The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-12

anarchy bill closed today. The incl
tent OF the day was q speech by Rich
ardson, an Alabama democrat, con-
demning the president in severe terms
for references in his memorial day
grafton at Arlington to the epithetss
applied to Lincoln and Grant during
the civil war and for his illusions to
lynching He declared that the presi-
dents remarks violated the proprie-
ties Of the occasion. Littlefield made
an argument of an hour and half in
closing the debate on the anti-anarchy
bill. The section of the senate bill
providing a body guard for the presi-
dent was stricken from the senate bill
as precaution in case the house sub
stitute failed. An effort was made to
strike from the first section Of the
substitute the words limiting the
crime of killing the president to the
president in his official capacity, but
the motion was lost, 60 to 80. Only
one section had been disposed of when
the house adjourned
Washington, June 9.-Senate.-After
transhacting some routine business
and discussin the bill to relieve
shippers from the London dock charg-
es, the senate resumed consideration
today of the isthmian canal project.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon, continued his
speech begun on Thursday in opposi.
ton to the Panama route. After con-
sidering the engineering difficulties of
the route, which he regarded as very
serious, he entered upon denuncia.
tion of the methods of the Panama Ca
nal Company. Mitchell handled with.
out gloves the proposition to build the
canal by the Panama route, and Incl
dentally the Spooner amendment. By
the addition of this proposition, ne
said, the United States would be
tacking onto one of the greatest frauds
and pieces of corruption known since
lieve, he said, that the senate proposed
which will involve the United States
in legal controversy for hundred
years. l want the senate to know the
facts and to determine whether we
really shall take up this rotten con.
Germ across the sea-" Mr.. Mitchell
expressed the opinion that the enact
ment of the Spooner amendment would
result in the postponement Of the be-
ginning of the canal project, as tho
president ostensibly would have to
make an important investigation of the
subject before he reached a decision.
House.-The house spent the entire
day voting upon amendments to the
anti-anarchy bill but all failed except
one proposed by Mccall, of Massachu-
sets, to strike from the anarchist Sec
ton the word assault" where it is
coupled with killing" in the inhibition
against conspiring for the killing of
the chief magistrate of q foreign coun.
try. After the bill had reached the
last parliamentary stage before pas.
sage De Almond, Of Missouri, moved
to re-commit. The quorum failed at
this point and the house was compelled
to adjourn without final action.
Washington, June 9.-Senate.-An
interesting contribution to the discus
sion of the isthmian canal project was
made in the senate today by Harris,
of Kansas, member of the committee
on interoceanic canals, who is also an
engineer of recognized ability. His
discussion of the technical details of
canal construction was listened to
with profound attention. He strongly
advocated the selection of the Mica
ragua canal. He maintained that it
was entirely feasible and practical
from an engineering standpoint, and
said that some of the difficulties pre-
sented by the Panama route were in
superable -notably the construction
of the Bohio dam. During the early
part of the session the naval appro-
priation bill was considered. All of
the committee amendments were dis
posed of except that relating to the
construction of two additional battle
hips, two cruisers and two gunboats.
House.-The house today passed the
bill to protect the president, vice
president and members of the cabinet
and foreign ministers and embassa-
doris, and to suppress the teaching
of anarchy, by vote Of IT'S to 38. A
motion to recommit the measure with
instructions to strike out certain Sec
lions, was defeated by vote of II
to 1923. The remainder of the day was
devoted to the bill to transfer GER
tain forest reserves from the interior
department to the agricultural de-
partment and to authorize the creation
in such reserves of game and fish pre-
serves.