The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-02
OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL
And Agree on Conference Report on
the Tariff Bill.
SUBSIDY BILL PUSHED TO TIE FRONT
The Measure For the Protection of the Presi.
dent Comes Up. Hoar and Pettus Ar
que For Body Guard For
the President.
CBy the Associated Press.l

CBy the Associated Press)
| Washington, d. c.. March 1-Consid-
cradle important business was disposed
of by the Senate today. What is known
as the Omnibus Claims Bill and the
measure providing for the irrigation on
| public lands were passed, the conference
report on the Philippine Tariff Bill was
! agreed to and the Shipping Bill was
! made the unfinished business.
/ Soon after the Senate convened Mr.
! Turner (Washn). announced that, after
| consideration. he had concluded that his
resolution offered yesterday ought to
| properly to be referred to the Commit
! tee on Privileges and Elections. The
| resolution declared in brief, that the
presiding officer of the Senate had no
/ authority to eliminate from the roll calls
| of the Senate the name of any member
of the body.
| The present occupant Of the chair (Mr.
| Frye, he said, had made a statement
! concerning recent occurrences in the
/ Senate. in the course ofNhich fhe did
me the honor to apologize to me for not
entertaining an appeal, which l had taken
| from his decision" 3"
! Mr.. Turner said that as the Senate
! was about to attend the memorial SER
! vices to the late President Mckinley,
; he was prevented from making acknOWl-
edgcment Of the kindly and courteous act
of the chair. He desired now to make
| such Acknowledgement although he felt
! that the apology of the chair was un-
/ necessary.
He desired, he said, to express the
| deep sensibility of the act of the chair
| and to say that he appreciated it high
! ly. He was pleased to make this state
! ment, and he wished the chair to under
| stand that his resolution had not been
| drawn in any spirit or personal hostility
| to that officer.
! The resolution then was referred to
| the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
! tionS.
The protest of Senator Tillman pre-
! sented Thursday was referred to the
same committee.
The bill for the protection of the Pres
ident of the United States was laid pc
| fore the Senate.
! Mr.. Hoar said it seemed to the com
mittee that for many obvious reasons,
any attempt to kill the President ought
! to be taken cOgnizance of by the Fed
! eral courts rather than by the State
courts. Relative to section seven of the
! bill directing that the Secretary of War
| should provide a military guard for tho
| protection of the President he thought
| all careful observers must agree that
| the detective police, upon which depend
| ence now was haid, had not accomplish
| ed its purpose upon at least three i'm
| portant occasions. The purpose of the
| provision was to make some officer of
| the Government responsible for the pro
| lection of the President.
Mr., Pettus, (Ala.), maintained that the
| military guard ought to be provided.
| He expressed his conviction that If
| there had been military guard of ordi-
! nary proportions, not one of the Presi-
| dental assassinations would have oc-
Cured. Perfect protection, he thought.
was not possible, but he remarked sar-
castically that the only blow struck for
| the life of the President at Buffalo was
| struck by a negro. Such a situation
| would scarcely have been possible if a
| proper military guard had been
| provided.
The bill was laid aside without action
and consideration was resumed on tho
| Irrigation Bill.
Messrs Bacon and Clay, Of Georgia.
and others supported the measure Mr..
| Bacon spoke of the Importance of the
Savannah River commerce and approved
of the irritation provided for by the
pending bill Mr. Clay said that as a
| matter of justice the bill ought to he
! passed.
Mr.. Tillman. (S. O., supported the
bill and in the course of his remarks
referred to some statements made by
| ex-senator Carter of Montana. when he
talked the River and Harbor Bill to
death in the last Congress-
which We're not true" interjected
Mr.. Berry, (Ark).
I'm afraid" said Mr. Tillman "tlIat
my friend from Arkansas will get into
the same trouble ] was in recently if he
isn't more parliamentary"
The bill was passed without roll
call, the sentiment in favor of it being
unanimous.
After some further business the Sen
ate adjourned.