1t contained no party issue,
and he hoped no party lines would be drawn
upon 1t. Referring to the argument that
the bill creates class legislation, Mr..
Fairbanks said the bill was not in
tended for the personal benefit Of the Presi-
dent merely. but for the protection of the
people and to bring about the orderly adj
ministration of the government. The bill
had not been conceived in the heat of pas
sion. but was the fruit of wisdom and de-
liberation.
1T is inspired by the obvious necessity"
said he. In conclusion. "Of throwing about
the chief executive additional safeguards,
SO as to render impossible. so far huma n
wisdom can CO. injury to the President, and
thereby injury to the government"